24 things to do before i turn 24

Some of you may remember the list of 24 Things To Do Before I Turn 24 that I've been working on for the past six months. Well, I turned 24 this past weekend and here's how I stand:

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Increase my Etsy sales by at least one a month 7 sales in 7 months! Yay!
3. Organize all of my closets and boxes of stuff
4. Keep my plant, Vladimir, alive He's looking a little rough, but definitely alive
5. Do a cleanse or detox
6. Lose 5 pounds and keep them off I actually gained 5 pounds. Oops!
7. See every exhibit at the local art gallery
8. Read at least half of the books on this Best 100 Novels list
9. Watch all of the movies on this Best 100 movies list
10. Watch a really good meteor shower in 2010 or 2011 The weather did not cooperate for any of the major showers!
11. Finally find out what my credit score is And it was very good!
12. Add the same amount to my retirement fund as I did last year
13. Go to a winery
14. Finally meet that blog friend in Roanoke Coffee and lots of talking and plans for future meet-ups and picture-taking
15. Visit my twin brother in South Carolina I went for Thanksgiving!
16. Spend Christmas with my boyfriend for the first time We got engaged and he got to stay an extra week longer than planned!
17. Join a yoga class
18. Cook more and organize all of my recipes I organized them all on Pinterest. And I baked a little more, does that count?
19. Donate blood Just like the last time I donated 5 years ago, I almost passed out...
20. Dye my hair red Done! It was temporary though. And it was fun but I missed my natural color.
21. Give back to the community in some way Does giving blood count?
22. Watch at least 6 of the 12 seasons of Law & Order: SVU
23. Get a credit card for the sole purpose of building credit
24. Finally fix that "tiny" long-distance problem between me and my fiancé I still can't officially say, but just know that it's definitely in the works and I'll be sure to share as soon as I can (though some of you already know or can guess)!

24 things to do before i turn 24

It's been a couple of months since I last updated you guys on my list of 24 Things To Do Before I turn 24, so here's where I'm at.

I haven't slashed through as many as I would like, but they will get done! However, some of them are a bit impractical at the moment as I'm trying to save as much money as possible (I won't be riding in a hot air balloon, doing a cleanse or detox, going to a winery, or joining a yoga class any time soon.) I know I'm sounding cheap regarding some of these things, but I promise I'm not making excuses - I have a really good reason to be saving the money!

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Increase my Etsy sales by at least one a month
3. Organize all of my closets and boxes of stuff
4. Keep my plant, Vladimir, alive Still living...
5. Do a cleanse or detox
6. Lose 5 pounds and keep them off I've actually gained 5 pounds! So I guess make that 10...
7. See every exhibit at the local art gallery Two down... more to go!
8. Read at least half of the books on this Best 100 Novels list I've read 43 so far
9. Watch all of the movies on this Best 100 movies list I've watched 99 so far
10. Watch a really good meteor shower in 2010 or 2011
11. Finally find out what my credit score is
12. Add the same amount to my retirement fund as I did last year
13. Go to a winery
14. Finally meet that blog friend in Roanoke Coffee and lots of talking and plans for future meet-ups and picture-taking
15. Visit my twin brother in South Carolina I went for Thanksgiving!
16. Spend Christmas with my boyfriend for the first time We got engaged and he got to stay an extra week longer than planned!
17. Join a yoga class
18. Cook more and organize all of my recipes Does baking count?
19. Donate blood Just like the last time I donated 5 years ago, I almost passed out...
20. Dye my hair red Done! It's temporary though. And it was fun but I missed my natural color...
21. Give back to the community in some way
22. Watch at least 6 of the 12 seasons of Law & Order: SVU I watched season 1
23. Get a credit card for the sole purpose of building credit
24. Finally fix that "tiny" long-distance problem between me and my fiancé We're working on it...

24 things to do before i turn 24

Well, it's been two months since I started this list back in November! I have a little over four months left to get it all done. Here's how I'm doing so far:

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Increase my Etsy sales by at least one a month I sold one in November but none in December. However, I have been selling more lately, but not through Etsy. So I'm not considering this a complete failure just yet.
3. Organize all of my closets and boxes of stuff
4. Keep my plant, Vladimir, alive Still living...
5. Do a cleanse or detox
6. Lose 5 pounds and keep them off
7. See every exhibit at the local art gallery One down... more to go!
8. Read at least half of the books on this Best 100 Novels list I've read 37 so far
9. Watch all of the movies on this Best 100 movies list I've watched 75 so far
10. Watch a really good meteor shower in 2010 or 2011
11. Finally find out what my credit score is
12. Add the same amount to my retirement fund as I did last year
13. Go to a winery
14. Finally meet that blog friend in Roanoke Coffee and lots of talking and plans for future meet-ups and picture-taking
15. Visit my twin brother in South Carolina I went for Thanksgiving!
16. Spend Christmas with my boyfriend for the first time We got engaged and he got to stay an extra week longer than planned!
17. Join a yoga class
18. Cook more and organize all of my recipes
19. Donate blood Just like the last time I donated 5 years ago, I almost passed out...
20. Dye my hair red Done! It's temporary though. And it was fun but I miss my natural color...
21. Give back to the community in some way
22. Watch at least 6 of the 12 seasons of Law & Order: SVU I've watched half of the first season
23. Get a credit card for the sole purpose of building credit
24. Finally fix that "tiny" long-distance problem between me and my boyfriend We're working on it...

24 things to do before i turn 24

I've really enjoyed Tali's "Things To Do Before I Turn __" lists (check out her current one right here)! So I'm taking inspiration and starting my own! I turn 24 in about 6 months. Will that give me enough time to do all this? We'll find out...

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Increase my Etsy sales by at least one a month
3. Organize all of my closets and boxes of stuff
4. Keep my plant, Vladimir, alive
5. Do a cleanse or detox
6. Lose 5 pounds and keep them off
7. See every exhibit at the local art gallery
8. Read at least half of the books on this Best 100 Novels list (I've read 36 so far)
9. Watch all of the movies on this Best 100 movies list (I've watched 56 so far)
10. Watch a really good meteor shower in 2010 or 2011
11. Finally find out what my credit score is
12. Add the same amount to my retirement fund as I did last year
13. Go to a winery
14. Finally meet that blog friend in Roanoke 
15. Visit my twin brother in South Carolina
16. Spend Christmas with my boyfriend for the first time
17. Join a yoga class
18. Cook more and organize all of my recipes
19. Donate blood
20. Dye my hair red
21. Give back to the community in some way
22. Watch at least 6 of the 12 seasons of Law & Order: SVU
23. Get a credit card for the sole purpose of building credit
24. Finally fix that "tiny" long-distance problem between me and my boyfriend

I'll be sure to keep you up-to-date every couple of months or so!

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