I started keeping a paper journal again. I filled nearly a whole spiral notebook with random stories and musings over the course of the summer and fall semester, but now I've upgraded to an actual journal, and its beautiful. Most recently, I have made a list of 20 things I would like to do before my 20th birthday (September 16, 2010). This list is inspired by Sarah Von at Yes and Yes and her 31 before 31.
I think it's a fantastic idea, to make a new list every year and every year as you get older you have to do more and more new things, because when you're young, frankly, everything is new. When I'm pushing 50, I hope that I can still find enough things to do 45 new things in a year's time. It will keep me young I think....I know, all of this coming from a 19 year old college sophomore...
A few years ago, my list probably would have consisted of: getting my license, kissing a boy, getting on the honor roll, getting into college....but having accomplished all of those things, now it looks a little more like this (in no particular order):
1. Go on a multi-day road trip.
2. Stay up all night and watch the sun rise.
3. Drive 100 mph and not get caught (I actually did this one this past weekend. it was exhilarating, and I very quickly slowed down because I was sure I was going to get caught.)
4. Go camping.
5. Knit something. Like an entire something. Not just a few rows of a scarf.
6. Go to a concert/show (PLANNED - I have a ticket to see Vampire Weekend at the Electric Factory on April 2. It's SOLD OUT baby!)
7. Go to a state I've never been to before.
8. Send a post card to post secret...or anyone really.
9. Go for a hike to watch the sun set.
10. Go to a drive-in movie.
11. Learn the guitar correctly, know all (well...most) of the chords by name and be able to just sit down and play.
12. Get up to speed in current events, know what's going on in the world.
13. Volunteer somewhere.
14. Participate in an Iron Girl triathlon.
15. Go to the Baltimore Aquarium (I've lived within forty-five minutes of it for my whole life but never actually been inside. This must change.)
16. Go to an estate sale/ flea market.
17. Finish an entire crossword puzzle (hopefully without too much cheating...)
18. Fill my entire journal. Every last page.
19. Learn to drive stick well enough as to not annoy the unfortunate people who end up behind me.
20. Go to Canada - again.
Several of these things I have done in the past, but I either really want to do them again, or I want to do them my way...without parents and not on a family vacation. It will be such a different experience to go to Canada and have to deal with customs and driving there on my own than it was to have my parents deal with all of that for me. (I mean...i was 13, so what do you expect?)
All of this is on my quest for independence and self-sufficiency. I am a naturally independent person, but there are a lot of things I still need to learn before I can REALLY be on my own. But I am so ready to learn!
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