I finally finished the list. I was actually surprised at how difficult it was to come up with a total of 30 separate things I'd like to do before my 30th birthday. I've been very blessed and have been able to experience/do a lot of things that were important to me throughout my life, which made making this list a bit difficult. I've also categorized the list more for my own OCD tendencies than anything else. And again, a huge thanks to Jess for the inspiration for this! :) I've had a lot of fun thinking about all the stuff I'd like to accomplish over the next 18 months and I'm excited to get started!
Home-Life
1. Buy our first home
2. Find a church and start attending regularly
3. Go with my mom on a girls-only weekend trip
4. Call/visit my brother more
Service Projects
5. Volunteer at a food bank or soup kitchen
6. Adopt a family for the holidays
Health/Fitness
7. Participate in the 3-day Breast Cancer Walk
8. Run a 5K
9. Find my 'happy and healthy' weight and maintain it
10. Take a master class with Wade Robson
11. Go for a run on a local beach
Food-related
12. Take a knife skills class
13. Learn to make a good piecrust
14. Make homemade bread
15. Learn to make homemade chicken/beef stocks and use them regularly in cooking
16. Go wine-tasting with the hubs
17. Try at least a dozen recipes from The French Laundry Cookbook
18. Eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant*
19. Attend a class(es) at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA); either Napa or [hopefully] NY campus*
Fashion/Beauty
20. Learn to apply false eyelashes
21. Own a pair of designer shoes
22. Add several classic pieces to my wardrobe
Miscellaneous
23. Read at least 10 classics that I didn't read in school
24. Meet and have a book signed by an author that is important to me
25. Attend a Patriots game
26. Finish our wedding/honeymoon scrapbooks
27. Visit NYC
28. See a Broadway show
29. Watch the sunrise
30. Visit local museums that I still haven't explored
So, there it is. I figure I'll do updates every couple months to track my progress. Should be fun!
* These are things I'd actually like to do to celebrate my 30th birthday. When the hubs heard that I actually wanted to take serious cooking classes he looked at me like I'd grown a second head. Oh well, it's my birthday and I'll cook if I want to. ha!
Too late for me, but nice list. :)
ReplyDeleteOf your list, I have only done 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and 30.
Very cool idea and list! Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteyou know i love lists. unfortunately, i am too lazy to do this now. i should make the list sooner rather than later, if i do a 30 before 30, though.
ReplyDeleteVery cool list! I <3 lists. I would make my own 30x30 list if I didn't already have my gigantic 101 in 1001 list. :)
ReplyDeletefar, far too late for me too. i like your list a lot, though!
ReplyDeletethe ones i've managed to accomplish are 2, 3, 6, 8 (well, does walking it count?), 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 29. whee! i guess there's SOMETHING to be said for being an old ass hag.
Superbowl 5/10K in Redondo! This sunday (obviously) I'm running the 10k w/ my dad, brothers and Mikey - if he's over his flu symptoms. You can still register!
ReplyDeleteI hope your list motivates you to accomplish them all. I think the cooking class sounds awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to that 3 day walk with you!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on accomplishing these! Seeing these lists kind of motivates me to make one, hmmm...
ReplyDeleteI love your list! I'll keep this list idea handy when I approach 35, or maybe 40...Fantastic idea though! I hope to be with you when you cross off #7!!
ReplyDeleteA, i want to take a knife skills class too. when the hubs got me that sharp ass knife, he feared that i would not know how to handle such a tool properly and wanted to sign me up to a knife skills class at the new culinary school in culver city. it was only 75bucks but i just never signed up. we should sign up together one day.
ReplyDeletePlease let me know if you need a guinea pig for any of the food-related goals :)
ReplyDeletei had my dirty thirty back in july and wish I had had a list like this ;)
ReplyDeleteActually wore false eyelashes for the first time last night and I am never going back.
let me know how i can help on the fashion front. Kiss!
oops meant that night. the night of my party.
ReplyDeletei am brain dead today. lol!
Great list. I would be THRILLED if my wife wanted to take some serious cooking classes!
ReplyDeletecool list!
ReplyDeleteI could help you with the false eyelashes, i got a lesson from a makeup artist and became a PRO so I could do my own for my wedding! :)