21 by 21 goals

exactly a year ago i was living and working in the little town of blenheim, new zealand.

it is hard for me to even comprehend how much my life has changed since then.

where did a year go?

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grace’s 20 by 20 goals:

1.) learn to make a ridiculously good and moist chocolate cake

2.) volunteer somewhere doing something i love

3.) buy a bike

4.) see mt. everest (does the everest mnt. range count?)

5.) take a self-defense or karate class

6.) become a better friend and better listener (you will have to ask my friends! i’m still working on this one)

7.) teach yoga weekly {at home and abroad!}

8.) learn to knit with ms. beth

9.) have weekly cooking nights over at sarah or kelsey’s place

10.) work in a garden

11.) find a job doing something i love (or at least like a good bit)

12.) learn to sew a skirt, romper, or dress

13.) start looking for more travel opportunities, grants, scholarships, you name it!

14.) make a chain of blessings and add one each day of school

15.) join a bible study

16.) make art on a daily basis (i try)

17.) run in a race  (just made that happen LAST week!)

18.) find the best place to see the stars on/off campus

19.) go rock climbing with andrew every week  (sometimes with andrew, sometimes with others!)

20.) make a documentary film : )

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here’s to a new year and a new list!

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grace’s 21 by 21 goals:

1.) participate in a yoga workshop (and teach regularly in chapel hill)

2.) train to be a doula

3.) learn to bake bread & incorporate bread making into my life every week

4.) make a portfolio and a website

5.) take an art class (learn to make pottery/ develop and use my film cameras & dark rooms/go back to figure drawing class)

6.) make money doing things i like to do/can learn from (& start paying off my education)

7.) sew something (thinking an apron would be fun)

8.) pet a wild squirrel

9.) learn how to play the accordion (now that it has made this list, its getting serious. if anyone knows how i can do these, please let me know!)

10.) travel to a new state

11.) learn how to take care of beehives with my mother

12.) teach art to kiddos

13.) plant things and watch them grow

14.) make mo:mos and samosas from scratch

15.) run the charlottesville 10 miler (AND a half marathon before February 2013)

16.) go to a new country – mexico, uganda, indonesia ???

17.) buy a canon 5d mark ii  (learn to make short films and take beautiful photos)

18.) spend a week without sleeping in a bed . . . (goal: live like an authentic hobo with andrew in chapel hill)

19.) decide on a study abroad/ find, apply & get grands to travel

20.) rock climb on real rock faces/climb at least once a week

21.) volunteer and serve in my community

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thanks everyone for making today so special.

i feel very loved.

(& check out abby’s sweet post.)

xoxox