Here's a list of things I want to accomplish at some point. My goal is to knock around 2-3 of these of each year.

• Learn to tap dance, decently.¹
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  Take a cruise.
  
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  Buy a house.
  

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  Write a book.
  
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  Get a dog.
  
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  Leave North America.²
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  Spend a long weekend in a convent.
  
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  Live in a rural town somewhere.
  
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  Go on a weeklong camping trip, *without* any Girl Scouts.
  
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  Look at myself in a swimsuit without thinking negative thoughts.
  
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  Adopt a child.
  
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  Start my own school or child care center
  
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  Publish a short story
  
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  Write an entry for every major category in the Edited Guide
  

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  Publish a picture book
  
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  Go to Disneyworld or Disneyland, preferably with Stevie in tow
  
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  Visit California
  

Here are the ones I've done by now.

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  Done something about my butt-ugly couches
  
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  Finish a quilt.
  
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  Finish my PhD.
  
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  Only work at one job at a time.
  

Yes, yes, I started with some of the easier ones.... Some of the tasks will take years of work and are currently ongoing. It's good to have goals, though. :)