#113 - novelty

so i was feeling kinda tired and bummed this week for some reason. i thought it was just because i wasn't getting enough sleep. plus i've been more active than usual, but actually, when i am more active that's when i usually feel MORE energized, and when i don't do something active everyday that's when i get lethargic. but anyway, so i was talking to a co-worker about it and she gave me some unusual advice. at least i thought it was unusual. she told me that i need to get myself some new friends. haha! well, not that i should dump all my current friends, but she said that new and different types of social interaction keeps us energized. she said that even though i'm active in doing physical things like exercising and playing sports, she told me that i need to energize my social side. and it makes sense, in neurology the thing that keeps your mind active and healthy is regular use and exposure to new stimulation that keeps your brain adjusting to different thoughts and sensations. that process of making adjustments is what makes your brain grow, like mental exercise. maybe that's what i need.

but see, i've been trying to do it. new home. new experiences. and i have been participating in new activities (i'm playing volleyball with very different kinds of people and i just joined a tennis league with new people too), but maybe it's not enough. or maybe it just hasn't taken effect yet. my co-workers have always been telling me to "put myself out there," for a variety of reasons, finding a girl, finding new friends, establishing myself in the world (because they think i'm so young and impressionable, haha, yeah, i laugh at that). so they're probably right, right? because they're old and know more stuff than me (life-experience-wise). so i'm trying... but i guess i haven't gotten there yet.

anyway, i found these pics i took when brandi was here last week, okay, so not really "new" experiences and people, but very fun, nonetheless. this is the "after" picture of a day of surf:


lunch at en fuego in kapolei, very yummy.

and here's the point about new things, in order to do new things you've gotta let go of the old things. here's my problem: everytime i go to en fuego i get the lau lau plate, because it's good and comes with lots of different things (lau lau, brown rice, mac salad, ahi poke, lomi salmon, haupia), so whenever i go i think "why get anything else when i love eating this?" and it's not like the other things on the menu don't look appetizing, i just think, "i like the lau lau plate so much and i only come here so often so why WOULDN'T i get it?"

okay, well that's probably putting too much introspection into a lunch decision, but my point is in there somewhere. just gotta keep looking for those opportunities for new experiences, and then have enough balls to take them huh?