List things I would do if I had the time (and hope it will inspire me to find the time to do some of them!)

• nap nap nap nap nap
• paint my toenails
• perfect my veggie chopping technique
• plan my memorial (not needed anytime soon, I hope!)
• update my ‘love this’ journal
• write the new song that’s tickling my mind’s ear
• intuitive movement every day
• write a bunch of thank-you letters to people who have taught, supported and challenged me
• research whether I want to change one of my charity donations
• paint paint paint paint
• glorious miraculous restorative NOTHING

If I had the time, I would:

• collage more. Oooh, I used to love this. When I die, douse me in gel medium and stick me to a canvas.
• put all my song lyrics in one place
• record myself singing all my songs so I won’t keep forgetting the tunes
• talk to some people who play music about starting zither and whether someone like me, who doesn’t like boring beginnings, has the patience to learn it
• get massages once a month, at least
• sit in a public place wearing dark glasses so I could stare at people’s noses and mouths and figure out which way I want to draw them
• figure out what I want to do re: RSS feeds and consolidated posting
• go through my files and shred what I can
• put together chapter headings and areas for the workbook
• get the two dresses altered
• make a list of the music I want to download and download it
• get the rest of my CDs into iTunes
• write a vignette list for my memoirs
• write a screenplay
• write the chicklit novel
• work on my chapter of The! Rippingest! Bodice-Ripper! Ever!
• take another nap
• nothing

If I had the time, I would:

• take a nap every afternoon so I could get up early and stay up late
• sketch and paint when I was in the mood
• go through my storage boxes and toss a lot of stuff
• bring stuff to Goodwill
• scour vintage stores for clothes I could work into my everyday wardrobe
• investigate gyms near the house
• see my parents more often
• see Mr. Yes more often
• write letters to my friends, actual on paper letters
• hang art in my room
• sleep and sleep and sleep some more
• see a rheumatologist
• see a dentist
• and while I’m at it, see about the damn insomnia
• see a gynecologist
• do everything at a calm pace
• go to the farmer’s market on Saturdays
• cook
• go to the beach and do nothing
• journal
• make a vision board or six
• do Byron Katie’s The Work on several issues
• do tai chi regularly
• read tarot more often
• investigate dance classes
• look into circus school for trapeze or high wire
• hang out with my friends in SF
• see if there’s anything in that other retirement account and roll it over
• nothing
• read
• nothing
• nap
• nothing

[I may need to start a list about ‘if I had a car/money’]