14 for '14

Every year I say I want to do all these cool things that I have never done before and swear that I will accomplish before the ball drops on New Year's Eve and somehow, some way I fail. (thumbs down motion goes here). This year is going to be my year. I say that exact phrase every year but this year I truly believe it. This year will be the year that I do something great. I break out of my shell and show the world what I am all about, and show them I am Jennifer Johnson and I am AWESOME!! So in this brilliant mind of mine, I thought that if I put my goals on the World Wide Web then I would have no choice but to complete them because then the world and my millions of followers can hold me accountable. So here are the 14 things I want to complete in the year 2014! (Get it, 14 for ’14, I am so clever.)

           

1.     Go to California and attempt to get a job with Ellen DeGeneres. So this has always been a dream of mine  (since I was 18, which means 5 WHOLE YEARS) and since I talk about it in every blog, I added it to my list so I finally do it. Plus it is first on my list so the most important. I mean the worst that can happen is that I will be thrown in jail for stalking and will have a cool story to tell out of it.

2.     Go on a road trip by myself. I LOVE ROAD TRIPS!!! This year I want to get in a car and just start driving. Maybe I can go see the World’s Largest Ball of Yarn or the World's Largest Basket (yes, they are both real. I Wikipedia them and we all know Wiki never lies). Depending on how far I go, I may bring someone with me, but I have always wanted to see what it was like to travel alone. To be free to make my own decision about where I stop and what World's Largest attraction I stop at without someone wanting to see something stupid. ME TIME!

3.     Travel somewhere exotic. Last year I went to Europe (which is somewhere I have always wanted to go), so this year I want to travel to another far away land. Learn something about a country that is not my own. Meet people that are not from these parts and experience something that is unique.

4.     Get over my fear of commitment. I have this fear of actually committing to a relationship for no reason. I do not want to say “fall in love” or anything crazy but just get over my fear of actually being in a relationship. If I find someone this year then be willing to say okay and take myself off the market (EEK)

5.     Acts of kindness. I want to try and complete a random act of kindness for someone else at least twice a week. I would love to do everyday but being as I am unemployed I do not leave my house everyday, I do not interact with other humans daily making this impossible unless I was totally selfish and completed random acts for myself. Which how would that even work? How is one kind to oneself?

6.     Enter a contest and WIN! Oh, yes. I am winning something this year! I would prefer this to be a singing contest but maybe something more with in my means. But then again I do sound like Celine Dion when I sing, so it is a possibility.

7.     Volunteer…….. as tribute! No seriously, do some volunteer work. I mean that should be easy right. I mean every year I say I will volunteer and I always put it off. It always becomes one of those things I can start the next day and lo and behold I reach the end of the year and have not volunteered. So now tomorrow is officially today!

8.     Read 50 books that don’t have pictures! I love getting lost in a world that is not my own while expanding my mind. It is easy to get lost in a television series world but reading, I am expanding my mind and learning in the process. Duh! Plus I get to create the pictures myself without someone showing me what a character looks like; I can make them look how ever I want.

9.     Go see someone in concert I have never seen before live. I am a concert buff! I love them! So this year I want to go to a concert and see a musician I have never seen before and preferably this concert would be free because I am unemployed. I like to keep reminding you that I am unemployed so that you do not forget.

10.  Write more. I love to write! If I were more intelligent I would try to be journalist, but since my teacher once told me I have the grammar of a kindergartener I feel this will not be possible. But I will still write more and maybe see if I can get freelance job writing.

11.  Let others know how I feel about them. I mean the world keeps spinning and I am starting to learn it’s about quality not quantity. The people in my life I care about need to know that I care about them. It is kinda a no brainer. If I think you suck as a person and my life would be better with out you, then I am going to tell you (in a much nicer way) and then I am going to set you free.

12.  Learn a new trade. Learn to do something that I cannot do. Maybe knitting or woodwork. Or maybe learn to play an instrument. Or maybe electrical work, or sewing, or well the possibilities are endless.

13.  Learn a foreign language. I mean from what I hear Italian and French are the language of love and I feel like it would be super cool to randomly start yelling at people in a different language.

14.  Take a dance class! I really want to be more cultured. And this way when I go to work for Ellen my dance moves is in tiptop shape and I will blow her mind! Plus, I have all the moves like Beyoncé but I have always wanted to learn to swing dance.

 There you have it! My super, duper awesome list of things I want to accomplish this year.  I have always heard that, “If I set my mind to it, I can do it.” So this year I am going to set my mind to accomplish all of these. And the good news is that, I will write about my journey along the way so that you know how closely I am following my word. There is a lot more to come from me this year peeps, SO BE PREPARED!!!