I turned 30 last week and if I'm being honest, I was a little bit disappointed with it. I didn't really do much anything to celebrate as the weekend was a bit monopolized by Halloween celebrations and parties. I don't generally go into birthdays, or anything really with expectations and I think that having a mindset that 30 was a milestone to be celebrated may have been my downfall. I have been thinking about making a '31 before 31' list for awhile and I spent my birthday finalizing my list. I'm feeling rather inspired and positive about having a list of goals to work on throughout the year and don't see any reason why I can't achieve everything on the list. Who cares about birthdays anyway? I can celebrate every day!
Here it is:
1. Take tennis lessons
2. Make bath & body products
3. Run a half marathon
4. Do tax reassessments
5. Improve photography/take more photographs
6. Run a 4:00 km
7. Get a new computer
8. Make 2011/2012 photobook
9. Complete Blissology program in 28 straight days
10. Make homemade wine
11. Explore more in cooking/cook more
12. Go on 10 trips; small or big/day trips or overnight
13. Read 25 books
14. Write handwritten letters
15. Write a blog
16. Improve physical fitness/track progress
17. Make new friends and be a good friend
18. Practice yoga at least once a week all year long
19. Run 1000 km this year
20. Improve French language skills
21. Do a 30 day yoga challenge
22. Clean out email inbox/maintain no emails in inbox
23. Host 6 dinner parties
24. Run a sub 23:00 5K
25. Get passport renewed
26. Climb Katahdin
27. Get a commuter bike
28. Volunteer with Laubach Literacy
29. Complete German study guide
30. Complete 100 push-ups
31. Do the splits