The 10 on the 10th are back!
When I read Marsha's prompt, however, my first thought was that this could prove to be more difficult than I could handle. Let me explain why.
I could, for example, list things like "I won't be eating as much carbs as last year.". Sounds like a resolution, doesn't it? Resolutions can be worded either way, "I want to buy less ...." or "I don't want to buy as much ...". I don't do resolutions, so those things are out.
Let's try something else. "I probably won't be visiting a museum this year." Hm. "I probably won't be taking a class in person this year." Like that I'm either going to depress myself by listing things that I would like to do, but can't anymore, or I'm going to sound incredibly negative, whiny, and annoying.
So what are my options?
Marsha replied to my comment "Have fun with all the wild and weird things you won't do." Oh Marsha, a challenge, eh?
This year, I probably won't ...
1. ... participate in a winter expedition.
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Yeah. No. You gotta be kidding me, people, look at that. Haven't you seen "The Gold Rush"? Shoes, I'm just saying shoes!
Seriously, though. I really don't like snow and I could happily live completely without it.
2. ... go deep sea diving.
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Do you know what those helmets do to your hair? 😜
I love watching documentaries about the ocean, but whenever I was at a beach and saw the vastness of the ocean, I felt strangely overwhelmed. Calling it thalassophobia would probably be too much, but I never went into the ocean further than ankle deep.
3. ... climb Mount Everest.
None of the translation apps have Yeti on their list and what other reason should I even have to climb up there?
Ok, so these days I have problems with a simple hill, but I don't have that gene of needing great adventure in my life, either. I'm fine with tiny adventures.
4. ... read "Ulysses" by James Joyce.
Can you believe a family member once suggested a read along and discussion of "Ulysses"?
If you read it, good for you, but my ten brain cells founded a union and threatened to quit. Can't have that.
There are things I don't need to have done to prove myself. Struggling through "Ulysses" is one of them.
5. ... go to a rave.
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I can hear and feel this picture and both isn't good for me.
Of course I wasn't even a fan of discos when I was young. Can you tell I was never a dancer? 😂
I managed one dancing class (thanks to peer pressure and I didn't enjoy it), but while I like to move with a rhythm and occasionally danced with some of my cats, I preferred doing so in the privacy of my home or from a chair.
6. ... eat snails.
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Too bad I'm a vegetarian, isn't it?
I have never been a very adventurous eater even before I was. I wouldn't want to try ants in chocolate or mealworms. How about you?
I did try my rabbits' vitamin pellets once, though, to see why they were SO crazy for them. Kind of dry. I guess you had to be a bunny to appreciate it.
7. ... keep my cats, but foster a bunch of dogs instead.
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Ok, you didn't believe that, did you? Neither did my cats.
I really love dogs, but I would be a terrible dog mom because I'm notoriously bad at setting limits, so I would probably be eaten up in the first week or dragged into the streets.
Once I told friends that I would gladly babysit their two smaller dogs for a few hours in their own home, but that I had to draw the line at taking them for a walk.
8. ... take up playing the violin again.
No one, absolutely no one, would want that. It just has been too long.
I played the violin for about 5 1/2 years until I was 16. I wasn't bad, but I don't think I was good, either. My heart wasn't really in it and the violin hadn't been my own choice (long story).
I tried again in my 20s, but unsurprisingly, my motivation was even less.
9. ... become a 3-star chef.
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More like -10. I just don't find any joy in cooking or baking and love everyone dearly who does it for me.
There was quite a short phase when the ex and I moved in together and it felt that cooking was just a part of it. I even tried out things then.
I would happily blame my lack of motivation on the ex and his love for his mother's food which I could never match (I liked it, too), but that just wouldn't be true. I simply don't like to cook, no matter how good recipes sound to me.
10. ... write the great German novel.
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Maybe next year ... 😉
I never had the ambition to write a book and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have the patience to do it. I told myself stories on walks back home, for example after the violin lesson when I had missed the bus, to make them less boring, but never wrote any of them down.
That was really random and completely unplanned, but in the end you learned a bit about me after all. Not sure you wanted to learn it, but there you are.
It's practically a miracle I made it to 10!
Cat!! You have made my day (and probably my week) with these answers! I agree 100% about how bad anyone’s hair would look after wearing those helmets. And, as much as I love snow, even that is too much. But, I’m truly shocked you don’t know Yeti! My unionized brain cells agree with you on Joyce! Why? I am so glad you accepted my challenge! This was so much fun to read!
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I can speak fluent Bigfoot, but the Yeti declinations are a real problem, Marsha!
DeleteGlad I could make you laugh!
Great list! Most of those items would be in my list too. Though, I would like to play the violin. Not sure the neighbours would like me to do it, I remember when their child was learning to play the flute. And the deep sea, I would have liked to do this when I was younger. Not that I don't like, I'm just too old and heavy.
ReplyDeleteI always just wanted to sing and I took singing lessons for a while as an adult, but then I had thyroid surgery and almost lost my voice completely, I could just whisper. It came back, but unfortunately not my singing voice.
DeleteI don't think I'll be doing any of the things you mentioned either, ha ha. I wrote a similar list that will publish next Saturday...I would love to say I had at least one book in me to write. But laziness is a strong deterrent to getting that done.
ReplyDeleteI think I might have a book in me, but not one to write down. The laziness and writer's block is strong in this one ...
DeleteThis was fun! I can tell you that I won't take up the clarinet again! I have both my clarinets still and there are various orchestras for people who haven't played for years ... but I also live in a terraced house!
ReplyDeleteI don't think my neighbors would be very happy if I started them torturing with the violin now.
DeleteWe can NOT play our instruments together! 😉
You did have lots of fun with this and I could say ditto on almost all of these! I had an uncle that climbed Everest and I have zero interest in even thinking about it. It sounds like literal torture to me.
ReplyDeleteI actually did! How amazing that your uncle climbed Everest. All the way to the top?
DeleteAwwww....seeing a cat, and even a sleeping one, is so soothing.
ReplyDeleteThey look so adorable and innocent when they are sleeping.
Delete😂😂😂 I’m sure the kitties were relieved to know fostering dogs was on the “not happening” list. But I bet Der Dekan could give a puppy a run for its money. No Duolingo for Yeti? What gives? Albanian is not on there either.
ReplyDeleteNo need to be relieved. We didn't believe that for a nanosecond. I also don't believe her selling me to the circus or making me sleep in the cellar. She's such a pushover.
DeleteUnfortunately he's right, I am.
DeleteIsn't it shocking? Actually, our Duolingo has only eight languages, anyway.
I'm so impressed with how you took on this challenge, Cat! You came up with such an amazing and entertaining list! you really had me thinking! Thanks for putting a smile on my face!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a bit of fun, Laura! We so need a good smile these days.
DeleteI love this take on what you won't do this year. Agree with all of them - I won't be doing any of these either.
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DeleteLOL. I definitely won't be going to any festivals or amusement parks, and I won't swim with dolphins.
DeleteYes, those two are out for me, too.
DeleteMy internet glitched, so I don’t know if my comment made it through or not. Here we go again. I can safely say that I won’t be doing any of these either. I mean who looked at a snail and thought: I want to put this in my mouth?
ReplyDeleteI have a comment up there somewhere from you from January 11, der Dekan even replied to it!
DeleteWe have a saying here "What the farmer doesn't know, the farmer doesn't eat." I think that goes for all of us. Just think of cultural differences. Asians thought European food was weird and the other way round. I have a friend who says she loves escargots (although then she admitted she had only had them once).
I probably won't be doing these this year either. Lolol. I do have thalassophobia though. Even thinking about all that water under me, and not being able to see the bottom freaks me out so badly. Good thing I live in Michigan, the Great Lakes state, and with a body of water like every 6 miles! Lol.
ReplyDeleteI can look out on a lake and love it, but as soon as I think about what's underneath, I get nervous although I don't really freak out. I swam in lakes twice. Once was as a kid in a swimming lake surrounded by trees, very idyllic, but I didn't want to do it a second time. The other one was when we were on a school trip. We were out in a pedal boat and I was brave enough to go into that big lake. Then a dead fish came up next to me and that really creeped me out. I don't think it helped my weird feeling!
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