Starts January 10, 2016
Ends October 7, 2018
Catherine:
Go on a road trip with friends(New Hampshire | October 2016)- Save $10,000
Get a summer job(May 2016 on the Cape)Visit colleges in 4 different states(North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado 2016)- Figure out what I want to major in
Go to prom(May 2016 & June 2017)Get two new stamps in my passport (Montreal & Eleuthera)- Take a photography class
- Redesign the blog
- Go to San Francisco
- Go night swimming
- Sleep at the beach
- Learn how to drive our boat
- Stay in touch with camp friends
Don’t go to Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks to buy coffee for a month(January 2017)Host a Christmas party(Cookie Swap | December 2016)- Read 25 books (17/25 Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling, Opening Belle by Maureen Sherry, The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin, It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han, We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and everything in between) by Lauren Graham, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan, Rules of Civility by Amor Towles, You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero, Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams)
- Go to New York Fashion Week
Send a care package to a friend(Fall 2017)- Write more snail mail
Get into college(Elon University | November 30th, 2016)- Join a sorority
- Save 100% of the money I make for 3 months
- Make a “big” purchase
Do something spontaneous(In school lip sync | November 2016)Bake a tiered cake from scratch(April 2016 recipe here)Go to NYC at Christmas time(December 2016)Work out every day for a week(October 2016)See five concerts(Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band, the Head and the Heart, Jingle Ball, John Mayer)Vote for the first time(April 2017)- Go shopping in Boston with my mom
- Visit the Hamptons (never been)
- Go ice skating with friends
Buy real pearl earrings(August 2017)- Attend a Patriots game
Plan a surprise visit to a friend at college(November 2017 | Notre Dame)Get a mac book pro (need more storage)(August 2017)Go a weekend without checking social media(January 2018)Run a 5K under a 7'45" pace(October 2016)Do a half marathon(Newburyport Half Marathon | May 2017)- Go on a senior trip with friends
Have a picnic (July 2016)Go to the movies(Mother's Day May 2016)- Do a fancy Easter Brunch
- Play 15 rounds of golf
Go on a trip around New England to see the foliage(October 2016)Get my makeup done professionally(May 2016)- Find five new brunch spots (2/5 5 South Main Cohasset, MA, Hole in One Orleans, MA)
- Ski at least 50 days (2016- 26 days)
Do something fun for my 18th birthday with friends(November 2016)Buy all my close friends a present before we go to college(June 2017)- Get 10,000 followers on Instagram
- Buy the perfect graduation dress
- Get blog pictures professionally taken
- Double the current page views on the blog
- Go one month without shopping
Meet another blogger in person(Shannon, Caitlin, Julia)- Get a facial
- Go skinny dipping
Try a new workout class(Hot Yoga | May 2017)Go a week without dessert(January 2016)- Do something touristy in Boston
Make dinner for my family(November 2016)Visit 5 States I've never been to(North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana)Wear my glasses to school(January 2017)- Do a polar plunge
Go on a ski trip with friends(Vail, February 2016)- Have a New Year’s Eve kiss
Only order water at restaurants for 3 months(Fall 2017)- Learn to drive stick shift
Find a cute & comfortable wedge(Tory Burch Daisy Wedge March 2016)- Buy a lottery ticket
Have a 300 day snapchat streak(April 2016 with Emily)Buy three clothing items out of my comfort zone (camo leggings, Birkenstocks, crop top )Sell/donate clothes I have not worn in a year(Spring 2016)Get a 100 on a test(English Test | May 2017)- Have a movie night with friends and watch each person’s favorite movie
- Build a snowman
Clean under my bed(Spring 2017)Get a credit card(August 2017)- Volunteer 50 hours at the food pantry (30 hours completed)
- Visit Washington, D.C. again
Play in a varsity golf match(May 2016)- Watch the Boston Marathon
- Go for a bike ride on Cape Cod
Have a bonfire(July 2017)- Go to a wedding
- Split the Emack Attack with cousins again (25 scoops of ice cream)
- Go on a hike with my dad
- Go to Sconset on a Nantucket trip
- Do something nice for my sister
- Finish summer assignments in July
- Write a blog series
Have a really strong term and get my GPA up(April, 2017)Clean up my email & do a lot of unsubscribing(December 2016)- Make a video for the blog
- Go camping
- Lose power in a blizzard
- Visit a museum
Create a photo wall for my college dorm(August 2017)- Put $5 in my bank account for each thing I accomplish!
{47 Complete, 54 to go}
Julianna:
- See an NHL game
- Go to my 2nd Patriots game ever
- Buy a Tom Brady Jersey #patssuperfan
- Go to a paint bar
- Go to a cooking class
- Temporarily become a vegetarian for 4 months
- Watch my 5 favorite movies in a single weekend
- Spend a day tech-free
Watch Parks and Rec(June, 2016)- Go for a walk in the pouring rain
- Read a book in one day
- Have my grandmother teach me to make her legendary red sauce
- Buy my mom a really nice gift to say "thanks"
- Spend a day bonding with my two girl cousins
- Bake a treat for my neighbors
- Finishing watching Friends and Alias
- Treat the kids I've been babysitting for years to a movie
- Jump off Jaws Bridge in Martha's Vineyard
- Drive stick shift without stalling for an entire car ride
- See a beautiful summer sunrise
- Go for a midnight swim on Cape Cod
- Learn to drive a boat
- Go to a Drive-in Movie
- Get accepted into college
Drive on the highway alone(February 2016)- Read 30 books for pleasure
- Go to bed at 7pm and finally catch up on much needed sleep
- Get a facial
- Cut my hair my shorter than my comfort zone (shoulder length?)
- Work out 25 days in a single month
- Upgrade my computer
Sing in a real concert for the first time 5 years(May, 2016)- Run 10 miles
- Have a New Years kiss
- Go on a mom/daughter trip to Europe
- Go on a senior trip with my best friends
- Road trip with my friends to visit our other friend in upstate New York
- Put my 6+ years of French class to use and speak French in a French speaking country
Visit my family in North Carolina(April 2016)Create a photo album from a fantastic trip(St. Thomas, December 2016)Visit to a state I've never been to(Michigan and Wisconsin, April 2016)Go on a hike(October 2016)- Visit my childhood friend from Tennessee at her college
- Make tiramisu
Get a double ear piercing(March 2016)Do something super spontaneous(Wake up an randomly drive to NH to tour Dartmouth College with friends, March 2016)- Vote!
- Watch the Harry Potter movies so I finally understand the ever present references
- Completely purge my closet
- Make a snowman without quitting halfway through
- Learn a few jazz progressions on the piano
Walk the grounds of a Newport, RI mansion(April 2016)Write a personal narrative that I’m truly proud of(College Essay, October 2016)- Drive out on North Beach in Chatham, MA
- Go fishing
Have a Snapchat streak for 365 days(June, 2016)- Post 30 times on my personal Instagram in a year
Visit 10 colleges(10/10 Northeastern, Dartmouth, Boston College, University of Virginia, Richmond, William & Mary, Wake Forest, University of North Carolina, Elon, Duke)- Have a water balloon fight
- Buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers just because
- Do karaoke
- Take my dog with me everywhere I go for a day
- Convince one of my friends to watch Lost
Have a piña colada at a tropical beach location(St. Thomas, 2016)Watch a series finale of a TV show live(The Good Wife, May 2016)- Submit a question to a newspaper or magazine
Volunteer 30 hours at a single organization(Pan Mass Challenge, June 2016)Give 10 genuine compliments to people I’m not friends with(2016)- Go sailing
- Have “the best day of my life” thus far
- Wake up before 6am every day for a week to get a jump start on my day
Learn to fishtail braid successfully(June, 2016)- Ride a rollercoaster
- Have breakfast for dinner
Take a fall foliage trip to Vermont/New Hampshire/Maine(October, 2016)- Say goodbye to high school and hello to the next chapter in my life
Find the perfect senior quote(November, 2016)- Decide what career I want to pursue
- Learn the rap to “Love the Way You Lie”
- Go skinny dipping
- Give blood
- See Finding Dory in theaters
- Organize iPhoto on my computer
- Drink 8 bottles of water everyday for a week
- Play whiffle ball at the beach
- Water ski successfully
- Go on a real date
Skip a day of school just because(April 2016)Leave a 100% tip(January 2016)Unsubscribe from all promotional emails I don’t want(December, 2016)- Frame 5 of my favorite photos
- Take an hour long bubble bath
- Go apple picking
- Make pasta from scratch
- Grow something from seeds
- Buy personalized stationary
Wear high heels for a night(Winter Formal, January 2016)- Play 18 holes of golf in under 100 strokes
- See Hamilton on Broadway
Buy a pair of moccasins(December, 2016)- Save $10 for every completed task on this list
{24 complete, 77 to go}
cath visit me in DC again ASAP (even if it's just for the purpose of checking #82 off the list)
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