Saturday, July 2, 2011

The dreaded 30!

I will turn 28 in November....I can't believe it! I almost had a mental breakdown when I turned 25. My thought process of it was that I was halfway to 50. When I look at it that way, sure I'm going to have a breakdown! I haven't handled any year since that 25th birthday any better. So, I'm trying a different approach in the upcoming 2 years. There are so many things I want to do in life. And, as much fun as I've had in my almost 28 years of living, I haven't accomplished very many of these things. Well, that changes right now!

I have compiled my 30 before 30 list. This was actually a lot more difficult to do than I thought it would be. I had hundreds of ideas, but I had to be realistic. This isn't a bucket list. So, I had to make sure the list only contained things that I thought were achievable. I also wanted to make sure that I included things I could do entirely on my own but also include things I can achieve with my husband, my family, and my friends. I want to travel all over the world, but I knew I couldn't travel all over the world in 2 years. So, maybe once I do hit 30, I'll start another one. An actual bucket list. Maybe this way I won't let these things I want to achieve so badly slip by me again. So, here it is.

1. Graduate college
2. Change careers
3. Begin Master’s degree
4. Become fluent in a foreign language
5. Go scuba diving
6. Go snow-skiing
7. Buy land
8. Learn to technically play piano
9. Open an animal shelter
10. Go bungee jumping
11. Have a girls-only weekend
12. Learn to brew beer
13. Get a new tattoo
14. Go mountain climbing
15. Learn how to salsa
16. Complete a full marathon
17. Go to Aquapalooza
18. Take a hot air balloon ride
19. See a concert at Red Rocks
20. Learn to play the mandolin well
21. Learn to photograph well
22. Take a belly dancing class
23. Have Lasik surgery
24. Learn how to tango
25. Quit smoking for the 18th and final time
26. SUCCESSFULLY make real mashed potatoes
27. Buy a fixer-upper
28. Swim under a waterfall
29. Plant a garden and not kill it in a month
30. Spend my 30th birthday with my husband in paradise