shlump gave me this suggestion for a thread, so i just reworded her message..

let's say you woke up tomorrow, mental illness free, no physical pain stopping you from doing things, in a normal average mood, what would be the first thing you do?. where would you like to be

for me.. i would choose to fly to australia, and take in the sights.

always wanted to do that..

i've an extention to this thread (like a question air) but let's see how this goes first

[Darth Bane]

interesting question .... i might like to turn back time and recover all wasted time because of depression ... but then this illness has taught me a lot .... a really lot !!!!!!

i am so much in love with allison brie(annie edison from community) ... i wanna ask her out on a date ... though i think i would have to earn at least million dollars first

[manicminer]

I'd go give Jesus a hug and then find my grandparents and aunt and take them all out for a big endless steak dinner. Then we'd go see the choir of angels play. Finally we'd pray for the rest of the family still on earth.

I write it this way because I know for what you described to happen, I would have to had died and gone to heaven

[Speed3]

I would immediately book a trip to Mount Snow Vermont.For the ultimate skiing trip. Friends and Family would come like in the past.

I would have lost all the seroquel weight and be in fierce shape ready to hit the double diamond trails.

The weather would be perfect. Tons of fresh powder. The deepest blue sky that you feel you can touch. At the top of the mountain you look around and feel utter peace you can even smell it. Then you feel the exhilaration of skiing down the mountain.

Since this is a fantasy my son Jason would be there for this incredible reunion.
The end of day feeling you get after skiing all day, by the fire surrounded by all the people you love. Pure Heaven!

[Confusedinomicon]

I wouldnt change at the moment, except for a job. Or to live abroad for a year because I have codependency issues.

[Anika.]

Mongolia, maybe then Siberia

[BipolaRNurse]

I'd want to move to the Maldives, where they have houses built IN the shallow ocean waters. Some of them have waterslides; others have sun decks and even full-sized canopy beds on the decks. All of them are situated right in the middle of the clearest blue water you've ever seen, and anytime you want to go swimming all you have to do is walk down the front steps, or jump off the deck.

As you may have guessed, I'm a warm-weather kind of girl. And since I wouldn't be bipolar, there'd be no worries about being manic, woo-hoo!

[BlueInanna]

I'd like to be swimming in my pool on a hot sunny day. Then have a BBQ party and a clean house. That's doesn't really answer for tomorrow since it's winter...
For tomorrow I would just love a tidy uncluttered well decorated home with my family getting along in harmony.

[~Christina]

In George Clooneys life

[bjames]

I almost can't imagine it...but Id like to be able to have a spotless house like I used to and move from dreary IL to New Orleans in the French Quarter and be able to go dancing again.

[Clinte89]

I would head back to school ASAP, and finish my degree. But right off I would go an actually wake up and enjoy it not rue the day but take it in and enjoy it. I would go back out and do some more photography, and just not let anything stop me. But I guess I'm all that's stopping me so idk what I'm complaining about.

[Bipolar mom]

I would clean and organize, sigh up for classes to finish my bachelors, and get started on having another baby.

[LadyShadow]

I like the time travel idea someone suggested. There so many things I want to do differently. I could have been in such a different place than I am now.

Originally Posted by PlatinumHeart

I like the time travel idea someone suggested. There so many things I want to do differently. I could have been in such a different place than I am now.

i agree... the time travel idea (well all the ideas) are varied

surprised so many of you chose travel..

but yeah, time travel... i'd go back and do lots of things myself, get a better education, try to see more of the world around me (as i was diagnosed extremely young and missed out on so much), have a better childhood, etc

what an awsome idea it would be to go back

I would stay where I am at and just experience life differently. To go back and change things would mean I would have to leave behind what matters most to me now. I would like everything the way that it is, outside of my mental illness that is, and just enjoy life.

[ellipsisdream]

I would go on a mindfulness/meditation retreat, before starting a new job, and volunteering to work with women and children who are in shelters. I would also take my honey out to a wonderful dinner and evening in the city.