Brain's a-stormin'

After spending this fine Friday evening on futile attempts to cram for WINKIE, I've decided to take a break and indulge in some wishful planning for "The Era of Liberation." Here are some potential to-do's that get me smiling:

• Volunteer! For endorphins and good karma. That is, paying penance for semi-selling out.
  
• Get back into dancing. In fact, start my own dance troupe.
  
• Learn Spanish. For real this time. Then turn to French. Then Mandarin. Then Arabic.
• Learn how to cook. On a super tight budget, that is.
  
• Learn how to invest in the public markets. Why? Because hopefully this is where smarts count more than schmooze, unlike the smarmy world of PE.
  
• Pen a children's book. With pictures and everything, a la Dr. Suess, hero from both my childhood and alma mater.
  
• Start my own fashion line. Focus on "one-of-a-kind" pieces. This strategy caters well to my intense dislike of repeating myself and rote activities in general.
• Pass WINKIE III. In fact, not just pass it, but decimate it.
  
• Pen a grown ups' book. Topic TBD.
• Get all outdoorsy. Maybe even become a park ranger.
  
• Learn how to create my own website. One that's suitable for all audiences, of course.
  

That's just a partial list. Wow, it's going to be a busy year. Looking forward to checking off the list while based out of grand Austin, once I've submitted my grad school application. The point is to do everything I've put off in the last few years while being overly ambitious in my career (look where that got me - jaded and nowhere healthy for the long haul, that's for sure).