I have a problem.
I have too many ideas.
Like,
I want to paint a watercolor. I want to take gormet cooking classes. I want to sew. I want to read Shakespeare's entire collected works. I want to run a 7:30 mile. I want to go back to school for an MBA/teaching certificate/master's. I want to cross-stich. I want to learn German. And "re"learn French. I want to teach myself the organic chemistry I never learned in college. I want to get a real job again. I want to be a true scriptorian. I want to scrapbook the sections of my life I haven't gotten to yet... try everything before 10th grade and after junior year of college. I want to learn Claire de Lune on the piano... and all of Chopin. I want to raise a seeing-eye dog puppy. I want to learn cake decorating.
The real problem is, I want to do all of these things right now. So instead, I let myself get overwhelmed, and do none of the above. Well, I've gotten down to a 9:00 minute mile (which is quite the personal accomplishment, actually) but that's about it.
Where do I start? I don't want to start school until my location is more secure. Many of the other things come down to time/money/time. I just need to start small. Othello and a petit four, anyone?
I can't tell you how many times a day this sort of thing runs through my mind. For me, it's re-learning to play the piano, re-learning Spanish, math, and all the chemistry I've forgotten, learning guitar, tatting...but for now I've settled on knitting and crocheting.
ReplyDeleteTell me about it! Sarah, I didn't know you had a blog. What a great find. :) I miss you and hope you're doing OK.
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