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everything and nothing

by trolly @ 28 Aug. 2006 – 10:54:01

Cocktailer has an excellent list on her blog of 30 things to do before you're 30

which has me pondering on the 42 things i might want to do before i'm 42 next year...

i've made a start:

1. write list
2. find pen to write list with
3. [turn house updside down, see if any pens fall out]
4. swear
5. pour large whisky
6. fall asleep

tbc.

there's something rather poignant about these lists: it's fun to imagine all that might be possible, but then kinda sad to ponder on whether any of it is really achievable. and there's the challenge.

but one thing i do know:

i'm going to sort my working life out.
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- adamantixx
- http://trifledreamz.blogspot.com
- 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:04:08
i had enough trouble writing 10 things and i'd be very surprised if i manage to make them all happen! i guess it doesn't matter if a dream comes true, it's having the dream to begin with that's important.
- - trolly
  - 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:10:32
  i saw your list (or rather GQ's list) and have to say that i rather fancy driving a ferrari.
  
  :-)
  
  a guy i once knew was absolutely driven by things he felt he had to achieve. the trouble was there was no humility [i don't mean that to sound reactionary]: and the goals he set himself really were often unachievable. he'd have been happier setting smaller goals, but that simply wasn't him.
  
  and, y'know, really it was up to him to sort this out in his head.
  
  i agree with your point re dreams...but at some point it's good to effect change in life, and do stuff which moves you on in some way.
  
  trolly x
  - - suzeemoon
    - http://suzeemoon.friendpages.com/
    - 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:33:48
    Huh! This is ageist! I couldn't come up with a list of 51!!! [grumble, grouse,moan]
    *suzee stomps off muttering*
    What do mean that older people are grumpy???!!!
    - - trolly
      - 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:39:17
      it's going to take me all year to think up 42 things!
      
      anyway. i think the approach is:
      
      think of something, and then think of what that might be 'worth', so you end up with a list of say six things which somehow add up to 51. i know that that makes absolutely no sense at all, but hey...who said maths/logic was my strong point?
      
      i'm seriously considering a short writing course though, that'd bring me to Shropshire. as a child i lived in Ludlow, and have not been back since...
      
      trolly x
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  - - adamantixx
    - http://trifledreamz.blogspot.com
    - 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:46:59
    i don't normally set myself goals, i'm too laid back for my own good, certainly not ambitious -as with most things, somewhere in the middle is best.
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- angelkirstin
- 28 Aug. 2006 @ 11:53:30
why not start with a list of the 41 things you have already achieved, might be easier that way kx
- - trolly
  - 28 Aug. 2006 @ 19:39:03
  there's positive thinking!
  
  what a good idea...
  
  [musing]
  
  trolly x
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- pollygarter
- 29 Aug. 2006 @ 22:07:00
have you seen timsuzi's list? Much easier...
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- Cocktailer
- 29 Aug. 2006 @ 22:39:28
Bless you! I must point out that it was an old list and I didn't achieve most of them. And the ones I did achieve were the must easier variety.

It was interesting to dig out and look back at what I thought was important to achieve at 28. Now, 36 and counting, a new list would be quite different. I'd also set the bar lower with easier, quick-hit goals to chivvy myself along with a sense of achievement!

Liking the idea from angelkirstin about a list of things achieved...
- - trolly
  - 30 Aug. 2006 @ 03:24:32
  goodness - i wonder what my list would've been in my 20s....?
  
  [thinks]
  
  nope, too long ago...how did i get to 41 so fast?
  
  trolly x
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