Trajectory of Aspirations

Body

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
size 8	size 10	size 14	fasten airplane seat-belt without extender

Relationship

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
get boyfriend	get him to marry me	get him to talk to me	get him to talk to me only during commercials

Cooking

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
get boyfriend	restaurant and cookbook empire	food blog	raw chicken may have dripped on salad. hope no one gets sick.

Writing

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
sell a screenplay	sell a novel	sell a memoir	20 Facebook likes on weekly blog post

Recognition

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
screenwriting Oscar	MacArthur Genius Award	Pen Center Emerging Writer	$20 in Oscar pool

Husband

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
PLEASE!	tenure position at Ivy League with all male graduate assistants	replace Michiko Kakutani as editor of New York Times book review	get me free vegetable spiralizer in exchange for Amazon Review

Children

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
nope	potty train	#1 first Jewish president, #2 discovers cancer cure	pay for own cell phones. impregnate no one

Travel

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
anywhere as long as with boyfriend	Day of the Dead, Oaxaca	college tours resulting in immediate acceptance and full scholarships	Groupon for Laughlin (buffet included)

Binging

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
revival movie houses, food	sex food	Ebay food	Netflix food

Found money

1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
sports car	sleep-away camp	tummy tuck	dental implant