So, as we were saying in the post before this, I’m trying to do a list of 28 things that I need to improve to become the better person I know I want to be (how corny…).
15.- I will try and stop ‘paper gathering’. I tend to see an article in a magazine I want to read, I rip the article, put it in a pile of ‘to be read’, and then never read it, leaving the house full of papers to be read… Apparently it drives people crazy…
16.- I will try and keep in contact with my family (parents) more often. Bet my mother loves this one. (Hello mother…).
17.- I will try keep number 16 to happen. Really really try!
18.- I will stop thinking so much about the future or the past, and concentrate in the now (also known as ‘present’).
19.- I will age gracefully. I won’t decide to wear leather when I turn 50, or get hair implants. (or at least, I will age as gracefully as I can… this might be a very hard one to fulfill…).
20.- I will work harder in my photography. I love it, I should do more things I love.
21.- I will work harder in finding funding for my PhD, and then work extra hard on my PhD.
22.- I will up my standards. Apparently I find almost everyone in the street with some level of cuteness… My friends think I have very low standards. My boyfriend, for obvious reasons, says it is not true. My sisters think my standards are O.K. (maybe cos theirs are low too?). My guinea pig thinks I should forget standards altogether and give him more carrots…
23.- I will, once and for all, try and learn Italian.
24.- I will leave ‘work issues’ at my office, and won’t take them home.
25.- I will watch all my DVDs and give away or sell those that I know I won’t watch again.
26.- I will ignore point 25 and keep buying as many DVDs as I want and won’t feel like I have to appologise for it.
27.- I will clean my closet (literally, not in a gay-figurative speech) and throw away or give to charity clothes I don’t wear anymore.
28.- …
See, since I ain’t 28 yet (well, till Monday), I don’t have a 28 yet… which is where you come in. What should be my 28 point?
28: Don’t change, everything you are and you do is quite OK!
Japi bezzdei in advance!
28. Forget lists that attempt to improve me; realise the people around you love me for who I am already, not some other version of myself. I don’t some list to distract me from the fact that I’m like a fine wine; getting better with age.
29. Realise that I’ve appreciated every other year of my life up until now, so it doesn’t matter if I’m 28, 29, or going backwards in years from now. Wanting to be younger is like wanting to not having experienced the years up until now – which is ridiculous because those years have made me who I am. I like who I am – so do my friends – and so does my boyfriend who loves me beyond measure. Each year has been fantastic, and they will continue to be so – it’s reflected in the people around me.
Happy birthday, Adrian.
Happy birthday! And don’t worry, you are still a spring chicken
Lots of love,
the olive