I would not follow my own advice, but I would recommend trying bungee jumping as an experience because facing your fear would probably make you insanely proud about your courage, and that kind of gut-wrenching fear would hopefully recalibrate your worrying and stressing about other things in life, hopefully it would make you e.g. not be stressed about an upcoming job interview because you faced and survived a much bigger, much more existential perceived danger than that. Because while the actual danger is low, the perceived danger is very high.
It costs more, but get a motorbike already, if you have only a car driving licence and live in a country where with that you can drive up to 50 cc bikes then those. They are really fun and convenient for commuting or just joyriding in lower traffic in the wekends, even these low-performance ones, because perceived speed depends on circumstances, they will feel very slow on a six-lane but on narrow country lanes they are awesome. In those tight turns where even taking a 30 km/h turn made me have to lean sideways 30 degrees. Old two-stroke Simson mopeds sometimes go under $300 in the poorer parts of Europe, not sure where you live but perhaps there are similar deals: http://image.pixelio.de/000/605/850//player/1--605850-Simson%2520Moped-pixelio.jpg
If I was starting out with my life, I would be a minimalist. I would rent an unfurnished apartment, which (in Europe) is a major save over a furnished one and a furnished one is generally filled with cheap used IKEA crap. Without furniture, a small place feels roomy. Two guest beds, the kinds that are mats on the floor, but can be propped up against the wall for functioning as a couch, roughly. No TV, just a laptop and projector on the wall. Learn to sit on pillows on the floor, Zen style, good for posture, use a low table for the laptop and eating.
Boxing gym membership. Boxing sparring is much faster and more intense on beginner levels than other martial arts, it is extremely exciting, really the most exciting adventure you can have inside a room with pants on. People who come from MMA don’t understand why have so limited rules. The answer is simple, kicks and grappling put beginners into a “stop and think” mode. Punching only causes very fast, very intense bouts on beginner levels.
I would not follow my own advice, but I would recommend trying bungee jumping as an experience because facing your fear would probably make you insanely proud about your courage, and that kind of gut-wrenching fear would hopefully recalibrate your worrying and stressing about other things in life, hopefully it would make you e.g. not be stressed about an upcoming job interview because you faced and survived a much bigger, much more existential perceived danger than that. Because while the actual danger is low, the perceived danger is very high.
It costs more, but get a motorbike already, if you have only a car driving licence and live in a country where with that you can drive up to 50 cc bikes then those. They are really fun and convenient for commuting or just joyriding in lower traffic in the wekends, even these low-performance ones, because perceived speed depends on circumstances, they will feel very slow on a six-lane but on narrow country lanes they are awesome. In those tight turns where even taking a 30 km/h turn made me have to lean sideways 30 degrees. Old two-stroke Simson mopeds sometimes go under $300 in the poorer parts of Europe, not sure where you live but perhaps there are similar deals: http://image.pixelio.de/000/605/850//player/1--605850-Simson%2520Moped-pixelio.jpg
If I was starting out with my life, I would be a minimalist. I would rent an unfurnished apartment, which (in Europe) is a major save over a furnished one and a furnished one is generally filled with cheap used IKEA crap. Without furniture, a small place feels roomy. Two guest beds, the kinds that are mats on the floor, but can be propped up against the wall for functioning as a couch, roughly. No TV, just a laptop and projector on the wall. Learn to sit on pillows on the floor, Zen style, good for posture, use a low table for the laptop and eating.
Boxing gym membership. Boxing sparring is much faster and more intense on beginner levels than other martial arts, it is extremely exciting, really the most exciting adventure you can have inside a room with pants on. People who come from MMA don’t understand why have so limited rules. The answer is simple, kicks and grappling put beginners into a “stop and think” mode. Punching only causes very fast, very intense bouts on beginner levels.