Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Final Look at 21 Before 21

In April of 2010, I set 21 goals to achieve before my 21st birthday, which is: tomorrow! You can see all of my 21 before 21 posts by clicking here.

Here is the short version:

1. Bake homemade bread
2. Take a sign language class
3. Read a book just for fun
4. Buy a house

5. Reupholster a piece of furniture (in progress)
6. Plant a garden
7. Make cake icing out of avocados
8. Get an internship
9. Write a pros and cons list for future careers

10. Go on a weekend away
11. Perform a random act of kindness
12. Build Dmitri a play kitchen (in progress)
13. Write a love letter
14. Scrapbook from July 2009-July 2010 (in progress)
15. Build a piece of furniture "from scratch"
16. Take a practice GRE test (decided against it)
17. Perfect a whole wheat sugar free cookie recipe
18. Create a budget and follow it
19.Face a fear.
20. Blog about it
21. Start a compost


The Final Tally:

Completed:16
In Progress: 3
Aborted: 1
Unrealistic: 1

All in all, I feel pretty good about it.

As fun as it was to have a vision for the year and goals that I wanted to achieve, this next year I think I'm going to change it up a little bit:


Two Before Twenty-Two

1. Give birth to baby # 2
2. Graduate from college

And there you have it.

18 comments:

  1. What a great list and how wonderful that you completed so many things on it!

    kathleen xx

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  2. I'd say you've done very well...you should be so proud of yourself! Congratulations and Happy Birthday!
    I say CELEBRATE!!! :)

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  3. Wow. I can't remember doing anything when I was 21.

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  4. Congrats on all the things you've accomplished!

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  5. Wow! I'd say you should give yourself a pat on the back for sure!! Can't wait to see some photos of the progress on that sofa (hint hint). If anybody can pull of a project like that it's you! Happy Tuesday! (-;

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  6. I seriously cannot believe you are only 21!!!!!!!! You did great with your list...I didn't do have at that at age 20! Hope you have a super birthday. Stop by today for an adorable toddler messenger bag giveaway! thecoolkidsblog.com

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  7. Glad to see that you got basically everything done! Nice work and Happy early Birthday!

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  8. i'm with sarah, you should be incredibly proud of yourself, i am and i barely know you!

    you are a very inspiring person and i say have a wonderful birthday and enjoy yourself, you certainly deserve it.

    xo
    janet

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  9. Congratulations on accomplishing so many of your goals. Happy Birthday tomorrow. Have a great one!

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  10. Good for you!! And reupholstering a piece of furniture is WAY more hardcore difficult than it sounds. The measuring is the easiest part, and then it all goes down hill from there, haha!!

    Happy Birthday!

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  11. Awesome job on your list!! Happy birthday =)

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  12. Hahaha...I LOVE the 22nd goals!! Very realistic and very impressive at the same time!

    Great job on your 21 goals...that's a lot of work!! Happy 21st tomorrow.

    And I loved your realistic Vday post :-). So fun to read!

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  13. rock on! that's a fantastic list, with a great % completed. inspiring!

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  14. Great job girl! And an early happy birthday to you!

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  15. Way to go! You should feel great about everything you have accomplished and celebrate tomorrow!!!

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  16. I have been following your blog for awhile & I don't think I've ever commented. Well here I go... What an awesome accomplishment to have done so much in a year.

    You should feel every bit entitled to go & enjoy your birthday!!

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  17. Great job! I've been meaning to make my list for a while and you motivated me to finish it FINALLY. I just published it on my blog and I hope this helps hold me accountable and keep me focused! I linked to your list.

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