Poetic, Inspirational Living

I’ve only just discovered the 101 things in 1001 days project. I know it’s been around for awhile now but I only just stumbled onto it last night. And this morning it got me thinking, mainly about whether or not I think I could actually do that and perhaps more importantly could I even think of 101 things I want to do or think I should do. OR think I should want to do. And even more importantly, if I couldn’t think of 101 things I want to do, something is seriously wrong with me. Not that I’m assessing my level of happiness or fulfillment based on whether I can make a list from an internet meme, but my notions of happiness and what makes me happy has been under investigation lately and this meme could perhaps push me over the edge in to the abyss of total and complete confusion.

What I like about this project is that it’s based on concrete tasks. So no “I want to achieve a spiritual balance in my life” sort of projects, because as hard as you may try,  telling yourself that in 294 days you will be spiritually fulfilled is not very realistic.  I’ve been looking at other people’s lists and I’m finding it fascinating the things that are on them - learn how to cook four vegetarian meals from memory, visit my grandmother in Tuscan, fly to South Africa, establish a schedule of cleaning my bedroom once a week, learn how to sing opera….OK I would also like to do all those things, except the Tuscan one. This project isn’t necessarily about completing dreams, which is another aspect that appeals to me.

As I’ve mentioned before, goals and dreams cannot always be interchanged yet we are always told to strive for our dreams, making it difficult to decide on what is a feasible goal and what is a pie-in-the-sky-when-I-win-the-lottery sort of dream. I’m tempted to try this meme, I am. I don’t really know why I’m so hesitant about it. Any readers signed up for this?