- catcher in the rye
- harry potter series
- things not seen
- the giver
- animal farm
- the birth of god
- the bell jar
- kitchen confidential
- the diving bell and the butterfly
- the perks of being a wallflowers
- hurry down sunshine
- nine stories
- ellen foster
- a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
dec 5 2008 ∞
jan 23 2017 +
- Peace Corps
- Graduate School
- Teaching English Abroad
- Foreign Service
- Fullbright ETA
- Jobs
- ECA or other State Dept. Bureau
- EF Education
- World Learning
- People to People
- USAID
jan 18 2013 ∞
jan 23 2017 +
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
jul 19 2013 ∞
feb 28 2014 +
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- re-read books from adolescence
- see the northern lights
- travel to all 7 continents
- learn to play a full song on the guitar
- cycle the ring road in iceland
- NHL arena road trip with Steven
- travel to all 50 states
jan 23 2017 ∞
jan 23 2017 +
- The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
- Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
- The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
- The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
nov 20 2011 ∞
nov 12 2021 +
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- Read all top 100 books by 25
- learn to play:
- the drums
- the guitar
- the violin
- learn to speak multiple languages
- random jobs to try:
- bartender
- at a ski lodge
- at a bakery
- at a magazine
- at an architecture firm
- in fashion
- photographer
- on a film set
- in a library
- go backpacking in another country
- sew my own clothes
- knit myself a hat
nov 20 2011 ∞
nov 20 2011 +
- exercise at least 4 times a week
- eat healthily
- read at least 3 books a month
- plan a trip out of the country in the next 6 months
- go hiking at least twice a month
- hike Machu Picchu
- hike the AT
- hike Mt. Kilimanjaro
- really figure out what I want for the future and make a plan of how to achieve that (education reform, Foreign Service, etc.)
- continue learning
- start studying for FS Exam
- learn languages
may 18 2013 ∞
aug 26 2014 +
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