My First Experience! A Heart-Pounding "..."

Hello. This is Bongun.

Today, I am going to have a "first experience."

"It's not that rare these days. People who start early experience it in their teens. That's right, once it's over, it's no big deal. You'll be fine."

Those who have experienced it all chime in to encourage me.

It's not that I haven't had the chance before, but I just didn't have the courage. That's right. I've been recommended to do it many times, but... I would get nervous and turn it down.

But I can't keep doing that forever.

This time, someone even went through the trouble of setting up the "venue" for me, so considering the person who acted as the intermediary, I cannot cancel just because of my own selfishness.

I've made up my mind. I'm going to go through with it.

I just took a bath to purify myself. I put on new underwear and prioritized cleanliness above all else.

"First experience"—that refers to a special experience that only happens once in a lifetime.

When anyone faces a "first experience," they shrink back in anxiety and fear.

"I don't know what to do. I don't even know what it's like. It would be embarrassing if I fumbled around."

A first experience involves a "simple curiosity to know" and a "sense of excitement," but at the same time, because you don't know what it's like, you feel tense and guarded.

If only anxiety and fear take the lead, it's hard to take that courageous first step. A sense of unease just spreads within your heart.

Also, a first experience has many uncertain factors, and you don't know if you will succeed or fail. That's why just thinking about it in your head makes you even more anxious and raises your heart rate.

This feeling will probably intensify as the promised time with the other party approaches, and eventually, I might start trembling with fear and breaking out in a cold sweat.

Especially for a timid coward like me, it feels like an even greater stress.

"Will it go well?"

When I confided these anxious feelings to a colleague, they gave me this advice.

That "a first experience is a special experience that only happens once in a lifetime, so you should just enjoy it."

My heart grew stronger at my colleague's kind words.

That's right. My colleague is correct. A "first experience," in other words, is an experience that only happens once in a lifetime. You can't call it a "first experience" the second time around, can you?

"That's right, it's a precious moment that only happens once in a lifetime, so I should hold my head high."

I will rethink the stress I feel when having a first experience as "pleasure." I should just view the anxiety and fear as "part of the fun."

Since it's a special, once-in-a-lifetime experience, the right thing to do is to enjoy it rather than be afraid. If I do that, my heart will be ignited, and courage will naturally emerge.

It's okay if things don't go smoothly. I'm sure the other party will forgive me.

If I fumble or fail, I can just laugh it off.

If it's your first time, it's actually normal to fumble, so it's not strange at all. In fact, the longer you live, the more precious a first experience becomes.

As you live longer, the number of things you get used to increases, while the number of things you experience for the first time decreases.

Even if you are a coward, telling yourself that it is a "special experience that only happens once in a lifetime" will give you courage. Whether you cry or laugh, it is a precious experience that only happens once in a lifetime.

Let's realize this scarcity value and face it with a sense of enjoyment.

"Ah, I feel much better after having you all listen to me."
"Huh? By the way, what am I talking about?"

An MRI scan.

An MRI scan is a type of hospital examination where you enter a tube made of powerful magnets and use magnetic force to take images of your body's organs and blood vessels.

They prepared this for me to check my internal organs, such as the state of body fat accumulated over many years, to help prevent lifestyle-related diseases.

I am grateful for this.

Right now, I have the pre-examination questionnaire in front of me and am checking off the items one by one.

Let's see...
Do you have a heart pacemaker? ... No
Are you pregnant? ... No, I am a man
Are you claustrophobic? ... I'm a bit timid, but I'll probably be fine
Do you have any tattoos? ... No, though I do have moles and spots
Do you have any metal, such as bullets, remaining in your body? ... Speechless! What is this question?

Tomorrow, I will enjoy my first-time experience, the nervous "MRI" scan.

Have you had any "first-time experiences" lately?