I like lists.

[lykomancer]

What Jess does NOT want:
1) To be poor and in debt for the rest of her life.
2) To hurt too many people along the way, while realizing some damage is inevitable.
3) To be bored.
4) To be stuck in any form of dead end-- career-wise, relationship-wise, emotionally, etc.
5) To reproduce.
6) To live someone else's fantasy.
7) To be so jealous/envious of other people.
8) To be confused about what she wants and what she's doing for the rest of her life.
9) To be such a lazy slacker procrastinator I-can-find-a-thousand-ways-to-kill-time bum.
10) To let everything she's done or become or learned go to waste.


What Jess does/might want:
1) To have financial security
2) To have a nice apartment/house that can be modified/customized to her likings without losing money or worrying about the landlord.
3) To be in a comfortable intimate relationship with 1+ other people.
4) To be published.
5) To be an editor or junior editor of fiction novels.
6) To be a junior photographer for some random newspaper or magazine.
7) To do the Peace Corps.
8) To play with wolves again. ^_^
9) To overthrow the religious right and thwart their nefarious plans.
10) To open a bookstore, a pet shop, or a small cafe/diner/restaurant.

Now, what I should do is try to break each one of these "To Do"'s into steps, and then see which of them I can accomplish the easiest and do them first, then take steps to get the more complex ones done.
Easier said than done. [See "Doesn't Want" #9]
*sigh*
Well, I took a step to getting something done at least. Even making the lists centers me a little bit more, and gives me a moment to think about what is important and what I might want to do. It's not like this is etched in stone; I can change my mind, but seeing it written down makes my mind feel less cluttered, y'know?

Comments

[tsukitaichou.livejournal.com]

What Tsuki totally agrees with:

1) To be poor and in debt for the rest of her life.
2) To hurt too many people along the way, while realizing some damage is inevitable.
3) To be bored.
4) To be stuck in any form of dead end-- career-wise, relationship-wise, emotionally, etc.
5) To reproduce.
6) To live someone else's fantasy.
7) To be so jealous/envious of other people.
8) To be confused about what she wants and what she's doing for the rest of her life.
9) To be such a lazy slacker procrasanator I-can-find-a-thousand-ways-to-kill-time bum.
10) To let everything she's done or become or learned go to waste.
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1) To have financial security
2) To have a nice apartment/house that can be modified/customized to her likings without losing money of worrying about the landlord.
3) To be in a comfortable intimate relationship with 1+ other people.
4) To be published.
9) To overthrow the religious right and thwart their neferious plans.


Loves to you, m'dear.

[lykomancer.livejournal.com]

9) To overthrow the religious right and thwart their nefarious plans.

This is actually pretty high on my list of "Things I Want To Do Before I Die", and it's good to meet a compatriot! We should team up. *cackles evilly*

[tsukitaichou.livejournal.com]

OMG YES!
You and me and guardianmars and theherorosalyn! We will totally own everyone's asses.