I was sitting in my bathroom crimping my hair, staring at my phone, waiting for my friend to text me back about whether she was coming with me or not. Then it hit me: did I actually care what her answer was?
I had already put effort into getting ready. I already wanted to go. Somewhere between lip gloss and the final piece of crimped hair, I realized I had spent so much time waiting for confirmation from other people that I forgot I could simply decide to have a good night anyway.
My mom got sick, so she couldn’t go anymore, and I decided that part of being in your twenties is being carefree.
So, I ordered a Lyft and Uber to the music factory anyway because I remembered that I do have free will and I could go see the cover band anyway, and still have a fun solo night out…
I’m so glad I didn’t let other people not being able to go not stop me, because I really enjoyed getting out and seeing this 1980s cover band called Electric Avenue, and just having a solo night out, sometimes even though it was a little outside of my comfort zone, it reminded me that it’s okay.
Here’s the photo dump if you want to see the solo adventure: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYcPl1jjvBr/?img_index=11&igsh=Yno0NDRzbXd2aXYy
This was written by our contributing writer, Savannah Byus.
All images used in this article were taken by Savannah Byus.
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