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- Education and Career
Get a Bachelor’s Degree May 18, 2014

Get a Master’s Degree June 12, 2016

Get a Full-time Job Starting October 24, 2016Watch my name scroll by in the credits of a Feature film October 2018- Start a business
- Be the Sound Designer of a Live-action Feature
Be a part of a film that wins an award at a film festival- Hold an Oscar…or win one…
- Finish my Duolingo Spanish Tree
- Learn Sign Language
- Give an important speech
- Find my magnificent obsession
- Become an expert in something
- Start a Podcast or YouTube Channel
- Adult Life
Live in Chicago August 2014 – August 2016Get my own apartment May 24, 2015Finally get a horizontal driver’s license July 29,2015- Live somewhere where it doesn’t snow
- Buy a house
Buy a car October 19, 2016- Own a Player Piano
- Have a library in my home
- Have a properly calibrated home theater and surround sound system
- Buy an entirely new wardrobe
Own a record player- Reach ideal bedroom organization
- Plant a tree and watch it grow
- Go to my high school reunion
Get a Tattoo March 7, 2019

Become a regular somewhere- Volunteer at PAWS
Volunteer at a 5k race July 25,2015 
- Leave a 100% tip
Invest January 2018 – Check out Stash!- Be able to go to a fancy dinner with family and friends, grab the check and say, “It’s on me”
Vote for the President- Random Personal Goals
Be the President of a club Women in Technology at Purdue 2013Be a Bridesmaid October 5, 2013 and April 25, 2015


Do something I am afraid to do- Find a whole sand dollar
Find a Starfish January 2014

- Give myself a fake name for a restaurant or hotel reservation
Sleep in a hammock- Build a Sand Castle
- Finish a crossword puzzle
- Be something really extravagant for Halloween
Donate Blood 2010- Learn to Juggle
- Getting Crafty
Make a shadow box for my shells- Finish my son’s First Year scrapbook
- Finish my wedding scrapbook
- Make art out of old cables
- Have an Etsy shop
Sell something on Society6- Try Woodburning
- Try Leather/Metal stamping
- Try Beading
- Travel
Go to Europe May 22, 2014 – June 4, 2014- Go to Europe with my family
- Live in another country
Ride in a GondolaGo to the top of the Eiffel Tower June 3, 2014

Go to Vatican City- Witness the Pope’s Blessing
Throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain

- Kiss the Blarney Stone
- Spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
- See and photograph St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Go to Hawaii–
- Visit my Grandma Fran in Waimea Valley
- Go to Hollywood/L.A.
- Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
- Go to Harry Potter world
- See the Mona Lisa
- See the Northern Lights
- Fly first class
- Visit all 50 of the United States
- Explore a rainforest
- Go on Safari in Tanzania
- Visit Hobbiton in New Zealand
- Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
- Go to Disney World and Universal Studios as an adult
- Go to Las Vegas
- See the Grand Canyon
- Drive around Yellow Stone Park
- See Mount Rushmore
- Spend the night in a Jungle Lodge
- Movies, Music, and Arts
Start a blog April 9, 2014- Post a blog post every day for a year
- Write a feature-length screenplay
Be in a Talent show 2010

Be in a Play 2009, 2010- Sing in front of an audience of over one thousand
- Perform a monologue
- Sing on the street/Street Perform
- Make something awesome with my movie ticket collection
- Make a film about my family
- Watch all of Tim Burton’s films
- Watch all of the Best Picture Winners
See The Breakfast Club in the theater March 26, 2015

- Sing in a church choir
Record a song in a studio November 30, 2015- Record an album
- Photograph 100 churches
Volunteer at the Ann Arbor Film Festival March 20-24, 2018- Volunteer at the Chicago Film Festival
- Entertainment and Events
- Go to all three days of Lollapalooza
- Go to the Opera
- See the Musical Wicked in NYC
Attend a Tigers gameAttend a Red Sox game Summer 2013

- Attend a Yankees game
Attend a Cubs gameAttend a White Sox game- Attend a World Series game
Attend a Red Wings game January 6, 2019- Host an elaborate Oscars Party
- Throw a surprise party
- See a concert at Carnegie Hall
See Lifehouse in concert July 30, 2017See Lake Street Dive in concert March 1, 2017See Coheed and Cambria in concert February 26, 2016- See Lady Gaga in concert
- Attend a concert at the House of Blues
- Be part of a flash mob
- Get VIP passes to a show
- Attend a luau
- Experience New Year’s Eve in NYC
- Food/Drink
- Make Thanksgiving dinner
Eat oysters Summer 2013Eat calamari Summer 2012- Eat frog legs
- Eat escargot
- Make Fresh Pasta
- Host a dinner party
- Track down all of my family recipes, especially Stewghetti
- Have a signature dish
- Order room service
- Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
- Eat Breakfast in Bed
- Be a vegetarian for a month
- No Dairy for a month
Reach 100 days of logging my food on myfitnesspal- Have a Drink at an Ice Bar
- Health, Fitness, and Fashion
- Run a 5K
Walk for Breast Cancer October 22, 2016, October 27,2019- Participate in a Color Run
Take a Ballroom dance class- Teach an exercise class
- Achieve my ideal body weight
- Be proud to wear a bikini
- Try Krav Maga
- Complete a Fitness Challenge or Program
Have a Personal Trainer – 2016Try Chiropractics May – July 2016- Try acupuncture
- Wear colored contacts
- Family and Relationships
- Start a tradition
- Adopt a dog; perhaps a Goldendoodle
Fall in LoveGet Married – August 26, 2019 <3Have a child – November 19, 2019 <3- Fold 100 origami cranes and give them to someone special
- Send someone an unexpected gift
Reunite the Fab Five December 22, 2016- Sports and Adventure
Go whitewater rafting June 2014Go skinny dipping Summer 2012- Run through a Waterfall
- Ride in a Chicago Water Taxi
- Go on a road trip across the country
- Ride an Elephant
- Go Camping
- Go cross country skiing
- Ride a Segway
- Climb an Indoor Rock Wall
- Shoot a gun at a shooting range
- Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
- Kayaking
- Canopy Climbing
- Hit a bulls-eye in Darts
- Reading
- Read all of the Harry Potter books
- Read all of the Lord of the Rings books
- Read a book in one day
- Read the Bible
- Record an Audiobook
- Join a book club
- Teach someone how to read
- Read all of the books I own
- Skills
- Learn how to play the piano
- Learn to make a quilt
- Take a self-defense class
- Learn to say “hello” in 50 languages
- Learn to say “I love you” in 50 languages
- Learn CPR
- Learn how to sew
- Learn to drive a car with manual transmission
Learn to jump-start a car October 2016- Learn a Bartending Trick
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