10 Things I Want to Do But Cannot Do No Matter How Hard I Try (and Oh How I’ve Tried)
- Braid my own hair
- Do that cat-eye thing with my eyeliner
- Wear ruffles without looking like a jerk
- Wear skinny jeans
- Argue with/confront someone without crying
- Speak to a group of three or more people without getting nervous and shaky
- Wear any pair of shoes without requiring post-shoe-wearing application of bandaids
- Tolerate black coffee
- Eat tomatoes
- Cut a straight line with scissors
10 Things I Want to Do But Not Quite Enough to Expend the Effort to Do Them
- Stop drinking Diet Coke
- Exercise every single day
- Speak French fluently
- Cut back on my TV viewing habit
- Go to bed by 10:00 every night
- Shower every day
- Give up sugar
- Clean out my closet and throw away/donate the stuff I don’t need
- Read all the classics
- Rely on email less to communicate with others
10 Things I Want to Do and WILL Do
- Remember how to play the Raindrop Prelude on the piano
- Write a novel
- Publish that novel or a book of poems
- Cook a full, fabulous Thanksgiving dinner
- Volunteer again
- Become known among friends and family for a special, delicious signature dish
- Fit into my size blahdeeblah jeans again
- Go back to Paris and/or Berlin for a significant amount of time (with my husband)
- Buy a dream house (also with my husband)
- Give thanks for my tremendous gifts – my family, friends, career, and health – every day
What’s on your lists?
Love this list! I am pretty much with you on the 10 I want to do but won’t expend energy to do so list … I think I’ll repost with my own list later today/weekend 🙂
My lists would look incredibly similar to yours! I’m a huge tomato hater, to the extreme (no sauce, no chunks, no paste, no thank you), and I so wish I could eat things that are tomato-y. I often feel like a whiny 12 year old.
i’d love to be able to confront someone without crying. I’m way too emotional for my own good. 🙂
I like your lists!
ooh, may I borrow this idea for a blog post?
I cannot wear ruffles either. I look like a girl wearing a bib.
I always try to french-braid my own hair but I just cannot do it and I tried on skinny jeans this past weekend and wouldn’t even let Russ see. awful.idea.
My first list would look very similar to your with the exception of both numbers 8, 9 and 10. Black coffee is my drug in the mornings. I love tomatoes and love the summer time when I can get them fresh and don’t need anything but a pinch of salt on them….YUM (you can blame it on me being Italian).
I work on a college campus and all these adorable young women wear skinny jeans tucked into their boot and they look so cute. But I put on skinny jeans and it comes to my attention that my ass is A LOT wider than my ankles and I am not adorable. So every day I looked at these young women in jealousy and slink back to my old person cave where I still wear boot cut jeans. That is all.
I like how the title of your last list was “Things that I want to do and WILL DO.” Great mindset.
PS I will be first in line for your book of poems and/or novel
Fun post! I successfully kicked the diet coke habit a few years ago. It was haaaard but worth it. And I think skinny jeans are the devil! At least you know you can’t wear them and don’t try. There’s a girl I work with who wears them regularly and sooooo should not be.
Good list. My musts would be go skydiving, speak spanish fluently, go to Italy, pay off debt, save more, write a book.
Me+You=Skinny Jean Haters Club Co-founders.
I feel like we’re the last holdouts. Seriously, I can’t get into them. How do others wear them?
Oh, I love your lists! I, too, cannot argue or confront anyone without crying. Even my husband. I feel like I look weak because of this, and I hate it, but all my emotions come out through my eyes, I swear. There is just no getting around it.
I also would love to exercise every day, but meh- just can’t get there. lol.
And so cool about your novel! Me too!! I’ve been wanting to write one since high school (and a screenplay too). I hope we both do it!!
Oh I love your lists! I may have to borrow this for a post this weekend. 🙂 Great idea!
Btw, we could be twins. I can’t braid my hair or wear skinny jeans or figure out that make up thing either.
Strangely similar to the list of things I can’t do – cat eyes, good braids, and cutting in a straight line. I used to teach preschool and the three-year-olds could cut better than I could. NOT even exaggerating.
Are we twins? hahaha. Especially with your first two lists. Tomatoes, braiding, makeup, skinny jeans, not crying during a confrontation, and I ALWAYS need bandaids after wearing shoes for any length of time. Which is a problem since I’m on my feet so much. haha
And, can I buy an advanced copy of your book? I really like your short stories and even some of your blog posts are poetic and I love them. Also, will you have a book signing so I can come? hehe