36 Things I Won’t Do Before 36

1. I won’t stop pursuing sublime happiness. I don’t always know what that looks like, but I know it when I feel it.
2. I won’t forget to be vulnerable.
   • I forgot earlier this year that this was my goal, but I won’t lose sight of this need again.
3. I won’t see all the places in the world—but I’ll want to.
4. I won’t put so much pressure on myself to be something or do something (how utterly under my own pressure was I last year?!)
5. I won’t lose sight of the wonder that is who I’ve become, am becoming, will be … and that she’s always, constantly, changing and growing.
6. I won’t take for granted the beauty of living next door to my brother; 2 miles away from my parents.
7. I won’t let Nali die (SHE WON’T EVER).
8. I won’t get as skinny as I did from Montezuma’s Revenge, because too much wine and too many late nights and too much laughter are found in those pounds—and I love those.
9. I won’t base my worth on what others think of me.
10. I won’t ever be without a tattoo again! Holy shit.
11. I won’t accept complacency. Wallowing is fine, but I take ownership for my choices.
12. I won’t stop the reading train I’ve jumped on…
13. … and I won’t apologize for loving YA fiction as much as Pulitzer-prize-winning novels.
14. I won’t travel all the time to escape home.
15. I won’t lose touch, though, with the people who matter SO much to me: in Aspen, Vail, OC, DC, SA, Seattle, Norway, and more.
16. I won’t settle. Into or for anything. 
17. I won’t just write Feel Good Friday posts; I’ll create more new blog content.
18. I won’t be afraid of anything.
19. I won’t operate out of risk-aversion.
20. I won’t cling so tightly to a current life as to not to let a new one in.
21. I won’t spend money over my means.
22. I won’t say no to donating money to causes I believe in.
23. I won’t drink too much wine.
24. I won’t value others’ needs for my time over my own.
25. I won’t hold back.
26. I won’t eat allllll the “healthy” swedish fish.
27. I won’t forget to journal.
28. I won’t let small things annoy me.
29. I won’t say f*ck quite as often.
30. I won’t stress over OR for my body.
31. I won’t have this adult acne next year.
32. I won’t leave DailyHap to languish in obscurity.
33. I won’t buy crap I don’t need just because the advertising or branding is awesome.
34. I won’t sacrifice sleep for anything.
35. I won’t hold myself accountable to an arbitrary list of numbers! SO THERE.

The old way: 35 Before 35 / 31, 30