Impulsivity

I didn’t think I was impulsive, I’m autistic and I overthink everything I do. But last year, when my best friend told me that she and her husband were going to Iceland this year, I said, ‘Oh I’ve always wanted to go there’. She said come with us and I said yes.

I went home and thought to myself, yes I’ve always wanted to go to Iceland, the volcanoes, glaciers, ice and lava it sounds amazing, but I hate the cold. Hate it. I have arthritis cold hurts me. My friend gave me the power to book everything and arrange the whole trip. No backing out now.

I spent about 9 months researching and booking. My friend had made a spreadsheet with a suggested itineraries, so every time I booked something, I amended the spreadsheet and sent her a copy, she was very excited. My husband was very excited, I however was very anxious.

I invested in lots of warm clothes, then I worried that we were going in April, what if I got too hot? So I invested in many layers. I took more than double the clothes I needed, just in case.

It was a fantastic holiday, which I would never have gone on without that one impulsive moment, so I am actually very grateful to that moment and had the most amazing time with the most amazing memories to last me the rest of my life.