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Shaking up my life in 34 months
Start: 01/11/12           End: 10/08/14

Entertainment
1. see the Red Hot Chili Peppers live - 4/12/12
2. see Tragedy live
3. take drum lessons - rocked out
4. have a drink at a bar alone
5. teach myself a language
6. read a book on the craft of writing every month - 17 out of 34
7. write about every book I read - in progress
8. go to a book club meeting
9. complete my sleeve
10. skydive
11. ride in a hot air balloon
12. go camping - 6/23/12
13. go on a boat ride - 6/8/12
14. scuba dive
15. sleep in a car - 6/21/12
16. climb a tree
17. buy a lottery ticket - 3/6/12
18. hit on a man in the self-help section of a library/bookstore
19. visit a fortune teller
20. go to a movie alone - 9/12/12
21. see a movie at a drive-in theater - 6/3/12
22. see a play or musical

Creativity
23. write every day for a year - done
24. get a piece of writing published - "In the Dark" 7/18/12
25. submit an article/story to the newspaper
26. submit a packet of sketches to Saturday Night Live
27. take another comedy class
28. write and/or submit a short story a quarter
29. write a novel (not for NaNoWriMo)
30. photograph a national park/monument at night
31. photograph a sunrise and sunset on the Mississippi River
32. have my photography displayed in public
33. have a photo published in a magazine
34. paint on canvas
35. finish my t-shirt quilt
36. make a dress
37. knit a pair of socks
38. screenprint a t-shirt
39. write a screenplay
40. upload a self-made "film" to YouTube

For Others
41. pay for the order of the person behind me
42. send a friend a "just because" package - 1/8/13
43. buy a stranger a drink - 5/19/12
44. send happy postcards to friends and strangers
45. send flowers to someone - 7/9/12
46. send candy to someone
47. compliment a stranger
48. buy lemonade from a kid's stand
49. donate 12" of hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths - 5/26/12
50. donate blood
51. make a friend a customized mix CD with liner notes explaining tracks' meanings
52. ask for people's favorite books as gifts
53. handmake all holiday gifts one year
54. give personalized letters/stories as gifts - 12/25/12
55. make charitable donations for gifts
56. meet and photograph a stranger
57. tip a server more than the total - 5/19/12

Food
58. drink only coffee one day, all day - 1/6/13
59. go without coffee for a week - 5/17/12 - 5/28/12
60. eat no meat for a week
61. grill out
62. cook dinner every night for a week
63. host a dinner party
64. make bread from scratch - 12/11/12
65. make salsa from scratch
66. make soup from scratch - 12/13/12
67. decorate a cake with fondant - 10/5/12
68. go to a diner/cafe alone

Travel
69. use my free round-trip flight voucher - 5/14/12
70. live in a new city for 1-6 months
71. see the fall foliage in New England
72. go to Germany
73. go to Easter Island
74. go to Niagara Falls
75. go to the Lake District
76. go to Iceland
77. visit remaining states so I've seen all 50 (16 to go)
78. revisit New York City
79. revisit Boston
80. revisit England
81. re-drive the Pacific Coast highway
82. revisit Seattle and Portland - 6/5/12 - 6/19/12
83. see my friend in Florida - 3/12
84. go back to the Keys for a week of relaxation
85. volunteer in a foreign country
86. explore what Memphis has to offer
87. hike some of the Appalachian Trail
88. see Mount Rushmore
89. see five new roadside attractions - one / two / three

Domestic Life
90. drastically cut down on belongings - 1/23/12
91. give up storage unit - 1/25/12
92. move by myself - no help - 1/21/12
93. adopt a pet

Lighten Up It's Just Fashion
94. get a pedicure - 8/24/12
95. get a new haircut/style - 5/26/12
96. wear lipstick in public
97. wear fingernail polish for one week - 3/12
98. buy heels and wear in public
99. phase out t-shirts with words on them and dress more "adult"
100. wear a skirt/dress every day for a week - 3/12
101. wear a pair of shoes with live goldfish in the platforms