My final driving lesson was on Monday and, as expected, I’m not road safe enough to get a permit without supervision. The instructor did say I made a lot of progress in the past few lessons, especially on the longer, calmer stretches of road I tend to do just fine. It’s still the busy town […]
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Dare to Drive – Part VII. Small victories
Today’s lesson went much better than Saturday’s, even though I was a LOT more nervous beforehand. I was actually pretty close to an anxiety attack thinking about how bad it went last time. I tend to do this thing where I make things worse in my head than they actually are going to be. That […]
Dare to Drive – Part VI. My brain needs an upgrade
I was supposed to have lessons 3 days in a row but something went wrong yesterday and there ended up not being a car available. This probably is a good thing as it means the last lesson won’t be next week but the week after. I say last but I already know I need more […]
Dare to Drive – Part V. Parking and paying attention
It had been a full 2 weeks between the previous lesson and this one but, to my surprise, I hadn’t forgotten everything. In fact I’m starting to get the hang of the mechanics of driving, the things you need to learn to do automatically so you can pay attention to everything else that is going […]
Dare to Drive – Part IV. Walk before you can run
To great delight of my instructor, I’m actually learning more about myself in these driving lessons than anything else. Yesterday’s lesson didn’t go too well. This week in general has been tough on me and felt more like a step back in my recovery than a step forward but I think I finally figured out […]
Dare to Drive – Part III. One step forward, two steps back
Yesterday wasn’t the best day. It felt like I took a step or two backwards instead of forwards for the first time in a couple weeks. It started with me dropping the carton of spelt milk during breakfast and kind of didn’t stop until the internet cut out while I was talking to my friends […]
Dare to Drive – Part II. To and fro, Stop and go…
My lesson today was pretty intense again -i think driving in general is intense when you start out- but I did feel like I was making some progress. I had a different instructor this time who was much calmer than the previous one which did wonders. We started with pretty much the same things as last […]
Dare to Drive – Part I. Driving is exhausting
Learning to drive is something I have been putting off for the past 9 years, despite constant inquiries by various family members. I finally took the theoretical exam 3 years ago for the first time, passed it on the first try and then never got the courage/money together to take lessons. Things have changed though. […]