2012 is supposed to be the year the world comes to an end. Now, I personally don’t believe that December 21st will bring the apocalypse or some spiritual awakening to issue forth a new era, but it is fun to imagine what I would do with my life if these next twelve months were my last.
I’ve had my long term goals figured out for some time now. Even as a child, I knew I wanted kids (2 of them, one boy and a girl, preferably in that order). I’ve established my own music and movement studio so that I can work from home when the time comes. I plan to buy a car in the immediate future (if you need to ask why, see here and here), and I am saving up for a house.
And then I realize those are all unrealistic within the span of a year. It certainly wouldn’t make sense to try for a kid now. With my luck, I’d end up in terrible labour pains as the apocalypse rained down on my head. I wouldn’t be able to waddle fast enough to last even a few more seconds on this planet. Even if I found my dream house and car within the next week, who would spend that kind of money on clearly long-term living and transportation arrangements?
So the question remains: What would I do with what I have today and 350 days?
I guess the easiest answer is quit my job. Don’t get me wrong; I love what I do, but I have way more than enough money to get me through the year and there are many other things I’d like to experience.
Along with that, I’d ditch my apartment (into which I just moved) since I’d really like to travel for most of the time.
MY BUCKET LIST OF PLACES TO GO
-7 Wonders of the Ancient World (I guess just the Pyramids since the rest are mostly gone)
-Great Wall of China
-Taj Mahal
-Forbidden City
-Italy (yes, all of it)
-Paris (baguette and brie, anyone?)
-Santorini
-Athens
-San Francisco (clang clang clang goes the trolley!)
-Seoul
-Tokyo
-Vienna (Mozart. Need I say more?)
-Victoria Falls (it’s my desktop pic)
-Prague
-Shanghai
-Barcelona
-Marseilles (Count of Monte Cristo!)
-Moscow
-Sydney (crazy opera house)
-New Zealand
-Bangkok (massage… ahh…)
-Amsterdam (tulips, my favourite flower)
And I’d arrange the order of those cities by swing dancing events. Done. One year of happiness. I’m assuming in all of this that Boy will accompany me on my journey, since he likes to travel, too.
Last, but not least, I’ll probably have to buy some kind of e-reader, since it’ll be impractical to try to lug all the books I want to read around the world.
