Stuff I'm Probably Not Going to Do in This Lifetime

I'm planning an easy day today.  So here's an easy post.

I've been thinking of my internal stress factory lately as an overtaxed computer, with too many applications and processes running in the background.  Time to "Force Quit" some of these energy-suckers.  And to "Trash" some altogether. 

By way of mental decluttering, here's some things I'm ready to let go of, from the ridiculous to the sublime.  There are certainly more dreams and schemes to divest, but this is a start.  I'm putting the following to bed:

Stuff I'm Probably Not Going to Do in This Lifetime

Have more kids

Win a Nobel Peace Prize

Win a MacArthur genius grant

Win a Pulitzer Prize

Enter the Peace Corps

Do an Iron Man

Become a concert pianist
Backpack through Europe, or India, or anywhere

Run for office

Go bungee jumping

Get taller

Get a law degree

Become a midwife

Learn to speak French

Pilot a plane

Climb Mt. Everest

Strike it rich

Bowl a 300 game (or, for that matter, break 200)

Become a singer/songwriter

Star in a film

. . .

Although it seems silly, perhaps, I have to admit that I've carried some residue of these aspirations well into my adult life, in fact past midlife.  Really.  And these are just the tip of the iceberg.  I'll need to dig deeper to return my everyday working hard drive to a cool running, streamlined, efficient state.  Purging could become my new addiction. . .