I was talking to my friend about my future, that I wasn't sure what I should do. And she offered some amazingly wise, and simple advice. To write down 101 wishes. I was surprised by how difficult this was, especially towards the end. This really did help me to put things in perspective, and to think about what I REALLY want out of life. I challenge you to make your own wish list! Here is what I came up with, just off the top of my head (I omitted some of the more personal ones):
Have a horse
Have a cow
Have a Siberian husky
Have a goat
Have several chickens
Vegetable garden
Pumpkin pie
A big house with lots of light
A big kitchen
Have laser eye surgery = no glasses
To uncover something new and extraordinary
A wooden front porch swing
Visit Paris
visit Rome,
visit Pompeii
See real mountains
Hug a llama
Have a beautiful flower garden
Have a cat
Have a man who loves me genuinely and dearly for who I am
Visit Scotland
Have at least one good friend in addition to family whom I can always rely on
Have a motorcycle
Have a big beautiful library full of books
Have a plane
Be able to fly that plane
Have a boat
Travel to the Taj Mahal
Hug a wolf
Have a cat
To have a telescope
To snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
To have my fingernails decorated with drawings of pandas.
To be a better artist
To be better at the organ/piano
To be better at the guitar
To be a better poet/writer
To be able to truly change someone’s life for the better
To be able to cook a greater variety of dishes
To have my own pool and sauna room
To have a junk free house/apartment
To visit Kiev
To learn Spanish
To be better at sewing
To have ice skates
To be better at Latin
To understand the meaning of life
To understand physics better
To have deep-thinking people around me
To ride on an elephant
To ride on a camel
To have real Indian curry
To find a beautiful sari which fits me
To find/make a pretty kimono which fits me
Visit Japan
Swim with a dolphin
Swim with a manatee
To have hardwood floors
To make baklava
Have my own wine cellar with vintage wine
A toy remote control helicopter
To learn how to use eyeliner better (my eyes are really sensitive so it's difficult)
To have a Roman coin
To ride a hot air balloon
To tour the Cincinnati subway
To learn how to play ‘GO’
To have a banjo
To have a job which I love
Meet the Avett Brothers
To be better at yoga
Be a better public speaker
Be better at math
To not fear anything
To forgive everyone, including myself
To find an old photograph I used to have of my great-great aunt and uncle
To have big windows with cushions on which people can sit and look outside
To have more patience
To be better at chess
To be better at bowling
To be happy
Have a horse
Have a cow
Have a Siberian husky
Have a goat
Have several chickens
Vegetable garden
Pumpkin pie
A big house with lots of light
A big kitchen
Have laser eye surgery = no glasses
To uncover something new and extraordinary
A wooden front porch swing
Visit Paris
visit Rome,
visit Pompeii
See real mountains
Hug a llama
Have a beautiful flower garden
Have a cat
Have a man who loves me genuinely and dearly for who I am
Visit Scotland
Have at least one good friend in addition to family whom I can always rely on
Have a motorcycle
Have a big beautiful library full of books
Have a plane
Be able to fly that plane
Have a boat
Travel to the Taj Mahal
Hug a wolf
Have a cat
To have a telescope
To snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
To have my fingernails decorated with drawings of pandas.
To be a better artist
To be better at the organ/piano
To be better at the guitar
To be a better poet/writer
To be able to truly change someone’s life for the better
To be able to cook a greater variety of dishes
To have my own pool and sauna room
To have a junk free house/apartment
To visit Kiev
To learn Spanish
To be better at sewing
To have ice skates
To be better at Latin
To understand the meaning of life
To understand physics better
To have deep-thinking people around me
To ride on an elephant
To ride on a camel
To have real Indian curry
To find a beautiful sari which fits me
To find/make a pretty kimono which fits me
Visit Japan
Swim with a dolphin
Swim with a manatee
To have hardwood floors
To make baklava
Have my own wine cellar with vintage wine
A toy remote control helicopter
To learn how to use eyeliner better (my eyes are really sensitive so it's difficult)
To have a Roman coin
To ride a hot air balloon
To tour the Cincinnati subway
To learn how to play ‘GO’
To have a banjo
To have a job which I love
Meet the Avett Brothers
To be better at yoga
Be a better public speaker
Be better at math
To not fear anything
To forgive everyone, including myself
To find an old photograph I used to have of my great-great aunt and uncle
To have big windows with cushions on which people can sit and look outside
To have more patience
To be better at chess
To be better at bowling
To be happy
Here is hoping every wish - especially the last one - becomes true for you!
ReplyDeleteI second that!
ReplyDeleteGreat list -- I enjoyed reading it.
Anytime you want to play chess or have pandas on your fingernails let me know. I suck at one, and am decent at the other. (:
-Corrie