I was reading the original Spring List tonight, from back in the day when the Spring List was teeny, doable, and had no history. I picked six things. I did those six things. Much different from last year when I did probably nothing. A simpler time when every other word was the boyfriend, Kelle Hampton (blogging idol, you know), and so many words were in quotations. As if I was talking to someone. The List was not so much about Spring things, but about tasks that would get me out of the shadow of Winter and into a kind of freshness. I guess.
The Spring List circa 2010 did lead to the most epic NSYNC harmonizing road-trip of all time with "the boyfriend" now "husband". But, I digress.
My point is, I'm keeping it small this year. I'm on the mend, money is tight, and I barely have time to type this. So, here it is, my Spring List of 2014.
1. Turn this into something beautiful and functional
2. Take her on a hike and spend every minute telling her to stop whining. Then reach the top of the trail head and revel in her puppy joy.
3. Spend some time getting healthy. Ice or no ice.
4. Get back to writing by a) reading about things that inspire me; b) experience things that are worth writing about; and c) writing.
5. Spend a weekend outside, covered in dirt, happy, sweaty, pulling green stuff out of the ground and putting different green stuff into it.
Things change but time continues to fly by. I laugh at my old lists--at the style of presentation and the awkward ambition to cross everything off. That's perfectly fine though---we have to remember how we started to appreciate what we've done since.
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