Update: Bloggers who’ve picked up the meme so far: Cobb and Mark La Roi.
Hube responds.
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Note: There are four “tagee” bloggers listed below. If you respond on your blogs, let us know by sending a trackback to this post. I’m using Friday memes as an opportunity to look back on my life and figure out what I’ve learned, re-strategize my goals, and look to the future with these lessons and new goals in mind. I hope the posts help you do the same with your lives.
1) What haven’t you done yet in your life that you’d really like to do someday? Why? Will you do any of those things in the near future? Are you making progress toward them?
— I want to get married and have children, write books (published books), and visit western Europe someday.
Everybody wants to be married, right? Married people are healthier and happier, and I prize the companionship above all. And children are a blessing, a gift from God. Being blessed more than I am already would be amazing. God willing, these not-yet events will happen in the near future. Am I making progress toward them? That, loyal readers, is in The Vault. 
— People take you more seriously if you’ve written a book. Being a published author builds your credentials and helps establish you as an expert, especially if you’re writing about a niche business topic. If a publishing house believes in you enough to buy your book, others (TV and radio show producers, influential people, etc.) will be more interested in what you have to say, IMO. Also, it takes discipline to write a book, and that’s a quality we should all strive for. Am I making progress? Yes.
— Who wouldn’t want to go to Europe? As a closet anglophile, I’d love to live in England for a couple of years, then tour the rest of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The United States is a baby compared to these countries, with recorded histories and heritages that go back thousands of years.
Am I making progress toward this goal? Well, unless someone invites to me to speak at a conference in one of those countries and pays for traveling and lodging, I doubt I’ll go anytime soon. As a new business owner trying to build a steady income and client base, I can’t afford it. 
Yet. 
2) If you could completely start your life over from scratch, what would you do differently the second time around (if anything)? Why?
— I wouldn’t take that first drink, and I’d start writing for publication sooner. Why? A clearer head, fewer regrets and mistakes, more productive years professionally and personally…
3) What do you think you’ll be like when you’re 70, 80, 90, possibly even 100 years old? Where do you think you’ll be living, and what activities do you think you’ll enjoy?
— At 70 and beyond, I’ll be a thoughtful and generous grandmother spoiling my grandchildren, God willing. Still writing the occasional article, I’ll be enjoying a financially secure retirement, having reaped the rewards of 10+ books, national tours, and speaking engagements. Hopefully, my anonymous charitable donations and endowments will help change the lives of once-desperate and hopeless people.
4) What ages do you think have been the best for you so far? Why? What do you think of your current age…are you enjoying it? Are you looking forward to your next birthday?
— Approaching 30 was good. At 29, still drinking, I set a goal to be sober by the time I was 30. It worked. Turning 35 lit a fire under me. I finally put pen to paper and starting writing with publication in mind. It worked. Thirty five years were quite long enough to be unpublished.
— My current age? At 39, I know 40 is fast approaching. I don’t know how I feel about that yet, but I think being married with children would make it seem less…scary. I don’t know if scary is the best word, but there you go.
Tagged: I don’t usually tag people when I do memes, but I’ll make an exception today:
- Tami Gill
- The Colossus of Rhodey
- Mark La Roi
- My new blog pal (and new blogger), College Jay
Related post: Friday Meme: Seven Years Ago I Was…
(Hat tip: meme)
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Coming next week: Part III of How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: No Sockpuppetry!
Part I — How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Disclose!
Part II — How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Don’t Plagiarize!
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I’ll probably add more later, but one thing I regret was leaving a great company that I was working for to pursue a master’s degree in Educational Marxist Brainwashing. I should’ve stayed at the company part time and done a master’s in linguistics.
As someone who loves traveling abroad, I have to say that, though it’s more expensive than a jaunt to Chicago, traveling in Europe isn’t as expensive as many people think.
Our family is on one-and-a-half salaries, and we try to head across the pond every two years, or so. Of course, our entertainment budget is our travel budget.
Do tell, Jared. Do you go through a travel agency or other group? On your own? Where do you go and how long do you stay? If private, you can respond via e-mail.
I wouldn’t worry about 40, Ms. Barber. It’s just another trip around the sun.
There is, however, a reason why the number 40–as in the 40 years Moses spent looking for the promised land, the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert, being tempted by the Devil–is important. That is the year at which you reach full maturity.
I reached that point five years ago, and I’m still not married. Do I worry about it? No.
You had to grow up in the 1970s to understand where I am coming from. That was the decade when all the girls developed bad attitudes. The daughters of the feminists, they are the worst.
People ask me all the time why I haven’t got married. “When are you going to get married? What’s the matter with her? What’s the matter with you? Don’t you like girls? Are you gay?” I’ve been hearing that since I was twelve.
Married? I have three questions.
1. Is she going to be my life partner? That is, is she going to honor her vows? Because I fully intend to honor mine. To have and to hold, to honor and to cherish, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, until death do us part. That’s the commitment. Is she going to be my life partner?
No. The modern American girl, the superior woman, are you kidding me? What are the statistics these days? Half of all marriages end in divorce in the first four years; 85% of those divorces are filed by women. What does that tell you? It tells me that after the emotion wears off and the sex gets boring, and that takes, what, about two years, when it’s time to do the work. When it’s time to make the real commitment. When it’s time to make the real sacrifice. 8 out of 10 times, half of women change their minds.
2. Is she going to be my help-mate? Is she going to help me, do what I have to do? Manage my house, manage my finances, manage my business, accrue assets, grow wealth?
No. The modern American girl, the superior woman, are you kidding me? She’s more interested in competing with me, than she is in helping me. She’s got the attitude: “I’m smarter than you. I’m better than you. I make more money than you. I have a career!” (She’s so predictably boring.)
3. Is she going to raise my children?
No. Absolutely not, definitely not. The modern American girl, the superior woman, are you kidding me? Don’t even think about it. Whatever you do, don’t even mention it. The mere suggestion is an insult to her. She gets offended, stomps off and throws a fit. Her idea of motherhood, her idea of her responsibilities as a mother don’t extend beyond running off to work so she can afford to pay some stranger to raise her children. “Somebody take care of this [baby] for me. I have a career!”
What is the return on my investment?
It’s a legitimate question. In fact, it’s the only question. What is the return on the investment of my time, my attention, my money in her?
What do I get? I’m fully aware of everything she gets, under the law. She gets a title (Mrs.), a house, a bank account, a guarranteed income, guarranteed insurance benefits, and guarranteed child support. What do I get?
A roommate? A roommate with a bad attitude and a large expense account, who ignores her responsibilities as a spouse and parent. Yeah, that’s the modern American girl, the superior woman, in a nutshell. She doesn’t intend to be anything more to her husband than a roommate.
What does she have to offer me? Sex?
So, let me get this straight. I don’t want there to be any confusion or misunderstanding between us. In return for a title, a house, a bank account, guarranteed income, guarranteed insurance benefits, and guarranteed child support, all she intends to offer me is something I can get off of any one of hundred of girls on any night for nothing more than a tequila shot and a lie to the face.
What does that make her worth to me?
A tequila shot and a lie to the face.
I’d rather have the money, and I do. Wouldn’t you? Would you rather have the money, or would you rather have a roommate who’s afraid to grow up?
Thanks for the tag, La Shawn (and the consequent traffic you bring our way!)
I’ll be working on my answers (no other Colossan likes to participate in these sort of things, but I do) later this afternoon!
My husband and I have a goal to be completely debt free. We are on track to pay off our mortgage within the next 6-10 months. We own everything else we have, and use our credit cards like charge cards; paying them off every month.
Though we have not wanted for anything, we have delayed our gratification in many areas to reach our goal. We still eat out, take vacations, have great holidays, etc., but we spend way below our means.
This is so important to us because we strive to teach our children by being examples for them. We want our children to know and understand that they don’t have to have all the latest everything, or the most expensive everything to be happy. God fearing parents with moral values makes for a happy childhood no matter what the income level.
This process has taught me that really good things are worth the wait and the hard work involved. I’ve learned that I don’t need the newest or most high end everything to be happy, and as a result, I spend more of my time cultivating the inner me than the outer me.
Methinks Garwain’s Ghost has been listening to Tom Leykis.
I stand up and accept my responsibilities without question.
I expect her to stand up and accept her responsibilities without question. If she intends to present herself to me as my equal.
The problem right now with going to England is the exchange rate–not in our favor! Plus, it’s not cheap over there, so your vacation may cost more than if you traveled domestically. I went there in 1989 when the exchange rate was also not in our favor, but I managed to stay there for a few weeks.
Gawainsghost, I thought you might find this article interesting, even though I don’t agree with it…
Were you by chance the “ghost writer?”
http://www.wral.com/family/9738807/detail.html
Yay! Thanks for tagging me, La Shawn! For some reason Blogger has been taking forever to publish my blog. I’ve made several attempts today, but it stays at 0% and never makes any progress; I’ve never had this problem before, so there could be some issues with their server. I’ll try again in a few hours when I arrive home.
La Shawn,
I posted your first question on my blog several months ago (actually, it was Name Three Things). Mine were:
1. Shoot a 1-gallon paint can, filled with water, with a .45, and it should make a plume of water with the lid dancing on top. I did that this past May when I visited my sister & mom and we painted my mom’s bedroom. Too much fun!
2. Get an RV and drive around the country. My mom and I are planning to do this next year after my sister’s youngest graduates from high school. It may turn out to be the worst financial/career mistake of my life, but I’m not going to regret the time spent with my mom while I can.
3. Rent a canal barge and go up & down some of Europe’s rivers and canals. No plans for this yet.
Question 2: I’m not sure I’d do much differently. I’d have to make all the same mistakes to be sure I got the same kids, even though it was a rough trip.
Question 3: Ummm…
Question 4: Thirty was good. I was working for an airline (in IT) and got to travel a lot for cheap (not free). The marriage was still pretty good, and the kids were both here.
Now is the best, though. 49. 50 isn’t until next year. I like who I am. I know how to laugh and do it often. I try to treat people right. Work stinks, but that won’t last forever (see Question 1, item 2). Overall, God has been very good (and merciful) to me.
Thanks for a great post!
I am not thrilled to see this
12 Passengers Arrested After Flight to India Returns to Amsterdam
LaShawn,
Don’t worry about not being married. The Lord has all your days planned out for you, including marriage. Even though I’m just recently married, I’m reminded that Paul said that it was good to remain unmarried:
1Cor 1:8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.
Later on in the same chapter:
“29What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 30those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
32I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.”
Don’t let society’s norms trouble you, because the Bible commends your situation. Paul was saying that it was better to remain unmarried so that you can be devoted to the Lord. But also, we (Christians) are all part of the bride of Christ - we are married to another.
I needed to be reminded of that, Walt. Thanks.
- Admin
1. I want to become a Pharmacist. I haven’t started any of the classes required because I am still researching schools to shoot for, but I am going to 1. see an advisor 2. enroll in classes hopefully in january.
-Travel to Patagonia. Europe is great, and Asia is cool, but not many people have ever heard of Patagonia, so they haven’t traveled there. It has that Wild West type atmosphere with a low population density and beautiful scenery.
2.If I was younger, and still in college, I would realize that there is a field called Pharmacy and study my pre-requisites to get in.
3. I have no idea.
4.Am I happy? I like to think I am wiser since I got most of that angst mood out of my way, and can concentrate on what I actually want to do with my life.
Well La Shawn, I’m married, but I feel like I’ve been in the professional desert for a long time–my constant prayer is to use my gifts in a fulfilling avocation. Now my prayer is more specific: to get something I applied for. It’s my dream job. I hope God answers that prayer in the affirmative.
Hey La Shawn, you can publish your own book for a small fee.
Go to iUniverse…..they are an independent publisher that let you self-publish your own material. They do the binding and distribute the work to the booksellers.
wwww.iuniverse.com
True, it’s not Random House, or Simon & Schuster.
But, if I read correctly your goal is just to be “published”….not necessarily to be published by the biggest and most famous publishers, right?
Snob!
Just kidding.
I think iUniverse is your ticket! For now.
I like “One Voice”!
No, Tate, I didn’t write that article. And I read it two days ago, when it was featured on Rush.
Do you like swans?
I like swans. They are beautiful creatures.
My first degree was in biology, and I took several course on animal behavior. A fascinating field. Years later, when I decided to study literature and went to graduate school, I took a part time job as a glass bottom boat captain at Aquareena Springs, in San Marcos.
There was a pair of breeding swans on the lake. And I spent several months just observing them. This is what I saw.
The male and female never left the presence of their offspring. Every day the female would take the signets over to the nesting area, and the male would go out into the middle of the lake, where he would splash around, dive and spread his wings.
He was establishing his territory, letting every other animal in the area know that this was where he lived, slept and raised his offspring. He was also checking to make sure there were no water snakes, racoons or rats trying to move into his territory.
He would then swim over to the nesting area and stay with the signets, while the female went out onto the lake, splashed around, dove and spread her wings. She was double checking, but she was also letting all the other animals in the area know that this was where she lived, slept and raised her offspring.
It doesn’t require a PhD in logic to understand why. There are lots of animals–not just snakes, racoons and rats–who love to eat little baby swans. And these adults were not about to let some predator prey upon their children. They accepted their responsibilities without question.
I came away from observing this behavior with one question. Isn’t it disgusting that a bird, with a brain the size of a walnut, has more intellectual capacity for understanding its responsibility as a parent than a human being has?
Not yet!
A year and a half a go I started planning a London/Paris trip for now. My job was done away with almost a year ago, and I was unemployed for a while. I am back to work, but my new job has a weak vacation benefit. It will be a few years before I can accrue enough time to travel overseas.
The most important point of LaShawn’s post is that people need to set goals to achieve their dreams. Life’s goodies don’t fly into the hands of the ordinary person. Sit down and think about your life 1, 5, 10, 20 .. years from now and formulate a one sentence realistic goal for each of the things you want to accomplish by that time. Write them down in a journal of some sort which allows lots of space between each goal. Next, after you have thought about your goals for a while, start to write down “how” you are going to achieve them, step by step. That may include research such as reading about the topic. It may include contacting a professional such as a financial counselor or an educator, etc. or maybe just talking to a friend. This is the most important part of goal setting because you will be absolutely astounded at the doors that will unexpectedly open. Finally, keep track of your progress and hopefully, you will achieve your goals.
I did the above, starting approximately 20 years ago. I had 5 goals. I achieved 4 of them. I retired when I was 55 (one of my goals) which involved a lot of planning, creativity and sensible choices.
Of course, life happens and we all have to or may want to adjust our goals and some may never be met, but it was amazing to me how well this works.
1) What haven’t you done yet in your life that you’d really like to do someday? Why? Will you do any of those things in the near future? Are you making progress toward them?
I would like to write a book. (Doesn’t every blogger say that!) My blog may be that book someday. I try to write at least one inspirational post a week that could be put into my future book. We’ll see. If it is, then I would say that I’m making progress.
2) If you could completely start your life over from scratch, what would you do differently the second time around (if anything)? Why?
I would have bought Microsoft when it was going public. I told my dad to buy it and he did very well. I missed out on my own good advice. But I was too busy planning my wedding and swooning over my fiance to think about my financial future!
3) What do you think you’ll be like when you’re 70, 80, 90, possibly even 100 years old? Where do you think you’ll be living, and what activities do you think you’ll enjoy?
I tell my children I want them each to have 6 children. That makes at least 36 grand children. I also tell them that they are never to put momma in a nursing home. Twelve months divides neatly into six groups of two. That means if I need assistance I’ll leave with each child for two months and then move on. That’s enough time to live with me and still love me when I leave.
I will still be writing in some way. Or dictating it into the computer whichever is easiest.
4) What ages do you think have been the best for you so far? Why? What do you think of your current age…are you enjoying it? Are you looking forward to your next birthday?
The year I’m in is by far the best. I was telling my husband how much of a privilege it is to grow old with him. Watching one graduate from high school as one graduates from diapers is an amazing accomplishment for me. We did it! We set out to homeschool our children and 17 years later. I have my first one ready to move on to what God has for her. But no time to rest, there are still 5 more to work on.
By the way, since your post and mine both talked about marriage, did you see the Forbes article that caused all a big kerfuffle in the blogosphere and in offices around the nation?
One of the male writers dared to tell men not to marry a career woman. I blogged about it here.
La Shawn is doing a meme each Friday that looks back at her life.
1) What haven’t you done yet in your life that you’d really like to do someday? Why? Will you do any of those things in the near future? Are you making progress toward them?
I would like to write a book. (Doesn’t every blogger say that!) This blog may be that book someday. We’ll see. If it is, then I would say that I’m making progress.
2) If you could completely start your life over from scratch, what would you do differently the second time around (if anything)? Why?
I would have bought Microsoft when it was going public. I told my dad to buy it and he did very well. I missed out on my own good advice.
3) What do you think you’ll be like when you’re 70, 80, 90, possibly even 100 years old? Where do you think you’ll be living, and what activities do you think you’ll enjoy?
I tell my children I want them each to have 6 children. That makes at least 36 grand children. I also tell them that they are never to put momma in a nursing home. Twelve months divides neatly into six groups of two. That means if I need assistance I’ll leave with each child for two months and then move on. That’s enough time to live with me and still love me when I leave. That’s assuming they have WIFI. I’ll still be blogging about all the things I think and believe.
4) What ages do you think have been the best for you so far? Why? What do you think of your current age…are you enjoying it? Are you looking forward to your next birthday?
The year I’m in is by far the best. I was just telling my husband how much of a privilege it is to grow old with him. I have one about to graduate from high school and another who just graduated out of diapers. We did it! We set out to homeschool and our first is about to graduate. Not to rest though I still have 5 more to go.
I’m almost 44 and yes I am looking forward to it. Who wouldn’t be. La Shawn each breath we take is from the Lord. Take in as much air as you can because it may be your last. Make each moment count. That’s how I live. “Whatsoever your hand findeth to do, do it as unto the Lord.” Who wouldn’t want to make it one more year when just living each day is a blessing from HIS hand.
Sorry about the double text in this post La Shawn. I don’t know how that happened. I meant to copy a link and the whole computer whacked out and shut the windows down. I’m not exactly sure why it copied text and put it in there and not the URL.
Here’s the link in any case,
http://spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2006/08/he-said-she-said.html
1. Start on a great career…. not a job, but a career. Plenty of jobs out there….but few good ones that make careers….so that you can date, marry and have/support a family.
2. Go back to school and earn another degree.
3. Dating/Relationship perhaps…. but without #1, I can’t seem to get to #3.
Dating/Relationships these days are all about economics (and not much else unfortunately).
4. Want to travel to a few places within the U.S. I have already been to most large cities east of the Mississippi… did a lot of travelling with my dad when I was a young man…. and I have already seen as much of Europe as I want to see, lol. I was born there lived there for a while but didn’t really venture out. Don’t plan to return because I don’t fly.
But there are a few places within the 48 State box that I would like to visit….by car of course.
5. A Book? Too much politics involved. It was once a goal and may be again at some point. I actually started a manuscript a couple of years ago… did the first three chapters and it has been collecting dust ever since. It’s hard to do when you have a full time job.
Then there is the issue of getting published…. Almost impossible to do unless you know someone in the publishing business. So instead of the book, I started the blog…
But I may return to the book at some point. It takes some people 5, 6, 7 years to write one. I am at the halfway point…. 3 or 4 more chapters and i’m done.
I have to re-evaluate it…. I think I’m trying to cover too many topics, and all of my thoughts are bumping into one another….
6. Build a social network. Hard to do when you are not in the right economic class.
I think in order to get to a position to get #3 (besides $$$), I will have to get out more…. and I hate going out.
“A man without a goal is as a ship at sea without a rudder, at the mercy of every wind and wave”
I do not know who to credit
Many of my goals have changed over the years. I would like to go back to school, only taking the subjects that I would enjoy instead of those that were chosen for me.
I would like to become a better husband and father, I am 58 and have so far to go.
I was under the impression that in the society that the Master grew up in that 30 was the age of responsibility.
I would enjoy serving a Mission in, well I do not know where yet. I am sure it will come to me.
One of my minor goals I greatly enjoyed was visiting Mesa Verde. The “Aztec ruins” in Aztec, New Mexico. Carlsbad and Mammoth Cave are also minor goals in a possible future.
“Third world countries” have me more enthused than Europe.
I would like to return to my Heavenly Father.
(1) What haven’t you done yet in your life that you’d really like to do someday? Why? Will you do any of those things in the near future? Are you making progress toward them?
1. My wife has begun working on a teaching degree [science & mathematics - grades 4 through 8].
2. We plan to return to Tanzania once she has completed her studies and teach there. Actually, that is finishing something we started.
3. Travel - we would like to see other African countries such as South Africa, Kenya, and Uganda. I would like to go to Rwanda as well, but my wife does not like the idea.
(2) If you could completely start your life over from scratch, what would you do differently the second time around (if anything)? Why?
For myself, I would like to have been a professional baseball player. There is baseball in the Bible, by the way (Genesis 1:1 In the big inning….. ). Also, Job was a Cubs fan. Domed stadiums, artificial turf, and the DH rule are all signs of the impending Apocalypse - mankind will pay for these scarlet sins!
And, like you La Shawn, I never would have had that first drink.
(3) What do you think you’ll be like when you’re 70, 80, 90, possibly even 100 years old? Where do you think you’ll be living, and what activities do you think you’ll enjoy?
See Question #1
(4) What ages do you think have been the best for you so far? Why? What do you think of your current age…are you enjoying it? Are you looking forward to your next birthday?
For myself, this is my best age. I have a wife and a beautiful baby son. From a physical point of view, though, my 30s was my best age. I had much more energy then than I have now!
You can set all the goals in the world, but life doesn’t always turn out the way you expect it to.
Especially, if God has other plans for you…..plans which you may, or may not, agree with—that’s always a difficult thing, for some.
I’d say my ultimate goal is simply to live each day to the fullest, since nobody, except You-Know-Who, knows what the future holds.
The best age for me, so far, was age 18. There’s never been an age like that for me, or ever will come again.
At 18, I felt like I’d been let out of a cage. Funny, because I did have a lot of freedom before age 18, but there was something about maybe ages 18, and 19, that felt very liberating.
Never felt that way again.
If anything, I want time to speed up. There’s a line from the movie ‘The Way We Were’ it goes….”Wouldn’t it be lovely if we were older; we’d have survived all this”.
I feel that way. I hate when time stands still and stagnates. I want everything to speed up so I can say I made it through!
GawainsGhost — Will she manage *my* house, will she contribute to *my* finances, will she help manage *my* assets, and (my personal favorite) will she raise *my* children? Is all of this worth *my* investment. (”investment!”)
I’m not sure the “selfish” women of the world are your problem.
Hmmm. Approaching that big thing with a four and a ‘oh’ has prompted me to take stock and realise how wildly off-target my expectations/hopes as a teenager were.
Still haven’t:
Adopted more children
Built a house away from the city
Attained my (personal) required degree of
self-sufficiency
Taken my wife on a cruise
” ” Christmas shopping in New York and Paris
Swam with dolphins in the wild
Backpacked the length of the River Severn from Wales to Bristol.
Haven’t yet visited:
Tierra Del Fuego
Bombay
Ankgor Wat
Ancient Lycian sarcophagi in Turkey
The Smoky Mountains
The Virgin Islands
ancient Styria/Moldavia
Cape Wrath in Scotland
Mongolian plains
the Guilin Hills in China
Still haven’t
Seen the Boredoms play live in Japan
Listened to Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E Flat played by the Prague Symphony Orchestra
Invented a revolutionary gearing system for bicycles
Recorded the LP I’ve been putting off for the last 5 years
Hang-glide/microlight across some of the Himalayas
Bought us a special seaside retreat, somewhere to fish, cook, have friends, drink wine, smoke a little good stuff, play a little music and sit on a porch watching the weather, the birds, the growing things, in short, everything BUT the clock
I’d like to have my novel published (and I’m working on it). I’d like to see the midnight sun, but that probably won’t come for a while.
I’d have done a lot differently if I had the chance for a do-over. I’d have been nicer, but firmer, and less defensive.
When my mother was ill I’d have stood up to my father and demanded responsibility from her doctors.
I wouldn’t have accepted the blame for so many things that were not my fault, and I would have taken more responsibility for so may things that were.
I’d have had more than one child.
Above all, I wouldn’t have let the bad guys mess with my head.
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