Finally have a temp to perm job that I’m going to find terribly boring but it means MONEY! And regardless of how rubbish it is it’s still better than my last two temp jobs when I really couldn’t go back because I hated them so much they made me feel physically sick. It’s such a relief. And now I have breathing space in which to find a proper job that I can actually enjoy or at least, relax in.
stormyangel's Life List
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1. Get organized
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2. stop being late
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3. stop procrastinating
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4. learn to drive
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5. become financially solvent
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6. Become TEFL qualified
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7. become a published author
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8. make the world a better place
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9. Give blood
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10. become fluent in french
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11. become fluent in Japanese
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12. become fluent in Mandarin
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13. become fluent in Spanish
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14. learn piano again
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15. learn to play guitar
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16. learn the flute
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17. sing in a band
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18. eat healthily
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19. reach my goal weight
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20. become a black belt in kung fu
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21. learn scuba diving
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22. learn to surf
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23. learn yoga
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24. learn tai chi
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25. learn to dance flamenco
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26. learn Argentine tango
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27. learn bellydancing
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28. be skilled in massage
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29. learn to ride a horse
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30. learn fire poi
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31. learn to juggle
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32. make my dream travel and activities plan
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33. Swim with dolphins
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34. see a total solar eclipse
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35. see the northern lights
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36. do a bungee jump in New Zealand
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37. get a pilot's licence
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38. get a polynesian tattoo the traditional way
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39. get my tattoo design completed (and tattooed on me)
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40. start drawing and painting again
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I’ve realised that I do know what I want to do really. I have an idea of the path I want to take. I know that I am going to make plans to get there. I know I’m going to try more and more to be the person I want to be. I want to be myself.
I used to think I’d need a “five year plan” all set out for me in order to do this but I don’t think I do anymore. I know that I want to do thousands of things, meet new people, have good times, live a great life and all that. I want to help people.
I think my insistence on planning because I thought that’s what I had to do has been holding me back in a way. Sometimes you have to do that, but a lot of the time you just have to go out and take life by the horns. I’m going to try to do that, however much it’s hard because I’m so shy and introverted.
In a way, it almost doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you’re fighting to be happy. Giving as much as you can, and taking it all back in love and joy. I am passionate about so much and that’s what matters.
I hope that I can read over this when I next feel uncertain and realise that life is always uncertain… we always feel the winds of change blowing through, we just have to fly on them like a hang glider, not be buffeted about like a child’s balloon.
What I would like to do with the rest of my life, is be me.
- Swim with dolphins somewhere tropical
- get a polynesian tattoo the traditional way in Tahiti
- bathe in an Icelandic hot spring
- tango in Argentina
- see the northern lights in Scandinavia
- go surfing in Hawaii
- do a bungee jump in New Zealand
- see a total solar eclipse in the desert
- touch a pyramid in Egypt
