You know how when you entered first grade, the sixth-graders looked absolutely ginormous and you wondered, “Am I really gonna be that big one day?” And then when you got to sixth grade, you wondered if you were ever going to be like the high school kids that seemed so grownup—light years away from you.

So here I am, about to start my senior year of high school, and frankly, I'm a bit incredulous. Somebody please pinch me, because I couldn't possibly have made it to my absolutely final, last, ultimate year of school, one step away from the army and two steps away from the rest of my life.

Seniors are supposed to be big, mature, impressive and on the verge of adulthood, but I feel exactly the same as every other year. As I got my non-report card this year (since the Israeli teachers' organization is protesting, they're not giving grades and report cards), I realized I am in desperate need of a reality check.

Now, as I step into my senior shoes, I think: What better way to feel mature and full of self-importance than by making a list?

So here you have it—the top 10 things I want to do before I go into the army:

1. Produce the best final art project to ever be seen in my high school, in Israel, or better yet—the entire world. Thus changing the world of art as we know it.

2. Say goodbye to the hideous, most diabolical subject of them all: math. And make sure I get a good grade so I never have to solve another quadratic equation in my life...at least until the SATs.

3. Find out what the heck I want to do in the army, because that would certainly be useful while handling all that IDF bureaucracy in October when I start my drafting process.

4. Read lots of books so my teachers will stop complaining that all my references are TV- and film-related. That might also help since I'm studying advanced literature, and it's really easy to feel inferior in such a class. I mean, excuse me, Tolstoy, but I have to go watch Ugly Betty now.

5. Finish all my final exams successfully so I don't find myself cramming for a civics exam in my late 20s.

6. Buy a bike. The reasons are many: It's easier to travel around the city, it's a heck of a lot more fun than working out, it would save money and the environment and most importantly, I could decorate it and feel like the ultimate cool Tel Avivian I aspire to be.

7. Take a trip abroad in the few free months between the end of the school year and drafting (the one perk of being the youngest in my graduating class).

8. Find out how my brother, cousin and I can keep watching Lost on a regular basis when each of us is in the army. We might have to resort to monthly marathons, but going cold turkey is not an option.

9. Get a job that doesn't involve offering the option of supersizing your Coke and fries. Maybe I could start selling my self-designed T-shirts at fairs and events or market some products in stores. Hey, if Kate Moss can design jeans, then I can sell some shirts.

10. Become a better person. I realize that's a pretty big and vague thing, and pretty hard to put a check next to, but other than your grocery list, I think it's a goal that should appear on every list. Maybe I could do a “year of service” (volunteer work) before joining the army.

So how can we sum up my list of goals? Important life-altering decisions: Check. Fun, frivolous and incredibly obvious aspirations: Check. One small step for a soon-to-be senior high school student, one giant leap for mankind: Check.