Birthday Wishes to Self

So tomorrow I turn another day older, and celebrate growing a year older.
I used to have a yearly tradition of sitting down with a notebook and pen every New Year's Eve, and writing out all the things I'd like to accomplish over my lifetime. Some things were easy, like brushing my teeth three times a day, or getting my hair cut every three weeks. Other things were much harder, like becoming independently wealthy by a certain age. Somethings never change, but I quit writing that list a few years ago. It had stretched over time onto four or five lined pages, every line filled. I wrote, of course, in complete sentences, because how could these things come true unless I wrote them in present tense?

Today, I choose to include this new Birthday Wish List in honor of those gone by:


Invest in my continuing education
Take an art class
Express my creativity more frequently
Develop a better relationship with my family
Own a state of the art computer system
Take an NLP seminar
Have Lasik eye surgery
Have laser hair removal
Become physically fit and workout regularly
Watch the sunset
Become an early riser
Host parties for friends
Write poetry regularly
Take a photography class
Earn $80,000 annually in career
Find my own spiritual path and practice
Spend time with Pat & Debbie
Travel to Austria
Learn Spanish
Learn German
Go white water rafting
Become a NLP Practitioner
Take some cooking classes
Travel to Australia
Purchase a brand new vehicle
Be financially comfortable
Learn how to refinish furniture
Take a course in graphic design
Take a course in interior design
Own my own business
Take a course in industrial design
Adopt children
Become financially independent
Own a 5 bedroom house in the Southeast
Own quality home furnishings
Travel to South Africa and go on a safari
Travel Europe
Hire a maid
Hire a groundskeeper
Contribute large sums of resources to charity
Have a double walk-in shower
Become an "expert" photographer
Own a cabin on a lake
Write a book
Set up a scholarship foundation for the education of poor adults
Initiate and maintain a legacy for my children
Own a ranch house in Montana
Host writing seminars
Learn to pilot a plane
Become a consultant/life coach

-t.

Happy Birthday boy, may all your dreams come true!