Monday, January 01, 2018

35 by 35. A Final Count

Well, I turned 35 in October and have already begun my next major list, (40 by 40. Ouch, that number is a little painful.) so it seems reasonable that I would post a final update on my 35 by 35. I completed a decent number (22 of 35) of items on the list and, through some persuasion, have moved a few of the uncompleted items to my next list.

The bold are those I completed (22, in all)...those italicized have been moved on to my 40 by 40 list. Once that list is finalized, I'll post it here, too.

My 35 by 35
1. Record the life stories of my grandparents 
2. Travel to 15 never-before-visited states
         1. Massachusetts 
         2. Rhode Island
         3. Connecticut
         4. Maryland
         5. Pennsylvania
         6. New Mexico
         7. Oklahoma
         8. Louisiana
         9. Tennessee
         10. South Carolina
         11. Kentucky
         12. Oregon
         13. Missouri
         14. Iowa
         15. Nebraska
         16. Kansas
         17. Michigan
        
4. Raise $1000 for small businesses in Kitale
5. Write 365 notes in 365 days
6. Learn to use a sewing machine
7. Do the splits both ways
8. Read 40 books (links to those I'd highly recommended)
         1. Harry Potter 1
         2. Night Film
         4. Intensity
         5. Harry Potter 2
         6. Flappers and Philosophers
         7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
         8. This Is Where I Leave You
         9. Harry Potter 3
        10. Gone Girl
         11. Eleanor and Park
         12. Veronica Mars
         13. Harry Potter 4
         14. The Cuckoo's Calling
         15. Hey Natalie Jean
         16. All the Places to Go
         17. In the Name of Jesus
         18. Hollow City
         19. Through the Looking Glass
         20. The Silkworm
         21. The Invention of Wings
         22. The Girl on the Train
         23. Harry Potter 5
         24. The Life of Pi
         25. Bittersweet
         26. Why Not Me?
         27. Bossypants
         28. All the Light We Cannot See
         29. Career of Evil
         30. One More Thing
         31. Welcome to the Goon Squad
         32. Furiously Happy
         33. The Nightingale
         34. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
         35. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Michael C. Hall's audio version is top-notch)
         36. We Should All Be Feminists
         37. The Light Between Oceans
         38. Big Magic
         39. The Circle
         40. What She Left Behind
         41. Take Me With You
         42. Room
         43. A Monster Calls
         44. Heroes of the Frontier
         45. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
         46. Necessary Lies
         47. Just Mercy
         48. Present Over Perfect
         49. The Underground Railroad
         50. Neverhome
         51. Woman in Cabin 10
         52. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

9. See 25 bands play live
         1. Bethel
         2. Moxie
         3. Ivan & Aloysha
         4. The Lone Bellow
         5. Cast of Once pre-show
         6. Dominik Michalzik
         7. Tyson Motsenbacher
         8. Lowly Spects
         9. St Vincent
         10. Noveller
         11. NKOTB
         12. Matt Redman
         13. Izzi Ray
         14. David Crowder
         15. All Sons and Daughters
         16. Midnight Hour
         17. Sleeping at Last
         18. Jamil Sharif Jazz Band
         19. Preservation Hall Band
         20. Steamboat Willie
         21. Sir Sly
         22. Stevie Wonder
         23. Paul Simon
         24. Danny Elfman and Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl
         25. Adele
         26. Itzhak Perlman
         
10. Participate in the freeing of a child slave
11. Learn to drive a stick-shift
12. Create "memorable childhood moments" for children who had to grow up too fast
13. Travel to 2 never-before-visited countries 
         1. Japan
         2. Australia
         3. China
         
14. Attend a balloon festival
15. Make a lobster dinner for two
16. Complete 60 DIY projects
17. Be in a photo shoot
18. Complete an entire Annual Bible Read with Mariners
19. Write a song
20. Read the Complete Works of Shakespeare
21. Address a set of envelopes in beautiful calligraphy
23. Hike to the Hollywood sign
24. Watch every Hitchcock movie in which he made a cameo (Well, I watched 25 of 36...the others were impossible to find, so I'm counting it.)
26. Speak conversational Swahili 
27. Host an outdoor movie night
28. Spend 52 days unplugged (one day a week for a year)
30. Learn to use my camera 
31. Take OT and NT classes
32. Watch 3 new TV series
33. Record a Christmas album
34. Buy a domain for my blog
35. Have coffee with Bob Goff



I currently have 36 of the 40 items on my next list. What's one thing you'd recommend I do in the next 5 years?!

And because it's always fun to look back, here are my previous lists:
25 by 25
30 by 30

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