Tomorrow is my 19th birthday.

I remember when I was little, I couldn’t wait until I was 18, because I thought I would have so much freedom and it would be a super awesome year. It definitely was a good year, but it wasn’t light-years ahead of every other year in my life. To be honest, I don’t really know what I was expecting. I didn’t have any plans or anything; I was just sort of thinking awesome stuff would fall into my lap. Obviously I need to plan more, but I hate goals (I’ll do a blog post on that sometime). So I made a list of 19 things to do this year, but these aren’t goals, and I’m not guaranteeing that I’ll do all or even most of them. These are just a few things I would like to do before my 20th birthday:

Try a new food Try a new beverage Go on a real date (not just coffee) Go skydiving or bungee jumping Exercise and/or work out at least 3 times a week by the end of the year Travel somewhere I’ve never been before Go somewhere in Edmonton that I’ve never been before Be paid for my writing Go to a concert for a band/singer I haven’t seen before Learn a new skill Cook a meal without any outside help or advice Get 20,000 or more total views on my blog Make a new friend Win a prize or award Take a picture of something unquestionably beautiful Buy something expensive that I want, but don’t need Drive a really nice/fast car Read the entire Old Testament Learn something new about God

So those are just some of the things I hope to do this year. What do you think? Is there anything I missed? Anything I need to do? Let me know!