Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 16:22     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
learn to decorate cakes

grow my own food (I'm going to manage herbs this year, at least)
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 16:20     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Anonymous wrote:Yes:

- Live abroad for a few years (DH can't leave his job like that, would be disruptive to kids' schooling)
- Start a business (a specific business I have been dreaming about starting, everyone tells me it would be a bad idea and I actually agree that DC is the wrong place for this business if I wanted it to be profitable)

I am however writing a book, which is a lifelong goal of mine. It's slow going but I work on it regularly and am going to finish it in a couple months. I also set about saving an ambitious sum of money outside of retirement accounts a few years ago and I've already surpassed that amount and have now set another higher goal. So it's not like I never do stuff I want to do. But I think I'm just an ambitious, never-satisfied person and I always have dreams and goals and some of them are not practical at the moment. I will either let go of them at some point or find a way to do them.

I thought everyone was like this?


Lol, this is what I thought of when I saw the title of the thread.

I even bothered to get an MFA in creative writing (a 3 yr program no less), and still can't manage to force myself to write a book.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:46     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Anonymous wrote:Are there any? I often wish I could go and work (I wah so anywhere) in Maine or some other pretty coastal area for a week or two, but I don't do it. I justify it by thinking it's too expensive, dh and I cannot both do this, what about kids being back from college, our pets, but I could theoretically do it alone, yet I don't.


I do this and it’s awesome. Highly recommend. I want to stretch and I don’t. Ever
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:28     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
My former colleague.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:23     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Key every single car I see with any kind of maga/gun/RWNJ bumperstickers or dog whistles. But most of the time I don’t because I worry about getting caught. But occasionally I do. Just not nearly as much as I want to.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:22     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
I'm pretty old (45) so I'm pretty much done everything I wanted to do. Not to say I might have new things i want to do as I get older. One thing tho: I want to learn how to fly a plane but kids forbid that!! I'll really until they're grown up and revisit that
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:20     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Anonymous wrote:Most of the things I want to do - learn to play golf or tennis, master a new language, get published - require a big investment of time and attention, and I just can't seem to muster it!

I have a full time job and 3 kids (ES, MS, and HS), and in my down time, I want to do mindless things! How do I overcome this?


Commit to 10-15 minutes a day to your language of choice on Duolingo
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 15:13     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Most of the things I want to do - learn to play golf or tennis, master a new language, get published - require a big investment of time and attention, and I just can't seem to muster it!

I have a full time job and 3 kids (ES, MS, and HS), and in my down time, I want to do mindless things! How do I overcome this?
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 14:53     Subject: Re:Things you want to do and don't do
Eat 1500 mostly protein forward calories. Nope.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:31     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
There are so many things, day to day and long term. However, being a mom plus caring for old parent means I only get to do about 10% of those things.
Maybe someday!
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:24     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Yes:

- Live abroad for a few years (DH can't leave his job like that, would be disruptive to kids' schooling)
- Start a business (a specific business I have been dreaming about starting, everyone tells me it would be a bad idea and I actually agree that DC is the wrong place for this business if I wanted it to be profitable)

I am however writing a book, which is a lifelong goal of mine. It's slow going but I work on it regularly and am going to finish it in a couple months. I also set about saving an ambitious sum of money outside of retirement accounts a few years ago and I've already surpassed that amount and have now set another higher goal. So it's not like I never do stuff I want to do. But I think I'm just an ambitious, never-satisfied person and I always have dreams and goals and some of them are not practical at the moment. I will either let go of them at some point or find a way to do them.

I thought everyone was like this?
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:23     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Exercise!
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:20     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Wake and start my day at 6am!
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:17     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Go to bed before 11pm every weekday.
Totally possible 95% of the time. And still I don't.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2026 10:14     Subject: Things you want to do and don't do
Are there any? I often wish I could go and work (I wah so anywhere) in Maine or some other pretty coastal area for a week or two, but I don't do it. I justify it by thinking it's too expensive, dh and I cannot both do this, what about kids being back from college, our pets, but I could theoretically do it alone, yet I don't.