Lists

I am a list maker. I have not been very good at keeping up with my lists lately, but I love making them. I used to make a list for everyday... talk about killing trees!!! I don't know what it is I love about them. I think it's just so relieving to cross something off. No matter how trivial it may be, it makes me feel so accomplished to see it disappear.

I've recently become completely obsessed with MTV's The Buried Life. These four guys have created a list of 100 things to do before they die. The show is wonderful and I love every second of it. This show has helped inspire me to create my own list. I began working on it a few weeks ago, and I hope to reach 100 soon. Of course, every item won't be for public viewing ;). Here are a few of the things I've come up with...

1. Get a college degree.
2. Live alone.
3. Kiss in the rain.
4. Stop biting my nails.
5. Plant a tree.
6. Save a life.
7. Change a life.
8. Marry my one and only.
9. Have a baby... with my one and only.
10. Visit all 50 states.
11. Go to Paris.
12. Befriend someone I don't like
15. Sacrifice my Christmas gifts to provide for a family in need.
16. Become a GOOD cook.
17. Complete "The One Hundred"…On my own terms.
18. Have something named after me.
19. Own all the Disney Classics
20. Write in my journal every day for a year.
21. Take a photo of myself every day for a year.
23. Learn how to drive a stick shift.

I strongly suggest making a list like this for yourself. Goals (however trivial) are always important. The show's name comes from a poem (of the same name) written by Matthew Arnold. Here are a few lines...

But often, in the world's most crowded streets,
But often, in the din of strife,
There rises an unspeakable desire
After the knowledge of our buried life;
A thirst to spend our fire and restless force
In tracking out our true, original course;
A longing to inquire
Into the mystery of this heart which beats
So wild, so deep in us--to know
Whence our lives come and where they go.