So it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted… busy few months. I’m finally finishing my MBA, working hard, and trying to have a life in between.
Thursday night I was sitting in class listening to what had to be the one of the most unfulfilling parts of my graduate school experience: listening to 40 minutes of training demos from an open source software site for a piece of software I did not own and likely never would use. As I was sitting there thinking about how this was 40 minutes of my life I’d never get back, I decided to seize the moment and make those 40 minutes count.
Now many people in that situation will do something like make a shopping list, but not me. I opted to make a list of things I’d do to become a better person. I’d dedicate myself to making a real change and to doing the things that are often lacking in my life. I’d put myself out there and do things that may be a little scary.
I thought hard and scribbled down what I knew were things that would make a difference, carefully choosing my words so that I stayed focused on what was most important. Satisfied with my progress, I sat back and read through the 12 things that I vowed to do each and every day. I would carry the list with me at all times as a reminder of the promise I made to myself.
I went home Thursday night feeling a little wiser and that I had already grown. I told my husband what I’d done and he liked the idea and thought maybe he’d make a list of his own.
I’ll be damned if I didn’t forget that list 10 hours later when I left for work.
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