Reverb 10 - Day 20: BEYOND AVOIDANCE

December 20 – Beyond Avoidance What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?) (Author: Jake Nickell)

I'm sorry...I had to get up off the floor because I was laughing so hard about this post. Maybe I should commence listing the things I DID do, because that list is much, much shorter. Avoidance could be my middle name.

Here is the short list in no special order and without explanation:

• better car maintenance
• get rid of clutter in my life
• buy a new bed
• organize my bills and my invoicing system
• work on my art journals
• work on my Roby stories
• stayed in better contact with Shirlee and family
• stayed in better contact with friends
• insert exercise into each day
• read 30 minutes each day
• take a class each term to finish my degree
• take an art class each term (even if only for one day)
• taken the trip to London for the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary (3 shows in 3 days - the O2 Concert, original show at the Queen's theatre and the new version at the Barbican or maybe the other way around) **This is my biggest regret
• taken a trip to Sacramento to see my friends more
• trip to NYC
• Solitary vacation at the beach for a weekend
• purge books
• purge videos
• show more love and appreciation to the people in my life
• send Christmas card
• actually do the work in "Creative is a Verb" 

See...the list is LONG and incomplete.  I let myself be distracted and procrastinate. I did do some good things this year, but I didn't do more. :(  I'm making plans for 2011, though. Trying to keep it attainable.