So far, I have posted more than a few “I wants…” most of which are directly coupled to personal effort not expended. In short, like most of humanity, I am incredibly lazy and somewhat afraid to try things. In having written the above sentence, I have acknowledged these traits, and hopefully can move past them. First step is admitting you have a problem, no? :)
Also, because the idea is for other people to eventually read this, and because most of those people do not know me in person, below is a longer list of my “I wants…”, although still not nearly all-inclusive.
I want…
to learn blacksmithing well enough to craft a fine knife blade from scratch.
to build my own furniture from the ground up, design through finishing.
to author The Great American Novel, thinly veiled within the genre of sci-fi.
to own a piece of the Earth that I can come back to between travels.
to build my home atop or beneath the afore-mentioned piece of Earth.
to travel about the rest of the globe, seeing and absorbing all I can of it.
to become physically fit for climbing, running, and exploring caves.
to build the systems of my life in such a way that they are self-sustainable.
and the list goes on.
You see, I have this video montage of memories yet to be made. I suppose it is rather like the director who sees the movie in his minds’ eye. I want to be able to watch the movie from atop the mountain described in the previous post.
That being said, movies probably don’t really turn out exactly as the director envisions them in the beginning. I’m fine with that too, as long as it is a good movie.
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