Scratch: What’s On Your List? (1)

A couple of months ago, when I was completely drenched in thoughts of what to do with my life, I had this conversation with my best buddy and at some point, we found ourselves totally unsure of what to do in the future, of what kind of life we want to live. So what happened was, we agreed on doing a list of the things we want to achieve before we die. Later on, I thought it would be better if we change the “want” to “should” –this could make the whole experience of completing the list a lot more fulfilling.

I started my list, and here’s a few of what’s in there…

Things I SHOULD do before I die

-Dye my hair red, and then blue

-Get totally drunk the night before an exam, and still get a high score in the exam! LOL. (I think I’ve done this, but not that totally drunk… So I should still try this.)

-Append a professional title to my name. Could it be Atty.?

-See the New York skyline

-Explore Greece

-A Euro tour: Rome, Paris, London

-Bungee jump!

-Publish an article in a major newspaper (Done with this, but perhaps, with a more decent article.

-Read 1001 (and more) books

-Produce an indie movie

Quite ambitious stuff, don’t you think? Or should I say crazy? Haha. Anyway, that’s just about 10% of the list. With some things I’m still not sure if it should be added to the list… Of course, the list’s not complete yet. I’m giving myself until I’m 25, perhaps,… that’s about  five years from now, to give room to the stuff that I might want to do but haven’t thought about yet at the moment. I can’t remember if my best buddy and I talked about doing the things on the list together or what, but definitely we’ll be doing some together. She has been taking Italian classes (and I think with the number of units she has it could be considered her minor) and thinking of pursuing a higher degree in Rome… so the Euro tour was originally her idea. I know we have so much time down the line to spend together, and I’m sure about that.

You should try making a list, too. It could be frustrating if you started to think and then you find out that you really don’t know what you want in life… but then, the moment you think of  one genuine thing that you wanted on your list, it feels so good. And then you’ll realize, this is crazy but I should do this!