I was watching television the other night and a commercial came on. I don’t even remember what they were advertising, but in it they talked about a "leap list." Now, I think that sounds so much less dire than "bucket list" and I will be using that term from now on whenever I describe something I want to do while I’m living. Right now, here is my Leap List:
- Retire from Corporate America and have a real, honest-to-goodness working farm that is nearly completely self-sustained AND sustainable (being self-sustained for a month isn’t quite the same as being self-sustained for a lifetime, hence the "sustainable").
- Run in a marathon and not look like a total pansy doing it.
- Learn how to milk a cow (or a goat).
- Own a hand pump for my well and also a windmill.
- Figure out how to keep the smoke from billowing back into the house when the south wind is blowing.
Short and sweet, right? I’m sure if I spend lots of time thinking about it, I can come up with more, but I don’t really have a long wish list . I’m sure this is simply because I am happy with where I am right now.
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