5 Impossible Things.

My friend Chelsea challenged me to this one, to name five things that I have to do in my life, above and beyond everything else. I've been keeping a list like this since high school, and all of these are currently housed somewhere on that list, somewhere in the hundreds. The list just keeps getting longer...

1. Publish a book
I started with this one because it feels like the least possible, mostly because of how little I feel I have the ego to do it. I love writing my little stories, illustrating them and then giving them away for free, but the idea of publication, of doing it for pay, of putting it all on the line... scares the shit out of me. This one is the one that I want the most. I still haven't said it out loud.

2. Own my own house
This has a lot more to do with feeling like I'm at home In My Own Home. It doesn't have to be huge, in fact I wouldn't mind something small and cute. I just need room for my plants, for my art supplies, for my books, and one hell of a kick ass kitchen. Everything else will be just gravy. (And if it's within a two hour walk of an ocean, all the better.)

3. Live in Germany
To be fair, it doesn't have to be Germany. Germany is just the country that I've been reading a lot about, the one full of museums and historical sites and close to so many other great things. I really just want to get up and go, even if only for a couple months, and get away from everything normal in my life.

4. Learn a second language
I have pretty good retention with language stuff, but I've never really stuck it out. Not to mention that the University classes are always scheduled poorly and so it's hard to fit it in with any kind of decent work schedule. Next year, though, I'm hoping to take a full year of German (prep for Germany?), which will satisfy 1/2 of my inter-cultural requirement for my program. We'll see.

5. Make a difference.
This one I don't want comments about. This one I don't want flack for. I know that the first response to this is Oh, but you have made a difference. Believe me, I've thought it. I know I've impacted a lot of peoples lives in a lot of small (and probably at least a couple big) ways. I get it. What this is about, though, is an overall sense of accomplishment. When I shuffle off this mortal coil I want to go out knowing beyond any shadow of any fucking doubt that I've done something, that I've made an impact, that I changed this wretched place.

What do you want to have done? What, if anything, will you regret?

What are your big five?