This is just a look at my goals and aspirations for the future! Maybe I’ll cross something off tomorrow, or maybe I’ll cross something off in 20 years. I think that keeping this list here will not only keep people apprised of my daily happenings, but also will encourage me to go out and actually do some of these things sooner rather than later. I hope to be able to complete all of these someday, even though the list will probably grow exponentially as I find new ambitions!
Adventure
Get an adult passport (December 2016)
Hike up a volcanoLive abroad for at least a month (Cork, Ireland – January through May 2018)Participate in Questival (The Triangle, NC – March 2017)Travel to another continent (Europe – June 2013)Travel to another continent by myself (Europe – January 2018)Travel to another continent with a friend (North America from Europe – March 2018)Travel to another country (Ireland – June 2013)Travel to another country by myself (Canada – March 2014)Travel to another country with a friend (Canada – August 2017)Travel within the US by myself (Seattle, Washington – March 2017)
Visit Africa
Visit Asia
Visit at least one national park
Visit AustraliaVisit Europe (June 2013)
Visit every state in the US – more than just driving through! (14/50)
Visit South America
Education
Be accepted into a grad school program (MPA@UNC at UNC Chapel Hill – November 2018)Be accepted into another grad school program! (Masters of Art in Community Engagement at the University of Alberta – March 2020)Graduate with a Bachelors of Science degree (December 2018)
Graduate with a Masters degreeGraduate undergrad in less than 4 years (December 2018)Graduate undergrad with at least a 3.00 GPA (December 2018)
Graduate grad school with at least a 3.00 GPAStudy abroad (Cork, Ireland – Spring 2018)Take the GRE and get passable scores (June 2018)
Personal
Become fluent in another language
Change my name
Learn to knit well enough that my creations can be worn or used in a non-ironic fashion
Read 1000 books (check my progress here!)Start a personal website (February 2017)
Take a professional photography class
Professional
Attend a professional conference (Ed-ICT International Network Symposium in Seattle, WA – March 2017) Attend an international professional conference (Ed-ICT International Network Symposium in Montreal, QC – May 2017)
Health
Bench 100 poundsComplete a 5k (Run, Dance, Glow at NC State – April 2016)
Complete a 10k
Do a complete front split
Have top surgery
Learn how to ice skate
Learn how to ride a bike
Learn how to swim
Leg press 250 pounds
Run a 15-minute mile
Financial
Open a Roth IRA Brokerage account (November 2020)Pay off all of my graduate student loans from UNC Chapel Hill (July 2020)Pay off all of my undergrad student loans from NC State (July 2019)