deuces.

instead of looking back i've decided to look forward.
22 goals on my 22 birthday

[1] fly a kite
[2] get my mba
[3] never stop reading
[4] visit australia
[5] learn a language
[6] get married in the temple
[7] vacation in a hut on the ocean
[8] be the best mom in the world
[9] never stop meeting new people
[10] live in a big city
[11] laugh till i cry [at least once a week]
[12] skydive
[13] always write thank you notes
[14] take more pictures
[15] never forget to pray
[16] stay healthy
[17] drive with the windows down
[18] tell people i love them
[19] put glitter on everything
[20] always put myself last
[21] take a spontaneous vacation to anywhere
[22] learn to cook and love it

ps. thanks for all the birthday wishes. so blessed.

endings.

i feel like after this year i really understand the proverb

"all good things must come to an end"

i have been involved in so many good things,
especially this last year
[london. gmsa. violin. musa. research assisting. family vacas. byu. words with friends. marketing specialist. old academy. grad school appl. grandpa. new friends. library. twitter.]

but ive watched as many of those things have ended.
and i know that many more are going to end. very soon.
whether i'm ready or not.
so here's to new beginnings. and to the unknown.

new town.
new job.
new lifestyle.

new boys.
new school.
new friends.
new scene.
new life.

grateful for the past. ready for the future.

20.10.

resolute.

i want to change for no one but myself.

listen more. talk less.

learn more. worry less.

read more. argue less.

trust more. judge less.

create more. schedule less.

remember more. delay less.

this year i want more simplicity and less fear.

ps. twenty10, please please please please please please don't bring men.