The Sticky Wicket

This is a story of a girl. A girl who had met the boy, fell in love, was asked, accepted, and made the plans - only to be told 4 years later that it had been a good ride. This is the story of a heartbreak. And the possible rebuilding of Rome from the ashes.

Friday, January 14, 2005

30 By 30

  1. Be more optimistic. Find joy and happiness.
  2. Garden my herb garden so it includes more than two herbs.
  3. Make two new friends.
  4. Give only homemade gifts or things that will be really appreciated, not just become “stuff.”
  5. Visit each continent (or at least add a few more to the list).
  6. Purchase a home. Learn things to fix up that home.
  7. Find direction.
  8. Accept me. Totally - body shape, skin, hair, everything.
  9. Play my bass clarinet again.
  10. Buy a drill for myself; maybe put together a real good tool box.
  11. Learn more pastry chef-ness.
  12. Learn to speak another language (for real this time).
  13. Be excitable.
  14. Concentrate on others’ needs.
  15. Become a runner.
  16. Return to swimming and climbing.
  17. Learn to small talk with people I have nothing in common with.
  18. Become more appreciative of what I do have and what I have done.
  19. Buy artwork on every trip I take, so that my home is filled with memories, rather than a dusty scrapbook.
  20. Learn to dress sexy.
  21. Volunteer. (Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, mentor, BSA…) Be active in a troop/crew/lodge of the Boy Scouts, even though I don’t have a kid.
  22. Learn that responsibility and blame are different.
  23. Simplify. Purge things I don’t need.
  24. Try to respect "the ordinary" (inspired by this quote by lin-chi: "if you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.")inspired by mipmup
  25. Find a center that became lost along the way.
  26. Find a pace between fired drill and slug.
  27. Write a letter each week to someone I love, letting them know that.
  28. Paint a large canvas painting.
  29. Learn to sew.
  30. Get a really great haircut and finally learn what to do with it.

copyright Kc @ 8:10 AM

1 Comments:

At 5:43 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

#20 might be optional. You look more than fine.

On # 17. Reading more, and more 'stuff' will make anyone a better conversationalist, but then again very few people really know how to make small talk without resorting to 'Did you see that [TV show/Movie]? It's a lost art, and will only impress the oldsters.

On #13. This may be genetic. You either got it or not. And don't despair for NOT having it. That can be very useful to you.

#19 is a passion of all older ladies & men. This is why they (and they alone) haunt the antiques stores. When you finally have enough money to search for art, you know you've really made it.

#14 Goes w/o saying for any true mother or lover in fact.


Cheers & Good Luck! 'VJ'

 

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