New Chapter
6 Oct
For the record, I think the whole “turning over new leaf”, “the first day of the rest of your life” stuff is a bit cheesy but I’d say that moving countries counts as a new chapter in my life, so I guess I’m gonna have to roll with it. Leaving everything I know and everything that is familiar to me has prompted me to start thinking about what I want out of this life, so I’m updating my life list.
New Stuff:
- Learn how to take awesome photos
- Get a spiffy, professional camera and know how to work it
- Learn Photoshop
- Create a useful website
- Write a book about living in Japan
- See Cirque du Soleil in Tokyo
- Study Japanese and achieve up to JLPT Level 3
- Get my sleeve of white stars
- Get fit again
- Make a snowman
- Do my Masters
- Write for Metropolis
- Write letters to people
- Find a color palette to dress from and commit to it
- Find a new, awesome hairstyle
- Go to Tokyo Disney/Tokyo Sea
Here is my existing list:
- graduate an undergrad degree and do postgrad work Finished my degree June 08
- get a tattoo Have five now, and counting
- own a house
- visit every continent
- go to Las Vegas, Italy, Spain and Morocco
- get married
- own a dog
- live by the sea
- be a published author (in any sense of the word) Can you believe it!?!
- sing in public (well)
- go on a cruise
- get a matching ring set and wear it with someone who will value it and want to wear it as much as I do
- be a parent and raise a spectacular person
- buy and learn to fly a kite
- run a marathon
- win a prize home
- adopt an Asian baby
- live in at least three different countries Not totally done, but I have lived in Australia and in a couple days will live in Japan, only one more to go!
- learn to play ukulele
- grow my own veggies
- have a beautiful home
- run my own cafe/shop
- go camping
- be a fantastic teacher that children will remember I have already achieved this but I’d still like to keep being a fantastic teacher.
- buy a pair of beautiful and impractical heels for no reason other than the fact they are lovely
- speak at least three languages fluently
- visit every state in Australia
- learn to play chess
- teach someplace “uncomfortable” Survived teaching in remote Western Queensland for two months, I think that can count
- stay true to myself
- be a really good hula hooper
- watch a sunrise and sunset
- cook something amazing
- stop worrying Zoloft, how I love thee
- do all things I want to do even if they are scary or hard In progress, but I think I’m doing an alright job so far.
I’m pleased with how much I have managed to do since I first created the list (11 October last year). I think it’s probably best to do a bit of a six monthly review (I last did it in June) just to see how you are travelling. I still think it’s on of the most valuable thing to have done and I can’t reccomend it enough for people who want to create a little direction in their life.
Stay tuned for my last post as a resident of Australia!!
You are doing so well!
So jealous that you are a published writer- I am but not in book form
If you don`t mind not getting paid then BAB mag is always looking for writers and articles as well as metropolis of course. I think writing something for The Last Word in metropolis would be interesting.
I like your new additions- I think it is important to reevaluate every so often.
Two more sleeps! EEK!!!
I’m a little intimidated by your lists — by how much you’ve done, and how much you will do. Here’s to a new leaf of life!
Lulu, thanks! One more sleep now! Thanks for the BAB tip, I’ll suss it out. I’d like to do more writing and being busy will probably be awesome for my sanity
Jay, thank you. I am certain if you made a list then you’d realise how much you get done over the course of a year or so. I think life lists are awesome