things I want to do before I die

In no particular order.
(I will always be adding to it & chipping away at it)

1. Get an MFA in creative writing (May 2011)
2. Write a strong poetry manuscript (Accomplished! 2011)
3. Publish a book of poems
4. Live in a big city (again)
5. Establish a daily writing routine
6. Pay off my debt (& do a debt-free dance once it’s done)
7. Learn how to make/alter my own clothes
8. Knit a sweater
9. Sell something handmade on etsy
10. Earn my Inbox Zero Nerd Merit Badge
11. Extensively reduce the amount of STUFF I own
12. Plant and manage a garden
13. Research my family tree
14. Visit Germany
15. Read 52 books in a year
16. Learn how to play the guitar
17. Organize my digital photo library
18. Develop all outstanding rolls of lomo film
19. Complete the Couch to 5K Program (Finished 5/20/11)
20. Finish a 5K race
21. See all 50 US states
22. Find a job that’s not a job but a love
23. Read the complete works of D.H. Lawrence
24. Make yoga a regular practice
25. Obtain an SLR and (really) learn how to take pictures
26. Meet Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
27. Meet Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
28. Meet Sufjan Stevens
29. Publish a piece of non-fiction
30. Publish a short story
31. Take another painting class
32. Learn Czech
33. Spend more time in Prague
34. Find a way to teach poetry again
35. Train my wine palette
36. Spend more time in Italy
37. Round up all of my old cell phones and donate them to a local women’s shelter
38. Recycle that bag of used printer cartridges already
39. Find a bold shade of lipstick I love and wear it unapologetically
40. Write a book for suicide survivors
41. Be a vegetarian for 30 days.
42. Be a vegan for 30 days.
43. Publish a chapbook of poems.
44. Go fishing.