Thursday, March 24, 2005

Things to do before I die

With all this talk about dying lately - Terri Shiavo in Florida - my thoughts have understandably turned to that ultimate act. However, I just came across a site in which the author lists things he wants to do before he dies.
I think that I've somehow lost that enthusiasm for new things. Between keeping house and cooking meals and trying to write even when I don't feel like writing, I think I forgot that life is supposed to be fun. I think also because somewhere in there I started to feel old, I somehow assumed that because of time limitations, I will likely not do many of the things that I at one time assumed I would find the time for in the future. Things like - going back to university for another degree, becoming a truck-driver (semi), becoming proficient at the piano - like getting my Grade 10 in piano, visiting Japan (although in theory that could still happen assuming I could afford it.) I think it boils down to weeding out the things that are not as important as I used to think they were. Prioritizing.
So, I'm going to start a list of things I want to do before I die. It might contain some very frivolous things but that's okay. Will probably start a new page on my site for this. But not tonight. Right now I want to go finish reading the Da Vinci Code while I'm still halfway interested enough to want to find out what happens.