- Stop freaking out.
- Be relentless in my pursuit of doing good.
- Buy a dozen eclairs once a month.
- Learn how to feed myself.
- This includes knowing how to feed myself when I’m overwhelmed and want to do nothing but hide in my bed.
- Try a new recipe each week from one of my magazines.
- Soak up all the sunshine.
- Make endless lists.
- Finish all the projects.
- Work with what I have before buying things to finish the
- Don’t start new projects until the old projects are finished.
- Stop buying things.
- Settle into my house.
- Eat more cake. With sprinkles.
- It is not possible to own too many sprinkles.
- Spend more time reading magazines at the library.
- Go nowhere.
- A winter trip in pursuit of sunshine doesn’t count.
- Neither does a week spent in Park City.
- Remember what I’m trying to become.
- Go to bed when I’m grumpy.
- Eat more vegetables.
- Play real songs on the piano.
- Don’t be such a scrooge that I don’t take lessons. It’s worth it.
- Find an agent.
- Finish filling my journal.
- Fill up another journal.
- Things I love take precedence over things I like.
- Think of Sunday as the first day of the week.
- Monday comes in second.
- Acquire a fourth bookshelf.
- Send more things through snail mail.
- Waste no food.
- Make friends with the old ladies at knitting night.
- If I want it, get it.
- Make time for the people that matter.
- Squench babies at least once a week.
- Spread the love around all the families.
- Do not acquire any more nail polish.
- Or chapstick.
- Or shoes.
- Find something magical about every day.
- Be grateful every day.
- Love life every day.
- Perfect verbal and quantitative score on the GRE.
- Become a sandwich bread, super fabulous baker.
- Let go.
- Encourage and build up myself as much as I encourage and build up others.
- Listen to other people.
- Stop interrupting just because you’ve thought of something related.
- If I don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
- Even if it’s funny.
- Let the frustration go.
- Patience is a virtue I don’t have. Exercise it like a muscle.
- It’s okay to like things because they are pretty.
- Go on lunch dates with grandma.
- Don’t stress about what I want to be.
- Celebrate what I’ve become.
- Plan meals.
- Learn to get up earlier than nine.
- I did it basically my whole life. I believe I can do it again.
- Believe in my ability to do worthwhile things.
- Tell people I love them. All the time.
- Don’t push myself until I break.
- It’s okay to skip things because I don’t have enough neurotransmitters.
- No one else knows what I’m capable of and what is beyond my ability.
- Never stop striving.