Day Thirteen: backpacking europe. lyrical dance. guitar playing.

i should really be in bed, since i spent a good portion of the afternoon/evening at urgent care and i should be sleeping right now... but i will sleep once i've finished this.

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Writing Challenge Day 13
I'm doing a 31 day writing challenge, found on the Reverb website, designed to reflect on the past year and look forward to what's to come in 2011.

Action. When it comes to aspirations, it’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step? 

[goal]: backpack through Europe  ---> [action]: finish the 498 page Google Doc that I started (complete with budget information, sample itineraries, popular destinations, and interviews from people who have gone already). i am such a planner. sometimes it bothers me. maybe i just need to go.

[goal]: be better at guitar  ---> [action]: practice. obviously. Lindsey and I are going to this weekend (: i also want to buy my ukulele ASAP.

[goal]:  get a bunny. ---> [action]: research more about animal rescue places. take a trip. buy bunny supplies. get bunny.

[goal]:  read more for fun. ---> [action]: schedule time for reading. make myself do it. buy books on my new e-reader.

[goal]:  (someday) move to California. ---> [action]: visit. research. apply. surf during summers in MI so i'm really good when i move there. (:

[goal]: start a boutique. ---> [action]: meet with GROW. make a plan. sketch logos. find a space. find a rich business man or two to invest/support it.

[goal]: dance.  ---> [action]: look up classes (contemporary/lyrical/modern). sign up. pay. dance. i would be content with finding a guy to ballroom dance with. i miss ballroom.

[goal]:  yoga. ---> [action]: buy a DVD. sign up for a class. use the DVD's i already have.

[goal]: write a book.  ---> [action]: carry a journal around and write down ideas. write in spare time. write any time. that's step one, at least.

[goal]: like more foods.  ---> [action]: try more foods. go to restaurants and order things i wouldn't normally order. cook more with friends. have creative dinner parties.

[goal]: travel to other countries and import goods. meet artisans. hear their stories. sell their goods/jewelry back in the U.S. ---> [action]: get connected with an existing company that does this (10,000 villages). join a group. volunteer. get to other countries somehow.


I think part of my problem is that I have too many things I want to do. Usually, I'll start one project and then switch my focus. For example, I researched dance studios yesterday for about 2 hours. After not finding the classes I really wanted, now I feel like coming back to that stresses me out. I can't explain it. I don't know what else I can find about it, so I'll give up for a while and come back to it later. I hate that I know this about myself. I just need to start one thing and get it done.