Bucket List

Tis the season to cross things off my bucket list! There is something about the holidays that makes me extremely morbid. I like opposites and a good oxymoron so maybe this is just another one of my (many) (strange) quirks. Anyway, like any good quarter life crisis patient I have a bucket list of anything and everything from seeing a professional ballet to adopting a child to being a waitress (preferably on roller blades, but I'm working on that skill). I also apparently like parenthesis today, my apologies.

Anyway,I decided to share something I crossed off this summer that may seem like a no brainer to you but to me it was a highlight of the summer, and it is so easy to do. I ate a meal by myself. I'm not talking about heat up a Lean Cuisine and turn on Lifetime movie kind of solo meal. I'm saying dress up, go to a nice restaurant (cafes don't count) and enjoy a meal getting to know none other than you. I'm afraid with so much emphasis on technology and communication we've forgotten one of the most important conversations to have is with yourself. Intentional time with yourself is spent planning a special night for you and you. Order the fish or the duck, heck even send yourself a drink and dessert, I don't care. But ask yourself how are you doing? What's been going on in your life? What has been tough lately? What friendships have helped you move through this? What have you learned about yourself that you love? That you've grown to despise?

You may just find that you are the person you've been waiting for your whole life. I sure hope you find your fulfillment in the quiet of your mind, in the stillness of knowing that who you are was divinely inspired and cultivated.

- A