I posted this on my tumblr earlier today and I figured I’d post it over here, too.

I’m guessing that at least 5 of my first 10 items (and a few more, too!) will be completed in the next 2 months. Cool!

1. Race in the Head of the Charles

2. Take an archery class

3. Take a fencing class

4. Paddle board

5. Learn to play an instrument moderately well

-taiko drums, guitar, etc-

6. Learn how to drive stick

7. Read 50 new (to me) books

-average of one per month-

8. Go skeet shooting

9. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail

10. Photograph a beekeeper at work

11. Compost

12. Go fly fishing

13. Skydive

14. Volunteer on a regular basis

15. Go on a road trip

-Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Wine Country, etc.-

16. Do More Photo Stuff

-tour with a band as a nanny or photographer or…?, second shoot regularly, etc-

17. Swim with wild animals

-the pigs at Exuma Cay in the Bahamas, sea lions in Galapagos-

18. Exercise regularly and frequently

-biking, running, rowing, boxing, climbing, etc-

19. Take a salsa or tango or ballroom dance class

20. Sunbathe at a nude beach

21. Learn how to surf

22. Become proficient in conversational Spanish

23. Go camping

-Boundary Waters, Appalachian Trail?-

24. Run a 5K

25. Get ordained

-and maybe officiate a ceremony-

27. Go on a ridiculous cycling adventure

-Bike from Canada to Mexico along the west coast?-

27. (Re-)Learn at least ten constellations

28. (Re-)Learn all 50 states and their capitals + rivers and other significant geographic features of the United States

29. See 10 new states/US cities (Portland, Maine. Athens and Savannah, Georgia. New Orleans, Louisiana. Austin, Texas. Kenai Peninsula, Alaska….)

30. See 10 new countries/foreign cities (Cuba, Dubrovnik, Morocco, Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Argentina, Uruguay, the Monarch nesting place in Mexico…)

Numbers 28, 27, 22, 18, 16, 14, 7, and 5 can’t possibly be crossed off until April 4th, 2016. I like that.