29 things to do before I turn 29

  1. Not hang myself with a belt
  2. Be happy with where I live and who I live with
  3. Some  times choose to stay home.
  4. Write most of a dissertation
  5. Publish something original
  6. Cowrite a paper with someone I respect
  7. Have all of my best friends meet each other
  8. Not lose contact with my 10 favorite people
  9. Have a social life too-full with people that matter
  10. Maintain myself in the ‘fitness‘ category
  11. Be able to do the splits (basically, I just want to be able to kick high)
  12. Spin fire again
  13. Learn what the various verb tenses are in Spanish
  14. Get to be competent in another language
  15. Visit every continent
  16. Have visited all 50 states (13 left!)
  17. Have visited 15 countries (9 left!)
  18. Try stand up comedy
  19. Upload all of my archives1
  20. Finish 250 microfiction stories
  21. Finish first draft of my novel
  22. Finish my One Sentence project
  23. Get something creative published or publish it myself
  24. Learn to draw/paint a realistic self-portrait
  25. Learn to play the piano
  26. Cook for myself/others on a regular basis
  27. Have a car on which I can fully rely
  28. Donate my body weight in blood OR some bone marrow2
  29. Live above reproach3
  1. I have archives.  The 600,000 words on this site are only about a third of what I’ve written for mass consumption. [↩]
  2. Then I stop.  Why?  Because I hate pain, that’s why! [↩]
  3. My own.  Possibly a handful of friends as well. Most of the rest of you can reproach me all you want. [↩]

Related posts:

  1. Things to do before I turn 25
  2. 29 things to do before I turn 29, redux
  3. Wow, that took a dark turn at the end…

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