26 tasks for a 26-year-old
I’m not someone that tries to make things symbolic when there really is no need. However, I thought I’d write this post on this date, August 26th, a week shy of my 26th birthday, with a list of 26 tasks that I want to complete.  I know I won’t complete them all anytime soon, but I was inspired by the 30 things To Do list by YesandYes to make good on my own list 26 things I want to start at 26:
1. Learn my mother’s recipe for pound cake and perfect it.
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2. Be able to successfully defend myself physically if a situation arises.
3. Dress up and go to the opera.
4. Read the entire works of Shakespeare.
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5. Learn how to box.
6.Take a dance class and go to the highest level that I possibly can.
7. Move to another country and live there for at least a year.
8. Throw a fabulous cocktail party.
9. Run a marathon.
10. Learn how to box.
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11. Become absolutely dedicated to a cause I care about.
12. Go to graduate school.
13. Volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving.
14. Learn how to belly dance and become damn good at it (not the same as #9).
15. Learn how to appropriately apply false eyelashes.
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16. Perfect my skincare regimen.
17. Ride my bike along the Chicago lakefront.
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18. Designate one room as my library when I purchase my first home.
19. Write a book.
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20. Dress up in my most fab dress, best jewelry and throw on my favorite shoes and go to brunch, browse/shop and or peruse a museum–alone.
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21. Pay off all of my debt. Every.single.cent.
22. Re-read the Elements of Style.
23. Become happy and comfortable in my skin.
24. Start a gym regimen and keep up with it.
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25. Build and keep a constant nest egg for myself so that I can always take care of myself no matter what the circumstances are.
26. Continue my thirst for knowledge and curiosity and learn as much as a can while I am on this Earth.
Do you have a list or any tasks that you want to complete by a certain time?
26 tasks for a 26-year-old
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I really love your list! Those are great goals. Happy birthday in advance by the way
My list is the same as it has been for a while: finish my novel, record a hip hop album (yes I have a friend who set up a recording studio for me– I just need to gather my rhymes) and live in a foreign country. Oh and have babies
Have a great day!
I enjoyed this! I have to say being a little pedantic if someone asked me to compile a similar list it would probably TAKE me 26 years. Perhaps number 1 should be to think about things less…
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