I just checked my foursquare check-ins on facebook recently and I realized to my horror that the world revolves around me is less than 50km radius wide! Its like living black and white in Pleasantville (its the movie in case you don't know what it is..) back and forth going the same route and doing the same mundane routine over and over again. Sigh.
What a boring dull life!
A long time ago, I wrote about the 50 things I wanna do before I die. Some of the things I wish to do then I had accomplished them now and to tell the truth I had never ever thought of doing it before because of the "malas" attitude and also fear factor. Now that I had conquered the fear (not entirely yet hehe), I should be able to reach other things in life if I put my mind and soul to it. Its possible to succeed your dreams and aspirations if you are really serious about it and stick to it.
The 50 things I wanna do back then in 2007 (see list).
- perform the ultimate pilgrimage for muslims - the haj
- visit the 7 continents and wonders of the world
- learn skateboarding or surfboarding (either one)
- be the 1st tourist astronaut to visit Mars
- meet oprah winfrey
- learn 1 or 2 foreign languages
- learn scuba-diving
- learn to write feature-writing and become a good columnist
- treat myself to an expensive spa treatment
- attend andrea bocelli's performance of a lifetime
- learn to bake cakes
- do a duet with Josh Groban
- sponsor education for underprivileged kids
- do braces for my teeth
- do lasik surgery for my eyes
- do a major makeover
- do a liposuction
- buy a bigger house
- get my writing published in a form of a book!
- start my own business that I enjoy doing
- donate money to charity
- sponsor medical bills for people who can't afford them
- take a self defense course
- take pottery classes
- learn to play 1 or 2 musical instrument
- get a supporting role in a Steven Spielberg movie
- do exercise seriously and not just talking about it!
- grow a small but charming garden
- read as many books that I can
- buy an expensive dress
- learn how to sew well
- attend a live classical musical concert in Vienna
- invest in a stock market and become a millionaire
- be an inventor
- learn how to draw and paint
- learn how to skate on ice
- buy my dream car
- learn to swim and be a good swimmer
- do skydiving feat from 30,000 feet above sea level
- do bungeejumping
- live in a farm somewhere in Tuscany, Itali
- learn to fly a small plane
- learn to ride a horse
- go on a cruise ship
- take up photography
- learn bellydancing
- be a little more kinder and compassionate
- devote myself to a cause that I'm passionate about and volunteer for it
- learn to appreciate my imperfections
- do backpacking all over the world
Out of the 50 things listed above, I had done no 7, 13 (though the amount is so little huhu), 18 (Alhamdulillah for the rezeki given by Allah SWT), 27 (still doing it actively insyAllah), 29 (does reading catalogues count?) and 38 (still learning the strokes and techniques) and its still a long way to go from there. There are of course some things I will never be able to achieve even if I live to be a hundred but what the heck, you'll never know what you're getting at. Life is like a box of chocolate so says Forrest Gump.
(pic snagged from google)
