When I look on Instagram, there are always times when I see people do amazing things, become artists, travel, pursue their dreams ... and that made me go "I want to do that too."
I want to be able to make people feel that way too.
In all honesty, this has nothing to do with gaining popularity. It's just more of knowing that I can have a good impact on people, even if it's small.
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This year for me has been quite the ride so far, filled with a lot of different things I've never done before and at this point in time, I'm loving the diversity in my activities. And there'll be more that's coming... but more on that later.
The thing about me is, I realized I actually quite enjoy sharing what I do with people because when I start something, I get super excited over it and there's just too much energy to contain within myself (hence the reason I have a blog).
But another thing that I've realized is sometimes it creates a chain reaction;
Just the other day, I was talking to my best friend about my goal to run a 10km course this year since I've never done it and I want to challenge myself. We had a pretty good talk about our concerns, dreams, goals, all that good stuff that best friends talk about. The funny thing is, the next thing you know, she texted me saying that she had already signed up and paid for a 10km this August! Talk about being influenced!
Last Wednesday, I was having waffles with a different friend. As usual, our conversations ranged from relationships, to my photography stint the other day (click here to read) all the way to travelling solo and disappearing from our little circle of friends. Me being the excited person I am, couldn't help but sharing what I might be getting up to in the next coming month... Which now I realize probably sparked something in him because of late he seems so keen on travelling solo and actively searching for flight tickets!
And there have been more occurrences like this in the past few months.
I've been told several times that I'm contagious - but if being contagious means inspiring people to go out, do something they've always wanted to try and live their life, then I honestly don't mind being called contagious, even though the word brings a bad connotation.
Because if being contagious means I can bring a difference to someone's life, I'm all for it.
The thing about me is, I realized I actually quite enjoy sharing what I do with people because when I start something, I get super excited over it and there's just too much energy to contain within myself (hence the reason I have a blog).
But another thing that I've realized is sometimes it creates a chain reaction;
Just the other day, I was talking to my best friend about my goal to run a 10km course this year since I've never done it and I want to challenge myself. We had a pretty good talk about our concerns, dreams, goals, all that good stuff that best friends talk about. The funny thing is, the next thing you know, she texted me saying that she had already signed up and paid for a 10km this August! Talk about being influenced!
Last Wednesday, I was having waffles with a different friend. As usual, our conversations ranged from relationships, to my photography stint the other day (click here to read) all the way to travelling solo and disappearing from our little circle of friends. Me being the excited person I am, couldn't help but sharing what I might be getting up to in the next coming month... Which now I realize probably sparked something in him because of late he seems so keen on travelling solo and actively searching for flight tickets!
And there have been more occurrences like this in the past few months.
I've been told several times that I'm contagious - but if being contagious means inspiring people to go out, do something they've always wanted to try and live their life, then I honestly don't mind being called contagious, even though the word brings a bad connotation.
Because if being contagious means I can bring a difference to someone's life, I'm all for it.
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