I always wanted to be a 30 Under 30. What for (business? philanthropy?), or how big, I’m not quite sure, but seeing as I turn 30 in a mere 6 months, I am now aiming for 40 Under 40.
Nonetheless, it seems fitting that I create a list of 30 things to DO before I turn 30. My Endless Summer List turned out approximately 36.57% done (this is entirely unscientific, as this is a hard thing to calculate with all the injury revisions and caveats), and I can only get better with practice, right?
The 30 Before 30 List:
1. Learn to golf, dammit. It’s BIZNESS.
2. Decorate my house like a real person. Where things look coordinated. This doesn’t mean I buy things, and may mean I give away things, but I want to look put together when I’m 30.
3. Accept that I will never like cleaning but get better about doing the little things—wiping the counter, putting away the dishes immediately.
4. Take a serious fashion risk. Remember the pink scuba dress you wore to your first event with Orange Coast mag? It was amazing there, then totally bombed a night on the town. Do more of that.
5. Commit to getting a six pack (diet/booze) or get rid of the idea that you want one.
6. Plan a birthday trip with a few friends to somewhere easy and do as little as possible.
7. Plan or execute next out-of-the-country trip. Renew passport.
8. Stop picking at my cuticles.
9. Puerto Rico.
10. See my cousin in Scotland (before June).
11. Get Nali to bark less.
12. Stop being lazy about stupid things: put the clothes in the dirty clothes, fold the tank tops, and wash the dishes.
13. Take more pictures.
14. Take better pictures.
15. Hang more pictures.
16. Give away more stuff.
17. Enter a local volleyball tournament.
18. Therefore, you will probably need to find a doubles partner.
19. Be vulnerable. As much and as often as possible.
20. Wear more high heels.
21. Create more things—crafting, cooking, and gifting.
22. Baths. Take them!
23. Let go of having to be good at everything, or even having to DO everything.
24. Get a muscle-up (CrossFit).
25. Refine a vision for this blog.
26. Teach Nali a new trick.
27. Prep more meals. Make more to-go food.
28. Tell more people more often how much I love them.
29. Increase traffic to DailyHap by 50%.
30. Plan a badass 30th birthday party!