"High Fidelity", Top 5 & Donald Miller

After having the movie "High Fidelity" on my Netflix Que for the past year or so, (ignorantly, I kept moving it down the list) I FINALLY saw it a few days ago & let me tell you, it's awesome!

It's not the dark comedy, the great music or the sweet & romantic storyline. It's all of the lists. John Cusack, one of my favorite actors of all time, goes through the entire movie, making these Top 5 lists: worst break-ups ever, songs for an untimely death, favorite bands, etc. I love the lists!

Now. . .

I also just finished a book called "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller, equally great. This book is insightful & spoke to me. It was like God was saying, "Kelsey! Get off your butt & DO something!" I cried. I laughed. I actually learned something that I can apply to my life!

So. . .

I've made a list (thank you, "High Fidelity") of Goals (you too, Donald Miller). Some of these came from a list I made 2 months ago, but I decided to include them anyway!

Top 5 List of Things I Want to Accomplish in My 25th Year!

5. Hike Half Dome in Yosemite.
I've been wanting to do this for about a year now, but I've never had the guts. I never thought I could do it. But, now I know I can do it & I will, goodness gracious!

4. Get a bike & learn how to ride it in the wilderness.
No, I don't own a bike, but I do know how to ride one, just not in the wilderness. Mountain biking looks like so much fun & a bunch of my friends go out once in a while. So, it's on the list!

3. Record my album.
I've been writing songs for about a decade now & haven't been able to really do anything with them. So, this is the year that I FINALLY record it & make something GOOD out of it! Who knows? Maybe I'll be picked up by a record company & get a deal! :D

2. Start My Masters.
I'm going to do it! After talking about it forever, I've decided that this is the year that I'm actually going to start my Masters. Fuller has a pretty good extension campus up here in Sacramento & it would be fairly easy for me to make some random trips down to So-Cal for distance learning eventually. So, here we go!

1. Give up dating.
The last list I wrote, I wanted to learn HOW to date, but now I want to give it up.

Here's the thing. . .

Lately, I've been realizing a lot of things about myself & what I want, what I've always wanted. And what I want is to be single. I've never gone more than about 3 months without being interested in someone, dating someone or getting over someone and I want to be single! I want to enjoy living without someone always there, checking up on me, waking me up in the morning with cheesy songs or taking up my Friday nights.

I want to be single. For a year. 24 is the year I figure who I am & what I want.


So, This is it. This is my chance to write an EPIC story with my life! We'll see how it goes! :)