22 Before 22 Check-In

Hello All,

Happy Monday! While you're reading this I am flying back from my spring break trip. I have tons of post coming your way about my trip, along with some VLOGs as well. Since yesterday was my 21st birthday I figured I would do a quick check up on my 22 before 22 list (See Original list here) since there is now 364 days left to complete these items. So let's get started.

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Not Even Attempted or Planned for
Currently in Progess
Ccmpleted

Travel:
1.Spend a weekend in New York
Unfortnately right now I don't think I can see myself doing that before I turn 22 unless someone wants to give me an all expenses paid trip. But it still an item on my bucket list and I determined to get there someday.

2. Go on weekend road trip with friends
Event though this one is not planned yet I haven't really begun making summer plans so maybe that can be added in their somewhere.

3.Go on vacation with friends
Seeing as my vacation with Hannah and Mandi just finished I would say that is completed. In all honesty I'm writing this before I leave on my trip so if I can remember Sunday night and actually get on the internet from Disney I'll add a picture if not there is bound to many pictures to come. I've decided not edit any pictures or videos while on my trip. I'll them up soon.

4. Start looking into or actually go to Europe.
Okay no I don't have any plans to go to Europe but in my free time I have started to budget out what it would cost me to go on some trips and making some fake plans. The price is scary but I'm hoping it will be in the 2 or 2 and half years. Oh yeah I think Italy is where I'm going to go first.

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Career:
5. Hold an Internship
I have officially started to look into internships and seeing what is out there for internship. I have decided that I want to try and get one for Fall 2015 as well as hopefully one for summer 2015.

6. Start Researching and looking into job opportunities. 
 I am actually very proud to say that I'm pretty sure that I know that I want to work in social media . Either running a company's social media or working for a HR department by searching and look into people's social media. I'm not a 100% sure but I have some ideas and I have some options.

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7. Work on editing my novel and possibly completed it to my satisfaction
Guys I am so proud of myself  because I have worked so hard on my novel! I'm currently on chapter 14 our of like 16 or 17 chapters. But that is only the second draft so I know I still have some ways to go.

Education:
8. Get on the Dean's List at School
Okay guys I'm trying really hard but I'm not sure its going to ever happen.

9. Have a good idea of when I'm going to graduate
I'm very excited to say that I'm about 95% sure that I'm going to be graduating in December of 2016, only one semester late!

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10. Hold Another Leadership Position on Campus
This is another thing that I'm not sure if its going to happen. I'm having difficulty find clubs on campus that really peak my interest. But I will keep trying!

Finances:
14. Bring Mama Judy out on my own dime
After paying for my big trip I need to start working towards this goal again. But I feel like it something that I easily could get done in the next 12 months.

15. Set Up a Budget
That is my next big goal! I want to feel comfortable with my finances and not have to stress about money. But also having a good foundation on how to budget when I graduate and all my real bills come in.

16. Increase the money in my savings account.
Basically see above.

Health
17. Look into new yummy recipes to make
Since I don't have a kitchen on campus I don't have the means to make healthier recipe but I will come summer. Plus hopefully I can find some non-cook ones that I can use in the dorm rooms.

18. Start training for a 5K
I am so proud of myself because I have gotten into a really good habit with my gym habits.

The Future
19. Start Taking More Pictures.
I haven't had a lot of pictures to share but I'm starting to look into a nice DSLR camera as well as coming up with adventures worth taking pictures of.

20. Do Research on Where I Want to Live When I Grow Up
So I have been doing a lot of thinking about this lately and I think that when I graduate college I am going to apply all over the country and see where fate puts. Although I would be lying if I didn't say some of dream locations were LA, New York City, Boston or one of Carolinas.

21. Start Saving for a bulldog
I haven't really begun that yet but I probably should, pure breed are expensive dogs.

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And that's how I'm doing on my 22 before 22 list. Not as good as I want to be doing but I still have 364 days to do it.

22 Before 22

Happy Fall y'all! Today marks the beginning of my favorite season of the year. And no its not because of the Pumpkin Spice Lattes. I mean please don't take my blogger title away from me when I say I HATE the taste of pumpkin. There is just something about fall I love. To me fall feels more like beginnings then spring, probably because that's when school starts and you start over with a clean slate. Now that I got that out on the internet let's start the actual post. 

Yesterday while I was sitting in my film studies class (p.s. we still haven't watched a good film in that class) I realized that it was September 22nd which means it was exactly six months until my 21st birthday. So, I decided to create one of those x before x list. Because everyone's doing it, duh! So, I've come up with 22 things that I want to do in the next 18 months. 

I've broken my goals up into 7 different cateogories and they all seem somewhat obtainable as long as I close out of Netflix and and get off my butt.

Travel:

1. Spend a weekend in NYC

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New York City has always been my happy place and I just want to wake up one morning and be in New York City!

2. Go on weekend road trip

I feel like it would be so cool to drive up to New Hampshire or Vermont with my friends, stay in like a log cabin or something and just hang out. No phones allowed! 

3. Go on Vacation with Friends

You might wonder what the difference between that in the top thing. But when it comes to vacation I'm thinking more then a weekend, more like Spring break!

4. Start Looking at going to or actually go to Europe.

I have always wanted to go to Europe but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. I do think that looking into a trip and start saving for one is plausible.

Career:

5. Hold an Internship

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 Although I don't think I'm going to graduate on time, I do know that I need to start looking for internships. So, its time to start looking and actually have one. Plus I can wear all kinds of cute business clothes.

6. Look into different careers and start narrowing down what I want to do

Since Changing my major I have absolutely no clue what I want to do with my life but I'm planner and want to at least have a few possible fields to look into post grad life. Cue the mental break down sequence now.

7. Work on finishing the novel I started writing.

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I in now way think that being an author will be the only career I will ever hold but I have been working on a novel since junior year of high school and would like to continue working on it and maybe one day get it published because I love it and maybe someone else will too!

Education:

8. Get on the Dean's List

9. Have a good idea as to when I'm going to graduate

Since changing my major I realized that I am more then a few credits behind and most like won't be graduating in May of 2016 like planned but I do want to know about when I'll be graduating by the time I'm 22.

10. Hold another leadership position on campus

I loved being a secretary of club last year and right now I don't have room on my plate to be a student leader but eventually I would love to be able to do that again. 

Blogging:

11. Build my youtube and blogging audience

No, I don't believe that the number of views matter but I would love to make friends and learn more about other people through these to mediums.

12. Create a New Blog Design

I recently bought a blog design program and now want to be able to design my own blog and use it for myself.

13. Meet a Blogging Friend in Person & Make More Blogging Friends

Yes, I do know Natalie in person but I can't wait to make more friends and meet some in person.

Finances:

14. Bring Mama Judy out to dinner on my own dime

I have never actual brought my mom out to dinner and I would love to do that for her after all the things she's done for me in the past few years.

15. Set Up a Budget

I want to be able to handle my money when I'm older and if I do that I should start he habits and practices now!

16. Increase the money I have in savings

The money that I have in savings is money I will have one day when I get married, buy a house or whatever else I might want to do in the future.

Health:

17. Look for Healthy new recipe to eat 

Got stay up on the health and take care of myself.

18. Train for and run a 5K

I've always wanted to do it but I suck at running!

The Future:

19. Take More Pictures

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I already take a lot of pictures but I want to take more so that I don't forget anything. And one day when I actually can afford it again I can scrapbook everything!

20. Do research on where I want to move when I grow up

Even though I love New York City I have no clue where I want to move when I graduate. I always knew I wanted to leave my home state and maybe I'll just let the fates decide or maybe I'll know exactly where I'm going post grad.

21. Start saving for my future bull dogs

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In love that is all I have to say about this

22. Create all sorts of memories

Enough said!

And that is all the things, if not more that I want to do before I turn 22. What are some of your goals?