four days until twenty-five

The day after I turned 24, I opened up the owl journal my sister had given me (my love for owls knows no bounds), and began to write my "25 before 25" list. Sadly, my list didn't even reach 25 items which made me question how much I actually wanted to do with my life. 

On it were things like "get your complete drivers' license" - which I did, first try, at the end of June! I also had goals for fitness and to run a race, and I have become more fit over the months and even did a Color Run! There were also failures, such as "study a language to fluency" - I practice Hungarian, but I'm nowhere near where I could be, or "bake on a weekly basis" which. And then there were ones that came out differently than I had planned, such as "visit my sister and family in B.C.", since they came out to visit us instead! Those three weeks of seeing my sister, realizing how mature and how mini-me my niece has become, and having baby fever after hugging and blowing kisses with my nephew were the best early birthday present. 

Now I'm coming to twenty-five and realizing how little of my 24th year I documented. Sure I have the photos and hopefully my memory won't fail me too early, but there's a lot of moments where I wish I would have just sat down and wrote out what happened at a certain moment. Celebrating 5 years with The Boy in Ithaca, showing two of my online friends what my city has to offer, park days with my niece ... 

The blogging world has fallen by the wayside, and it seems to be that way for a lot of bloggers. Instagram and twitter sums up everything in a photo or 140 characters, and it seems to be more convenient. So, even though there won't be a "26 before 26" list there a few things I'd like to do: a) redo this blog, and 'start over' in a sense; b) travel more this year; c) try to begin my teaching career; and d) ...