An Unexpected Journey

We’ve talked a lot about what we want, what we need. I think it’s time to flip the coin and talk about what we don’t want and what we don’t need. Might be time for another list! Let’s think about what we don’t want first. I’ll start:

• I don’t want to sit around surfing social media until my brain rots.
• I don’t want to consistently have rotten food in my refrigerator.
• I don’t want to face my fears…
• I don’t want to go blind.
• I don’t want to be in a car wreck.
• I don’t want my house to burn down.
• I don’t want to watch our planet be destroyed.
• I don’t want to die alone.

JEEZ!!! That went south in a hurry! Hmmm… interesting. I wonder what will happen with the I don’t need list. Let’s see:

• I don’t need a bunch of fake people in my life.
• I don’t need drugs and alcohol… wait, that’s not actually true. I really do need a good dose of caffeine in the morning, and at least once a week I need to chill with a glass of wine or a bottle of beer… so…
• I don’t need to go without drugs and alcohol? Seriously?

I really do love lists…  but obviously, this is not going where I had expected it to go.  So now I’m really curious to know what happens with your “I don’t want” list, and if your “I don’t need” list gets as strange as mine. What I expected was something like this:

• I don’t want a messy house.
• I don’t want to be in debt.
• I don’t want to work at a job I detest.
• I don’t want broken appliances.
• I don’t want to pretend to be someone I’m not.

Stuff like that. And the truth is, I don’t care if I have a messy house. I’ve accepted that I’m in debt. I don’t detest my job because it’s a labor of love. If I didn’t want broken appliances, I’d replace them or fix them. And I never pretend to be someone I’m not. So… now what?

I almost didn’t post this because while it was interesting to me on a personal level, I didn’t see how it furthered the cause, the theme, the idea of Radical Self Care. However! Doing a deep explore and taking sharp turns in an unexpected direction might be a big part of it. So, I’m going to post this and I am really hoping to hear what you have to say about it. How did your lists go? Insights? Ideas?