to pause. is to breathe. is to make known.

i have one month until finals and it scares me. i have so much work to get done until then. to list all of it would scare me more, but i have a plan and im going to work with that.

heres a list of what is keeping me motivated:

1. being able to read. everything and anything. my list of summer reading includes, but is in no way limited to:

crime and punishment

the gambler, fyodor dostoevsky

the national geographics i've amassed at home (from the 1930s until present day)

the old man and the sea, hemingway

2. taking classes - i'd love to do history, lit, art, and photography. one or all. and maybe a spanish class.

3. the trip i'm taking with my family. right now its either manali and agra or Africa. either would be splendid.

4. a solo road trip somewhere. i'd welcome company but when or where i'm not sure. i have some ideas.

5. rock climbing. i've missed it so.

6. running, maybe some tennis. i have this weird love hate relationship. i love to hit but getting out on the court takes an effort. i've missed it more than anything but i'm scared in some ways to get back into it.

7. taekwondo. i've been doing kyokushin karate for a while here but i've had so much fun with taekwondo. 

and now i absolutely have to get back to anatomy.