Fears

It's been a long time coming but if a 17 year old can do it, so can I.  Today I had my FIRST ever driving lesson.  Two hours with a lovely man called Abdul and his dual pedal BSM car.  First we sat in a side street and looked at pictures in his folder and then after I'd demonstrated a level of understanding, off we went.  I realise I should have done this a long time ago but I moved to London quite young and only had to walk to work every day plus we have the best public transport system so why bother?

My years of riding a bike around London has put me in good stead apparently as I have an understanding of road signs and it's helped that I've been navigating around traffic on busy roads.  So after my two hour lesson concluding with me driving and parking outside our house I felt incredibly confident, however in my excitement I got out of the driving seat and opened the door into the path of an oncoming taxi!  Ouch, it was a close move.  Thankfully the instructor sensing my nervousness made me get back in the car, buckle up and re-park the car.

So that's one of the many fears I've conquered this year, silly fears like I could never drive a car (I could kill someone!!), I could never join a gym (but I don't know how to use the machines blah blah blah) and I've done both.  I realise they are silly but they were obstacles that I needed to overcome and so today I'm giving myself a little pat on the back.

I hope the next one will prove a little more interesting readers.