[Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 1: Dreams]

[Renata Vidal]

I think sometimes is hard to "be you", just because all people are always worry about your faults.
 I want to be more confortable with myself, especially about my body... I dont want to worry about what thing
the "fashion".
 I want to have enough savings so I can just have fun about my work, study/research just what I like :)
 I want more time to do my voluntier work with "street animals" I want childrens too.

Renata

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Data: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:06:36 -0700
Assunto: Re: [Courses] [Spineful Living, lesson 1: Dreams]

> On Friday 30 March 2007 12:30, Carla Schroder wrote:
> >
> > What do you want?
> 
> I'm so glad I asked me! Here are a few random snippets for anyone who wants a 
> peek inside the Head of Carla:
> 
> * beer
> * chocolate
> * comic books
> * snoring cats
> 
> Oops, wrong window. Let's try a different one:
> 
> I'm going on 50 years old. That's right folks, mark the date on your calendar- 
> August 6, 2007. I accept loot of all kinds. And I have an actual on-topic 
> point to make here- in recent years, I've come back to a lot of my childhood 
> dreams. When I was a wee tot, I was both the ultimate bookworm and the 
> ultimate tinkerer. I wanted to know how everything worked, how to fix it, and 
> how to make it better. Most of the time I was frustrated because no one would 
> teach me. My dad is very accomplished and can do all kinds of things, but he 
> didn't teach us kids much of it. What few things I did learn were awesome, 
> like photography and using a darkroom, a bit of woodworking, and a bit of 
> auto mechanics.
> 
> I was absolutely nuts about the space program. I had models of the Apollo 
> spacecraft and the moon landers and the Rover and posters and books. I 
> thought I wanted to be an astronaut. In hindsight I'm glad I didn't go that 
> route, because the space program turned to poo.
> 
> Then I thought I wanted to be an astronomer. But I didn't know how and didn't 
> know how to learn. In high school I went totally off the rails, and spent 
> most of it getting high. I graduated, thanks to lax standards.
> 
> The biggest defect in the way I was raised was my parents never taught me how 
> to set goals, how to dream big, or how to work to get what I want. I spent a 
> good part of my life figuring that out on my own. The most valuable lesson I 
> ever learned, and have to keep re-learning, is this:
> 
> The person who knows where she wants to go will get there.
> 
> I wasn't taught how to work with people, or how to ask for help. I'm still 
> figuring that one out. 
> 
> My personal dreams fall into roughly three categories: professional, material, 
> and personal.
> 
> Professional
> Work from home. Have my own personal way cool home office set up the way I 
> like. Set my own hours. Become sought-after enough to be choosy about 
> assignments. Climb to a pay scale that lets me take a lot of time off. Build 
> a reputation as someone who is independent and reliable, not like a 
> typical "journalist" shill, and be respected by computer geeks.
> 
> Material
> Own a nice home on beautiful acreage. Clean air, good well, nice neighbors, 
> lots and lots of elbow room. Have a nice garden, some chickens, a workshop, a 
> luxurious whirlpool tub, and an upstairs bedroom with a great view. Get a 
> little RV and explore the backroads.
> 
> Personal
> Find someone totally awesome to share my life with, with no compromises or 
> thoughts of "meh, it's Ok, I could do worse." Learn to play the violin. 
> Re-learn piano. Play oldtime country and western swing music in a band. Have 
> more time and money for play and travel. Learn better people-coping skills 
> and don't get pushed around. Lose weight and get fit enough to hike 8 miles 
> in the hills without having a heart attack.
> 
> I'm thankful to say I have accomplished some of these. My real list is way 
> longer, but I shan't weary you with the whole thing.
> 
> Your turn!
> 
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Carla Schroder
> Linux geek and random computer tamer
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