​NOT YET, BUT IT’S ON MY LIST by Pennie Hunt

I am a list maker. I make lists for everything. I have a list of things I need to do before I leave on vacation. A continual running list for grocery shopping. A list of gifts I have purchased for future birthdays and holidays. A list of writing idea prompts.​ I even have a list of when my dogs need shots and veterinary visits. I could go on, but I bet you see the picture.

I also have a mental list that is always talking to me​. ​It is a list of things I want to do. You may call it a bucket list. I’m not excited about labeling it, but my mind never lets me forget it. Some items are things I need to get done that bug me, like cleaning out the junk drawer or pulling weeds along my driveway. But mostly they are life things I want to do. When I accomplish them, they stick in my mind as important memories.

I always wanted to see the fall colors of New England. It is something my mom wanted to do, but never crossed off her list. That may be why I wanted to go so badly. A few years ago, when I finally had that experience, it became a vivid memory in my mind. Today, I can describe every hue and flavorful color of each leaf and tree I saw.

Up until then, when I was asked if I had ever been to New England in the fall, I would say,
“Not yet, but it’s on my list.”

My husband and I talked about visiting Italy for years. When we took that trip, it again embedded a deep memory. I can tell you about the sway of the gondola as we floated in a small canal in Venice and watched families eating dinner in their homes as we passed by.

Before that trip, when someone asked if we had ever taken that trip to Italy, I would respond, 
“Not yet, but it’s on my list.”

Maybe that should be the name of my list​ - Not yet, but…
I could share with you what the current items are on my Not yet, but… list, but I would much rather spur you to ponder what is on yours. I imagine it wouldn’t take much thought for you to come up with a half dozen or more items that you have on that list.

Once you think of them, it is time to get busy. Prioritize the ones that are the most important. Don’t think about the cost, logistics, or all the excuses why you can’t make them a reality. Instead, concentrate on why they are meaningful to you. Why have you carried them around yearning for the experience?

Once you have prioritized them by importance and meaning, then ask yourself why you haven’t made it happen. Take the first one on the list and begin planning what you need to do to make it a reality. What is the first step you need to take? And the second step, and so on.

You control the outcome of all the items filed under - Not yet, but it’s on my list. Begin doing them and creating vivid, colorful memories of having the experience.

This might be the most important list you have. The one that can’t wait. It is time to get busy making​ the things you want to do in life happen. There is no better time than now to cross them off the list.
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                                               Pennie’s Life Lesson:
                              Stop saying, Not yet, but it​'s on my list. 
                                       Start crossing things off the list.
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​YOUR TURN...        
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