Things I’d want to do:
Finish that novel, then that novel, then the other one, then maybe a short story or two. Neither of them will be finished or ever touched, but its the thought that counts. You want to hear about Heffield, the socially anxious DEH parody? Or Joey, the rockstar turned orphan?
Learn coding. I want to create a video game someday (not one of those shooters, but I have the ambition in my mind,) but the process looks exhausting and would possibly kill me.
Practice Storyboarding. If I’m not gonna be a coder, I need to learn how to storyboard so I can pitch TV shows and stuff. And then I have to practice writing scripts and… Ugh. It’s a lot man.
Fill out a journal. If I write four lines every other day, and two years is twenty pages, and the journal has 160 pages, I’ll have to write for eight years straight?
Create a graphic novel. I don’t know, might be fun. But I’d be doing all the writing and someone else would do all the drawing, and it feels cruel for them to do all the hard stuff of sculpting the scenes the way I wrote them.
Take my friends out to a restaurant in my town. Of course, that means they would have to come to my town, and they’re several hours away. Difficult.
Go to another concert. Gotta gotta gotta dude, that was the craziest night of my life I am constantly checking the nearest venues for any bands I like playing its so frustrating
Go on a roadtrip with my friends. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Anywhere in the world, just us and the car and the arguing, the arguing doesn’t make much sense, but it’s so funny getting to be loud with my friends.
Get a job, make money. Preferably a job I like and have an enjoyment toward. Also preferably lots of money (that part is less likely.)
Learn to drive. Here’s a secret: I’ve only been behind the wheel once. I made it 15 feet before I swapped myself out with my dad.
Restructure my life. I don’t have many months to do this, only till the year is over, but it would be nice to have like. stability.
Get back into reading. Something about school made reading harder to do than it has ever been, and I don’t like that. Books are awesome and I’m a writer so I kind of need books to like do my bare minimum, but every day it’s like ohhh I could be only my phone.
Figure out how to manage my anxiety. I have it pretty good at MSA. But here’s another secret: I have terrible anxiety. Can’t breathe most days when it comes to my lungs. We’re working on it.
Figure out how to have a social life without downloading the endless anger apps that want you dead. I don’t like instagram. There are people who I like that are on instagram. I would like to have my normal life functions back without downloading instagram and deleting instagram and downloading instagram I’m sure you see a pattern.
Figure out how to keep contact with the people I like before I graduate or accept this as my last time ever seeing them. I live on the bottom most part of Mississippi. Some of my friends do not. It’s honestly been nice, getting to see these people every day, even after school. I’d hate to say goodbye but if I have to (which I do)
Make my goodbye good. If I never see them in person again or only through newspaper clippings, something like that, I hope they have a good life.
So far, my bucket list just consists of graduating from high school in one piece, so I’d call you a high achiever.
Why are all of these so real!? I want to go to a concert this Summer, I don’t have the money currently, but I’m working on it. I also want to get my license, because I have my permit (kind of it’s complicated) so when I get a car, I can drive to Barnes and Noble and pick up reading again because I love it and miss it dearly.
This is so thought out. Most of the things on my list are just me doing dumb stuff. So good job! ^^
this blog felt so poetic. I’ve just learned that one of my favorite bands is coming to Hattiesburg soon, I can’t wait!!
figuring out how to keep in touch with people is so real smh. im trying too