This is a list of goals I have set for myself upon turning 20. It started out as a list of silly things I wanted to start doing, and transformed into actual goals for my next year of life. Although they may have transformed into goals a lot of them are still kind of silly things that I have wanted to do for a while but have just never taken the time to actually do. No more of that foolishness, I am actually going to start doing the things I want to do while I am still alive to do them! Sometimes we just need to live in the moment and not take life so seriously, so here is a list of silly things that I want to do this year, a reminder that just because I’m only 20 doesn’t mean that I won’t die tomorrow. So here goes a year of of living, loving and laughing as much as possible. A year of doing things just because I am still alive to do them. A year of NO REGRETS!
20 Things I want to do now that I’m 20 (because it’s halfway to 40 and I don’t want to wait that long to start making goals)
1.) Dress like an eccentric old lady. This means wearing scarves, earrings, brightly colored dressed, hats and other accessories just because I can, not because they look good.
2.) Drink black coffee. Not all the time, but every so often because I just feel so much more sophisticated when my coffee is not full of sugar.
3.) Drink more tea. Because I don’t already.
4.) Send people hand written letters.Because who doesn’t love real mail?
5.) See more concerts. I do not have excessive amounts of money, but I will do what I can.
6.) Ride my Bike more. Because it is the best!
7.) Write in my journal. It is a freaking awesome way to keep track of everything that goes on in my life, and someday my kids will want to read them. Plus I have like 5000 journals to fill before I get to buy any more =/
8.) Blog. I have one, actually I have two, and I should use them, maybe not everyday, but more then I do now.
9.) Read one book a month. You know the kind you read for fun.
10.) Take more pictures. This may require a camera…. Yeah.
11.) Buy a camera. To achieve the goal above.
12.) Knit a sweater. This may take a while, I should probably start now.
13.) Knit a Griffindor scarf. Will not take as long as the sweater.
14.) Eat more granola. I live in Oregon I might as well embrace the hippieness.
15.) Write thank you notes, consistently.You gave me a gift, expect to get a note.
16.) Wear more dresses. They are not as bad as I once thought, and I am after all a girl.
17.) Eat more fruits and vegetables.Because they are good for me.
18.) Dance in the rain. It rains a lot here, and I like to dance.
19.) Actually accomplish things on my to-do lists. For example, this one
20.) Do things just because I am alive. No regrets!
You've become a klutz
One moment you're brewing a cup of afternoon tea and the next thing you know, you've spilled it all over your new dress. Researchers have accumulated ample evidence that the sleep deprived have slower and less precise motor skills, but exactly why isn't yet known, says Clete Kushida, M.D., Ph.D., director of Stanford University Center for Human Sleep Research. Sleepy people may be clumsier for several reasons: Impaired reflexes and a lack of focus may make it hard for them to react quickly enough to things that spring up in their path. Another possibility: Sleepiness throws off balance or depth perception. In any case, it's not uncommon for very sleepy people to black out momentarily when the body's urge to sleep gets too strong. So it's possible that your klutziness stems from "microsleeps" that last for a second or two, Kushida says—just long enough to trip on the curb or drop a glass.
