i turned twenty-four:

and, for no logical reason, the number terrifies me. in order to (hopefully) alleviate some of the anxiety i feel about life-rushing-by-me-too-quickly and not-taking-advantage-of-my-relative-youth-and-leisure-time, i have compiled a list of twenty-four things to do before i turn twenty-five:

1. fill up a notebook with words
2. volunteer somewhere
3. finish writing unfinished essays
4. finish reading unfinished books
5. canoe on town lake
6. leave the country
7. use more film
8. find "my scent"
9. pay special visits to each of my grandparents
10. hike
11. pick peaches
12. practice french
13. speak spanish
14. spend a saturday morning at the farmers market
15. get out my sewing machine and finish some of those oft-dreamed-up-but-never-accomplished projects
16. keep up with my 5-year diary
17. wake up earlier
18. drive out west
19. keep up with a podcast
20. do something daring (karaoke? cliff-jumping?)
21. read more nonfiction
22. grow something from seed (successfully)
23. improve my vocabulary
24. walk and bike more