So here it is, the third and last installment of Things I Love, Things I Hate, and Things of Which I Aspire. Having completed this first round of exercises for my journal, I see there is a lot for me to look forward to. It was kind of nice to see all these positive things written out on paper . . . it seems to make it more official in some way. I’m pleased to know that the things I love and the things of which I aspire far outnumber the things I hate.

As expected, renewing my vows to keeping a daily journal has been really fulfilling (in many ways) and even in only 3 weeks of daily note keeping, I’ve gone to new places of knowing. I’m also happy to report that several of the items on this very list are now goals and tasks that are in the works. So far, I’m writing well over 1000 words a day and while I haven’t hit that 20 hours of reading per week, I’m feeling pretty good as a writer and won’t give up on the reading part of the program (I just need to target the time better and maybe get up a bit earlier in the morning). Do you keep a journal? What are your aspirations and how do you plan on making them come true?

Happiness is not a right. It must be pursued.

Travel somewhere where I’m taken completely out of my comfort zone

Live on my own (for only a while)

Travel and write about it

1000 words every day, 20 hours of reading (need less sleep I guess)

Be an espionage agent

Write a crime novel

Live a comfortable life without worry (sorta goes against the whole espionage thing, but ok, whatever.)

Go to the opera at the Met

Age gracefully

Make Sweden my home but maintain an international life

Learn the language

Write and write and write . . . be a writer

Live in a beautiful home where I love everything assembled there

Garden

Visit more museums

Keep learning until I take my last breathe

Make a mosaic table top

Take more photographs

Be prolific

Enjoy many hobbies

Be healthy, fit and strong

Hit my top five (Iceland, Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech)

Figure out who I really really am

Get organized

Spend more time being quiet

What are your aspirations for 2011 and beyond?