On the Eve of Great Change…

I was reading a post on a message board this morning and it got me thinking about 2008. I’m going to be 30 in December and it is kind of blowing my mind. I have mixed feelings about it. In the last month I’ve moved out of my home state, I earned my MFA and I’m now teaching at a college. Things are slowly (and I mean slowly) starting to take the shape I’ve been hoping for all these years, but I’m still not completely settled. There are things I thought I would have accomplished by now and places I wished I would see by this point and it hasn’t happened. I know life never goes exactly as planned nor does it end at 30, but that post got me thinking.

Every year that has come and gone in my adult life has never really seemed like “MY” year, but for some reason I can’t stop myself from thinking this is it. My cutie offered me a clean slate when I got here and I am forever grateful for that and I really do believe this is it.

All that being said what is this post about?  I guess it’s kind of a list of things I want to do this year, things I want to learn, places I want to go and things I need help with. So here we go:

I want to go out of the country for my birthday in December

I want to spend a holiday in NYC

I want to relearn Spanish

I want to go to at least two writing retreats

I want to publish at least five poems

I want to meet a core group of really good friends

I want to change my personal style

I want to be as debt free as possible by December 31st (save student loans of course!)

I want to have three months of living expenses in the bank

I want to start selling my art again

I want to start taking photos again (I need a new camera)

I want to find new music

I want to read all the books I own I neglected while in school

I want to go to the gym on a regular basis

I want to get my passport

I want to freelance more

I want to get another tattoo (my last I think)

I want to (if possible) trade in my car

I want to seriously consider cutting off my hair

I want to live life to the fullest

I don’t want to look at anyone else’s life and envy it

I want to live for me and have as much fun as possible

Pomp and Circumstance

I graduated last night with a Master’s of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a concentration in Poetry from Queens University of Charlotte. *pats self on back*.

A Long Time Comin’

So ummm yea…I am now an Adjunct Professor of English at a school here in New Jersey I am so happy that what I’ve worked so hard for the last years is now starting to pay off. I am more excited than I can explain and a little scared too.