On Sept. 28, 2012, I’ll turn 25. In the spirit of setting down challenges (and borrowing from Shannon Collins who created a “30 before 30“) I’m publicly listing 25 major things I’d like to accomplish before reaching quarter-life. As I complete these items, I’ll note it here.

1. See St. Matthew’s Passion (Riverside Symphonia) (more) (more) (more)
2. Read all of Shakespeare’s sonnets; memorize one sonnet
3. Read Will Durant‘s “The Story of Civilization” (~10,000 pages over 11 volumes)
4. Attend performance of the Goldberg Variations
5. Run the Ragnar Relay (200-mile 12-person team relay from Miami to Key West)
6. Run a Half Marathon | Done.
7. Run a Marathon (more)
8. Attend the 2012 Olympics in London
9. Travel by train from Beijing to Moscow
10. Finish traveling the continental United States | Done.
11. Enjoy 100 beers in a day at McSorely’s Wonderful Saloon
12. Spend 24 hours on the New York City subway
13. Complete The Great Saunter, a 32-mile walk around the perimeter of Manhattan
14. Complete the Philadelphia Broad Street Run
15. Visit the Statue of Liberty
16. Read The Face in the Frost to my little brothers, and five others by John Bellairs
17. Attend Traditional Latin Catholic Mass | Done.
18. Ride in a helicopter | Done.
19. Move to Philadelphia | Done.
20. Reach Penn State Student Radio Endowment goal of $25,000 | Done.
21. Purchase Springfield XD Compact 5″ 9655HCSP06 pistol
22. Visit the White House
23. Learn to swing passably at a driving range
24. See Mount Rushmore | Done.
25. Publish a Kindle Single