Because January Is For Lists
I want to:
do something relevant.
do something challenging.
volunteer more often.
carve out writing time for myself daily.
I want to think:
that I am capable enough to accomplish any task, no matter how challenging.
seriously about what I want to do career-wise, and what it’s going to take to get there.
about everything I say before I say it.
I want to learn:
how to love better.
how to love myself better.
how to live greener.
more about politics, and less about the b.s. surrounding it.
to think globally.
I want to see:
how far I can push myself, physically.
Africa, Egypt, and Paris in the spring-time.
the way my hair looks blonde, someday.
I want to try:
being a vegetarian, at least where red meat and pork are concerned.
eating healthier, regardless of if I’m able to let go of red meat forever.
I want to tell:
more jokes.
my family and friends how important they are to me, better and more often.
Chris that he makes me so happy, daily.
I want to touch:
coral along an underwater reef.
a paintbrush to canvas.
the hands of a newborn.
I want to smell:
a huckleberry pie straight from the oven, that I baked from scratch.
food and festivities and all of my family in one room next Thanksgiving.
grass underneath my bare feet.
I want to feel:
confident about my own abilities and natural talents.
that what I do for most of the day, at work, matters.
fit enough to run a 5k, easily.
I want to stop:
worrying about everything resting out of my control.
pretending that I feel guilty about being happy.
drop, and roll.
living in the past.
I want to let go of:
my fears of failing.
my fears of being successful.
people and places that were never good for me, not ever.
wondering what might have been.
doubt.
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What do you want?
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I want to travel outside the country, go out on a date for the first time, read more, learn a third language and perfect the art of being attentively friendly.
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Being attentively friendly sounds like an awesome goal. As does the rest. I wish I could remember French the way I did when I was studying it. But I suppose not practicing it for years afterward makes my inability to retain and speak it logical.
I’m going to forward this to someone that will be really inspired by the entire thing. Awesome entry, seriously.
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Thanks, you. :)
I want to go to MEXICO.
And this will happen in a few weeks.
I loved your post.
LOVED it.
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Oooh, Mexico! YES. I almost forgot!
Be sure to take many pictures of you basking in the warmth with your yummy margaritas so I can live vicariously through your sun exposure.
A job.
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Keeping my fingers and toes and such crossed for you!
Wow, that’s a lot of really worthy goals. Very inspiring. :)
(Um, and I still want to be less wasteful. I have plenty far to go on that one.)
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Less wasteful! is a great one. And great big ginormously HARD. For us, anyway. We are perpetually trying, but I’m always amazed how much garbage two! people can produce. I mean, really. It makes me want to go live in a tree. With no tin foil. Which really wouldn’t solve anything, but I would be in a tree, and therefore, happy. Or freezing cold.
Come to think of it, I may want to rethink this whole “live in a tree” business. Although, for about ten years I was sure that’s what I wanted to do when I “grew up.”
totally just copied the whole thing. very inspiring :)
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Thanks! babe.
Oh I love this one - “a huckleberry pie straight from the oven, that I baked from scratch.”, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a huckleberry and I want this!
I want to give myself permission to relax into my new job so I can be calm and fun in the evenings instead of bracing myself for it to start feeling like my old job.
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Huckleberries are AMAZING, but yes, I think only native to the Pacific Northwest region. They are delicious. If you ever come around these parts, I’ll do my best to find some so I can bake one for you. It’s my favorite kind of pie.
I’m also playing “Relax” for you in my head, over and over again. ;)
Well just how fateful is this? I just tagged you. List away my friend. You now can list 6 quirky things about yourself and then tag 6 others to do the same.
I know these things are usually annoying, but since you are into listing, you will just love it. Promise.
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We are totally list psychic. Awesome.
When I was pregnant I went through a nesting phase where I baked for 24 hours or so. I made nothing but home-made apple pies and gave them away to the neighbor’s. Then I cried because I thought everyone hated them. my ex-husband still re-assures me by telling me they were awesome pies. 18 years later.
YOu’re list is not only admirable is do-able. Get to it Girly.
I’m off to San Fran - hug & kiss Iggy & Chris for me.
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I’m sure they were amazing pies. I miss baking. I like it more than traditional cooking, I think. (I can’t wait to hear about San Francisco! Smooches.)
just a side not .. touching coral reef kills it… so maybe you would just like to see it?
I want to plan (and pay for) another trip to Thailand in the near future. *sigh*
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Touche. ;) What I really want! to do is take a picture of me with an underwater camera smiling a huge cheesy smile with the reef in the background. No touching, I promise.
This was fantastic. Right now my only want is to not be sick but there are bigger and better things. I’ll be writing my own list as soon as I’m feeling a little more up to par.
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Oh, I so hear you. Being sick is the worst. I’ve been battling a Something That Wants To Lodge Itself In My Chest for the past two weeks. Ug.
This was great!
I want… a baby.
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(Thank! you.) Here’s to babies! (For you, not me.) :)
i love this. i’ll definitely post this on my blog too. i want “heidelbeer”-pie, too :)
or apple pie :)
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Mmm, apple pie! YES. My grandmother makes the best homemade apple pie. There is something about a pie hot out of the oven. It trumps most everything else.
I just want to be happy.
That covers a plethora of things.
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Indeed! it does. I like happy. Happy is fantastic. (Happy! Friday.)
I also want to carve out more time to write.
And I want to learn how to use my circular knitting needles so I can knit 3987509822 sweaters.
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I love that number. And then, when you’ve finished (or even after you made one; I’m all about instant! gratification) you can make yourself a t-shirt that says “I knitted 3987509822 sweaters.”
Me. Jason. Paris. March. Spring. Easter. You. Chris. Exploring.
Wanna come? :)
i’m totally game with the interview thing. would it be ok afterwards if i put it on my site as well?
I dig this! And I definitely want to tell more jokes. I just have this image of good joke tellers having nice hair, and I’m wanting nice hair. Okay this is the worst comment ever.
I want to make the most of what lies ahead… no matter how scary.
all i want is a bloody mary from the triple nickel.
that’s all
but i want one every day for the rest of eternity. and they have to be magical bloody marys that make me really fast and have xray vision.
that’s it. pretty simple.
I want to…steal the idea for this entry, ti was so inspiring. I want ot do a lot of the things you want to do…and I think I will, NO i KNOW i will.
a little peace in my country!
in the last few months, I’ve been kinda absent amongst my fellow bloggers - - this post of yours, ahhhh - tears… instant tears upon reading the first item. bless you!