I’ve gotten to a point where I realize there are some things I’m just never going to do. I’m never going to walk the Appalachian Trail. I’m never going to finish that quilt. I’m never going to fit into my skinny jeans.
Some things are just not meant to happen.
I’ve decided to embrace this time in my life. Okay, I haven’t completely given up on the quilt. I still hope to finish it before the fabric disintegrates. It probably would go faster if I ever actually worked on it.
But organize the photos into albums? Live in a big city? Buy a small farm to grow my own food and raise my own meat?
Honestly, did anyone ever see me as Farmer Valerie? I dig in the dirt about as much as the Queen of England does. And I kind of hate animals. (Don’t judge me. I have very good reasons. They stink and you have to clean up their poop.) But I’ve always had this image of me with a big braid of thick gray hair down my back, dressed in long skirts and shawls. “Little House on the Prairie”—but with central heat and good plumbing. And I’m finally, officially, letting that go.
Anything you’re jettisoning from your life-plans? Some wishful-thinking kinds of things that you finally accept that you're never going to accomplish or experience? Add it to the comments below and free yourself. Say it with me; "That's another d___ thing I'm never going to do!"
Time for new life goals! I'm glad to see you haven't mentioned letting go of getting published.
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I really wanted to live on a space station. No joke. Oh, and I'll never compete on Survivor. I'm pretty sure I'd have tried if the show came out when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteDon't give up on that farm thing- that's Jeremy's life plan, too, and he wants us all to live on the same property and have a small farm together. With one big field of something, too so he can have a tractor. :)
ReplyDeleteAli--I'll cook. You guys can do the farming!
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