Inspired by my sister (thanks, Becky!) and others. My first 25 aren't particularly creative, but I hope that I will get more creative now that much of that requisite professional goal-type stuff is mostly out of the way. 
1. Publish at least one work of fiction.
2. Publish at least one work of non-fiction.
3. Have a feature article published in a major (non-industry-specific) magazine.
4. Earn a second bachelor’s or master’s degree and/or Ph.D.
5. Read the Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (among other early adolescent literature) to a child.
6. Read the classics on my “to read” list.
7. Paint a nursery yellow, like my first bedroom in Salina, KS (to this day, I still remember that room being the lightest, brightest, and most comforting place to be).
8. Expand my teaching of writing to other companies/organizations and begin teaching writing at a college/university.
9. Expand my writing/teaching consulting into a successful business venture (“successful” here means “could replace 9-5 job with comparable income").
10. Travel to Italy, the South of France, Ireland, Greece, Japan, and Bali (to name a few).
11. Plant a successful vegetable garden (“successful” here means “does not die,” as is so typical of any of my gardening adventures to date).
12. Take a photography class and make a point of practicing more often.
13. Re-learn to play Clair de Lune on the piano again (this means playing it up-to-tempo, with no hesitations or mistakes).
14. Learn how to play the guitar.
15. Join a singing group or choir.
16. Act in another theatre production.
17. Take dance lessons.
18. Become as (or more) physically fit as I was while playing sports in high school.
19. Save a life.
20. Bake with my Mom to learn Grandma Bea’s sweet roll recipe.
21. Go sailing.
22. Become a stronger swimmer.
23. Buy new, hardwood bookshelves and re-arrange all books I own by topic and alphabetically.
24. Tweak homemade frozen yogurt recipe for optimum nutrition and sweetness.
25. Take a relaxing beach vacation (one where absolutely nothing is planned and there’s no pressure of somewhere to go).
-Em