i had a birthday yesterday, & while i am pretty good at pursuing my goals, i still wanted a concrete list. here are the things i plan to accomplish in my next year of life:

• knit a cardigan
• run a second & third half-marathon (am signed up for the cleveland race in may so far)
• visit the pacific northwest
• garner an impressive cardigan collection (including elbow patches)
• buy a road bike (& spruce up my fixed)
• knit a complete pair of (good fitting) socks
• finish my MLIS (slated to complete my master’s in august)
• read anna karenina
• summer camping/hiking
• downsize possessions (& donate)
• blanket fort
• put X amount of every paycheck into savings
• learn more advanced fair isle knitting
• bake cupcakes
• harry potter as read by stephen fry
• eight shows (first up: the mountain goats)
• veganism for a month (mostly to downgrade my cheese intake. mmm, cheese.)
• buy more art for my apartment (& frame it)
• maintain a traveling fund
• a morning: get up at dawn to ride the city, have a nice breakfast out, & read in the grass
• yarn-bomb something in the city
• conquer a run longer than 13.1 miles
• use five new-to-me yarns
• paint my desk