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Back in 2003, I made a list of things I wanted to do before I die, whether they were life goals or things I just hadn't gotten around to doing yet. While the list wasn't comprehensive, even at the time, some items on the list still ring true, like these:
1. Publish my novels.
2. Travel to every state in the US, and then travel the world.
3. Graduate from high school, college, and graduate school with honors and with a 4.0.
12 March 2005: I made a B in Calculus I during my senior year of high school, so the straight-A record is gone.
7 April 2006: While it's a bit early to think about grad school, it's an option I haven't eliminated yet.
4. Paint a really good painting. [Not necessarily famous, just good.]
5. Learn to cook. [That's right. I can't cook. Well, I can't cook a full meal.]
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So what happened to the other twenty? I completed some of them (solving a Rubix cube, solving the "pillbox" puzzle in my Algebra II teacher's room). I've eliminated others (kissing in the rain--acid rain, plus I don't like publicity; going to Hogwarts--unfortunately, I'm a Muggle; learning to skateboard--well, it sounded cool at the time; marriage--it's not worthy to be a life goal for me, especially since I don't particularly want to right now) because they changed over time or because they finally outgrew me. We don't outgrow goals; they outgrow us.
However, I don't think my life is going to be this simple. I'm still adding things and modifying it as times and goals change.
1. Publish my novels.
2. Travel to every state in the US, and then travel the world.
3. Graduate from high school, college, and graduate school with honors and with a 4.0.
12 March 2005: I made a B in Calculus I during my senior year of high school, so the straight-A record is gone.
7 April 2006: While it's a bit early to think about grad school, it's an option I haven't eliminated yet.
4. Paint a really good painting. [Not necessarily famous, just good.]
5. Learn to cook. [That's right. I can't cook. Well, I can't cook a full meal.]
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So what happened to the other twenty? I completed some of them (solving a Rubix cube, solving the "pillbox" puzzle in my Algebra II teacher's room). I've eliminated others (kissing in the rain--acid rain, plus I don't like publicity; going to Hogwarts--unfortunately, I'm a Muggle; learning to skateboard--well, it sounded cool at the time; marriage--it's not worthy to be a life goal for me, especially since I don't particularly want to right now) because they changed over time or because they finally outgrew me. We don't outgrow goals; they outgrow us.
However, I don't think my life is going to be this simple. I'm still adding things and modifying it as times and goals change.
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