living the list

i like to make lists.
and someone once asked me why i made lists.
they said that they didn't make lists because they just go out and live life, instead of wasting time of planing what their going to do.
i thought about it,
and i like their attitude towards life.
because if i just sit around making lists about all the things i want to do, and then never do them, what's the point?
so i'm not going to anymore.
write lists and not do what's on the list, i mean.
i'm still going to write lists.
because they keep me motivated.
but no more false sense of accomplishment.
instead, some of my lists are now public.
and now i have some sense of external accountability to other people that will make me make sure i actually do all of those things that i want to do.
first thing on the list?
well of course, make a list of the things i want to do this summer.

summer top 20

[ ] learn to long board
[ ] go on a road trip
[ ] bike everywhere
[ ] buy my first record (and player?)
[ ] re learn French
[ ] improve my Spanish
[ ] learn to write with my left hand... legibly
[ ] spend a whole day in the T.
[ ] play guitar every day
[ ] listen to new music
[ ] read a bazillion books... okay, maybe 20?
[ ] become 100% meat free
[ ] learn all the settings on my new camera
[ ] learn some theology... aka study my Bible!
[ ] write more letters to my friends :)
[ ] finish my first book of poetry
[ ] go to the beach as much as possible
[ ] plant some flowers / pick some flowers (but not the ones i planted... teehee)
[ ] go on forest adventures
[ ] spend as much time in the sun as humanly possible... with sunscreen!
[ ] get in shape... bahaaa. yeah right!

check.