I turned twenty four the other day. And it was celebrated in good fun. I had lunch with a friend and saw a movie and then dinner with family and then the next night did a potluck style taco night with friends. Although there was a moment I felt that they were acting as if they were middle aged and I'm like....twenty four is still freaking young.
But that's not the point of today's post. I was reading another blog about what she won't be doing by the time she turns a certain age. And there is far too much I haven't done to limit myself to 24 things. But I wanted to see what I had accomplished in this time frame. And I'm going to try to not count things like "Learned to walk" because well, it's a pretty standard human thing and I want to know what is specific to myself.
In no particular order
1. Finished NaNoWriMo. Yep, that's right. This past November I wrote over fifty thousand words for the same story in one month.
2. Been in an Off-Broadway show. Sure, it might have been arranged through my college, but that doesn't change the fact I have an Off Broadway credit. It might not be commercial off Broadway either, but I'm still pretty happy about it. I was mentioned on Playbill Online.
3. Choreographed a solo piece. I called it "A Journey of Courage." I should try to get a videotape of it. Or re-teach it to myself and have someone videotape it. So I can have a permanent copy.
4. Earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees. One in Dance and one in Drama. From the University of California.
5. Took a full year, all three quarters of musical theatre three. Okay, unless you WENT to my college, you won't understand how ridiculously difficult it was to get into this class. A girl who was in a Tony winning revival of a musical never managed to take the class. I considerate a full out accomplishment.
6. Support myself. (Or at least I pay my own Rent, food, gas, utilities and most necessities. I'm not paying my phone bill or car insurance yet, but this is still a pretty big deal.)
7. Fallen in love. (And out of love for that matter.)
8. Learned to play piano and can still play decently and keep my hand in. This included learning to site read.
9. Can do the splits seven different ways. Yeah, I'm pretty flexible, and while some of that is genes some of that is stretching dedication.
10. Have completed two half marathons. Not great times, but I finished.
11. Have fostered two kittens successfully.
12. Have a good relationship with my family. It continues to get better I think.
13. Broke through a giant personal blockage. Admitted things to myself I never wanted to admit and then realized it was better this way.
14. Learned how to do a front and back handspring. I'm not perfect at either and at the moment, probably out of practice. But I know how to do it.
15. Can cook. Better than the general population. I'm not could compete on Top Chef level, I don't have the knife skills for that kind of thing, but gourmet dinners are pretty easy.
16. Can bake. Bought myself a KitchenAid mixer for it.
17. Feel secure in my identity.
18. Been to a political issue rally/vigil.
19. Voted in every election I have been capable of voting in.
20. Donated blood several times. I've saved lives!
21. Learned to dance en pointe. Again, not something I'm genius at, but I can do more than rise up on my toes.
22. Have run up a down escalator in heels. (It's bloody fucking hard.)
23. Learned how to sew.
24. Lived 24 years without any regrets.
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