A Wish List

by Elizabeth Lovatt 

(in no particular order)

1. To not have to double stack books on my book shelves
2. To have internet that never drops below 20 mbps
3. To live in a self-cleaning house where dust never settles
4. To have someone to listen to the thoughts in my head
5. To have someone who will let me listen to the thoughts in their head
6. To never have to iron again
7. A coffee table for my coffee table books
8. To like coffee
9. To believe myself when I say that money isn’t everything, that not even happiness is everything, that it is enough to just be
10. A new pair of trainers
11. A better, faster phone with more memory
12. More money
13. To know if you can ever really know another person fully
14. To know that it’s not just me that feels this way
15. To believe that it’s ok to be bad at some things
16. To feel safe after dark when walking home alone
17. To always get a seat on the train in the morning
18. To know how to live as a separate whole person and still share the parts of myself that are important
19. To always know what to wear tomorrow
20. To have an endless list of good ideas
21. To know good art when I see it and know bad art when I make it
22. To be able to afford my own home
23. For bad things not to happen to good people
24. For bad things not to happen to bad people
25. For bad things not to happen
26. To know the difference between naivety and hopefulness
27. To not say things I regret
28. To not kill every plant I’ve ever owned
29. To know that past-me is not the same as present-me and present-me will not be the same as future-me
30. To not want so many things and so badly
31. More wishes