Life's a Stitch

I found a list of goals for retirement, written over ten years ago. I am grateful we’ve exceeded the ten year mark, happy and healthy. It’s the luck of the draw I suppose, so many sad stories.

Back to the report card, I’ve only reached maybe half of the ten goals, but have achieved many new ones.  

First on the list, not in order of importance was to improve my Spanish speaking skills. Although it was my mother’s first language, I forever confused it with French, my high school act of rebellion. I have studied many languages in high school, university, continuing education and Duolingo: Latin, French, Spanish and German. I wouldn’t consider myself proficient in any. I can do tourist Spanish and ask where my key is in German. Perhaps I lack an aptitude for foreign language skills.

Second was to develop my watercolour skills. Ding, ding, ding, definitely achieved that one. I have a healthy supply of ongoing commission work and show sales have been good.

Third: jewelry making. Nope. That time has been dedicated to my artwork.

#4 Yoga with balls. What the heck is that? 

#5 Sort stuff  🤣🤣🤣 I did buy Marie Kondo’s first book. I guess stuff sparks joy in me.

#6 Organize photos. Ha! I have 55,000 pictures on my phone and 200+ albums, so perhaps that qualifies as organization.

#7 Rescue the blog from Typepad to assure its existence in perpetuity. Success! I need to put my intentions in my will so the funding continues for a few generations; an important bit of family history.

8 & 9 have to do with improving photography and photo editing skills. It’s an ongoing process mainly iPhone-centric, but I haven’t used an actual camera in years.

#10 Convert written recipes to typed. There are easy ways to achieve this digitally, but my style of eating has changed, so fewer will need conversion.

Funny list that was, I wouldn’t have achieved an impressive grade on that one. I’m happy, though, with what might be considering credit for actual life experience, covered in another post.