• Live in another country
  • Travel on the cheap (sopchoppy spring break 2011)
  • Confront a fear (my past-- during college)
  • Move out of your parents' place (2008)
  • Live alone (summer/fall 2012)
  • Live with roommates (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Get in great shape (easier now than later)
  • Splurge on a great pair of jeans
  • Apologize to someone you were mean to in school (Heather, 2010)
  • Have a guy friend who really is just a friend (Josh Cox)
  • Work in retail or restaurants (Sonic, Once Upon a Child)
  • Figure out what kind of wine you like (white wine)
  • Try an exotic food you can't pronounce (arab food I can't spell)
  • See a Broadway show (Wicked, 2010)
  • Go 24 hours media-free (yl camp)
  • Skinny dip (2008)
  • Give back to the community (free garage sell outreach, 2009)
  • Learn to do your own taxes and manage money
  • Treat your parents to a nice dinner
  • Start a blog about your life and update it (2009-present)
  • Go to Vegas
  • Learn to drive manual (September, 2012)
  • Do an illegal drug (wasn't really illegal)
  • Make your own Halloween costume (Juno, Tamagatchi pet, Catdog)
  • Go to a concert, movie, and restaurant alone (all the time)
  • Read The Iliad (world literature, 2011)
  • Join a professional organization (NAMI, 2012)
  • Attend a poetry reading (October, 2012)
  • Go to a music festival
  • Take a course on something you're interested in (2012, The Art of Dance and Movement)
  • Be recognized somewhere (2009,2014)
  • Have business cards
  • Cook dinner for friends (Patrick and Phillip, 2010)
  • Win something (photoshoot, 2014)
  • Start a new hobby after college (cycling, 2014)
  • Pick up the tab for no good reason
  • Be irresponsible (spring break 2012)
  • Eat healthy (duh)
  • Do yoga (yoga, 2010. hot yoga, 2012)
  • Simplify, simplify, simplify (Fall 2012, college algebra = death)
  • Learn to cook (i'm a woman)
  • Exercise every day, in some way
  • Get outdoors (backpacking, 2011)
  • Read (all.the.time)
  • See the world
  • Share your travel experiences
  • Get a college degree (Bachelors in Social Work, 2012)
  • Study abroad
  • Postpone graduate school (for one semester, fall 2013)
  • Don't work yourself to the bone (Summer, 2011)
  • Visit the aquarium (dallas, 2008)
  • Dance in the rain (w/my cousin tina @4am, summer 2013)
  • Take a dance class (ballet, 2011)
  • Own a camera (2010)
  • Go camping (throughout childhood, again in college)
  • Write a book or a good article (in the beginning chapters of book)
  • Learn to swim (childhood)
  • Speak to a crowd (2006, 2008, 2009.. all times 100+ ppl)
  • Build something (a team of younglives leaders/mentors)
  • Create a life plan
  • Pay off my car (thanks mom and dad)
  • Try something I hate (learning football, & I love it now!)
  • Read Artistotle's Ethics
  • Go surfing (South Padre
  • Keep a journal (1996-present)
  • Go to New York (2005, 2007)
  • Take a risk (move to Arkansas)
  • Visit 10 landmarks (Niagra Falls, Grand Canyon, Redwood Sequoia Trees, Yosemite, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Trade Center memorial, )
  • Make a pie
  • Make a large purchase without panicking (grad school, 2013)
  • Write a poem (world literature, 2012)
  • Meditate (yoga, 2012)
  • Fall in love (1st time, 2008, 2nd time, Oct 2013)
  • Change a tire
  • Ride in a horse drawn carriage
  • Pay off credit cards
  • Avoid incurring more credit card debt
  • Invest in something (myself)
  • Make a decision without questioning it (summer staff)
  • Go boating (Sam's birthday weekend, 2012)
  • Be content (Summer, 2012)
  • Make my own ice cream (August, 2012, at Meador Reunion)
  • Read 100 books
  • Become friends with someone random (haha)
  • Regularly read a newspaper, magazine or blog (New York Times)
  • Do something creative once a week (writing)
  • Do some sort of adrenaline activity
  • Prepare for your 30's; build framework for the rest of your life
  • Get paid to do something you like
  • Do something generous in Third World country
  • Try working for yourself or freelancing
  • Open a Roth IRA
  • Own stock in a company you believe in
  • Donate blood
  • Go on a spontaneous weekend trip to a foreign city (w/Cara to denver, fall 2013)
  • Go to a college football game and go all out
  • Teach someone something (2008, Spanish to pre-school class)
  • Go to a Pride Parade
  • Take a road trip with your friends (Spring Break, 2011, 2012 & Colorado 2013)
may 19 2012 ∞
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