Awesome isn't it? I kind of wish I didn't have years of tuition in front of me to pay... otherwise, I would jump on the first plane to Brussels or Vienna or (gasp) Prague. But hey, if the world does end on the 21st then I guess I don't need to worry about that do I? Yeahhh.... wishful thinking!
But leaving aside marketing-induced impulsive behavior and whether the world will end (or not) in a week and a half, I think that this is a good opportunity to take a moment (now that I can actually afford to do that) and reflect on what is important, to see the big picture on what we have accomplished, on what we want to accomplish, to show the people in our lives that they are important to us and that we appreciate them. Even if our lives continue past December 21st, they are still short in the grand scheme of things and it's never too early (or too late) to start working on your life, on who you want to be and to just smile and say thank you. So here's my bucket list for the upcoming end of the world:
1) Say thank you to everyone who has endured me during the good and the bad times, who picked me up when I was at my worst, who encouraged me when I thought it was pointless, who inspired me to go on, who made me smile and laugh, who went along with my madness.
2) See the Geminid meteor shower on December 13th. Please clouds be nice and stick this one out.
3) Apply to university and go back to my first love: science.
4) Get a new phone!! I can't believe I managed to tough this one out for 4 and a half years...
5) Exercise
6) Go to a JMSB party. They say that we have the best parties in town. Well I'm ashamed to say that after 3 years here, I still haven't been to any... So I missed Frosh, I missed the Halloween parties, but I'm not going to miss the end of semester party!
7) Research the subject of illusion of control in communist economies.
So there it is! I think it's more than enough for less than 2 weeks. Oh no, wait I forgot one:
8) Restart my Flirting with Red Balloons project on the different theories of happiness. Yep! I'm back!
My personal opinion is that you only live fully when your bucket list becomes your to do list. Maybe I should make that my philosophy for next year haha!
Happy last weekend before the end of the world!
