32 Before 32

Instead of doing just one or two New Year's Resolutions, I've decided to make a list of 32 things to do before I turn 32 in 2011.

Why?

For the past few years, I feel like all I do is sit around and do nothing at home.  Yet all of this time goes unaccounted- I'm not watching a ton of movies (though maybe I'm spending a lot of time online...)

And while I'm never bored, sometimes I feel a bit aimless.  I come up with the nifty things to do after the fact.  So why not make a list of interesting things to do, and then put them out for people to see.  I can document them for my own amusement- and probably that of others.  Peer pressure is one way to ensure accountability, right?

So here it is...My 32 Before 32





1. Try 32 recipes from Grandma's recipe box

2. Become Red Cross first aid/CPR certified
3. Write a short story
4. Go on a "no buy" for a month (no clothes, try to use all the food in the cupboards- buy only essentials)
5. Grow my own herbs
6. Eat at The Winds in Yellow Springs
7. Go to a movie at a movie theater by myself
8. Go on a date by April
9. Start a blog detailing all of this- and maintain it (ha- easy!)
10. Stop doing so much overtime at work
11. Read an average of 1 book per week
12.  Drink absinthe
13.  Eat Vietnamese (food)
14.  Ask random people for music recommendations and actually listen to the albums
15.  Go to a Toastmasters meeting
16.  Volunteer
17.  Take a non-work related class
18.  Read James Joyce's Ulysses all the way through (The third time is the charm, yes?)
19.  Get my sewing machine serviced and then learn how to use it properly
20.  Make something with the sewing machine
21.  Go geocaching
22.  Learn how to properly use Photoshop and/or Gimp
23.  Buy a compass.  Work on that sense of direction.
24.  Buy a strange piece of fruit/vegetable from Jungle Jim's and eat it
25.  Spend more time with Bob and his awesome wife and son
26.  Track down a copy of Myron Floren's "Disco Polka" and a record player so I can listen to it
27.  Attempt a sport/physical activity I've never tried before
28.  Smile at everyone I see for a day
29.  Finish a felting project
30.  Plan a vacation.  Go.
31.  Purchase a White Castle Crave Case.  Party with friends!
32.  Have drinks with friends at the Library Lounge.

Let me know if you're doing something similar.  I'd love to cheer you on!