Recently a friend texted me. His message was about the small stuff that should be done in one's lifetime which we generally overlook while taking care of more "important" stuff. It was about going out and living life once but living it a million bucks!!! The jar of life is not filled with the help of big stones but the small grains of sand that reach where even big stones can't. Running behind big achievements consumed almost 60% of my life. Racing out there, with school mates, then collegemates and then job mates and if no one was there then with myself! No time to sit back and enjoy a coffee with no tension of tomorrow or Mondays. Out of the remaining 40%, 30 % went in worrying about achieving those things. Making all the calculations, estimations, above all, manipulations to get it and the remaining 10% in living for myself. A mere 10%!!! I contemplated and realized it was unfair to me, by me. I was denying myself the right to live my own life. That's like a crime!
Then I thought of developing a TO-DO list for myself, taking cues from what my friend texted me and thinking some on my own after a few moments of retrospection. Here's what I came up with. So far it's 50. I have written check in front of those that are already done and those which still need to be done are empty. Also cancelled "Nothing" from my TO-DO list!
1. Take chances! { CHECK }
2. Tell the truth in an awkward situation. { CHECK}
3. Date someone totally WRONG for you! <> {CHECK}
4. Learn to say NO! { CHECK }
5. Spend all your money on things you like to do. <> {CHECK}
6. Fall in LOVE! <>{CHECK}
7. Feel a first KISS! <> {CHECK}
8. Get to know someone random! { CHECK }
9. Say I LOVE YOU to someone in life. <>{CHECK}
10. Be MEAN! {CHECK}
11. Make fun of people. { CHECK }
12. Sing out loud a rock number. { CHECK} <>(have been booed by a bigg audience twice for singing ;))
13. Laugh at a stupid joke! { CHECK }
14. Cry while watching a movie! {CHECK}
15. Take revenge! (If screwing a friend's ass for fun in retaliation means taking revenge then { CHECK }
16. Apologize! { CHECK }
17. Laugh when you fall! { CHECK }
18. Get into a fight. { CHECK }
19. Tell someone how much they mean to you. {CHECK}
20. Tell the idiot how he/she hurt you. <> {CHECK}
21. Let someone know what they are missing. {CHECK}
22. Abuse someone who deserves it. { CHECK }
23. Sit alone and just watch the rain fall. { CHECK }
24. Laugh till your stomach hurts. { CHECK }
25. Dance even if you suck at it. { CHECK }
26. Pose stupidly for pictures. { CHECK }
27. Give someone a hug when he/she needs it. { CHECK }
28. Make sure you get one when you do. { CHECK }
29. Act like a kid. { CHECK }
30. Jump up and down just like that. { CHECK }
31. Hit a guy hard on face in frenzy. <> (So very much wanna do. comeon guys! Be a sport)
32. Pierce my nose and colour part of my hair red! {CHECK}
33. Make someone smile. { CHECK }
34. Help someone you have never known before, in your first meet. { CHECK }
35. Dance in the rain. { CHECK }
36. Tell some creepy fellow you have known for sometime, who has been bugging you and you had been tolerating him/her, on the face that you would smash his/her face next time he/she bugs you. { CHECK }
37. Sleep all day, that means 24 hours!!! <> (16 hours so far!)
38. Be late to catch a plane/train. <> {CHECK}
39. Pack your bag and go out of your house not knowing where you have to go next and return not before a week at least. <> (One of the topmost things on my list)
40. Do a somersault. <> (Wishful thinking!)
41. Get drunk..and drunk bad...totally out. {CHECK ;)}
42. See a snowfall. <>
43. Whistle when a handsome hunk you don't know, passes by. <>
44. Tell your mum and dad everything you feel for them. <>
45. Go out camping for night. <>
46. Propose a guy. <> {CHECK}
47. Meet Sachin Tendulkar. <> (Another on Top most priority)
48. Ride a geared bike. <> {CHECK}
49. Audition for Roadies! ;) <> (Removing this as Roadies has become one crappy show)
50. For once do something without thinking at all, that just came in your mind and you would not have done it under normal circumstances. <> (Wanna do it all the time!)
51. Have to take a long trip to anywhere in India this year.
52. Get a body art.
53. Learn swimming.{CHECK}
54. Learn driving.{CHECK}
55. Learn a musical instrument(Guitar, of course).
So far doing bad!
This list might keep growing as and when I grow up and see more of life and realize there are more small small things that need to be done. I will keep writing check in front of the things as soon as I have done them. This is meant for my personal perusal. I am putting it in a public place so that I don't forget it and take it lightly too for that matter. This way there's a deadline on head and the deadline is LIFETIME!!! ;)
One thing that this list has taught me today is that it's easier doing things this way by making lists and keeping notes. I am a kindda person who will never make a TO-DO list till her grave. But this is a special TO-DO list then. It's not meant for the professional tasks I have at hand for the month or the personal list of tasks that I have to complete by the end of this week, else there won't be electricity or may be water or internet or may be even food cooked by mum cause she'll be highly annoyed. It's meant to live the occasion called LIFE :)
5 comments:
reminded me of movie... "Bucket List"
@above:
I have not seen that movie yet. but i am sure it must be having same kindda thingy. Just published this list here to remind myself constantly, not to do nothing :)
Great one..! Who says that we need subjects to do. Managing life is the biggest task, and one who does it properly is the most successful manager. Good wishes for your task list. I did not watch movie "BUCKET LIST" but watched "DAS VIDANIYA". That was also based on task list. (Secret- but I have my task list too). Though everyone has a documented or random task list but only few can enjoy that.Perhaps therefore Ghalib wrote "HAZARON KHWAHISHEN ESI.." but I admire following lines more then Hazaron Khwahishen-
"क्यों डरें ज़िंदगी में क्या होगा, कुछ न होगा तो तजुर्बा होगा " So go ahead and good luck.
Hey first time came on your blog...
i liked this one a lot...
best of luck for your todo list and hopes you are not going to re-check the things
@kapil: Thanks a lot there :)
I already have checked a few since i started and hoping to check more as and when i am done with them..All the best to me :)
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