“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves... for growing up.”
It's 2012! (How weird does that sound?) And, hopefully, you've completed most of your 101 goals.
As I'm writing this, however, you haven't completed any. And yeah, that does suck. But I think these next 1,000 days are going to be AMAZING. I'm going to accomplish a lot (I hope), and while it's definitely going to be tough, I think I'm going to have a lot of fun in the process.
I'm particularly excited about goal #s 32 and 33, 65, 71, 72, and 73; and I'm definitely excited about #82 (going to Paris). I do hope you and Em actually took that trip! Or should I say take? I'm really confused as to what tense to write in right now... Anyway, #87 should be pretty fun and #92 should just be interesting.
If you've accomplished #3 (save $5,000), #35 (driver's license FINALLY), #46 and 47 (the two private ones), and/or #57 (buy or long-term lease a horse) - congratulations. Those were some tough ones, and I'm definitely very happy for you!
God, I wonder what you've learned from this all, and if it's been as much of an adventure as it sounds. Even if you've only completed a handful of those goals, I know that you've grown so much. It's weird to think of myself in your position, to think of where my life is going to be in nearly three years.
I hope, along the way, you got to do #s 80 and 59, as well as 18, 19, and 25 - or at least 24. Relationships like these are important in life, and even if it takes some effort and trouble to keep them alive, you should. Speaking of which, I hope you did visit Katie and cross off goal #28.
I hope you're still writing like goals 66-68 & 74 tell you. Maybe you've gotten pretty good at pop art after #s 69 and 70. Maybe you even made some money off of it (#9). Maybe you're a great artist or maybe you just suck; either way, it's good to know.
You're probably cooking for yourself now, and all those recipes you had to tackle for goal #10 are probably coming handing. I hope you're pretty good at making stuff from scratch, and cooking/baking for others, because that's pretty much what I intended you (us? me?) to get from this.
Think about your jobless, penniless self. Did you get any cool jobs? Make any money? And the girl who had to follow a recipe straight from the book... Are you a better cook? More confident? Think about the girl who loved her close, small group of friends. You'd better have made some new ones, but tried to prevent yourself from losing the old. "One is silver, and the other's gold," and whatnot.
Maybe you've learned to play poker (#36). Maybe you can sew (#51), or whistle (#52). You might be a great rider (#53-65), or a more random, creative person (#83-98, pretty much). Maybe you've given back to the world (#4-6, #95). But the goals that you've accomplished have left you a better, more fulfilled, more worldly person, whether you realize it or not. And as for the goals that went unfinished, they still have their fair share of lessons to teach you. Maybe a few of them will even be on your next list... because you'd better be making a next list.
I hope these last 1,001 days have been great- maybe even the greatest of your life! And I hope your next 1,001 go just as well.
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"We grown neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."
-Mary Lamberton Becker
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