it's interesting to be in your mid-twenties... up until this point in my life, i have been working hard for something, wishing something, expecting something. whether it's learning to drive, going to prom, my first kiss, graduating high school, going to college, graduating college, getting a job. i feel like everything in my life has happened so fast and suddenly... i'm here. i have a degree, i have a good job, i have a nice apartment, i have a boyfriend, i have a dog.
of course, i have plenty of things to look forward to... but for me, probably nothing major anytime soon. this last year, i kind of felt like i "arrived." and after 24 years of moving forward, it's weird to just be... here. i'm kind of at a place where i'm saying "now what?"
i just turned 25 a couple weeks ago, and i decided life can be as interesting as i make it-- to seize the day-- even without any major life changes. so i made a bucket list for this year. there's a couple big things, but really most of them are feasible "firsts" or attempts to make changes to my day-to-day life or things to look forward to. here. now.
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50 things I want to do before I'm 26
1. ride a ferris wheel
2. outdoor movie (drive-in counts)
3. learn a Gershwin piano song
4. be vegetarian for two weeks
5. get a professional massage
6. go on a picnic
7. oxygen bar
8. try caviar
9. see professional sports game
10. get a manicure (i've never had one)
11. drive through mountains
12. buy goldfish
13. go to a concert of a band I care about (My Lady Four does not count...) :)
14. eat something on a stick at minnesota state fair
15. volunteer
16. write something significant
17. paint a picture
18. learn a new instrument
19. ride some sort of animal (horse, elephant, camel)
20. smoke hookah
21. be "caffeine free" for a month straight
22. read at least 5 books
23. try yoga... at least once...
24. read through the Bible in Spanish
25. write a 2 piano songs
26. go downhill skiing
27. go to the apple orchard
28. buy a new computer
29. buy a dress
30. go to the ocean
31. color an entire coloring book
32. collectively do 2000 situps
33. collectively run 30+ miles
34. make something to bring to family holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter)
35. grow a vegetable
36. buy board game (and play it)
37. make a 3 course meal from scratch
38. drive to northern minnesota to look at leaves
39. carve a pumpkin
40. make handmade valentines
41. go ice skating
42. kayak, canoe, sail... ride in a boat
43. ride a motorcycle
44. finish a puzzle
45. look at moon through telescope
46. watch 6+ documentaries
47. harry potter movie marathon
48. make 10+ things out of a cookbook that I have never made before
49. go to Milwaukee (i've never been there before)
50. go to Melting Pot (i've never been there before)
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