Year-Long Challenge

I meant to get this up a couple weeks ago on my birthday, but I was busy with last-minute school responsibilities and then my laptop died. But July 1st is as good a day to post this. I put together a list of professional, personal, and academic goals to work on over the next year. I might add or change things as I go, but I'm going to try to get as many done as I can. I'll update when I can strike things off the list.

Professional

01. Finish train short story

02. Finish mermaid short story

03. Finish wedding short story

04. Finish monster short story

05. Finish superhero short story

06. Finish millennia short story

07. Finish flat tire short story

08. Write a dragon short story

09. Finish bed and breakfast UF novel

10. Start/participate in a group blog

11. Finish ballet novella

12. Outline time travel adventure

13. Outline a superhero novel

14. Write a rough draft of a superhero novel

15. Attend a convention

16. Write an hour-long podcast drama

17. Write an hour-long movie or web series (twelve five-minute installments)

18. Query agents

19. Submit at least two short stories for publication

20. Write ten poems

Personal

01. Dye my hair

02. Get another ear piercing

03. Organize my CD collection

04. Eat healthier

05. Exercise regularly (four-five times per week)

06. Complete one full month of Hip Hops Abs

07. Complete full Hip Hop Abs program

08. Complete one full month of Insanity

09. Complete full Insanity program

10. Build a little free library

11. Build a piece of furniture

12. Build that model rocket I’ve had lying around for a year

13. Go to a baseball game in a stadium I haven’t been to yet (six out of thirty)

14. Learn a new song on the piano

15. Learn a new song on the guitar

16. Learn how to use my Traveler 120 and take lots of photos

17. Take lots of photos in general

18. Learn karate or boxing

19. Join a rowing team

10. Build a terrarium

21. Join a softball team

22. Reach my 10,000-step Fitbit goal every day for a week

Academic

01. Start learning Latin

02. Refresh on Polish or Russian

03. Write an article on genre fiction/heroines to submit to the Journal of Popular Culture

04. Study for and take the GREs

05. Apply to doctoral programs