list 30 things I want to do before I turn 30...and DO them!

Happy Wednesday! 12 months ago

Im 24….

1.) Get a college degree and a good career
2.) Own a sports car
3.) Fall in love
4.) loose 50 lbs
5.)Travel to NYC and California 15 months ago

I’m 29 and eight months, and life has gotten in the way of these things I want to do before I’m 30. However, the new challenges that have come my way are equally exciting, and I know that I’ll have many more chances to achieve the things on the list (and other goals) in the decade to come. 18 months ago

1. Own an iPhone (20/01/2010)
2. Knit a scarf (09/05/2010) 2 years ago

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cathedrals_in_the_United_Kingdom 2 years ago

Career
• Become a nurse

Creativity
• Grow and eat some vegetables
• Create an index of excellent vegan recipes
• Make myself a dress and wear it
• Make a patchwork quilt

Health and beauty
• Get my teeth fixed
• Run a sub-30 minute 5K
• Run a 10K
• Run a half marathon
• Run a marathon
• Go vegan
• Get and maintain BMI between 20 and 25
• Have a sugar-free diet

Experience
• Visit all the cathedrals in England
• Live on £1 a day for a month
• See more concerts

Knowledge/ skills
• Pass Italian CILS level 4
• Take music lessons again (either flute or piano)

Money
• Give 10% of my income to charity/ church
• Save 10% of my income in a savings account
• Make a budget and stick to it

Reading
• Read the whole Bible
• Read a book by each of the winners of the Nobel prize for literature

Self-knowledge
• Understand the causes of my depression and know how to stop myself from getting really low
• Stop emotional eating

Social responsibility/ friendships
• Talk to my nephew and niece every week on the phone and send them thoughtful Christmas and birthday presents
• Write a letter to a friend every week for a year
• Make a concerted effort to encourage people I know who are going through a hard time
• Volunteer part-time on an ongoing basis
• Become the kind of friend who doesn’t expect her buddies to knock, and routinely finds a friend snatching food out of her fridge when she gets home from work.

I turn 27 in January so I have a little over 3 years to work on these goals. What a challenge! 2 years ago

So, I’m turning 29 in two month’s time, and 30 suddenly doesn’t seem too far off. I’ve still got lots of things I want to achieve before I reach the big 3-0 – writing goals, family goals, fitness goals, learning goals and so on – so here I am, starting another list. While I’m going to start working on some of the goals straight away, I’ll give myself till the end of the year to edit and finalise the list. 2 years ago

I just checked, and I’ve already accidentally done two of the items on my list since I wrote it. “Own a piano” (got it unsolicited from my cousin) and “get a massage” (B-day present from Brother #2).

If only the rest of my items would be this easy! 2 years ago

1.See the aurora borealis
2.See the salvador dali museum in spain
3.Work in a job related to TG (favourite subject)
4.Go on a round the world trip
5.Live in a foreign country for at least a year
6.Spend the night in an igloo
7.Spend new years eve in new york
8.Spend st.patricks day in new york
9.Go on every ride in disney world
10.Learn to drift
11.Drive a speed boat
12.Do that thing with the parachute on the end of a speed boat
13.Scuba dive in the great barrier reef and take photos
14.Go to a basketball match in madison square garden
15.Go to an ice hockey match in america
16.Go to the super bowl 2 years ago

I have 10 months before I turn 30. It’s time to make my list.

Right now I have:

1. Reach my goal weight = DONE
2. Hike Half Dome in Yosemite = to be done in June
3. Be happy with my life in the moment = sort of done
4. Figure out my finances
5. Make a budget and begin the process of learning to follow it!

more to be decided…. I need to look at everyone’s lists! 3 years ago

is kind of hard! I have a draft already on my Lists of Bests but the stuff after #22 is kind of iffy. I’d like to add an accomplishment relating to making a positive impact on the environment, but I’m not sure what an interesting, quantifiable goal on that front would be. 3 years ago

I was thinking about doing the “101 things in 1001 days” challenge, which would put me almost to my 30th birthday. But I decided to do this instead – it’ll allow me to focus on fewer, larger projects. Which is probably a good idea since soon I’ll have my hands full with Baby!

Now I just have to figure out what goes on this list. I’ll probably take some things from my Things to do before I die list. 3 years ago

I have now worked under my own employ, only to discover I don’t like it much.

But I tried it, and I know how it feels, and I may revisit it when my children are old enough to understand that just ‘cause mama’s at her dest at HOME, doesn’t mean she’s not working. 4 years ago

still thinking about it…will post soon 4 years ago

11. I want to take better care of my teeth.
12. Quit smoking.
13. Drink more water. At least 64 oz a day.
14. I need to read more and watch less T.V.
15. I would like to make a list of 30 things I would like to do and teach my son Valo. 5 years ago

1. I would like start school and be on my way to finishing it.
2. I want to go to the gym every day or at least every other day. My goal is to be at least a size 6.
3. I want to grow out my hair, at least to below my shoulders.
4. I would love to learn german and french.
5. I’d like to go to Paris.
6. I want to pay off at least most of my bills.
7. I would love to learn how to play an instrument.
8. I want to be able to spell better and build my vocabulary…
9. I’d like to run a marathon.
10. I want to take a dance class. 5 years ago

Cross off #17. I died my hair kind of a fun mahogany color. I’m keeping it this way for awhile. I quite like it.

I’m working actively on #15. I just got basically a new wardrobe. Much better than my previous wardrobe. I’m getting there.

And today I spent an hour by the shores of Lake Minnetonka, skipping stones until I got it right. I’m 99.999995% sure I’ll be able to duplicate my skip in other, similar conditions. Cross off #18. 5 years ago

25. Successfully grow a large vegetable garden. Spend a whole summer/autumn eating fresh yummies I’ve grown myself.
26. Compile my grandmother’s recipes into a cookbook. Distribute it to the extended family.
27. Win some kind of contest.
28. Visit the states I haven’t visited.
29. Get really, really, really lost in an unfamiliar place. Enjoy the time I’m there, and let the way back to familiarity find me.
30. Coach a sport or lead an activity for each of my kids. 5 years ago

19. Become the kind of friend who doesn’t expect her buddies to knock, and routinely finds a friend snatching food out of her fridge when she gets home from work.
20. Become the kind of mom whose children bring friends home as often as they can, because it feels good to be there.
21. Pet a tiger cub, again.
22. Fall asleep in a hammock on a beach.
23. Buy a bottle of wine that should be consumed only for a monumentally celebratory occasion. Drink it on a Tuesday night, for no reason.
24. Learn to surf. 5 years ago

13. Join the mile high club already, for Pete’s sake…
14. Read 100 books.
15. Learn a thing or two about dressing fashionably.
16. Appear regularly at the beach in a bikini. Feel no shame.
17. Dye my hair a color it’s never been before.
18. Learn to skip stones well. 5 years ago

7. Go back to Hawaii.
8. Get in the habit of excersising. Every. Single. Day. Enjoy it.
9. Ride in the Minnesota AIDS Ride.
10. Either get a boob job or get over being flat chested.
11. Buy a home with some curb appeal. Finally.
12. Try improv theater. 5 years ago

1. Go Hang Gliding.
2. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
3. Pay off the rest of my debt. Every cent.
4. Get the tattoo I’ve wanted for years.
5. Renew my wedding vows.
6. Work for myself. 5 years ago