What I want today is to be here.
I want to take a break from my day-to-day, go somewhere gorgeous and just think. I want the rain to stop. I want to sleep in. I want to go to breakfast and drink a perfectly made latte, and pour my heart out to someone who gets me, and who will make me laugh until my stomach hurts. I want a new journal and a good pen. I want to sit by the ocean for a few hours and lose myself in a good book. I want to run in the sand until I can’t breathe, and then relax into a hot bath.
I want answers. I want to know what is next, what to do, where to go. I want to stop feeling anxious about things I can’t control. I want to laugh more. I want to hear new music that makes me feel, to dance until I sweat and feel alive. I want to take more risks, to say what I’m really thinking, to be honest with myself and others. I want to hug more, tighter, better.
I want to spend a night in San Francisco, dressed to the nines and dancing to a fancy band, laughing my head off. I want to trek through Europe for weeks, exploring new places and things and people. I want to write more, to read more, to be read more. I want to feel deliciously happy. I want all my friends in the same room for one night, over a delicious dinner and fantastic wine. I want to drive down the strip in Las Vegas and take in the sights. I want to see more of this wild, beautiful world. I want to feel at home in my own skin.
I want to feel happy, to feel alive, to drink it all in. To stop playing small and figure out how to make this small list—and the larger list that’s written secretly in my heart—a reality.
What do YOU want today?
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First off, that picture looks amazing. And great post. I might just write one like this sometime.
“I want answers. I want to know what is next, what to do, where to go. I want to stop feeling anxious about things I can’t control.”
That’s what I need.
Ahhh… “I want, I want…” I have written that so many times of late. And the only solace I find is the small glimmer of satisfaction I feel when I take one, small, baby step toward my desire.
Now, where oh where is that shower/bath/ocean scene, because I want to be there RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Omigosh it’s like you read my mind. I totally feel you – getting away, slowing down, finding answers… it’d make the day to day so much easier. I just try to take each moment as it comes and make the best of it. (But it’s still so hard not to let the mind wander.)
I usually don’t like baths, but I want to hang out in that bathtub for hours.
I want in that tub!!
I want to feel finanically secure again. And I really want this job I’m in the process of interviewing for . . .
This is really beautiful. I want to feel like I’m living fully in the moment and enjoying the people around me.
Great post! I want to stop obsessing about things that don’t matter and start working on making the things that do matter, better. Oh, and if I could have that bath in the picture, I’d be pretty happy. ;P
I’m right there with you, wanting just about everything you wrote about. My biggest want lately? Wanting to live in the moment, appreciate the simple things and stop letting them pass me by.
Stop wanting and do it. Live it!
I want time – time to snuggle, time to read, time to write, time to relax and appreciate life.
I am with Mandy – I want (ahm, need!) more time. I feel like I don’t have time to do anything I love…
this bathtub sounds really good as well right about now.
Thanks for sharing this list. Inspiring!
Amazing picture. I want a dishwasher and a little less pride.
Oh my gosh I want THAT. Exactly what you described.
It’s amazing how some wants are universal.
I want answers too, among many of the other things you’ve listed here.
Let’s put our savings together (lemme grab my piggy bank, yo!) and just MOVE THERE. PLEASE.
I want this year to kick ass. I want the Blathering 2010 to be amazing, as before and my husband to be safe overseas.
I want to stop searching and just know what to be when I grow up… I also want to know what age I will be when that happens.
All of that sounds amazing. Myself, I’d settle for a long bubble bath and continued reprieve from the horrid rain. Because to this former desert dweller, every time it rains is the end of the world. I seriously cannot even cope with it.
I want about a million things right now, too, which is why I stuck it all in a post of my own. Thanks for the inspiration today! And yeah — what everyone else said — this is a beautiful post.
Today I want to leave work early, head to the mall and buy something I would normally never buy for myself, then to the wine bar for a glass and some conversation with a stranger. Instead, I’ll be right here at work if you need me
I want a cup of tea and a whole day free to read my book!
Oh my gosh. Where is that place? Let’s go. RIGHT NOW.
They should send all teachers to someplace like that at various points through the year. Like every 2-3 weeks?
Oh man, I want to go there, too.
All my other wants are feeling small against my new longing for that tub!
I want to look and feel like the superstar I know I am. I want to travel to exotic destinations and meet new people. I want to go outside and feel the sunshine on my arms.
Small things I want: to sleep in, or to be in bed RIGHT NOW, more comments on my blog, more hours in the day.
Big things I want: more direction in my life, less clutter and confusion, the ability to take life by the balls a bit more, everlasting love, hugs every hour on the hour and an endless supply of chocolate that won’t make me fat.
Wow. I absolutely adore this post. It’s beautiful, and raw. I want those things, too!! I want to stop overthinking things, and just allow myself to be happy! Sometimes I spend so much time in my head that I don’t allow myself out of it. Beautiful, beautiful words. You are amazing!! And I’m so happy I know you. I <3 new pens!!!
I’d definitely love to be in that tub right now! That is simply gorgeous! Other than that, I’d love to be on vacation on the beach working on my tan.
I want to believe that I will find someone better than him. I want to know that I can make it 30 days with no communication with him whatsoever. I want to realize he wasn’t “the one” and realize I need to spend more time on me.
I’m slowly realizing these things.