Things.

[serenissima]

breimh asked the other day, "If you could do any one activity, or see any one thing, what would it be and why?" And I thought, I'll have a hard time picking just one thing. The question reminded me of a website I ran across recently called 43 Things, which launched at the beginning of this year.

The idea is you make yourself a to-do list of things you want to accomplish, maximum of 43 items, and you can look up other people who have the same items on their to-do list. The site is sponsored by Amazon, and while I like Amazon and I think its various personalized features are really cool, I'm not ready to give them so much more personal information. Besides, why stop at 43? What if you have more?

Anyway, I put together a list. I tried to categorize, but I did not prioritize -- the big things and the little things, the things I want a lot and the things I kind of would like, are jumbled together.

Places to visit:
China
England
Alaska
Minsk & Grodno, Belarus
Greece
Italy (accomplished, but I want to go again)
South America
the Grand Canyon
a country with a name ending in "-stan," or one bordering such a country

Skills to learn:
fluency in Spanish
speak Mandarin
speak Tagalog
speak Yiddish
pottery
archery
drawing
unarmed self-defence of some kind
inline skating
knitting
play violin
play harmonica
play guitar
cooking & baking
basic sewing, a step up from pillows
ballroom dancing
change a flat tire
jump start a car

Goals to achieve:
raise a child
earn a postgraduate degree
earn a college degree (accomplished)
make socks
make a blanket
make a sweater
make new friends
host a party
hike up a mountainside bigger than Stone Mountain
have photographs I took framed and displayed on the wall, not just because of the people they show but because of their aesthetic appeal
have arms strong enough to use crutches

Possessions to have:
a house with a garden
dogs
cats
an aquarium (accomplished)
a birdfeeder
a car (accomplished)

Activities to experience -- Breimh, I guess this is the kind of thing you were talking about?
snorkel among tropical fish
go hang-gliding
watch a meteor shower
watch a solar eclipse (accomplished)

Comments

[aristeros.livejournal.com]

I guess I should consider myself lucky that there isn't a specific number of cats and/or dogs.