Other

• Sing karaoke
• Initiate an individual hang out with someone who I only hang out with in a group
• Hang out with Yelp friends outside of Yelp Events
• Ride on a hot air balloon
• Go sledding or innertubing
• Camp on the beach
• Read “The Bell Jar”
• Take a sign language class
• Have a decent conversation in Farsi
• Make flashcards of important Farsi words
• Spend time studying them all
• Learn to count to 10 in Icelandic
• Upcycle a piece of clothing
• Knit Pouya and I matching Christmas sweaters
• Learn how to use my vintage sewing machine
• Knit a blanket with scrap yarn
• Build community among friends
• Donate blood
• Make someone breakfast in bed
• Plan a surprise vacation
• Send someone flowers, just because
• Go on a cruise
• Learn to make 1 Persian dish
• Make a batch of cheese that I’m proud of
• Progress in my career
• Go to a day spa
• Run 3 miles without stopping

Throughout

• In a journal, write 5 important things that happen each month
• Photograph goals as I complete them
• Periodically blog goal progress

Summer 2015

• Meet a giraffe with Pouya
• Take Pouya on a picnic
• Recreate our first date
• Compile all photos we have taken throughout relationship (check computer, phones, etc.)
• Make and scrapbook of some kind
• Skinny Dip
• Hike to a body of water, then jump in!
• Fly a kite
• Hike to a difficult Geocache
• Try tennis
• Take a dance class
• Seed bomb
• See theatre
• Go to a concert
• Attend a trivia night
• Watch the sunrise and sunset on the same day
• See a drive in movie
• Swim in the ocean
• Try a product from Shark Tank
• Open an Etsy store
• Learn how to edit on Premiere Pro
• Learn the ins and outs of a DSLR
• Start saving for retirement
• Start building credit
• Make the step towards grad school
• Decorate my cubicle
• Get up at 6:30AM for a whole work week and see how it effects me
• Do Ancestry DNA
• Take a self defense class
• Sunrise yoga under our orange tree
• Do a handstand
• Learn to drive stick good enough for an emergency

Fall 2015

• Take a fun/free undergrad class at TUW
• Attempt nail art
• Bury a time capsule
• Send 3 care packages to friends who live far away
• Visit my sister in her grad school destination
• Travel out of the country
• Visit a new state – 1
• Visit a new state – 2
• Visit a new state – 3
• Visit a new state – 4
• Visit a new state – 5
• Visit SLO/Morro Bay
• Go no a road trip
• See the Atlantic Ocean for the first time
• Buy 1 of each flavor macaroon from fav bakery (DoLy’s)
• Learn to make an amazing pumpkin dessert

Engage

• Take a dance class with Pouya
• Move out
• Reach my savings goal
• Budget my money
• Buy high end mascara

Post-Marriage

• Couples massage
• Have a romantic candlelit dinner at home in pajamas
• Attempt to see Northern Lights

Towards the End

• Picture of myself on the last day of this project
• On January 4, 2018, pop a bottle of champagne and celebrate!

Pre Summer

• Have a birthday party, at least once!
• Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
• Write a letter to myself to open on day 1001
• Buy myself something that I have wanted for awhile
• Back up/organize computer
• Write on my blog
• Start journaling