revised thirty by thirty

1.        complete my undergraduate degree

2.        enroll in graduate school- MFA in Creative Writing

3.        get something that I have written published

4.        write letters to my future self- to be opened at age 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90

5.        spend a week in complete solitude (No phone/ internet)

6.        vacation alone

7.        embark on a month long road trip

8.        travel to Europe

9.        travel to Australia

10.      see Rock City & Fairyland Caverns- in Lookout Mountain, GA and hike up the mountain

11.      ride in a hot air balloon

12.      bungee jump & base jump

13.      go rock climbing

14.      visit my dream house- the LeBeau Plantation House in Arabi, LA

15.      create a list of 100 literary classics and read/ reread them all [0/100]

16.      actively pursue a more spiritual connection with God & be thankful every day

17.      finally! move/ migrate south

18.      learn to shoot a gun & be very good at it

19.      capitulate to romantic love

20.      photograph myself every day for a year (observe and embrace changes)

21.      crochet and donate one hundred scarves for the homeless [0/100]

22.      have an unadulterated mud fight with at least four friends

23.      organize & play capture the flag, at night, in the woods, with a large group

24.      build a functional trebuchet

25.      pay for a child’s cleft lip surgery

26.      teach someone who is illiterate to read

27.      visit a nudist colony

28.      ride a bull

29.      create a 24 hour soundtrack & spend a day following the music- DO NOT TURN OFF THE MUSIC

30.      write and illustrate a children’s book