One of my last woman, who was into adrenaline, indirectly mentioned to me that my life was rather boring.
And no, I don't see her as a yardstick for evaluating my life, but it made me think.
I'm 30, I've spent a lot of time working over the last few years. I've built up my own business, with my own employees. But a lot has fallen by the wayside. I've neglected to build up a circle of friends and don't do much in my free time, as I've built a very practical life around my work.
I go to the gym, but it's an old one that is always empty because I don't want to wait for equipment. In general, I have become very introverted.
It bothers me myself. Just to be clear: I have no problem dating / getting women. That's not my objective.
I want to build a good and exciting life, apart from women.
But to be honest: How do I start? I'm relatively insecure when it comes to meeting new people. How would you start from scratch, building your life outside of work, building your tribe?
At least now I'm trying to find new hobbies. I'm preparing for a marathon, riding my road bike and want to join groups about it. Maybe you have some more tips.
So in summary: How do I build an exciting life and an A-Team Tribe around me?
Typo-MAGAshiv 1 4w ago
Try different things until you find something you like. Give each activity a year or two before discarding.
Try being a volunteer firefighter. Learn to kayak. Try a martial art or two. Etc.
Lionsmane8 1mo ago
I made a lot of friends (and girls) at the gym.
Try changing gums if you are short on time. 2 activities at once (working out aand socializing).
mattyanon Admin 1mo ago
You need to do what you want. Being exciting for the sake of it won't work. You have to do what you crave, what you want, what you believe in.
Mostly you just fucking do it.
Find a thing, and do it...... join groups, create groups...... lead. Make it happen. Take no prisoners.
WokeDown 1mo ago
Try skydiving without a parachute. Your time should be exciting for the rest of your life.
First-light 1mo ago
In my case I found that my adventures all started with day dreams, then you get the experience needed to make the dream reality, this involves the right people. To do this you need a bit of spare time in wich to have creative thoughts and the willingness to believe it might be possible. The right sort of day dreams can then take hold.
A lot of my early adventures centred around climbing and this all started with looking at a packet of cereal with a mountain on it one hung over morning when I was a student. I decided I would climb a proper glaciated mountain that summer. I had no experience of climbing at all, so I had to go and buy books on how to, buy the stuff they described in the books and gradually meet the right people but it worked out fine and before the end of summer me and my pal were on top of a big mountain.
Then I remember about 18 months later my mother put a climbing magazine in my Christmas stocking. I was lying in bed on Christmas day and there was a picture of an attractive unclimbed mountain an expedition had recently failed on. This was a pretty big day dream for a still novice climber but I dared to make the jump and about 18 months after that me and another pal were on top of that mountain. A smaller example might be I liked the desert climbing bit in the Eiger Sanction film, where Clint makes a first ascent of a desert sandstone spire. A few years later I was in Moab, sat in the trailer of the stunt man who had doubled for the desert spire climbing (a real character called Eric) handing him details of a desert spire I had made the first ascent of, so he could put it in his next guide book. You have to let yourself day dream and trust that the dream can be reality, then you will make it so.
The how to do it? is not as important as the what are we going to do? when it comes to adventures. The people will appear, if the dream is strong enough to become reality. At worst you will blunder about till they find you. I always dreamed of going into the bush and meeting a warrior tribe that were all spears, machine guns and armed raids. So I eventually did. I even agreed to marry a daughter of the tribe in return for 7 cows and a bull -a very good wife she made too. I could have just watched read all those explorer accounts and watched the movies, said "that's nice" and done nothing or I could have done something about it.
Maybe you day dream of running the Boston marathon? If you are a solid marathon runner already, this may not apply I appreciate but if you are not, you are going to need a qualifying time and getting that could be a whole adventure in training and joining an athletics club. Maybe you want to do the original Iron man? These are probably in reach if you direct your energies to them and the people will appear as you step forward. The hardest step is the first step and that is believing in the day dream.
Whatsnext 1mo ago
try new things and the things you like find communities to do them with: pay for surfing lessons, golf lessons, go camping, try a martial art, etc etc
MrSupreme 1mo ago
You can start by having yourself and your own fun as your point of origin, instead of entertaining hoes.It can be a bit satisfying to let other people enter your frame,your group and tag along, but gotta have the right frame to begin with
No-Stress-Cat 1mo ago
Much you learn from MrSupreme, hmmm? This is the way, young Jedi...
Lone_Ranger 1 1mo ago
Are you being entirely honest with yourself?
Why do you want 'an interesting life full of adventures?' Why?
I highly suspect you want this in order to impress other people.
Go back and think about this again. And then respond to me.
enterim 3w ago
Nah not really to impress other people.
I didn't really have a childhood and was forced to be an adult very early. And I more and more notice that I do not know how to have fun and be fun. I lack social skills when it comes to this. So I guess I will have to advance in this area to be a better man
Lone_Ranger 1 3w ago
Think about how you started your post....
Maybe its not to impress other people, maybe its to impress women.
Don't do this. Live your life for you. Live a good life, with respect and love for others. Esp respect and love for yourself.
whytehorse2021 4w ago
I was kinda the same way. There's no recipe other than trying new things.