If you asked anyone about me, they would probably tell you that I am about the safest person that they’ve ever met. I don’t really go out and party that often, I don’t drink (and Dad, I’m not just saying this for your benefit, I really don’t) and I just generally ere on the safe side of life. While I don’t expect myself to become some wild partier, there have always been things that I never thought I’d do in life, and that I’ve always wanted to do.
1. Read at least three more classic novels
2. Leave the country
3. Go on a mission trip to another country
4. Go on a trip without an itinerary
5. Help build a house
6. Get accepted into nursing school
7. Move out on my own
8. Have a meaningful internship
9. Try at least two exotic fruits
10. Learn to cook something other than pasta
11. Visit five new states
12. Simplify my mind (stop worrying about the things that I cannot change)
13. Simplify my wardrobe, and eliminate unnecessary possessions
14. Volunteer at a women’s shelter
15. Buy a camera
16. Write religiously (either in a journal or blogging)
17. Vote in the Presidential Elections in 2016
18. Run a 10k
19. Run a half marathon
20. Run a marathon
21. Learn how to quilt
22. Make the t-shirt quilt that you’ve been wanting since Twilight (there’s no room for judgement here, you know you watched it too)
23. Finish a scrapbook
24. Travel to Washington D.C.
25. Get married (don’t be offended that this is so far down babe!)
26. Go sky diving
27. Go scuba diving
28. Learn piano
29. Learn three songs on the piano
30. Be present
31. Complete at least ten Pinterest projects
32. Complete my LinkedIn profile
33. Have emergency supplies in my car
34. Become dedicated and try a new fitness class
35. Go to Music Midtown at least once
36. Be OK taking pictures of myself
37. Become a Starbucks Gold Member
38. Attend a political rally/Protest for a cause
39. Finish Grey’s Anatomy (I mean, that’s not going to be too hard, hello McDreamy!)
40. Take a trip with friends
41. Speaking of friends, also finish "Friends"…How you doin’?
42. Join an intramural sport
43. Hold at least two leadership positions in something that I’m passionate about
44. Go camping
45. Mentor someone
46. Actually, learn how to use Excel
47. Create a vision/inspiration board, and don’t be afraid to change it when my inspiration changes
48. Learn how to do my own taxes
49. Buy myself a beautiful leather camera bag (for that camera that is in my dreams)
50. Go to a Falcons game
51. Go to three new museums
52. Spend the night at a friend’s college
53. Go to New York City
54. Learn how to surf
55. Learn how to longboard
56. Sleep under the stars
57. Make the Dean’s List
58. Join or start a photography club
59. Climb a mountain
60. Hike the Appalachians
61. Go white water rafting
62. Write my professors thank you notes
63. Ride a mechanical bull…and get pictures of it
64. Get my passport
65. Go zip lining
66. Go to a movie premiere
67. Learn how to make sushi
68. Go to a cooking class
69. Go to a painting class
70. Learn sign language
71. Test drive a sports car
72. See the Northern Lights
73. Learn to shoot
74. Stop drinking soda
75. Learn about my family genealogy
76. See a Broadway show
77. Go without technology for one week
78. Sit on the rooftop of a building
79. Make a snowman
80. Go whale watching in Hawaii
81. Get a picture on a state line and be in two places at once
82. Take a picture everyday
83. Read the entire Bible
84. Write a letter to myself for the day I graduate
85. Participate in a dance marathon (and channel my inner Gilmore Girl)
86. Pay for someone behind me in line
87. Attend at least one school theater production per year
88. Go to a game for every sports team on campus
89. Have a bonfire
90. Complete the 25 Acts of Kindness Challenge
91. Donate blood every chance I am allowed
92. Complete a color run
93. Complete some sort of warrior run
94. Visit the largest library in the world
95. Go to a pumpkin patch
96. Save $5,000
97. Make a pressed penny bracelet (I need to do something with those things…)
98. Learn how to tie dye
99. Be the positive difference that someone might need
100. Be happy with where I am on my own standards, not someone else’s
I hope that I was able to inspire some of you quiet kids like me to take the world and make it your own. Go on an adventure, and do something that scares you every day! I know I don’t want my life to pass me by because I’m too content. Be bold and beautiful!
