Hello, is so amazing to read all this stories about people like me, I’ve always felt out of this world because no one seemed to understand my broad spectrum of interests (except for my husband). I’ve always been the crazy girl. I am a BS Engineer, could not do one major so did 2 (mechanical and electrical), I am a photographer, a poet, diver with certification, I love snowboarding, practiced curling, great basketball player and foot ball player. I am learning guitar and doing an MBA while taking a course at the phylosophy faculty for creative writing. I cook great cakes and cookies, as well as japanese food. I am a gadget geek and the systems guy at work has me as his backup when he is not around, because I just understand computers. I skate, ride a motorcycle, and a certified PMP. I am an organizer freak and paint on my spare time too. While performing as advisor for my friends, guidance to my co-workers and team members. I dance all kind of music, specialy Salsa since very early age. I practiced gymnastics still can do an arch =). I am a bulldog breeder too. Wow. I had never written all this things I can do. I have planned for next year to go in a cruise to turkey and greece, visit my dear friends in Spain, write a song with my new guitar skills and get me an electric guitar. Start the book about my grandfather I’ve planned and continue with my politics blog…..Oh yeah I forgot I speak english, french, spanish and chinese. German is still on the pending list. I make candles, ride horses and movies and books are my thing.
How to be a renaissance woman
How I did it: Well, ADHD *REALLY* helps! Being incapable of being bored REALLY helps. Taking the attitude that university is for FUN really helps!
Anything that interests me, I've tried. OK, so, no, I haven't yet had the chance to try glass-blowing or freediving, but I MOST CERTAINLY will! It took me nearly 10 years to finish undergrad, but that's because I just took whatever interested me, and I don't regret it ONE BIT! I can teach any aspect of ceramics, I can weld, I can make glass, I can build a furnace, I can be an engineer for the national labs, I can speak a few different languages, I can belly dance (sorta!), I can make my own clothes, I can change my oil (but I don't any more), I can make tasty food (but that's the beau's forte!), I can do cartwheels on a balance beam, I can sew people up, I can rescue people from muddy caves... it goes on and on, and it's ever-increasing. I <3 my brain and body! THANK YOU, UNIVERSE, FOR MY GENES AND OPPORTUNITIES!
Lessons & tips: Go through *every single* door the universe opens for you. Well, maybe not the ones to heroin or suicide, but any that seem like good forces have opened. Don't deliberate; JUMP!
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Things I’m good at: calligraphy, scenic photography, fishing, camping, hiking, design/creativity, writing, teaching, driving, exploring/finding adventures,...
Things I’d like to do/learn/get/be (in no particular order):
1. pilot license
2. TKD black belt
3. scuba diver
4. published author
5. kiva donor
6. write poems about the sea
7. sky-dive certified
8. master’s degree
9. long-distance runner
10. remain debt-free
11. meditate
12. learn to dance
Updates, etc, to come. I’m also skilled at procrastination, although that’s not what I’m doing now.
I want to speak many languages, be well rounded, learn to fence, learn to ride a horse, learn archery, learn to draw, learn to dance, and learn to play musical instruments (violin, piano, bagpipes, whistle/flute, and carillon). And more.
Hi, today is 1/14/09 and I have just finished giving a big presentation at work today. While it is important to get ahead at my job I have to keep reminding myself that a pharmacist is not all that I am. I want to be good at multiple things. I signed up for languages and music classes at the local adult school today so that shall be a good start.
cia007 is a "Romatic Spiritual Tree-Hugger!"
Ultimately, I figure I have a potential span of years ahead of me, and what is to stop me from setting yearly goals for myself….or even monthly goals for that matter? Looking at my 43things list, I realize I do have some long term goals, and some short term ones, and some daily ones. How much more effective would I be to sketch out yearly goals (biggies) and monthly goals with the intent that the daily goals work towards greater things.
I could dream about going to Europe all I want, but if I say, “I’m going in 2009” it makes it more of a reality and something to take baby steps towards. I could learn something each year, or go somewhere each year, etc. if I really made it a priority…and if my life span is not as long as my plan, I will still have become a Renaissance woman!
Need to ponder my “plan” a little more. Needs to be flexible, yet achievable.
I have a goal that says “Be a beautiful lady” and a goal that says “be a renaissance woman.” These are the differences I see:
A beautiful lady: is someone who stays poised, pretty, elegant, does not talk about people, intelligent, charming, witty.
Renaissance woman: Has all the qualities of a beautiful lady and more. It is a beautiful lady who has tried things at least once, has lived an outrageous life and lives to tell about it!
I want to: eat exotic foods, learn how to skateboard, act on stage, draw, take pictures, make jokes, go to theater, go to sketchy clubs, design an outfit, learn Russian and Hebrew, read all the best novels, read dirty romance novels, be a good friend, meet all people, speak out loud ,flirt elegantly,get odd jobs, sell something on Ebay, go thrift shopping, donate to charity, travel, know history, science, CURRENT EVENTS, wear silk underwear, sometimes wear none. Know how to dance well, make nice toasts at weddings, write nice letters, change hair colors, laugh, laugh and live for the love of life.
Harijan Romantic Self-Knowing Believer
in my 22 years of life i have done a plethora of things. PLETHORA. i have learned how to manage being this renaissance woman that is me, which in the beginning just seemed tough. and the only reason why i thought it was tough was because all that i wanted to do went against what my parents wanted. you know, the same ol’ career for 40 years… haha, and doing life the way “everyone else” does it. so far i’ve been a teacher for many trades. i’ve been a dance teacher, an art teacher, an english teacher and a preschool teacher. i also worked for the new york stock exchange in my teen years. i was a comission bill clerk. and i was also a maid. i’m a cook, a poet, a musician, a linguist, a designer, a wife, a daughter, a friend (the therapist kind of friend), a traveler, a healer (i am a trained reiki specialist!) ... and i’ve been to two art schools, 2 universities and a community college. i am currently happily and successfully working on THREE majors (that’s about 6 or 7 classes a semester of dance, education and psych/soc. i consider the psych/soc degree one, but some say it’s two. so maybe that’s 4 majors. LOL!) and amidst it all i am preparing myself for motherhood which i’m hoping God will bless me with pregnancy in the next few months. and all of this has happened in the past 8 years of my life. and now i’m confident and happy with my decisions and i’m happy to take on the world. i’m not afraid and i’m not going to let myself be swayed by the condescending words of my family. these words come from the mouths of miserable people anyways. and i don’t plan on stopping any time soon. this is going to be a continuous and life long effort. this will make my life worth living.
Everyone in this group needs to read this book:
The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One.
It is absolutely fantastic. It’s also especially helpful when explaining to nagging parents/relatives/friends why you won’t just have one job for the next 40 years.
At the moment I’m a bit of a Jill of all trades, mistress of none, I’m “okay” at lots of things but I want to be at least good at them
I think I’m going to be something of a permanent student, I’ve caught the OU bug and there’s going to be no stopping me, I’m working on 2 BSc (Hons) degrees at the moment and have at least another couple for BA (Hons) planned for later, and that’s without the Dips and Certs (mmmmm Cert Astronomy and Planetary Science, yummy, Dip Classical Studies, yes please!) I seem to have an aptitude for OOP programming with Java at the moment
One thing I would consider myself very good at is tap dancing, I’ve really missed it over the summer, just over 2 weeks and I’ll be back having lessons, can’t wait!
include art, architecture, science, literature, classics, psychology and history. I have already have a degree in social science but there’s room for improvement there too. So this should keep me going for a bit…
