Image: “Needs, ” by Taber Andrew Bai https://flic.kr/p/d1nLBW
Random things I need, in no particular order…
- I need to lose 60 pounds by Thanksgiving. That’s 30 weeks away from right now, and losing an average of 2 pound per week is doable.
- I need to learn InDesign, Illustrator, and maybe QuarkXPress.
- I need to decide on the new side gig at The Y. Or I need to quit.
- I need to write consistently and well.
- I need to save more money.
- I need to set up a new credit account.
- I need to call my Dad.
- I need to get a more positive attitude.
- I need to read something inspiring, informational, uplifting, etc.
- I need to get outside more. OK, I need get outside. Period. Full stop.
- I need to unplug more.
- I need to take all the jobs seriously, “as for the Lord.”
- I need to get the oil changed.
- I need to lead better–from the first chair, and the second.
- I need more confidence.
- I need to do stuff that matters.
- I need to live the rest of my life in a way that counts.
- I need to read what the boss is reading.
- I need to contribute something of real value.
- I need to complete a leadership certification that I’ve put off for a year.
- I need to sleep more and better.
- I need to listen more carefully.
- I need to be a better friend.
- I need to find some friends.
- I need to get a used trumpet or flugelhorn.
- I need to get a hobby.
- I need to get on top of my email.
- I need to walk the walk.
- I need to stop hiding behind the Cynical Old Coot mask. Or the Regular People Loving and Trusting Guy. Whichever one is the mask.
- I need to do something for the sheer joy of doing it.
- I need to exercise more.
- I need to encourage my son.
- I need to do something with my son.
- I need to take my wife somewhere.
- I need to go somewhere I’ve never been before.
- I need a Bucket List.
- I need to preach better sermons.
- I need to sing out loud, just because.
- I need to go the library.
- I need to go the music building at a college, sit in the hall, and listen to students practice their craft.
- I need to leave the campus before they call security on the old coot sitting in the hall listening to students practice their craft.
- I need to practice my craft.
- I need to discover what that craft is.
- I need to stick up for myself.
- I need to know my neighbors.
- I need to pray more.
- I need to read some poetry.
- I need to go to the art gallery or museum and stand there in “the pose,” and contemplate beauty.
- I need to do the same with nature.
- I need to offer to mentor someone.
- I need to start a podcast.
- I need to blog more consistently.
- I need five more words. One.
- I need to go to bed.
To all a good night.
