I turned 25 today

I am a black coffee no sugar sort of simple guy...

At twenty five, I am a Black Coffee no sugar sort of guy. I live an equally simple stable life, have a steady source of income from the Navy (where I do very little work, as a so called “technician”), am usually quiet and clean shaven.

At the moment though, I am growing a beard (started on monday). And I dream of a complex social life, but haven’t the closeness to anyone to actually sustain it. Maybe I will meet people at an occasional party, but other than that I am not someone to collect numbers, or have one night stands. I am instead a black coffee, work, relax alone at home, sleep, work sort of cycle guy. And frankly I wish I wasn’t equally as much as liking the freedoms it allows (like knowing I can play a computer game all night uninterupted by the phone or friends dropping in).

I use to be more social when I worked in politics, but the thing was that the work was too life consuming that I didn’t have a change to take advantage of it. My housemates and I, I can only remember a few isolated nights we got up to trouble and even then it was only for a few hours at the most at a time. But I loved those housemates, Adam, Andy and Rachel (and Doug, Colin and Jordon when they were there and the house was more serious but even then still social enough for beers and movie nights).

I remember a night going around to one of Colin’s friend’s places and falling asleep on the couch, I had worked that hard all week. If only I was that social in my current job, I think I would be alright. Maybe all I need to do is get a house mate into my small house to share some fun with?
Though my place being so small, and cheap, I barely need it for anything other than social reasons…

Now since I am twenty five, I think my goals are going to change a little. Being money aware, I think saving for a deposit on a house by I am 30 (especially since I have a solid paying job) is a good aim. As is trying to get out more.  It would be fantastic to have a girlfriend by Christmas, but I think I have to be serious there, as I have had fuck all luck with dating sites and seem to never meet interested single women out on the town (when I do go out on the town), maybe I should aim to build a stronger network of friends first (but then where the fuck would I find them).

Anyhow, maybe my twenty fifth birthday isn’t a time to be making resolutions at all. Maybe I should be just reflecting.