So, yesterday I turned 22. I don't know if I can relate to Taylor Swift in actually feeling like I'm 22 years old, but I do feel like I'm now at a point in life where I'm going to have to start making some big decisions and meeting goals.
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There's no clear timeline for when life will start going back to "normal." Since there's no telling if this year will be similar to last year, full of uncertainties, I didn't want to make any goals specifically for 2021. But I did want to start setting goals for myself, so I decided to make goals to complete in the next three years. Most of these goals are just activities that I have yet to do or want to continue to do (many depend on whether there's still a pandemic), but some are actual adult decisions that I will have to make soon. So here are 25 goals that I have set for myself to complete in the next three years by the time I am 25 years old.
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1. Get My Master's Degree
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2. Find a Teaching Position
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3. Create a Budget (and follow it)
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4. Find a Place to Live
5. Create My Own Home Library
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6. Start a Habit of Saving
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7. Adopt a Cat
8. Write a Book
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9. Learn to Play Chess
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10. Learn to Drive a Manual Car
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11. Keep Reading Regularly
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12. Travel Whenever I Can
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13. Ride the Entire Capital Trail
14. See NYC at Christmas Time
15. Revisit U.S. National Parks
16. Ski in the Northeast
17. Learn to Surf
18. Compete in a CrossFit Competition
19. Learn to Handstand Walk
20. Run a 1/2 Marathon
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21. Complete an Olympic Distance Triathlon
22. Knit a Sweater
23. Bake a Pie with Fresh Fruit
24. Make Homemade Ice Cream
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