Wishful Thinking - your top ten list

simu

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I speak Irish and people often make statements to me along the lines of "It's such a lovely language, I wish I could speak it, It's a pity I was taught so badly at school" etc. This has brought me to think that most people have a whole lot of things like that that they would like to get involved in but not to the point of actually going to the effort of making it a part of their lives (and I'm not saying there's anything all that wrong with this either - we all have limited time).

So, what are the top 10 things (or thereabouts) on your "wishful thinking" list?

(I will give some of mine later but I don't want to pollute the opening thread with my own answer).

fade2black

You're very philosophical tonight.

simu

fade2black wrote:

You're very philosophical tonight.

Not at all! I would be posting in the philosophy forum, if that were the case. I just wanted to start some interesting threads, that's all!

kawaii

I like this thread...

But I'm too tired to make a list right now...

kawaii

List away!:

1) I wish to travel some
2) I wish to remain a helpful and faithful friend to others
3) I wish to be treated somewhat likewise
4) I wish to maintain my good health
5) I wish never to know everything
6) I wish to bear in mind the more important things in life
7) I wish to know when to hear and when to be heard
8) I wish to bear a smile through whatever storm
9)I wish to develop my talents and skills and 10) I wish to use them...



and I wish to be un-banned from AH ...

Dades

simu wrote:

So, what are the top 10 things (or thereabouts) on your "wishful thinking" list?

Hmm.

Not sure about 10... but a few off the top of my head:

1. Paint a work of art on that blank canvas I bought a year ago.
2. Re-learn the piano
3. Visit my grandmother because next time she mightn't be home...
4. Finish Moby Dick (although someone told me the end which I'd forgotton :mad:)

Ahh, maybe next year.

Sleepy

1. Travel the world
2. Throw off my debts
3. Learn to play guitar properly and stick at it this time
4. Write a novel
5. Take up photography
6. Get fit and quit smoking
7. Read more philosophy
8. Live in Paris for a year
9. Learn Latin
10. Improve my French


[this list could go forever]

Catsmokinpot

1. get out of debt
2. see the world
3. meet a girl who i want to be with instead of ones i dont
4. pick up my bass again
5. learn latin, japanese, and thai
6. see a tapir in southamerica
7. trek across the andes
8. take my buddhism more seriously
9. get in to shape.
10. go back to college

not in that order, i know i can do every one of those things, i dont know what is stopping me. i think a good swift kick would do it

GreenHell

1. Start playing sports again
2. Travel more
3. Make money
4. Learn as many languages as I can
5. Drive a tank
6. Learn to scuba dive
7. Go the gym
8. travel from australia back to ireland without flying
9. Learn to play an instrument
10. Live and work in as many diverise countries as I can

Stabshauptmann

My problem is Im a chronic time waster. I start things but never finish them. Remember kids procrastinating is like masturbating; fun for a while but then you realise you're just ****ing yourself.

A slightly less hypothetical or grande list and in no particular order

1)Get and keep an attractive/healthy body
2)Find the girl of my dreams
3)Finish all the projects Ive started over the years eg. Videos, models, websites, FFS even my blog
4)Watch some of the TV shows I didnt watch when they were on for what ever reasons eg the sopranos, enterprise, angle. The latter two on that list may seem like ****e to you, but the only reason I never saw them was because of the stigma others in my house attached to them as geeky or whatever. They were popular amongst ppl I knew at the time and I regret not watching them now.
5)Overcome my own anxiety. I think Im actually over the worst of it, I was really bad with stress a few months ago but since I’ve stopped smoking Ive never felt better.
6)Learn Irish, Russian and improve my French to a respectable level
7)Kick my chocolate addiction
8)Join the RDF
9)Learn a musical instrument (how many times did I try this one )
10)Return to sports, Ive plans to give Frisbee a go when I go back to college

Sleepy

11) Dive with a great white shark
12) Parachute Jump
13) Learn to Surf
14) Take my job seriously
15) Get rid of all the junk taking up space in my room
16) Start a Dublin-based paintball team

rainbow kirby

1. Find a decent man
2. Actually graduate from college at some point...
3. Get a decent job
4. Lose some weight
5. Get fluent in Japanese
6. Go travelling... there's so many places I'd like to see.
7. Build my own computer from scratch.
8. Get all the music out there I want to listen to.
9. Get fitter, and get my 2nd dan in taekwondo
10. Code my own game.

crazymonkey

1. fluent in irish
2. fluent in Lativa
3. fluent in at least one other european language
4. get better job
5. morgage and debt free
6. finish the sign language lessons i started yrs ago
7.Go travelling
8.Get more motorcycles
9.start a family
10. stop smoking

Neuro

Wow! I never knew that so many people wanted to be polyglots; I only know English and have no desire to learn any other language. Each to their own I guess...

28064212

simu wrote:

So, what are the top 10 things (or thereabouts) on your "wishful thinking" list?

(I will give some of mine later but I don't want to pollute the opening thread with my own answer).

Couldn't that apply to everyone? Kawaii polluted it for everyone, and now it's ruined....

In the immortal words of Homer Jay Simpson: "All my life, I'd had one dream: to achieve my many goals"

Personally, the only thing I wish for is that I had a couple of languages. Or more accurately, I had the ability to pick up languages easily. Apart from that, I reckon I'm going to get what I want anyway.

bus77

1) Get good with maths so I can draw a Quantum.

2) Go to the docter and find out why I feel like ****e

3) If I was to learn a launguage it would be Welsh. "Dwee! Dwee!" .ect

4) Impress me folks with somthing before they/or I, croak.

5) Open a kebab shop.

kawaii

28064212 wrote:

Couldn't that apply to everyone? Kawaii polluted it for everyone, and now it's ruined....

Well what was I supposed to post?

28064212

kawaii wrote:

Well what was I supposed to post?

I was kidding, just pointing out that simu didn't want to post his first for fear of 'polluting' the thread, which I don't quite get

Sarky

1: I wish I'd kept up my piano lessons from when I was a kid.
2: I wish I'd learned to play the guitar.
3: I wish I'd kept up my French, and perhaps tried learning another language.
4: I wish let my hair grow from day one.
5: I wish I'd gotten into gaming sooner.
6: I wish I'd learned to drive at this stage.
7: I wish I'd travelled more in college.
8: I wish I'd never stopped SCUBA diving. I could have been an instructor by now...
9: I wish I had more (read "any") talent for drawing.
10: I wish I'd learned to touchtype.

Tar.Aldarion

just learn to touch type now...the mistakes are so annoying though....

1.Learn the piano and then the violin.
2.Speak french more often..maybe go to france or something.
3.Learn japanese,russian,latin,spanish,klingon and all the lotr languages..maybe irish properly too...
4.I wish to stop falling for the wrong girls...but i have no time for that. :P
5.I wish to get off my ass and learn programming languages cause i goddamn need em.
6.Wish i had kept up my instrements and had time to teach myself guitar properly.
7.i wish i had time to read every book in existance.
8.i wish to write some novels.
9.I wish i had time to game these days.
10.I wish i had time to hear every song and make one awesome playlist.

Excelsior

1. Spend a year (or sizeable chunk of time) travelling through the southern states of the USA
2. Finish that big acadmic project I put on hold when I started my job
3. Do a course to become a qualified counsellor
4. Learn pottery
5. Become proficient at piano to the extent that I could play Ben Folds songs
6. Travel with my 2 best friends more often
7. Write some great, useful books
8. Study abroad for an MA in Divinity
9. After that, get a PhD in Philosophy or Theology
10. Don't stop the learning after all that.


This is a really good thread. People's answers are very illuminating

kawaii

28064212 wrote:

I was kidding, just pointing out that simu didn't want to post his first for fear of 'polluting' the thread, which I don't quite get

Ah ok...

It wasn't my hour of the day...

OfflerCrocGod

1) I wish I could get laid.

Repeat 10 times.

Msfc

1.Give up smoking
2.Get fit and take up camogie again
3. Win the lotto (100million) and give all except like 5million away to charities etc
4.Get surgery on my teeth to make them perfect
5.Travel to Jamacia
6.Learn to fly a helicopter
7.Learn to play guitar
8.Enjoy my career
9.Have a happy marriage (if i do get married )
10. Have a long,happy and healthy life!!

Pighead

1/ I wish i was more motivated,i usually tend to take the easy options in life
2/ I wish Ireland were still connected to mainland Europe,theres not enough variety in our wildlife for my liking
3/ I wish i was really good at something,i'm ok at lots of things and even above aver age in a few but alas i am really good at nothing
4/ I wish i knew where St Patrick was from,its a question that has bothered me for many a year now and although it is generally accepted he is Welsh there are still a few spanner in the works creators who say hes a scot
5/ I wish Suede got more recognition for the magnificent body of work the have created.
6/ I wish I had the ability to tell a joke,i am possibly the worst joke teller ever.Buildup is really important in a joke.I cant do buildup,i go staright for the punchline thus making a nonsense of the joke
7/ As mentioned already by the original poster I wish I was fluent in irish,i love the sound of two people yapping in Irish and i want to be able to contribute more to an irish conversation than "Nil fhios agam"
8/ I wish Simu had of asked for a top 8 because its 5.24 and i'm dying for a we powernap before the clash of Les Bleus et Les Vert tonight
9/ I wish people would stop making jokes about my lack of a tan upon coming home from my holidays last Sunday,big deal,i dont tan,i'm not brown i dont care.i like being pasty buddy,now buzz off
10/ I wish Skee Lo was with me and i would have got this list finished in half the time

OLP

1] hope to one day be recognised as the greatest bassist since jaco
2] hope to be able to make a living out of music
3] to design and make my own bass
4] to be fluent in irish
5] to be fluent in spanish
6] to be fluent in german
7] to have and maintain a healthy body
8] to travel around europe, asia and north america
9] to study criminal law at some stage
10] to further my knowledge of war and politics

The Sweeper

1. I wish I'd learned Spanish and Chinese, instead of fumbling with German and French
2. I wish I hadn't been born so bloodymindedly stubborn, my life would be easier
3. I wish I'd saved the money I've spent on crap shoes over the years, so I could buy a pair of Manolo's.
4. I wish I'd kept up the gym regime I was doing two years ago.
5. I wish I was 25 again.
6. I wish I'd capitalised on the things I'm talented at.
7. I wish I wasn't making a wishful thinking list, because then I'd know I'd have acted on every opportunity presented to me.
8. I wish I'd had more opportunities presented to me.
9. I wish I'd discovered cocktails earlier.
10. I wish I'd won the lottery ten years ago.

misswex

1) I wish I had gone to college and studied psychology.
2) I wish that I could afford to get a mortgage and finally have my own house.
3) I wish that I could win the lotto as then I wouldn't have to worry about mortgages or loans EVER AGAIN.
4) I wish that I stay true to myself and my family and friends, and never forget who I am or where I come from.
5) I wish I was healthier and fitter.
6) I wish I could speak fluent French/Irish.
7) I wish that one day myself and my boyfriend marry and have a healthy happy life together.
8) I wish I could get the courage to look for a new job.
9) I wish that I get to explore the world at some stage.
10) I wish that I had learned to play piano.

CathyMoran

1. I wish that I can marry and live happily with a man who is as good as my dad.
2. I wish that I can have a few healthy, happy kids and be a good mother.
3. I wish that I can do college courses for the rest of my life.
4. I wish that I can be a famous artist and writer.
5. I wish that I can help peoples lives and make a difference for the better.
6. I wish that my loved ones and I can have a long, healthy and happy life.
7. I wish that I can be a good friend.
8. I wish that I can swim with dolphins.
9. I wish that I can be a lecturer.
10. I wish that I can be financially secure.

maybelline

1.: I want to be healthy
2.: I want to be happy
3.: I want to find a new bf for a longterm rs (any nice 28+ guy out there? )
4.: I want to enjoy sex
5.: I want to help
6.: I want to have a house with my man and lots of animals
7.: I want to be successful with my work
8.: I want to expand my horizons, spirituality etc
9.: I want to travel around the world and meet new people
10.: I want to learn some more languages and have perfect Irish

Dimitri

1)I wish i knew why i drink two bottles of club orange and numerous glasses of water each day for the past six months.
2)I wish i knew why i feel like **** every night when i'm trying to sleep.
3)I wish i knew why i pissed so many people off in the past. Because i honestly have no idea why i did it.
3)I wish i was more elouquent, or least be able to spell the damn word.
4)I wish my mother wasn't sick.
5)I wish i could get on with my older sisters, at least for my parents sake.
6)I wish i knew what made me act so childish when i'm around other people..
7)I wish i moved out of home for this term in college, prove to the world that i could stand on my own two feet.
8)I wish i was easier to talk to than i am.
9)I wish i'd get up off my fat lazy arse and go do something about the above but i just dont know where to start or what do.
10)I wish i didn't make this damn list it has made me fierce depressed!

The_Conductor

Ok- my top 10 wishes.....

1. I wish I were happy with myself and the world in general.
2. I wish I were healthy.
3. I wish I had more self confidence.
4. I wish I had sufficient money, that I did not have financial worries, but not too much money that I would abuse it.
5. I'd like to have a cosy home with enough space to have a few pets and a garden that would be big enough to keep me busy without being too big.
6. I wish I could travel at leisure, and see interesting people and places at a slow and measured pace, so I could enjoy them properly.
7. I wish I had time to stop and marvel at the world around me more- to stand back and just "be".
8. I wish I had a happy relationship, with my s/o both my mate and friend.
9. I wish that life had more moments of sheer happiness.
10. I wish I got less stressed out all the time!

Gazza22

1) Develop my french to fluency
2) Study medicine
3) Travel the world
4) Buy a very big apartment
5) Own a St. Bernard dog (Tricky as i want an apartment!)
6) To have good health for most of my life
7) Spend some time volunteering for charity, preferably abroad
8) Have my own family and have great friends
9) Experience something parnormal so i'm not an atheist all my life
10) Die gracefully

Tobias Greeshman

1. I wish I could speak Russian.
2. I wish I had a better social life than I do.
3. I wish I could go back to college and do a course in Psychology/Counselling.
4. I wish I could make the time to do some volunteering abroad.
5. I wish this job wasn't slightly boring.
6. I wish I had more money in my bank account.
7. I wish I lived in a nice house/appartment other than the place I currently live.
8. I wish I had broadband.
9. I wish I could travel more.
10. I wish I could spend the rest of my life with my gf!

Neuro

1. I wish I could put into practice my knowledge that all suffering stems from desire, thereby rendering wishes 2 to 10 irrelevant.

Skellington

1. I wish I would stick at things i started
2. I wish I was fit and healthy
3. I wish I could travel
4. I wish I could live abroad
5. I wish I knew how to swim
6. I wish I knew several forgein languages
7. I wish I could whistle
8. I wish I
9. I wish I
10. I wish I had the balls to go after the things i really want