A few blogs I follow, like the naked redhead, created a mini craze about the idea of thinking of thirty things you want to accomplish in your life before you turn the age of thirty. I’ve been tossing the idea around for awhile, and finally decided to bite it and write my own.
Further presenting:
TheDemanda’s 30 Before 30:
1. Go to an exotic country, like Greenland or Antarctica.
2. Take a weeklong cruise somewhere.
3. Get a cat.
4. Get a six pack abs. With pictures to prove it.
5. Graduate college. This may take awhile at the rate I’m going.
6. Publish a book.
7. Go on a ridealong with a cop.
8. Skydive.
9. Truly not worry about money.
10. Buy a little black dress.
11. Set up a scholarship or anonymously give money to someone who needs it.
12. Go to one of those driving places where you can go as fast as you want.
13. Learn to like beer.
14. Go to Portland, Oregon. (Seems like a pretty cool place.)
15. Buy a Rosetta Stone program and learn a weird language.
16. Learn how to NOT worry so much.
17. Go to a concert. (No, I still have not gone to a live concert yet. This is embarrassing.)
18. Pay off all my student loans.
19. Buy a house.
20. Take riding lessons.
21. Be known for something.
22. Go on a spontaneous road trip.
23. Actually finish/beat a video game.
24. Donate money to help an exhibit at a zoo. (For a fun creature like a penguin or an otter.)
25. Go to the Shedd Aquarium.
26. Reconnect with a lost friend or two.
27. Stand up in someone’s wedding.
28. Finish my worlds’ largest crossword puzzle. (This will take years.)
29. Get a domain up and KEEP it sustained this time.
30. Visit Machu Picchu.
When I manage to pick off one of these, I’ll blog about it and link that blog to the listed items here.
…..and here we go!
#1 and #30 will be accomplished at the same time.
#21 and #6 can be accomplished at the same time.
#24 and #25 can be accomplished at the same time.
#15 – take a course, not Rosetta Stone. You won’t really learn with that thing.
#9 and #16 can be accomplished at the same time.
Not trying to criticize your list, TheDemanda, but I think you can set yourself up for even greater success with a bit of revision. Some of these things are personality traits, so you may not be able to ever change them. Some of them will take years, so you may fall a little short of your goal.
Either way, I really like this idea, and I hope you are successful. No matter where you go in life, I support you.
JOHN