Once again, a "Things to Do" List.

This worked before a couple months ago, so a friend of mine told me to make another "to do" list if I felt my life was lacking direction or in a rut.

THINGS TO DO:

1. Take care of yourself. Sleep properly more often than not. Take your pills and the multi-vitamins every night. Weigh yourself every night. Try to exercise more or walk more every night. Cook for yourself more, for you do enjoy that. Make something daring. Have over friends. Write something with the intention of publishing it. (Slept well last night.)

You'll feel better once you do this.

2. Take care of your home. Clean and organize your apartment, planning moments that you will actually spend time there, feeling and being at home. (This does not count time on your laptop, which is essentially time where you're 'in' your apartment but your mind is elsewhere.)

You'll feel better once you do this.

3. Take care of your finances. Make a list of your debts and figure out a way, perhaps by working more at the bookstore, to pay them off.

You'll feel better once you do this.

4. Take care of your friends. Again, have people over and spend time with them, as much for them as for you. If someone's in trouble, do what you can. If someone wants to see you or talk to you, do what you can. If you want to get a guy on the phone, keep trying until you get him on the phone. If you want to meet more people, go out and meet more people.

You'll feel better once you do this.

5. Take more risks. First and foremost, do a reading. For the love of God, you have all sorts of great material to read from, and you know that it's good. And everyone tells you that it's good enough to be presented to others. So present it to others. Because you have to put it out there sometime. You have to start believing in yourself sometime. You tell other people that they need to spice things up and take more risks, so spice things up and take more risks yourself. You joined the cinema club, and that got you friends who enjoy doing what you do. Try more new things.

You'll feel better once you do this.