DISQUS

Colin Devroe: Random 60: Holding onto wishes

  • Kalie · 9 months ago
    I have this writing kit; like a feather pen and ink, and I've always wished that I could write elegantly like they did forever ago. But I can't seem too. =]
  • Colin Devroe · 9 months ago
    Kalie: That takes a LOT of practice. I'm sure you can find stuff online (look at YouTube) for writing like that.
  • Chris Sonjeow · 9 months ago
    Those boxes of "stuff" in your apartment isn't just "stuff". They're your ambitions, hopes & dreams...the things that make up your life experiences.

    4 years ago, I said I was done playing ice hockey, hanging up the skates and moving on after an injury. 3 weeks ago, I'm back on the ice...and loving it.

    Never assume that you will just move on. There was a point in your life where that item you bought meant something...it's possible that it could mean something to you again somewhere down the road.
  • Colin Devroe · 9 months ago
    Tell my wife that when she does our spring cleaning! Haha!
  • Salena · 9 months ago
    I have a whole giant box of scrapbooking supplies. Ribbons, scissors that cut in weird patterns, materials, sparkles...I keep telling myself that someday I'll finish a scrapbook that I started in 2005...but I won't.
  • Colin Devroe · 9 months ago
    This sounds familiar. :)
  • Eric Brophy · 9 months ago
    I have a bunch of books about programming. Some of them are about things like DirectX that I know I'll never have time to actually get into. I always wanted to do something fun with programming but once you get into the real world you find that fun is often what you make of it.
  • Colin Devroe · 9 months ago
    Too true Eric. The best thing to do is create a dead simple project to build out of those other languages or technologies that you want to play with. Build up your knowledge in bits so that should a practical use of one of them show up in your day-to-day, you have that experience on the ready.
  • Chris Fehnel · 9 months ago
    I don't really have any dreams that I'm currently not pursuing that I was when I was a kid. Well, none that I can really think of.

    I do have a wish now, though - that you will never mention Billy Joel again.
  • Colin Devroe · 9 months ago
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  • Diana LeRoi-Schmidt · 9 months ago
    It takes a mental shift to be able to let go, but when you do I think it takes a burden off your mind.

    I recently got rid of a rubber stamping kit, because I never found myself using it. Along with some tools for doing more extensive work on my car, because I don't have a garage anymore, and it's easier to pay someone.

    I have held onto my Dad's guitars because I am determined to learn those at some point, and I'm holding on to the wish of riding horses again. I really miss it.