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1. complete one item on the Life List
2. host a birthday party as if you were celebrating a 10-year old (feb 5)
3. attend a TEDx event. (tedxohiostate)
4. go snowboarding in the Rockies
5. get a new business card (geben)
6. win another Instagram competition (piada)
7. revisit Wrigley Field
8. go for a run in a new city (chicago)
9. buy a house.
10. speak at a pecha kucha event
11. attend a country music festival (buckeye countryfest)
12. learn to hang bathroom tile
13. host a house party and only serve kid food
14. visit a new ball park (comiskey)
15. do something that i’ve feared for a long time
16. try a new haircut
17. pitch a client that accepts
18. start a family (puppy)
19. speak to a class of students studying my work
20. build a deck
21. pay off my college debt
22. buy the car i’ve wanted for years
23. help a friend get on twitter
24. do hard things
25. own the idea that i actually enjoy bieber’s music
26. get back into investing.
27. visit a new small town with someone with lots of memories from there.
28. Fill in the blanks above.

Two fixed tasks: the first comes from my life list, to remain consistent with the rules I made for myself several years ago, and the last task being to fill in the blanks throughout the year. I know it looks and feels like a cop out, but as I hiked along the coast looking at the waves crashing against the beaches below me, a single phrase kept coming into my mind.

Don’t let the list define you.