started: october 1st, 2008. will end: june 29th, 2011. strike-through means completed bold means in progress. italicized means failed.

education:

• enroll back in school.
• read one non-fiction book per week. (gave up early, my reading is too sporadic)
• read two fiction books per week.
• learn more about politics.
• learn more about publishing.
• visit the dia alone.
• help friends with schoolwork.
• maintain a 3.5gpa (or better) while in school.
• go to a protest/rally for something i are about
• complete a sudoku puzzle in under ten minutes.
• take a class not in any way related to my degree.
• purchase a film guide and start watching everything.
• read ten classics.
• see ten documentaries.

love:

• spend a week in utah.
• do not settle for any guy.
• tell everyone how i feel, when i feel it.
• spend an entire day, naked, with a boy.
• feel completely loved by someone.
• love someone completely.
• write 20 love letters to salt lake city.
• allow myself to indulge in fantasies.
• spend an entire weekend alone with someone special.
• believe that i truly deserve to be cared about.

socializing:

• go to dinner at least once a week with good friends.
• do karaoke in front of more than five people.
• send someone flowers.
• send my mother flowers on her birthday, 2009.
• reconnect with someone from my past.
• take many more pictures with pauly shore.
• buy an address book.
• throw a surprise party.
• anonymously pay for someone's coffee.
• hand out valentines to strangers.
• keep a notebook about all my best friends.
• get drunk and silly and kiss my best friends.

create:

• write ten short stories
• draw portraits of my close friends
• record myself singing a song.
• do a "right now" for everyday for six months.
• learn to juggle.
• paint a portrait of charles manson.
• make a new screen name.
• see a dali piece in person.
• print out all high school aim conversations and put them in a binder.
• maintain a blog everyday for a year.
• maintain a written journal.
• knit five scarves.
• give those scarves to loved ones.
• maintain notes on this list.
• tag and organize all digital photos.
• learn a magic trick.

self-improvement:

• celebrate my 24th birthday with only close friends.
• celebrate my 25th birthday with only family.
• let my hair grow past my chest line.
• get one half-sleeve finished.
• bury at least two grudges.
• see five movies by myself.
• write inspirational things on bathroom walls.
• write down 30 things i like about myself.
• wear a bathing suit in a public place.
• attend a concert alone.
• begin piano lessons.
• apply for a passport.
• purchase three dresses.
• write down all my favourite memories (from my whole life) in a journal.
• move out of my parents' house.
• donate all the toys/books/clothing i don't need/use.
• trick-or-treat with ethan and madison every year.
• watch the sunset ten times.
• watch the sunrise ten times.
• see a shooting star.
• arrive five minutes early everywhere.
• try a drug other than marijuana.
• get tested for hiv once a year.
• get vaccinated for hpv.

animals/health:

• convert 3 people to vegetarianism.
• apply for a job at PETA.
• rescue an animal.
• attend a protest related to animal rights.
• get a tattoo related to chloe.
• stop eating fast food for six months.
• adopt a kitten.
• write letters of protest to ten different organizations/companies.
• add six more titles to my animal rights section of my bookshelf.
• keep a list of wants/instructions in case of death.
• feel comfortable with my body.

travel:

• see los angeles.
• go to the i love lucy museum in jamestown, new york.
• spend a weekend in chicago with amy.
• spend a weekend in petoskey with stefan.
• spent a weekend in fort lauderdale with lea.
• go sailing with aunt cathy.
• take a road trip alone.
• take a road trip with a friend.
• go back to the rock & roll hall of fame.
• go to walt disney world with my family.
• meet someone from the internet who lives over 50 miles away.
• see the "mystery spot".
• go to wilmington, north carolina, twice.
• take pictures in/of the atlantic and the pacific.