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List 4 - 2020-2021 (the 55 in 555)

Since I'm tired of all my life goals revolving around getting this PhD (sigh), I'm doing an abbreviated list--55 goals in 555 days--with some more attainable goals that should get me through the rest of my time at Virginia Tech. For every goal I complete, I'll donate $2 to the Roanoke Community Bail Fund.

in progress (5)
completed (19)
Pandemic'd (11)
  1. finish dissertation
  2. submit single-author first author publication
  3. apply to one academic job
  4. apply to one non-academic job
  5. read at least 5 books for fun
  6. go to a chiropractor
  7. visit 3 state or national parks/forests
    1. Claytor Lake
    2. Grayson-Highlands
    3. Jefferson National Forest
  8. go to at least 5 performances at MAC
  9. go to a VT football game
  10. have high tea
  11. bake a pie
  12. bake bread
  13. do 100 hours on Duolingo
  14. go to the Cascades
  15. go to Pandapas Pond
  16. go to Claytor Lake
  17. go to Grayson Highlands
  18. do an entire handmade/thrifted Christmas
  19. only buy made in the US/thrifted/local clothes 
  20. go to a theme park
  21. make a candle
  22. finish upstairs bathroom
  23. canvass for Dem presidential candidate
  24. push to sponsor asylum-seeking family
  25. go to 3 VA Organizing meetings
  26. go to church (tbd) at least 10 times
  27. go to a yoga class
  28. darn gray sweater
  29. send flowers to someone
  30. do 20 random acts of kindness
  31. take B to the Hirshhorn and/or National Gallery of Art
  32. take B kayaking
  33. have five go-to recipes
  34. contribute to one charitable cause every month
  35. learn one new piece on the piano
  36. write something for fun
  37. go to the beach and read
  38. take B ice skating
  39. make flaxseed gel
  40. go to Supreme Court oral arguments
  41. go outside with B at least 5 days/week
  42. go to a new foreign country
  43. learn how to make tamales
  44. read HP in Portuguese
  45. write letter to Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association
  46. get massage
  47. donate hair
  48. write a letter to someone incarcerated
  49. buy personalized stationery
  50. complete a 1000+ piece puzzle
  51. go 6 months without Twitter or Facebook
  52. donate menstrual supplies to a women's shelter or a jail
  53. teach B to roller skate
  54. go back to the Outer Banks/engagement spot
  55. make a new list!



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