On Inspiration.

I have been utterly inspired re-watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Throughout the movie, the continuously used phrase "Things never last" has upset me. I believe that many things last. Without getting all philosophical, a great many things last and I am so thankful for the majority of them. What I can't get over is that memories will last, and forever. I want mine to be the best.
In one point of the movie, Benjamin wrote a postcard to his daughter, and within it were the words that have made me rethink what I want the rest of my life to look like. In it he wrote:

“For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

Because of this, I am ready to get started. I want this summer to be one of the best of my life, even with my incredible boyfriend being 54 days and about 2200 miles away from me. Even with three weeks of summer school before getting to spend time with my best friends at home and family. I want it to be one that I can look back fondly on, being the last before I graduate college. Therefore I am setting goals, and will not end this summer until every last one of them has been met.

Summer goals:
Watch a sunrise
Find an apartment
Finish at least two more stories
Read at least 4 books
Get a job
Adventure often
Pick up a new hobby
Sharpen my “musical” skills
Darken my sandal tan
Enter the ocean
Try coffee
Not cut my hair

Most are realistic and simple, and anything but adventurous, but this is just my preliminary list. My goals have only just begun.