My Lemonade List

Adrian showed me the trailer of the new movie, Lemonade this morning. It seems like a socio-documentary of the amazing lives some individuals lead after their unlucky lay-offs. I was envious.

I've been thinking for the last few weeks, months...actually years on the things i want to do when i have the TIME. I've been devising my plan for early retirement since my days in college, whether through a marraige of finanical convenience (I've dropped this idea...) or developing the next Google (maybe still possible?!). But it scares me to think that the older i grow, the more I get caught up in the rat race, which goes against everything i've ever preached about while growing up.

While i realise i would never become a Melvin, trekking to Nepal without a plan or traveller's cheques, it is nice to not be the one planning, to live one day at a time, without a care in the world, without the sensibilities of adulthood.
My split personalities are surfacing, the Lin that has everything under control and the Lin that wants to be Peter Pan. I'm not sure how far each one would go.

But i hate feeling vulnerable and confused.

So to indulge myself in the office, I decided to re-visit my list of "What I want to do if I had all the time in the world".

Here are the top 15
1) MASTER the violin
2) Pick up the Piano again
3) Pick up my Jap again
4) Learn French
5) Learn to bake, cook, sew without killing anyone in the process (including myself)
6) Learn to fly a plane
7) Make a short film inspired by 'Travelling'
8) Write a book about both my grandfathers for our 4th generation
9) Learn to drum
10) Paint a wall mural
11) Start a band
12) Be a jazz singer
13) Get a law and art history degree
14) Learn sign language
15) Become a hustler at the pool table

I realised that I did manage to start on many of these but never managed to follow through with any. Perhaps soon in the near future, I would make the time to finally hit professional recognition with one of these, even if it means doing it after 7pm.

Otherwise, it might not be too late to start after 55.