mommyoffive Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I love musical theater but can't carry a tune in a bucket. In my dreams I'm Idina Menzel or Sarah Brightman or [insert name of Broadway star here]. If I couldn't fail, I'd start auditioning for musicals. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Resign my corporate job and start a business It would have to make enough to pay for university for the girls. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 First things that come to mind—#1–unschool my children—just give them the materials they needed to learn and be confident that they wouldn’t just play video games or read comic books all day. #2–build a out of our price range wheelchair accessible home for our son being confident we wouldn’t default on payments. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Lose 60 lbs. Maybe a little more. Go back to college and study history. Hire a personal skiing instructor and get really good at it. Start a nonprofit that worked on empowerment, human care, education, and general uplift from a Christian, loving POV, to all Americans but especially African-Americans. Start a public library in a particular remote community that I love. And a little but self-sustaining church. Build a big rambling house on a lake or river and practice hospitality there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 get a BSN from the UW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Open a stationery store, mostly focused on Japanese products. Maybe with a coffee bar/bakery attached. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I'd keep HSing because me not failing means my kids would succeed. I'd go back to school and finish my degree so if DH were ever laid off again I could find a job to carry us through. I'd lose weight, I'd work hard and the pounds (about 50) would just melt off, then I'd be healthy again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? Interesting question... I doing have an specific answer bc my mind changes like the weather but I have an observation. One of my sons is a goalie. And he always played the best when nothing was on the line. He was loose, he gave up the body (which in goalie talk generally means playing fearlessly, concentrating on the puck and not the opposing player), he took risks. When there was nothing in the line, he was unbeatable.I I used to tell him, try to remember that feeling and do it all the time bc his playing difference was night and day. It is also similar in baseball...with someone who is called a "5 o'clock hitter." Just phenomenal in batting practice but come game time, can't connect with the ball to save his life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolittleboys Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Run for office to be in charge of a country. Negotiate peace in the Middle East. Resolve conflicts with Iran and North Korea. Eliminate poverty and get good, inexpensive health care for everyone. Get equality for everyone. Gee, if I truly couldn't fail the world would be such a nice place... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Drive everywhere! If I knew I wouldn't have to dodge other drivers or worry about finding parking, making a wrong turn, or god forbid getingt lost, I would have the confidence to drive to all the cool things around town. (I have a bit of driving anxiety). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cure cancer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Open a stationery store, mostly focused on Japanese products. Maybe with a coffee bar/bakery attached. Please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Play the lottery, then live off the proceeds while I write the next Great American Novel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Start a business that makes enough money for our family to live off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Conduct the Ring cycle Solve/prove the Riemann hypothesis Finish vacuuming without stopping for something more interesting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 If I really couldn't fail? Lottery ticket. But for real, what I'd love to have is a day/boarding school for kids who are just plain round pegs in today's square-peg world, including time for them to explore vocational options (welding, plumbing, culinary arts, hairdresser, agriscience), artistic options (music, arts, not just the standard options but like improv rock band), academic options, and also including flexible pacing. I guess the lottery ticket fits in that if I won the lottery, I could afford the land and staffing necessary to make it really work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Time travel. To explain: I really would like to see what the earth was like before it was polluted, with birds filling the sky and fresh water and clean air. Edited October 22, 2017 by ikslo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Play the stock market and/or lottery. I've got big plans for a pot of money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Retake the professional engineering exam for the second time even if I never work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Go to bed at eight o'clock and sleep clean through until eight the next morning. Since we are dreaming, here. :laugh: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 This thread reminds me of many things I used to think "maybe I could do" but stopped dreaming about long ago. Makes me wonder if I'm the only person who's basically "all dreamed out." So let me think .... I'd do an ironman. :P Or climb Everest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Skydive and deep sea scuba ETA- I should have read the replies first. Time traveling and winning the lottery sounds much better! I’ll take those answers instead 😊 Edited October 22, 2017 by mytwomonkeys 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) Ironman ETA: I mean the run/bike/swim. Thought I'd better clarify because my kid thought I meant turn into the superhero. Which could be okay too. Edited October 22, 2017 by TrixieB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinnia Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I would go back to work if I knew that my kids would be okay, and the changes to our lifestyle and family would be okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Homeschool through high school! My boys are in 7th and I've got to decide a course of action soon. Work on being really good at photography and start a business. I love taking pictures... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I would start a music store that specialized in folk instruments, with an attached coffee shop with space for small concerts, jams, and Irish/old-time/bluegrass sessions. There would also be space for lessons. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Make a time machine and travel in it. I want to see the future. There are some things in the past that I'd love to see as well. Can you imagine just getting to slip in and see things like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Or see Stonehenge near when it was constructed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Make a time machine and travel in it. I want to see the future. Anything specific? I'm really interested in how the Mars settlement project goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Open a bookstore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Fun thread! Start a farm and employ my children to help, while also educating them flawlessly, with no whining from anyone. They learn amazing math. Social, and business skills. Then write the a book about said farm, and publish it. Continue to farm, and then write other books (fiction ideas I have in my head). At least two of three kids live near farm and help with its operation, while using the proceeds to support their families nicely. Me, who is now grandma, watches grandkids while adults do the work. I still do some work and direction, especially gathering the eggs and picking veggies. And, no snakes live anywhere near the property. People can go barefoot and sit on stumps in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Open a bookstore with a coffee shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Foster care. Keep homeschooling. Buy a lotto ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I am now into dreaming little dreams. So I would run for city councilmember. My councilmember is stepping down in 2018. Mainly because I really like my city and want to make it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Let go of something I am holding onto out of fear of the unknown. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Skydive and deep sea scuba ETA- I should have read the replies first. Time traveling and winning the lottery sounds much better! I’ll take those answers instead 😊 These are my top two. Edited October 23, 2017 by Scoutermom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I really can't think of anything...I wonder what that means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Touch a snake. Not happening, not happening. This would be the human equivalent of forging an everlasting world peace with Loki. So oh well.... The Royal Gorge Bridge. Without general anesthesia, I really don't see that happening. Hey, I drive the Mackinac Bridge with no anxiety so I think that I should be grateful and not tempt fate. When I was a kid, I got down on the floor of the car and hid when my parents took us across. Master the Rachmaninoff third concerto. I have tried. I do not think it will be happening. I do not seem to have the endurance. Conduct the DSO on a John Williams piece. Sing with Manhatten Transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Go to bed at eight o'clock and sleep clean through until eight the next morning. Since we are dreaming, here. :laugh: YES! So simple, yet the last time I did this was probably ten years ago when I was on medication to help sleep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I'd go with win the lottery so that I could: -build a bigger house. Not huge, just big enough for each of us to have our own space, enough closets and other storage, a second bathroom. -go full in on starting my business. I've started part of it since I found a situation where I only have to pay rent when I'm actually doing class time. But, I'd love to implement ALL my plans for classes, drop-in workshops, a curriculum consignment/used bookstore, lots of other things that I can only do with my own space. -help dd get established. We help as much as we can but it's still rough. -fund college for the younger guys and retirement for dh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 I love all the thoughts. Live the life I want. Build a big house in the country on a lack. Adopt kids Have more kids Travel the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 This thread reminds me of many things I used to think "maybe I could do" but stopped dreaming about long ago. Makes me wonder if I'm the only person who's basically "all dreamed out." So let me think .... I'd do an ironman. :p Or climb Everest. Such a good thought. I think if thought of this 13 years ago my thoughts would have been more about that stuff. Doing a marathon, climbing a mountain or something like that. Now they are so different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Take up tumbling. I have always wanted to be able to do a back handspring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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