What Will You Be Doing During Earth's Last Year?

For starters, I should probably introduce myself.

My name is Sarah. I am 18 years old. I live in a small town in the middle of western Pennsylvania, where nothing special really happens on a day-to-day basis, but it’s home. I like almost everything and dislike almost nothing. There is really nothing extraordinary about me, at least as far as I can tell. But what I plan to do… maybe that will be extraordinary.

As you all may know, there is this rumor flying about (I’m sure you’ve heard it by now) that the end of the world is coming on December 21^st, 2012. Who knows what is going to happen on that day. Personally, I am rooting for either a rather clichéd zombie apocalypse (we’re talking full out World War Z) or some really cool alignment-of-the-planets-makes-the-world-go-boom nonsense. Whatever conspiracy theory fits your taste, it’s coming.

So what are you going to do since the world is supposedly ending? Most people are going to laugh it off and continue life like normal. While the world might end and it might not, I know what I’ll be doing: knocking off as many bucket list items as I possibly can this year and, as best as I can, living it up with my friends and family. I would like to take the opportunity and excuse of the world ending to make myself a better person and to do as many fun and crazy things that I can before it’s all over. Basically, I’m going to make it a year that I will never regret, and a year of fun times that I’ll be able to carry into the next life with me. And I’m going to track it the whole way.

Today, January 1, 2012, marks the first day of a new year, and a new, fantastic year it is going to be. Seeing as I slept most of the day away after staying awake all night at a NYE party, starting tomorrow, things will be going into effect. But procrastination of any sort will not be tolerated or continued, I swear. I’ve already got many of the things I want to do planned out, and updating often is going to be a new favorite hobby, I can already tell.

But honestly, it’s pretty boring if I do this alone and don’t really impact people with the things I am going to share, be it a crazy adventure, a new craft, or whatever is on the TV. I invite you to join me in living a crazy life for the last year of our lives.

As many great people have previously said, “If not now, when?”

I look forward to seeing our adventures that the good old two thousand and twelve brings.

Sarah.