In the past year or so, however, I toyed with the idea of making a 30 Before 30 list. To me, 30 tasks in five years is doable. Once I let go of the idea that I had to make a list containing outrageous tasks - like traveling overseas or skydiving - I felt like it was a much better idea.
So without further ado, here is my 30 Before 30 list:
- Go to dinner by myself
- Go to a movie by myself
- Travel by plane
- Take a weekend getaway with Erik
- Learn to knit
- Buy a sewing machine
- Go to a(nother) major sporting event (this was on the list in my head before I went to see the New York Rangers, so it's on my list to go to something else)
- Learn to make 10 meals well enough that I don't need the recipe
- Open at Etsy shop (or sell crafty goods in some fashion)
- Move out
- Watch 20 "classic" movies
- Go to disney
- Get a job
- Work in the event/wedding planning industry
- Take a yoga class
- Go to a dance convention/master class
- Go to the tree lighting/Thanksgiving Day parade/4th of July fireworks/NYE in NYC (because I couldn't pick and I'm setting the bar low to go to at least one of these)
- Go see the Radio City Christmas show
- Go see a show on broadway
- (Re-)Learn spanish
- Host a dinner party
- Attend BiSC at least once!
- Start a Roth IRA
- Save $10,000 for a down payment on a house
- Get a tattoo
- Watch Friends & Sex and the City from start to finish (I've never seen either all the way through!)
- Go on six "real" dates with Erik a year (our "date" nights are usually staying in, or going out with a group of friends; by "real" dates I mean dinner/movie/activity together, just the two of us)
- Take a pole dancing class
- Buy a smartphone
- Save $5,000 for a wedding
I hope to blog about things as I complete them. I mean, some of them will be a given, considering I wouldn't miss out on blogging about going to Disney, my first plane ride, or going to BiSC. Of course, let's also see if I'm still blogging in five years! I hope to be, but you never know.