Don’t panic; you haven’t missed my birthday.
It’s still two months away so there is plenty of time to shop. But it’s a milestone number (if anyone asks, I’m 50) and my husband is retiring in a couple of weeks so I am feeling reflective.
I’m really a little annoyed with myself because it seems I have frittered away decades not doing things I am pretty sure I would have loved to do.
So I am asking myself why didn’t I:
- Buy a Mustang – preferably a convertible
- Try out for more plays
- Dance more
- Realize I was cute when I was young
- Throw more parties
- Go back to Hawaii
- Get outside more
- Learn to speak Spanish
- Learn about investing (I could have been rich and bought a classic Mustang)
- Plant more flowers
- Light the candles on the table even if we were having hot dogs
It’s a good thing I look for ways to bring more happiness into our lives.
It’s too late to go back and be a confident 22-year-old, but I could be a cute little old lady who dines by candlelight. I could at least look at Mustangs. The 2001 Saturn is on its last legs (if a car had legs). Well, you get the picture. What secret dreams could you still fulfill right now? What car would you be driving if you didn’t need that van?
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