Call it what you want. A to-do list. A bucket list. A must do before you die list. Letterman's Top Ten List. I decided to make a list of 30 things to do before I turn 30 list. Which gives me approximately two and a half years to do a lot of awesome things!
The coolest part about this list? When I actually sat down to make my list I had a hard time. I started thinking of all the awesome things I have done already in my life. I've backpacked europe, I adopted a dog, I rescued kittens, I studied abroad, I have traveled to Switzerland more times than I can count, I grew up on the river and in the ocean, I bought a house at 22 years old, I have been on 3 mission trips to El Salvador... CRAZY right? And I am not saying all of that to brag... I am saying it because just writing this list, and realizing that my "I've-already-done-that-list" is jam packed with many AWESOME blessings and adventures I have already experienced. Read my original blog post about all of this here.
Anyway, without further ado, and in no particular order...
1. Take Yogo Classes
2. Camp on a beach. Not near a beach, on the beach.
3. Sponsor 10 Blogs - Have 10 paid sponsors of my blog - and have over 500 followers!
4. Land somewhere in the Top 5 ranked sales reps in my company (Read about that here!)
5. Go on a soul searching weekend mini-trip, stay in a b&b or inn, all by myself
6. Design a house (bonus points if I build it before 30!)
7. Learn to knit or crochet
8. Read the Bible. Again.
9. Go to a movie on a Friday or Saturday night alone
10. Bike a Metric Century (63 miles) (maybe the TarWheel this spring?)
11. Start saving for retirement
2. Camp on a beach. Not near a beach, on the beach.
3. Sponsor 10 Blogs - Have 10 paid sponsors of my blog - and have over 500 followers!
5. Go on a soul searching weekend mini-trip, stay in a b&b or inn, all by myself
6. Design a house (bonus points if I build it before 30!)
7. Learn to knit or crochet
8. Read the Bible. Again.
9. Go to a movie on a Friday or Saturday night alone
10. Bike a Metric Century (63 miles) (maybe the TarWheel this spring?)
11. Start saving for retirement
12. Meet Matt Lauer or Ann Curry - bonus points if it's more than just a hand shake in front of the studio. Lunch with Ann would be awesome!
13. Plan/ throw a charity fundraising event
14. Mission work in Africa (working with orphans preferably)
15. Mission work in West Virginia
16. Do a pull-up (without the assistance of that machine...)
18. Read a classic novel, such as Pride & Prejudice
19. Master Manual Mode with my DSLR camera
20. Dress up in a fancy fancy outfit for a fancy fancy dinner out on the town with Michael
21. Own chickens (like real live chickens that will give me organic eggs!)
22. Start a family
23. Be open minded and make new friends
24. Go to Hawaii
25. Go Deep Sea Fishing and catch a hugeeee fish
26. Attend a NY Mets home game (maybe the same weekend I hang out with Ann Curry?)
27. Change a diaper (I know... hard to believe I have made it 27 years without doing this!)
28. Make a mini documentary (Zero. The amount of experience I have in this field.)
29. Take horseback riding lessons (I did this as a kid... many many years ago. But want to do it again.)
30. Find a church to call home and a bible study I feel comfortable in.
25. Go Deep Sea Fishing and catch a hugeeee fish
26. Attend a NY Mets home game (maybe the same weekend I hang out with Ann Curry?)
27. Change a diaper (I know... hard to believe I have made it 27 years without doing this!)
28. Make a mini documentary (Zero. The amount of experience I have in this field.)
29. Take horseback riding lessons (I did this as a kid... many many years ago. But want to do it again.)
30. Find a church to call home and a bible study I feel comfortable in.
