29 things to do before I turn 29

1. Not hang myself with a belt
2. Be happy with where I live and who I live with
3. Some  times choose to stay home.
4. Write most of a dissertation
5. Publish something original
6. Cowrite a paper with someone I respect
7. Have all of my best friends meet each other
8. Not lose contact with my 10 favorite people
9. Have a social life too-full with people that matter
10. Maintain myself in the ‘fitness‘ category
11. Be able to do the splits (basically, I just want to be able to kick high)
12. Spin fire again
13. Learn what the various verb tenses are in Spanish
14. Get to be competent in another language
15. Visit every continent
16. Have visited all 50 states (13 left!)
17. Have visited 15 countries (9 left!)
18. Try stand up comedy
19. Upload all of my archives¹
20. Finish 250 microfiction stories
21. Finish first draft of my novel
22. Finish my One Sentence project
23. Get something creative published or publish it myself
24. Learn to draw/paint a realistic self-portrait
25. Learn to play the piano
26. Cook for myself/others on a regular basis
27. Have a car on which I can fully rely
28. Donate my body weight in blood OR some bone marrow²
29. Live above reproach³

1. I have archives.  The 600,000 words on this site are only about a third of what I’ve written for mass consumption.[↩]
2. Then I stop.  Why?  Because I hate pain, that’s why![↩]
3. My own.  Possibly a handful of friends as well. Most of the rest of you can reproach me all you want.[↩]

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