My 23 Goals for Turning 23

Writing this post was a little hard to comprehend, since it feels like I was just singing a horrible

Taylor Swift song to myself and writing this post. Turning 23 doesn't feel overly special (unlike the thrill of turning 21), but that doesn't mean it's a year that I want to waste. The past 12 months brought some big changes to my life, and so many of them were positive. Why not continue that positivity into the next year?

Instead of birthday wishes or lessons learned, here are my 23 goals that I want to accomplish this year:

Personal Goals

Get back to my goal weight
Take at least 12,000 steps a day
Give up soda
Run in a 5K
Visit my college town
Learn how to make something new
Read at least 10 new books
Make a video tutorial for the blog
Reinspire my personal style

Big Girl Goals

Move into a more "permanent" apartment
Put away $2,000 for a car
Redecorate my living room
Volunteer for a meaningful cause
Add one "big girl" item to my closet each month
Try a new place in Portland each month

Professional Goals

Outline (and write) a novel
Get more involved with PRSA
Redesign my professional website
Get published
Set-up a home office

Life Goals

Take at least three trips
Move past recent heartbreak
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