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riderinthestorm

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34. Create a foundation and fund micro-projects

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:26 PM

Nov 2012

I'd research new ideas and fund those people who were passionate about them.

New art/music/story? Micro grant

Archaeological dig? Micro grant.

Researching, funding, fostering, and discovering new "thoughts", new minds, new ideas, new music would keep me young forever. I'd be free to travel the planet and help curious, intelligent, passionate creativity grow and develop. It would be a personal mission and wouldn't be delegated to anyone else.

That's what I would do.

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What would you do with your days? [View all] Helen Reddy Nov 2012 OP

Spend as much time in bed with my wife as I could. Wait. I already do that. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #1

Hah! n/t Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #7

Travel, art, eat. OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #2

What kind of art do you create, if I might ask? crunch60 Nov 2012 #19

I've been drawing since I was a kid OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #43

Probably the same thing I do already, providing health care in a clinic for our homeless population. Aristus Nov 2012 #3

Ha! I came back into this thread OriginalGeek Nov 2012 #5

Helen can be my candle over water any day... Aristus Nov 2012 #8

Awww Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #9

Thanks for responding. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #13

How could I not? Aristus Nov 2012 #18

the same things I do now when I'm not at work: MrsBrady Nov 2012 #4

The good food sounds great! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #10

Hard to say... harmonicon Nov 2012 #6

Sounds fascinating Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #11

I don't know. It's just how I live my life. harmonicon Nov 2012 #17

Write and travel. And write about people I meet on my travels. nolabear Nov 2012 #12

Yes. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #14

I'd spend 20 hours a day in Meta. rug Nov 2012 #15

Hah! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #16

Write, read, cook, garden, feed birds (well, feed any creature that wanted/needed a meal) Flaxbee Nov 2012 #20

You are a great friend! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #21

:) Flaxbee Nov 2012 #22

This very question is driving me crazy. femmocrat Nov 2012 #23

The 'Man' Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #27

I don't necessarily agree.... femmocrat Nov 2012 #52

Your days of snoozing Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #54

It would probably involve a lot of beer...and a chauffeur. Tobin S. Nov 2012 #24

Sounds good to me. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #25

I went to see a lecture by Wayne Dyer. He's one of the oldies in the "new age" movement riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #32

go back to school. do more volunteer work. travel. Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2012 #26

Absolutely awesome! n/t Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #28

That is a conundrum for me. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #29

You are truly blessed. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #31

I have been, yet cursed as well. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #38

Your story is/was so vivid for me. I was with you in spirit as you walked. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #40

Thank you. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #41

Indeed. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #44

It was great. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #50

Sounds like a culinary Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #55

farm handmade34 Nov 2012 #30

Envious! n/t Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #33

Man, that's what I do. Its backbreaking work. Are you sure??? nt riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #35

never been so sure handmade34 Nov 2012 #37

Good luck and PM me if you need any help. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #39

Create a foundation and fund micro-projects riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #34

Your independent energy Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #36

I'm already doing what I want, my dear Helen Reddy... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #42

Yay! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #45

I have been retired for almost 3 years. RebelOne Nov 2012 #46

Without money as the motivator... Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #48

How do your fill your days? femmocrat Nov 2012 #53

I would LWolf Nov 2012 #47

Gardening. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #49

Non-stop rockin'. Iggo Nov 2012 #51

You go Iggo! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #56

I would do the one thing that I am best at doing. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #57

Hah! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #58

Probably what I'm doing now.. We are Devo Nov 2012 #59

Ohhhh. My sincere sympathies to your physical limitations. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #60

Yes indeed! n/t We are Devo Nov 2012 #61

I don't think I will ever be bored for long. klook Nov 2012 #62

Thank you for.. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #63

My days are so confused for so long it's not true, RedCloud Nov 2012 #64

I would travel. Still Blue in PDX Nov 2012 #65

Grand! n/t Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #73

Assuming I was filthy rich... Wait Wut Nov 2012 #66

Very noble passions! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #74

If I could save time in a bottle...the first thing that I'd like to do Taverner Nov 2012 #67

Hah! Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #75

Whatever my kids wanted to do, at least for a long while. newcriminal Nov 2012 #68

All of you would do something Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #76

Ironically, I'm doing it. Chan790 Nov 2012 #69

I'm so pleased for the way Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #77

Endless world tour with my many bands and acts. MrSlayer Nov 2012 #70

Sadly that is true. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #78

I first would do as you, travel the world and learn and explore cultures, spend 6 months at a time zen_bohemian Nov 2012 #71

Your heart is pure. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #79

Depends on how much money I had to blow jp11 Nov 2012 #72

Yours Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #80

Write travel guides for the history buff... a la izquierda Nov 2012 #81

So many writers here on DU. Helen Reddy Nov 2012 #82

Thanks... a la izquierda Nov 2012 #83