I just discovered a List I drew up 14 years ago, in 1999. I was backpacking around Europe, had been living in Dublin and was on my last few weeks before flying home to New Zealand.
The list says:
I want to:
- do a varsity paper on something interesting
- do a photography course
- get a better car
- buy a house, or an apartment that I can decorate
- read some excellent books
- get back into piano
- be in a musical
- go to a ball!
I think that last one was because I was leaving Dell Computers just before the Christmas Ball which was due to be a pretty flash affair, black tie event in one of the posh hotels in Dublin. I missed out on a Christmas Bonus of around 700 Irish pounds too.
But that list... well, I can say 14 years later...
I have:
- completed not just a varsity paper but a postgraduate degree... in HR. I guess that's up to you whether you think that's interesting!
- completed a photography course
- bought a brand new car
- bought a house ... that I kind of didn't get around to decorating - I did paint the bedroom! I'm currently decorating a different house, slowly, thanks to EQC.
- read some pretty excellent books ... don't ask me to name 14 years worth of reading
- not quite got back into piano - but I do now have one in the house
- haven't been in a musical... but I did form a very short-lived band for a one-off appearance at a work do!
- haven't gone to a ball.
So now, in 2013 I want to... well, I'm still working on that one, so it will show up in another blog!
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