Assignment Eighteen – Jessica Ewing

1. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish high school?

Before I graduate high school, my main goal is to finish the current poetry book I'm writing and write and complete another one. I started in December, and my end goal is to have 208 total poems across the two books. As of right now, I have 58 written, so I'm a little over a quarter of the way done. This doesn't seem like a huge accomplishment in comparison to other bucket list items, such as starring in a school play, but it's a personal goal of mine as writing is a very large part of my life and poetry is something that I've become rather attached to, particularly over these last couple of months.

2. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish college?

Before I finish college, hopefully I will have gathered up the courage to finally come out to my family. I'm not listing this as a goal for the end of high school, because I simply know as a fact that that's not going to happen (it's just not safe), but once I'm out of the house and taking care of myself, I believe I'll feel at least a bit more comfortable with the idea of coming out to my family.

3. What is the number one item on your bucket list before you finish living?

Before I die (wow, that's a really weird thing to think about, I don't like thinking about dying), I hope to publish a full-fledged novel. This is sort of the second stage (well, probably more like the third or fourth) of my writing life, following the completion of those aforementioned poetry books. I haven't made a lot of progress on this one, mostly just outlining and sketching ideas, but I'm determined to complete this goal within my lifetime. Leaving behind a legacy of fiction that other people will enjoy in future generations, that's something that has always inspired me, and I really hope that comes to fruition.