A Sequel to My Last Post: Reasons That Are Not Why I Am Here

In my last post, I described a rather long list of reasons why I am here.
On the same bus trip where I wrote the last list, I also wrote a second list to complement (or rather complete, or elaborate).

I was really inspired while surrounded by the elegance of Vienna to become a better person, student, friend, musician, philosopher even. All these new aspirations threw into sharp relief the shortcomings currently in the way of my idealized version of myself I put as a goal for the end of the summer (read my last post for details). New places, new people, new things, new sounds, were very exciting to me, and I found it was easy to also slip into new behaviors (some less desirable than others). I also found it very easy to pick up attitudes and perspectives from people close to me, and again, many of these were things I do not wish to take away.

If you'd care to read it, my "laundry list" of things to correct is below.

I am not here to...
- be idle.
- be unambitious
- be uninspired
- be distracted
- be flirtatious
- be disagreeable
- be irresponsible
- be rashly vicarious
- be judgmental
- be impressive at any cost
- be dishonest
- be jealous or envious
- be romantic (ok... maybe just a little is permissible?)
- correct others
- waste time
- be unhealthy
- "get something out of it" (Contrary- I am here to make something out of it!)
- be unaware or ill-informed
- be timid
- let my family or friends down by making poor choices
- over-indulge
- choose ignorance
- be attractive (a plus, on the few lucky days it happens, but it deserves far less emphasis at the moment)
- under-achieve
- be anti-social or stuck up
- exhaust myself
- make a fool of myself
- be silly
- daydream (not going to lie... this happens a lot... not all bad, but I think less is a good goal)
- alienate
- attract attention (this one is hard... anyone who knows me well knows how I love attention)
- be taken advantage of
- succumb to negative peer pressure or allow in poor influences
- dwell on things I cannot change that are really not relevant to this setting (how's that for vague?)
- be popular
- compensate

I debated posting this. In the end, I decided that accountability is one of the greatest tools you can use to help you reach your goals. So here they are, my dear readers, my goals for the summer. Hold me accountable?

All for now
- Julia