Things I'd Like to Do in the Near Future:

• work at an elderly home, library, book store, art supply store, or other interesting place
• volunteer at a suicide hotline, homeless shelter, or animal shelter/ASPCA
• volunteer as a teen tutor with the interfaith housing coalition
• volunteer abroad w/ a humanitarian ngo
• overcome phobia of driving
• read at least one book & watch at least 2 films each month, then write reviews on them
• take a writing residency
• write a novel
• submit a short story to a lit mag
• start painting again, sell/donate artwork
• contribute to the school newspaper
• join the moot court team
• join interesting clubs- persian club, international club, model nations, etc.
• apply to be a youth leader @ global citizen corps
• take martial arts, painting, & sewing lessons (take that, gender roles!)
• make squidoo lenses centered around major emotions (happiness, anger, depression, etc.) & uplifting themes/quotes/books/films
• visit disney world & harry potter world at least once
• apply for the DC internship next year, and the UN women's studies one either this summer or next
• meet someone i could finally fall in love with
• make friends with a wider variety of people
• overcome my generalized fear of strangers
• become happier/more consistently zen
• become more disciplined