Twenty-One by Twenty-One

I’ve been reading through CarlyLloyd and TaliaCarbis (to name a few names), and many other blogs, and it seems like every one has done these Number by Age lists~

Tying in with this, years ago, my Aunt and I, with a friend of her’s, made posters. Which we filled with all our hopes and goals for the immediate future. We sat around with magazines, and cut pictures out, and covered our pieces of cardboard with color.

I was younger then, and thought that the poster wouldn’t really ammount to anything.  A few years later, I visited my Aunt again, and saw that every goal I had placed upon that poster had been accomplished, it was like something magical had happened. Since then I had always wanted to do another, and right now, I think I need some magic. So today, my Aunt and I sat down, and made ours again, and you know what? I feel just a bit more magical.

Back to the list, I think it is a great idea, and I have always thought about what I want to do, and have never really done it. Recently, I have found the joy of making daily ‘to-do’ lists, and everything seems to get done. So I have decided to have a ‘To Do’ list for this year.

This is my 21 by 21.

1. Get a job after it has been so long from being retrenched.
2. Finish my Pastry and Baking TAFE course with credits.
3. Make it to my one year with James (piece of cake <3)
4. Get to below 100 kilos.
5. Take a short trip away with James.
6. Make something for Mum to have in hospital.
7. Do 120 hours of driving lessons, and pass my Red P’s.
8. Make my own blueberry cheesecake icecream.
9. Pay of my debt.
10. Save atleast 2000$
11. Start a scrapbook.
12. Clean out my closet and donate to charity.
13. Do something for myself at least once a fortnight.
14. Excercise at least three times a week.
15. Don’t forget about this blog!
16. Make my room, and my life, more about me.
17. Look pretty this summer.
18. Take more photos.
19. Learn to walk in heels for my 21st.
20. Write down every week what I have to be grateful for.
21. Think stressfully less, be happy more.

I hope to be able to finish this list by the time I turn 21, there is also one more goal I wish to complete, but that one is rather personal, and I won’t be putting it here.

Well, here’s to the next 365 days! Starting now, the deadline is the 4th August, 2011.

I’ve given myself some leeway since I can’t finish one or two of these goals unless a full and exact year has passed. The poster is now up on my wall, in a place where I can look at it every morning when I wake up and every night when I go to sleep.

Now, off we go!!