24 before 25

1. Apply to grad school in England/make my grand escape plans from the Midwest.
2. Read a classic novel.
3. Go to Minnesota.
4. Sit in the front row at a concert.
5. Do something unique to Chicago.
6. Once a week, call an old friend.
7. Watch a good chunk of AFI's Top 100.
8. Finish a crossword WITHOUT cheating.
9. Try a new and different shade of lipstick.
10. Get (another) tattoo.
11. Try an exotic food I can't pronounce.
12. Learn to play a song on the banjo.
13. Give a gift to somebody that I have never given a gift to.
14. Keep a job for longer than 5 months.
15. Lose 10 more pounds.
16. Cut my hair.
17. Get a raise.
18. Build a snowman on the beach.
19. Learn the JHO speech in Russian...just in case.
20. Do something grand by myself.
21. Try to live my life a little more like Leslie Knope.
22. Teach somebody something new.
23. Have the courage to order a Moscow Mule, even if it isn't on the menu.
24. Work more, earn more, live more, have more fun!