another list...

I'm realizing just how much in life I like to make lists. I don't know when this happened. Being a human that tends to lack structure (and enjoy the lack of structure) in my life, I'm not sure what the paradox is that I love lists and organize my closet... maybe I'm a closet type A, just too afraid of the ramifications of that truth to admit it. but I don't really think so.

Anyway, below you will find a list of things I want to learn but lack the motivation and gusto to do so. Feel free to pick one and kick my butt about it until I take the necessary steps to make it happen...

Things to learn:

1. Spanish. My life would be so enriched by learning spanish, I could interact so much more with so many people in my neighborhood and in the world in general

2. Intercessory prayer... I whole heartedly believe in it, feel God calling me to it for so many people, yet due to a lack of understanding, I get overwhelmed too easily and forget about it.

3. Community Development and systemic change... I've got a few books that I keep thinking I'm going to read to learn more about the ideas of systemic change that need to happen in the world around me- I start in on them, but I'm such a here and now person, the big picture things are sometimes too lofty for me. That doesn't mean I get to give up on them though.

4. How to play the guitar. There's a perfectly good guitar sitting at my parent's house right now that technically belongs to my brother, but I'm fairly certain he'd be okay with me taking it... I just need to get it to Chicago and then actually PLAY until I get good. :)

5. Photography. I love pictures, I love taking pictures, I want to learn how to take good pictures. This is art I can understand and interact with, I really want to...

6. Cars... Life goal #567 (okay, I really don't know if its 567... actually I know my list doesn't go that high) is to fix up an old classic car. I feel due to my tendency to be a hands-on learner though, I need to find someone who already knows this trade and is willing to let me hang out...

that's the list for now. there's other things. but for now, this is enough. If I could make these 6 things happen, what a different person I'd be. :)