Self-Improvment Plan Part 1: Like List

Lately, I've been reading this book called 

Character Makeover 

which I got from the Hume bookstore. It has a few good points but overall it's not really what I was hoping for. Mostly because it talks about improving your 'self' as something that's super easy to do. "Oh yeah, just stop doing x, y, z and pray more."

Good advice, yes, but not for the person who does x, y, z, a little bit of t and a regular dose of j. (Just to be clear, those variables are not drugs. This book in particular focuses on confidence, pride and humility, honesty, those kind of things.)

So I am taking their ideas in principle and applying them in a way that makes more sense to me. 

Step 1 in my Self-Improvement Plan is working out/getting fit. That's mostly because once I become this awesome person, I want to live long enough to enjoy it.

Step 2: Make a list of things that I like 

This reason is one-fold (is that a thing?). I don't really know what I like. I know what other people like. So: what do I like? (in no particular order. and I'm purposefully leaving out human beings because if I start on those I'll never stop.)

• the ocean and all the creatures in it. But mostly dolphins.
• pirates
• lists (obviously)
• the color blue in the grayer hues
• coffee and caffeine in general, though the word "caffeine" is on my ultimate list of "words I hate to spell"
• the desert heat - so dry. So not San Francisco.
• the permanence of family 
• Grey cats and black labs
• graph paper. I like to color in the boxes
• organizing (particularly labeling things.)
• Buying junk
• doing other people's hair
• taking pictures
• vodka
• researching anything
• the early morning
• sand in my hair. I like to feel it rub against my scalp. I also like sand under my nails.
• nostalgia; it is like a drug.
• cooking, but not necessarily food. I just want to make stuff and force-feed other people.
• reeeeally tall bookshelves
• the ring of fancy crystal
• collecting things (spoons, cows, bells, thimbles, books, notes, bookmarks, plates .. I could go on for days)
• anonymity
• silver hair

I might have to spread this out over a couple posts. I am discovering that I like many things. And some of the things on my list should be there multiple times.

Also, how perfect is this?

The length of this post is one of the reasons why I'm not a famous blogger.