Last year, on the eve of my 27th birthday, I decided to create a list of 27 things I've always wanted to do but was I either too afraid, too lazy, or too busy. Things like trying a new sport or getting a dude to wax his body parts (I swear I have gentle hands) or baking a pie from scratch. With a few months to go, I have a few left and I am more determined than ever to finish all of them.
As my 27th year slowly approaches its end and my 28th about to begin, I've started to think about what is next. Somehow, making another to-do list just doesn't quite fit. It had to be something different.
Last week, I was having a conversation with Jezebel about running. She and I like running just as much as one likes to plucking their eyelashes off one by one while listening to cats scratch a chalkboard with their paws. Let's just say that if I had to run for my life, I would play dead. I wish I was joking.
A few days ago, I found myself searching for training schedules for people who hate running. No, seriously, that's what I entered on Google's search bar. I actually found something.
Minutes later, I was downloading applications on my iTouch to track how long before one would find me sprawled in pain a few blocks from my house. Or downstairs.
So, over the next few months, I've decided that this year will be about the things that I a) am too afraid to try (take a cooking class, yoga in a bra instead of a tank), b) dislike with a passion (meat with tons of barbeque sauce - seriously, gross), and c) fear and dislike with a passion. And I gotta do twenty eight of them.
I already have something for #1. Pluck my lashes to baldness. Just kidding!
What would be on your fear list?
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-- I worry about my sons (needlessly and endlessly, as all mothers do)
-- Thermo nuclear war
-- Ice climbing (my nephew does this)
-- Centipedes & big spiders
-- I'm afraid for the planet Earth and its inhabitants
As my birthday just passed, well 2 months ago, I wish I had made a list of things to accomplish. What a great idea, and have fun running!
I find the older you get the less there is to be afraid of, except looking in the mirror to find more facial lines.
I've been on somewhat of a bucket list quest. My list comprises things that I want to do, however, some of that does involve fear and anxiety even if it is a pleasant activity.
Also, there is a difference between doing things you are truly afraid of and things that you abhor. I'm a little perplexed why you'd choose to do things that you don't like.
Here's my list:
- scuba diving (afraid of dark deep water).
-bungee jumping although I'm not afraid of heights.
-driving in heavy city traffic. (makes me hyerventilate).
That's about all I can think of ... for now!
I really don't have too many fears as I get older but there are a few:
..a fear of getting Alzheimers like my Mom.
..fear of putting on a bathing suit...ahhh, very scary but if I have Alzheimers it won't be a worry, haha!
..I share Laurie's fear of big spiders
..and a fear of trying certain seafoods
..oh, and a big fear of saying "NO"
Deb, practice saying No. Right now.Can I borrow $500?
I knew I would think of more fears. I have an irrational fear of manholes. Y'know, the covers on the streets. I am afraid to walk over them in case I should fall in. Also, if I park close to one and have my car keys in hand, I worry that I will drop them into the hole even if I'm 20 feet away. It's like it draws me like a magnet. Weird, I know.
Lala, knowing you makes me wish I had stayed single longer. Got married a week shy of 22 years old, and I'm still married 32 years later. It's pretty obvious that the first thing on my fear list is divorce. I wish *I* was kidding! I'm afraid my spouse will try to take more than his share of our assets, that he will drag my name through the mud, that I will have to pay HIM alimony (since he hasn't worked for 5 years), and that my kids' lives will be ruined. Most of these are irrational, but that's my fear.
What else do I fear? I fear walking from Target to my car without my mace in my hand (our city is that dangerous). I fear swimming in the ocean (several shark bites in the past month at the beach I go to!). Both of those fears are, I think, well-founded.
I fear rejection and disapproval, but I don't let that bother me most of the time. I'm pretty outspoken and can talk a good game.
Great subject to ponder.
Cathy..NOOOOOO!!!!
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