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katakanadian posted a little video about a group of guys doing their bucket list, and it got me thinking. What do I want to do before I die? A lot of times recently it feels as though I have no direction, that a good wind will blow me whichever direction the world wants me. I haven't felt really - I don't know, worthy? - to have ambition. But this whole Hire Me thing for the TV has got me thinking. What do I want? What do I want to do with my life, to make a difference? I felt it once, in the Army, when I knew that even if we did the same shit every day, it was toward a goal, that it was worth doing because the bigger picture held a place for all of us.
But I've been drifting so long now I think I forgot what it was like to dream, to have wishes and to want to do something! So I made the beginnings of my own bucket list, and although a lot of the items are large and life changing, it's also giving me something to think about when I forget look around me and remember that there is more to life than sitting in my living room watching TV.
Therefore, before I lose my courage or the impetous to dream some more, I present to you my bucket list, a work in progress for a hopefully long time.
-Own a house
-Learn to fly an airplane
-Ride a motorcycle
-Publish a book
-Go to Australia, Egypt and NZ
-Adopt
-Get another tattoo
-Teach English in a different country
-Get my Ph.D
-Buy brand new furniture, just for myself
What are your dreams? Make sure you don't forget them, like I nearly did.
katakanadian posted a little video about a group of guys doing their bucket list, and it got me thinking. What do I want to do before I die? A lot of times recently it feels as though I have no direction, that a good wind will blow me whichever direction the world wants me. I haven't felt really - I don't know, worthy? - to have ambition. But this whole Hire Me thing for the TV has got me thinking. What do I want? What do I want to do with my life, to make a difference? I felt it once, in the Army, when I knew that even if we did the same shit every day, it was toward a goal, that it was worth doing because the bigger picture held a place for all of us. But I've been drifting so long now I think I forgot what it was like to dream, to have wishes and to want to do something! So I made the beginnings of my own bucket list, and although a lot of the items are large and life changing, it's also giving me something to think about when I forget look around me and remember that there is more to life than sitting in my living room watching TV.
Therefore, before I lose my courage or the impetous to dream some more, I present to you my bucket list, a work in progress for a hopefully long time.
-Own a house
-Learn to fly an airplane
-Ride a motorcycle
-Publish a book
-Go to Australia, Egypt and NZ
-Adopt
-Get another tattoo
-Teach English in a different country
-Get my Ph.D
-Buy brand new furniture, just for myself
What are your dreams? Make sure you don't forget them, like I nearly did.
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Date: 2009-04-21 05:41 pm (UTC)My list would include:
Renting (not buying) a house that makes me happy
Adopting two doggies and having the health, money, and time to nurture them
Paying off my dad's debts for him
Traveling all over the place, meeting my LJ friends