An open window into my life....

I have been asked to post the list of 25 things to do before I'm 25, so here it is:

1) Run a marathon.
2) Donate my hair to Locks of Love.
3) Read all 100 of Modern Library’s top novels.
4) Learn how to swim.
5) Go on a wine tour.
6) Pay off my credit card debt.
7) Launch my Etsy shop & register my domain name.
8) Lose 20 pounds.
9) Learn how to ballroom dance.
10) Go back to school.
11) Build a dog house or bed for Bennet.
12) Commit to sustainable fashion: make or thrift all that I buy.
13) Start and keep a (real) blog (about more than just my rants/funnies).
14) Take a photo every day.
15) Go horseback riding.
16) Fall in love.
17) Do 40 Days of Water for Blood:Water Mission
18) Remember the Alamo (...and go visit it).
19) Go hiking.
20) Spend a day alone, not at home.
21) See the sun rise and set on the same day.
22) Learn how to surf.
23) Read the Bible all the way through.
24) Learn Spanish (oh, that my college courses had done any good).
25) Simplify.

I debated whether to post the complete list; I don't generally prefer to share my aspirations to drop a couple of pounds or to find myself a man. And yet these desires are part of what makes me human, and hiding them means hiding a part of myself. Until I own, in fullest confidence, each and every one of these goals, they will simply never happen.

Boy, just reading over this list makes me nervous. If I follow through on every single item I'm going to have an amazing year, but a busy year. Many of these goals are things I've been thinking of doing for a long time, but have put off for one reason or another. Others are simple things, things that remind me what life is all about, that remind me what I'm all about.

In two days I'll be 24. The clock is ticking. Here goes nothing.