Day 24
The directions, to check off each of the boxes in order to come to terms with the fact that I will never accomplish its respective task in my lifetime, were written in small print at the top of the page. The rest of it was filled with several seemingly endless rows of things I will probably never do. Everything from climbing Mount Everest or saving the world to using a semicolon or compromising. I went through them one by one, checking off most of them. No, I'll probably never learn Italian, nor will I go to a drive in cinema or invent a cookie. As much as I would like to do these things, I probably never will. Others were easier to part with. I was fine checking the boxes next to "Contract an STD" "Shoot the last buffalo" or "Ride a Harley." Some I had already accomplished, though they weren't nearly as interesting as many of the others. There were a few that I refused to check, however. I plan to write a novel at some point in my life, I certainly mean to ride a camel as well as run for my life, and I even intend to "volunteer for a dangerous mission" (I don't really know what that means, but I'm pretty sure it only happens in movies). I believe that today has helped me focus my life goals in a more, yet simultaneously less, realistic way. Really, all it did was cut out some old ideas and put a bunch of new ones right back in. Many of them are really quite interesting- if you're ever bored, try to complete some of these.
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