25 Life Checks from the First 5 years of my 20s

1. Learn to ski
1. Cross-country
2. Downhill
2. Start a blog
3. Move somewhere not knowing anybody
4. Keep in touch with friends
5. Learn to cook Indian food
6. Room with a stranger
1. And become friends
7. Live by myself
8. See my students graduate
9. Roadtrip to visit friends
10. Stay in a hotel by myself
11. Write something I’m proud of
12. Ask a stranger to dance
13. Go on a real date
14. Learn to use a pottery wheel
15. Go on a backpacking trip (even a short one)
16. Build a one-match fire
17. Track down a teacher to say thank you
1. Ditto for a camp counselor
18. Go to free concerts and dance by the stage
19. Learn to be okay when people around me are drinking and I don’t want to
20. Take a photo that I’m willing to frame and display
21. Organize a meet-up with people I only know from the Internetz
22. Meet a guy in the library
23. Go to another country
1. On a religious pilgrimage
2. To visit a friend
24. Stay close to my family, despite the distance
25. See a movie on opening night