I have this hero. Jenna Eisenberg(cough, buy her book, cough). You may have heard of her? No? Well, you should.
Anyway, aside from all her success at being an amazing person, she's also an amazing life motivator in the sense that, uh, she has changed my life and perspectives on so many things. She's just one of those people that I feel instantly recharged after seeing or speaking with.
She's also the person that introduced me to really believing. No... not in Scientology(though, uh, wouldn't that pretty freaking awesome if I was all coming out to the world that I wanted to be a Scientologist and that this whole blog thing was going to be devoted to that. Did I say awesome? I meant terrifying. Unless, you know, you're a Scientologist reading this... then, I meant awesome... to the rest of you... I meant terrifying.). Anyway, she introduced me to believing in the power of lists.
This isn't really a new revelation. I've been writing since the age of six(ahem, a story about two dinosaurs that fell in love). I've been writing lists for just as long. Christmas lists. Grocery lists. Chore lists. Things to accomplish in life lists. Movie stars I want to marry lists.
"I just have so many things I want to do... and I feel like it's all cluttered up in my head. So many different types of things, too." I say to her on one of our phone conversations.
"You need to take a notebook and make different lists in different notebooks," She replied,
"You have to put it out there visually, so the world can see and read it too."
What I think she meant was, you know, the metaphoric world. BUT, I figured it couldn't hurt to put out to the literal world, too.
So the other night in an active attempt at saving a bit of money and cure the slight party-with-my-bestes-too-much-lately bags under my eyes, I lay in bed writing lists. Tons of lists. If lists could have babies, I was the nursery.
It was one of the most productive feelings I'd ever felt.
I decided that it could be kinda fun to share some of those lists here. When I say "fun", I mean, you know, fun for me. BUT, maybe it's a way for you to make list. And when I say "you", I mean Scientologists.
Here's the first list of many many many many many.
List of things to accomplish while being single
Go to the movies alone(I know. I know. It's pathetic this hasn't happened yet)
Go out to eat at dinner alone(this one gives me chills... I know... I know)
Start an IRA
Buy a bigger bed and know what it feels like to roll around by myself with room
Learn how to fold a fitted sheet to impress new relationship guy
Teach abroad
Volunteer abroad
Get rid of credit card debt
Buy a real piece of furniture
Kiss someone with an accent
Have a weekend getaway with myself