| Friday, June 29, 2007 |
| 101 Wishes |
For those unfamiliar with this concept, its like this: 101 Wishes symbolizes a person's unlimited desires, hence the notion of going beyond 100. There are no restrictions whatsoever in what you can write - it can be as simple as passing an exam on Tuesday or as far-fetched as Adam Levine falling in love with me. Your wishes should be written spontaneously and without censorship. Then, once you have completed the list, you start choosing the most important and doable ones and proceed to set goals and deadlines of when you want these items to be done. (Well whaddaya know, it's not only a dreamlist, it’s also a motivational, self-development, time management tool!)
I first encountered 101 Wishes in a team-building activity we had in my previous company. That time, we were given, I think, 15-20 minutes to write down our wishes. But because of the time limit, I wasn't able to finish the exercise; the clock stopped somewhere around Item 55-60. I realized that it doesn't matter how fast you can write, you'll soon find out the you'll run out of things to write once you get past Item 40. And so, I didn't time myself this around. Total time it took me to finish the whole thing: 50 minutes. I literally had to crawl my way through starting from Item 66.
One factor that kept me from completing this exercise is that I wanted to continue from my first 55-something 101 Wishes sheet, which I have lost and found and then lost again over the years and within the clutter of my cabinet. Well I haven't tried to find it again recently, but having done a new list, I know that most, if not all of the things I wanted before are still intact.
What I like about this exercise is that you are given the opportunity to explore, vocalize and concretize (by writing) what you really, really, really want to accomplish in life. It keeps you on track and focused; it helps you prioritize; it gives you direction. You probably won't be able to tick everything off your list, at least not in this lifetime, but you know, you still get an A for the effort. =P
Anyway, here goes my list! (In no particular order, except the order in which these ideas shot out of my head). You should try it too!! =D
1. Take driving lessons (Starting tomorrow!!!)
2. Get a Non-pro drivers license
3. Go skydiving
4. Go hiking
5. Go scuba diving
6. Go skiing
7. Go bungee jumping
8. Become a really good dancer (jazz or hip hop)
9. Collect all 33 Asterix comic book series (5 and counting)
10. Collect all Adventures of Tintin comic book series
11. Buy a really cool digital camera
12. Buy a really cool SLR (manual?) camera
13. Take photography lessons
14. Take dance lessons
15. Study again (economics or psychology or law)
16. Travel travel travel within the Philippines and around the world (not counting business-related trips; leisure travel at least once or twice a year in different destinations)
17. Become involved in a sustainable CSR project
18. Learn Spanish
19. Learn French
20. Learn German
21. Learn Chinese
22. Learn Niponggo
23. Buy a BMW or Volvo - my dream car. Kahit after I get married na
24. Finish organizing my mom's stamp collection
25. Finish organizing my mom's coin and notes collection
26. Learn to bake the real stuff (more cookies and pastries) and not the toaster-oven bake lang
27. Put up my own business
28. Concretize what kind of business I want to own
29. Have a McDonalds or Jollibee franchise
30. Become filthy rich!
31. Take flying lessons
32. Buy my own private jet
33. Buy my own private island
34. Build a resthouse / ancestry house for my family
35. Buy my own high tech laptop
36. Spread my parents' ashes in a clean body of water in each trip I take and spread the rest in Ananda Nagar
37. Finally decide whether I'm going to be a strict vegetarian or not
38. Finally decide whether I'm going to be a strict yogi or Catholic or both
39. Buy the complete hardbound Harry Potter series
40. Build a library with all my favorite books
41. Invest in a Philamlife Mutual Fund (July 2007)
42. Invest in a Sunlife FlexiFund (Dec 2007 / Jan 2008)
43. Pay off all my utangs! And never again go over my monthly spending limit =S (Last payment: Dec 2007)
44. Write a book
45. Apply and work with the United Nations
46. Go camping
47. Give birth to twins!
48. Get married between 28-30 years old. Ok 33 last tawad.
49. Visit my parents' birthplaces - Davao (mom) and Sorsogon & Pagsanjan (dad)
50. Finish my online photo albums
51. Buy my first car before getting married
52. Buy my own house before getting married (or start investing in one)
53. Increase my salary by a minimum of 25% by end of fiscal year 2008
54. Study abroad
55. Work abroad
56. Become a runway model - if not, role model na lang. hihihi
57. Learn to play the guitar
58. Learn to play violin
59. Learn to play drums
60. Learn to play the piano
61. Develop my singing voice (or determine if I have a chance at it)
62. Write songs and then form my own one-woman band, with a self titled album (hehe joke lang yung after the AND!)
63. Write poems
64. Build a glass house
65. Try the paintball challenge thing
66. Join the Amazing Race!!!!!
67. Graduate with honors on succeeding courses that I will take
68. Put up an orphanage and promote adoption
69. Put up an association that will counsel families, parents, teenagers, etc.
70. Build a sustainable free school for underprivileged children
71. Build a sustainable free hospital for the poor
72. Develop my acting skills and join a theatre association
73. Write movie storylines
74. Do my share in reducing poverty in the Philippines and in the world (need to determine specific action / program to be taken)
75. Finally shed all my inhibitions and past chuchu
76. Get rid of my flabby tummy and become fabby (fabulous) tami!!!!
77. Become a responsible citizen of the Antipolo household
78. Set a regular visiting-relatives schedule
79. Rebuild my spiritual relationship with God
80. Learn and be really good at web designing
81. Make web designing a business opportunity!
82. Take my sibs in my travel stuff
83. Improve my vocabulary and pronunciation
84. Read/watch current events daily
85. Read for leisure (1-2 new books per month)
86. Develop my cooking skills
87. Put up a vegetarian restaurant
88. Buy a new bed and/or cushion!
89. Get rid of my omnipresent acne
90. Find what hairstyle suits me best (straight, kulot or super short boycut/pixie style hair)
91. Move out of the house by the time I am 27 or 28 years old. If not completely moved out, rent an apartment on weekdays and go home on weekends
92. Meet Oprah Winfrey
93. Save up for braces for Badhi-di (by end 2008)
94. Save up for braces for myself (optional)
95. Give back to the scholarship fund that put me through college, financially or in kind (ASAP)
96. Take sketching and / or painting lessons
97. Sketch / paint landscapes and nature scenes, portraits, and daily life scenes
98. Buy the body-conforming mattress /comforter I saw at MOA (which costs around 28,000 ++, if I remember correctly)
99. Get married outdoors (hilltop, garden, beach) with a judge officiating the wedding (Judge part is negotiable)
100. Take swimming lessons and swim regularly
101. Become a part-time teacher / lecturerLabels: wish ko lang |
posted by Tami @ 5:43 PM
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