This week has been glorious, weather wise. Sunshine, cool breeze, fat white clouds and blue skies. Spring sprang this week and, for me, this changing of the seasons heralds the arrival of a new year more meaningfully than the distant chimes of Big Ben at midnight.
So perhaps this is the time to make some resolutions. And why not think big? Why not go the whole hog and compile the resolutions of a lifetime? The things I want to do before I roll over, turn up my toes and start pushing up daisies.
But why do so many of these so-called "bucket" lists dwell on "dreams" that don't often trouble us on a day to day basis? Do people really wake each day and think "Oh rats! Another day without fulfilling my lifelong dream of swimming with dolphins/going hot air ballooning/baking the world's largest battenberg." I don't. My real life dreams, dreamt on a daily basis, are more likely to be about having a built in barbecue or upper arms like Jennifer Aniston. So, truthfully, the list of things I want to do before I die, goes like this:
1. Make a very great deal of money
2. Win "Strictly Come Dancing"
3. Wake up one morning with neat, finely turned ankles
4. Be interviewed by Michael Parkinson ("Yes, Michael, it's all happened very fast...")
5. Amass a museum quality collection of antique jewellery (may count as a subset of 1.)
6. Wear matching underwear every day
7. Win an Oscar
8. Own a utility room
9. Win the X Factor
10. Become an eminent art historian
11. Go out for dinner in a white silk shirt without spilling anything on it.
Am I reaching for the stars here? I'll let you know.
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I think number 6 defies all of us, sadly.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of winning stuff going on in your bucket list, I bet you always finish your games of monopoly ;-) Love the antique jewellery and matching undies ones.
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