A Someday List

Do you have a Someday List?  A someday list would be sort of like a bucket list.  But it's perhaps a bit less serious, a bit less long term, and more subject to change.  It's just a list of things you'd like to do....someday.

 

I'm a day dreamer.  I don't say that to imply that I'm irresponsible.  I'm anything but.  But, I am, and always have been, a day dreamer.  I use my imagination.  And I'm planner.  I DO have a someday list.  Well, it's not written down... at least not yet.  But it's in my head.  And I am always editing it and adding to it.   I think lots of people do this.  Lots of those items people pin to their pinterest pages would be on their "someday list" I think.

 

As part of my day dreaming, I come up with all sorts of plans of things I'd like to do "someday."  In my mind I have plans to redo every room in my house.  Some of those plans may change before I get to actually work on that room.  But the basic plans are in my mind...

 

When I say I want to do something "someday" I AM serious about it.  But that doesn't mean I'm going to do it today, or next week...but eventually.  Will I do ALL those things eventually?   Not likely.  But they are always there, as ideas of what I'd LIKE to do.  Some ideas, like painting my bedroom another color, are highly likely to happen.   Other ideas, like a week long trip to a very expensive spa might be less likely...due to cost, or convincing someone to come along.  But who knows? They may both happen one of these days. Then there are dreams that are just not totally within my control.  So, I don't know if they will happen.  I hope they do.

 

But here's the thing.  Little by little I'm learning not to express my "somedays" to other people.  When I do, they seem to then drive me crazy constantly asking if I've done it yet.  I don't need someone to make me feel like a failure because I haven't gotten to one of my dreams yet.  I think it's okay to let something be a dream for a while.  It's okay to have plans to look forward to.

 

How about you?  Are you able to express your "somedays" to others without regretting that you mentioned it?

 

Until Next Time....

D.D.