Summer 2008 Challenge
A few months back a 101 things to do in 1,001 days meme did the rounds on LJ. I was tempted to play along but I'm the kind of person who does better with short term deadlines. I know that if I give myself 1,001 days I'm likely to forget about it or lose interest eventually. I was considering making a 21 things to do before I turn twenty-one at the end of the summer list. Once I started pulling things from a list of things I want to do before I settle down (that I put together back in 2006 after my trip to Europe that I never posted pictures from) it was hard to stop and I ended up with around eighty entries on my list. I really don't want to cut it back so now my goal is to be able to cross off at least half of these by August 13th. In order to force myself to be more open on LJ, part of the challenge is going to taking the time to sit down and write about my experience for each thing I cross off. I love going back and reading old entries, but I'm typically too lazy/reserved to post regularly and I'd like to change that. My list is after the jump...
Interview friends/family on camera.
Go night swimming in the rain.
Write your name in wet cement.
Play with puppies.
Learn how to say I Love You in 10 languages.
Run through water
Color with crayons
See how high you can swing.
Finger-paint.
Write a fan letter
Tear down a wall, literal or otherwise.
Sit on more laps.
Commit.
Show up.
Slow down.
Shut up.
Have a long, slow dance with a stranger.
Stop complaining.
Stop explaining.
See how far you can swim underwater.
Set your sights higher.
Move.
Write what you remember before you forget.
Flaunt it.
Get involved.
Ride a merry-go-around.
Write the ending.
Write, “If only I had…” on a piece of paper. Burn it and let it go.
Drop ten pounds.
Learn to use a gun.
Exorcise demons.
Service your own car.
Study the culinary arts.
Look after you leap.
Vamp.
Rekindle a flame.
Eat only the green M&M’s.
Do away w/ your Achilles’ heel.
Speak.
Make no apologies for what you love.
Enjoy the view.
Lust after someone dangerous.
Loose your cool.
Reconnect with someone you miss.
Wear rose-colored glasses.
Pretend you don’t speak English.
Attend the Olympics.
Sit in an empty church.
Cry copiously.
Have anything.
Spot oxymorons.
Let someone else win.
Cartwheel in the grass barefoot.
Mesmerize.
Consider the lilies.
Take the helm for awhile.
Select a wild creature for your personal totem.
Rewrite it.
Stand on your very own soapbox.
Take a self-defense course.
Loose yourself in the masses.
Let your hair down and the chips fall.
Change your lifestyle.
Have a method to your madness.
Accept mortality, but live forever.
Negotiate.
Network.
Trust your instincts.
Barter your skills.
Read bedtime stories.
Read the Beatitudes.
Charm.
Mingle.
Get published.
Survive.
Weave your way through the loopholes.
Go back to where you came from.
Define your Utopia.
Recognize auras.
Study witchcraft.
Yearn.
Live.