Try or Do Not Try. There Is No Bucket List: Pt. One

What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it?






This prompt sounds suspiciously like making  New Year's Resolution or a Bucket List...both of which I am against. Yet I still really like this prompt because I am contstantly making lists in my head of new things I'd like to try and accomplish.

This got a little long so I'm doing it in two parts. The first is 2010:

In 2010 I tried:

• Biking to work
• Living with my boyfriend
• Going to a real yoga class
• Literacy Tutoring
• Cactus fruit
• Geocaching
• Hosting a Girls' Night
• Maintaining a blog
• Meet Me At Maynard's
• To win an adult spelling bee
• To take more control over my emotions and attitude
• To get out of the group home where I worked
• To stop having panic attacks
• Making candy

I can't say I regret trying any of those things. Every single one had a positive outcome or taught me something. The simple act of trying was often enough to boost my self esteem and help me to grow.

Things That I Wanted to Try But Didn't

• Real CouchSurfing
• Reading aloud at a poetry slam
• Performing duets with Paul
• Traveling alone
• Initiating a conversation with an interesting looking stranger

A lack of trying has bred regrets and a little guilt, as well as lengthy thoughts about what could have happened if I had gone for it. As I grow braver and stronger over the next year I'd like to have less regrets and more experiences. Which brings me to Part Two: