so i am 31. (i think. never so much good at remembering if i am the age i AM or the one i am GOING to be soon. already.)
anyway, i am copying some other shmoe's idea of creating a list of 40 things i would like to do before 40. of course, my list will involve *my* own creative endeavors. okay, really, some of them are pretty silly. and are simply put ON the list, so they can be quickly crossed off. i like crossing things off lists. it's true. sometimes, i make a daily "to do" list simply so i can cross things off. it brings great glee.
like for example, if i have already showered, i will write: shower. then triumphantly cross it off. duh, right? anyway i do it. i also put things like: eat. or: clean up from eating. things that just happen on their own. yet doing this, SOMEDAYS brings such a feeling of accomplishment. it's hard to feel inspired some days...and crossing off silly things makes me feel better that the slightly more challenging tasks such as: fold laundry or: pay bills...might not get done. i think to myself, "phew. at least i pooped today and got those shoes picked up" ...that's how banal my lists can be.
SO.
this sort of a list (as serious as it is to me) WILL have stupid things on it. so i will feel not so bad when forty stares me down and i look at the list and realize: shit, i didn't do anything!
i started it on paper. but lost it, already. oh well. it will come back to me, if they are things truly worth accomplishing, right? here goes...
1. make list of 40 before 40.
2. learn how to do that thing on the computer where a word or sentence looks like it's crossed out.
3. jump off a bridge.
4. go ice skating with kids.
5. go to block island.
6. attend a movie alone.
7. become a foster parent.
8. take the kids to washington, dc.
9. take the kids on a long train journey.
10. come up with a new recipe for and *make* a fabulous veggie lasagna
11. change the baked mac and cheese recipe to be better
12. begin service work
13. join church. uu?
14. listen more.
15. write MORE, than ever before.
16. purchase a volvo wagon.
17. hike one of the good mountains in new hampshire.
18. visit brother in law in oregon.
19. turn off the tv for an entire week.
20. read: prayer for owen meany
21. read: on the road
22. actively help to get bike trail constructed in town
23. learn to knit, and actually MAKE something. nice.
24. attempt to publish something
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
