Or, things I want to do before I die. Some are serious. Some are silly. All are important to me. Note: this list was first posted on February 5, 2013. Dates indicate when a particular goal was accomplished.
- Watch one of my favorite events live at the Olympics.
- Go to a rock concert.
- Go to one of the Doctor Who Proms.
- See the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
- Go to the midnight premiere of a movie.
- Go to a movie dressed up as one of its characters.
- Read an entire series aloud to someone.
- Eat vegetarian food for at least two weeks, just to see what it’s like.
- Cut my hair really short just for a change.
- Attend an Adele concert.
Come out to my parents. (6/30/13)- Have a piece of writing published in New Moon Girls magazine.
- Read every book Agatha Christie ever wrote, mystery or otherwise.
- Sew something that I can actually wear.
- Earn a black belt in karate.
Vote. (5/6/14)- Have at least one book published.
- Visit the Robie House in Chicago.
- Receive advice from a favorite author.
- Job-shadow someone in the publishing/writing industry.
- Go to prom. Yes, with a girl.
- Win Grand Champion in 4-H Photography.
- Successfully petition the local school district to change their policies regarding homeschoolers and access to extracurricular activities and sports.
- Visit Australia.
- Visit New Zealand.
- Visit the UK.
- Visit France, particularly Paris.
- Visit Italy.
- Visit Greece.
- Visit Spain.
- Visit Egypt.
- Visit China.
- Visit Japan.
- Visit India.
- Visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
- Travel to all fifty states.
- Ski. Downhill, not cross-country, because cross-country is boring.
- Start a photography business taking portraits.
- Meet one of those obscure authors who’s important to me, like Lev AC Rosen, Emily M. Danforth, or Kirsten Miller.
- Be an extra in a movie.
- Be someone’s penpal for ten years or more.
- Build a humongous catapult and fling pumpkins with it.
- Make a short claymation film.
- Learn to play the guitar.
- Learn to play the drums.
- Learn to play the violin.
- Become fluent in Spanish.
- Become fluent in Latin.
- Become fluent in Classical Greek.
- Become fluent in Arabic.
- Be an exchange student.
- Help a state/national political campaign.
- Interview an elderly person about their childhood. Just because.
- Live in San Francisco for a time because it’s a beautiful city.
- Make sourdough bread because it’s delicious and Boudin’s in San Francisco is so far away.
- Stay up all night reading.
- Stay up all night writing.
- Be in a play.
- Write a play.
- Write a picture book. Dedicate it to an awesome child.
- Tour the White House.
- Write a sonnet and give it to someone I love.
- Learn to read and write in the Tengwar from Lord of the Rings.
- Learn to read and write Circular Gallifreyan.
- Swim in the ocean.
- Learn to knit.
- Learn to crochet.
- Write a biography of an admired famous person.
- Invent a game.
More things will be added as I think of them!
Musings From Neville's Navel 
Nice! Some of these are on my to-do list, too.
Which ones?
I can be your penpal and teach you Arabic! I’m not fluent, but it’s part of my heritage! I would love to travel, too! I even have those writer goals! (-:
I doubt my parents would let me be penpals with someone I don’t know personally, but thanks anyway! 😛
I am from NZ! Its such a pretty place! Although, ChCh still looks quite destroyed from the quake. At least we are making some progress with the rebuild!
Ooh, cool!
Lots of great things on your list, hope you get to do them. I can’t play the drums, violin, or guitar but I can play the piano – a bit!
Thank you! I still don’t know how to play any instruments other than the piano, unfortunately. 😛 But maybe someday?
Yes, you never know, it’s always good to try out new things!