迪文小说

第58章 一辈子要做的50件事（第1页）

ThingstoDoBeforeIDie

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Anonymous

Afewweeksago，Ifollowedafriendintoanart-sulystore。Ifoundhimickingouttubesofwater-coloraint，whichsurrisedmebecausehe’snotanartist。

“Isigneduforawater-colorclass，anditstartsnextweek，”hesaidsheeishly，“Idon’treallyhavetimeforit，butitwasonmylistof50thingstodobeforeIdie，soIwentforit。”Thissoundsinteresting，“Whatelseisonthelist？”Iaskedhim。

“Allkindsofthings，”hesaid，“EveryfewmonthsIlookatthelistanddecidewhattofocusonnext。BeforeIhadthelist，ImoanedalotaboutwhatIwasmissinginmylife。NowIjustdostuff。”

“CanIseeyourlistsometime？”Iasked。

“Idontknow，”hesaid，“itrevealsalotaboutme。Writeyourownlist，andyoullseewhatImean。”

SothatnightIdidjustthat，andhewasright。Thelistrevealedawholelotaboutwhatwasimortanttome。ItalsorevealedhowhoelesslybehindIamatgettingtothethingsIreallywant。

Justwritingthelistheledmesortthroughsomeofmyrioritiess。Ifilleduthefirst20blanksquickly，butthenbegantothinkcarefully。EventuallyIaddeditemsIvethoughtaboutforyears，dreamsI’vecarriedwithmesinceIwasyoung，andthingsthatresonatedwhenIfirstheardaboutthem。WhenIreviewedthelistlater，someentriessurrisedme。

First，Iwanttotravelmuchmore，articularlynowthatmychildrenareolderandcangowithmetoseetheworld。IwouldliketotakethemtobikethroughDenmarkandcamintheCanadianRockies。

I’malsosurrisedtofindsomethingsonthelistthatneedtobedonesoon。IfI’mgoingtolearntoroller-blade，forinstance，I’dbetterstartbeforeIturn50。

Afewoftheitemsareintimidatingbecausetheymeanaseriouscommitmentofsomesort。IwouldliketoublishanovelbeforeIdie，andIalsowouldliketolearntolayianowithastringquartet。IfImgoingtoaccomlishthesethings，Ineedtostartwritingeverydayandolishingmyianoskills。

Likemyfriend，Inowhaveanalternativetocomlaining。WhenImboredwithlife，Itakeoutmylist。MaybeI’llsendofffortravelbrochuresorsitdowninfrontoftheiano。

Ihaveacousinwhohasaccomlishedanamazingstringofinterestingthings。Shetoldmethekeywasrearingthegroundsothatlifecouldworkinmysteriousways。“Ifyouwantyourshitocomein，youmustbuildadock，”shesaid。

Thankstomylist，I’mworkingonsomebigdocks。

几周前，我和一个朋友去了一家美术用品商店。他不画画，所以当看到他挑选水彩时，我觉得很奇怪。

“我在一个水彩画学习班报了名，下周开课，”他羞怯地说，“事实上我根本没时间去学，可那却是我列出的一辈子要做的50件事之一，所以我还是报名了。”听起来很有趣。我便问他：“你列出的还有别的什么事呢？”

“各种各样，”他说，“每隔几个月我就拿出单子来看看，决定下次该做什么事。在没列出这个单子时，我总对生活中失去的太多而感慨。而如今我只是努力使生活更充实。”

“我什么时候可以看看你的单子吗？”我问。

“不知道，”他回答，“它毫无保留地将自我展现出来。你若也列出自己的单子，就会理解我的意思。”