Things I'm Grateful For

I thought I'd do a bit of reflection on this year and everything I'm grateful for because we're getting closer and closer to the end of the year so why not do a little list of all the things that I'm grateful for this year.

1. Taking more chances

This year I did something a little crazy and met a guy online. I took a huge risk after speaking for a couple of weeks and Snapchatting each other, I decided to catch a train to meet up with him. I know it was a big risk, after watching a lot of true crime recently that online dating can be a major factor with crime with things like catfishing and possibly getting murdered just to name a few. However, I thought why not just go for it because you'll never really know unless you try. Anyway, I met up with him and we had a nice time together and honestly, it was the first time in a long time I felt good about someone and thought that for once things might work out in the long run. Sadly for me they didn't as after a few more meetups and one night at his place, he decided to ghost me and made a point of wishing to find another person to date. That sucked but you know what, I don't regret taking that chance of trying to online date again because it pushed me way out of my comfort zone and I can look back on that first day we met with fond memories, although it's a little bitter sweet because while that was one day where I felt someone might actually want me reminds me that I'm sitting here with no notifications, single as a pringle wondering if I'll ever have a boyfriend by the time I'm 30. I'm literally still waiting for the first one. Who even knows what will happen but I plan to take more chances and just see what the future holds.

2. My Mum

Honestly, my mum is like my best friend and that is a great feeling. Yeah, we get on each other's nerves from time to time. It's bound to happen if you live under the same roof but at the end of the day, I can happily go shopping with my mum as well as other things like go for a meal, go on a trip together. Honestly, I feel so lucky with the relationship that I have with my mum. I can literally tell her anything. Honestly, some of the things we talk about could raise some eyebrows but that's one of the best things about it. I'm not afraid to say anything around her, nor is she around me. We tell each other everything down to the nitty, gritty details. It's great and that's why I'm grateful to my mum.

3. The fact I'm single

Now, I may have moaned a few times about being single but when you're constantly surrounded by happy couples, romantic movies and books. You can't help but envy them wishing it was you in the happy relationship. However, I'm glad I'm single because I know in my heart one day I will find the man who will want me and love me for me. Will actually be glad to spend time with me and not make me feel like I'm a burden or fulfilling his boredom. In a way I hope that my first relationship is one that will last for a long time. I'm not getting any younger and it would be nice to settle down with someone. Maybe one day it will happen. Who knows? For now though I'm happy being single as it's less drama and I don't have to worry about anyone leaving me on read because I don't even talk to anyone. It's great. 

4. My own name: Megan

Does anyone feel glad about their name? Like I'm proud to be Megan because I know there are some names where you can't help but be glad it's not your name. I feel like Megan is just a nice name and I'm so glad my parents decided not to complicate it by adding lots of letters to it. Do you know there's lots of different spellings to the name Megan? There's Meghan, Meygan, Megyn, Meyghan. Like there's lots of different spellings of this name but they're all pretty much pronounced the same. For me, I'm pretty happy with the simplified version of my name which is Megan. I don't even mind Meg. It's kind of interesting that lots of names sound the same but are spelt differently. I know it might have to do with origin, like in America it's more common to have the Meghan spelling of the name. It's a fun little world we live in and I know it's a random thing to be grateful for your own name but I'm happy with my name Megan so I'm glad my parents chose it for me. I was nearly going to be Shannon or Rhiannon so that would have been interesting. Do you ever wonder if your birth name had been different would have changed the course of events of your life? Who even knows? Either way I'm happy that my name is Megan. 

5. This blog

Honestly, I'm forever grateful for this blog. I've been blogging now for eight years and it means a lot that I have my own little piece of the internet where I can share all my thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes and write whatever I want. It's nice sometimes to know that somebody could be reading your blog and going through the same thing you're going through. Maybe a bit of advice helped them out in the long run or their boredom got fulfilled by stumbling across one of your posts one day and having a good read of what you had to say. It's a nice feeling as I sometimes look at the number of page views and think wow. A lot of people liked that post. It's a feeling I'm grateful for and is one of the reasons why I keep going. Perhaps I have weekly readers who come back every week to see if I've posted anything you and maybe it could make their day if I have. Who knows? Either way I'm just grateful to you for reading my blog and that I have this blog to share all my thoughts on. It's a wonderful feeling and I plan to keep doing this for as long as I physically can so stay tuned for the future as I'll have even more posts for you. 

Anyway, that's all the things I'm grateful for. Let me know one thing you're grateful for. I'd love to hear it.

Thank you for reading my blog and I'll be back soon with another post.

See you then.

Megan x 

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