35 Things

I sometimes recap the years (usually around my birthday) by going through my old journals and finding bold and highlighted entries exclaiming things of mass importance or exciting moments, or super sad experiences, and there are some silly entries that I wonder now why it was so cool back then. I usually get a chuckle, and sometimes I get hit with something very profound.

In the archives, I ran across an old list of things I wanted to do, big and small, before I turned 30. Whether they were achievable goals or not, I had plans. I wrote the original list on my 22nd birthday. Wow. 22. It was just 8 years ago, but I feel like I have come along so much further than time wants me to think. :) And, I wanted to start a photography business way before I had really given it any serious thought. In fact, I wrote the list and promptly forgot about it. I'm pretty happy that I actually accomplished a great deal of the things. Some accomplishments, to this day, are very surprising.

Anyway, I had to revise the list some, being that I turn 30 in less than a week. The old list starts with 1 and goes down to 22. I reorganized the list to mark the olde accomplishments first (1-16) as well as leaving the original [unfinished] goals intact from 17-22. Then I added a few new goals, listed from 23-35. :) Happy reading! 

Make a list for your self and share it with me!

 

35 things before 35

1. Move into a Place-Called-Home with Chris ✓
2. Buy a Brand New Car and Pay it Off ✓
3. See the band Tool as often as possible without repeating set-lists ✓
4. Design and Sew my own Dresses, Bags, and Hair-things ✓
5. Start making my own Facial Cleansers ✓
6. Get Married & Stay Married ✓
7. Do Not Ever own a Credit Card ✓
8. Start a Photography Business ✓
9. Bake more Cookies and Muffins ✓
10. See more Movies at the Cinema with Friends ✓
11. Grow a Delicious Fruit and Veggie Garden ✓
12. Sculpt Clay Trinkets and Jewelry ✓
13. Write a Book ✓
14. Pack More Bento Lunches ✓
15. Forge More Friendships ✓
16. Be More Confident ✓
17. Grow My Hair to Mid-back ✓ New Goal: Grow Hair to Tailbone!
18. See 'Everything We Can' at a Toronto Film Festival
19. Wear (Pwn) a Classic Swimsuit and matching Swim Cap
20. Visit New York for a Weekend (never been!)
21. Learn to Sing and Play Guitar (Write and Perform a Song for Chris) [currently learning guitar]
22. Cross-country Road-trip to Hollywood (stay in Arizona for the bulk)
23. Finish writing my Childhood Memoirs
24. Have Picnics with Chris
25. Frame + Hang more Photos in the Homestead
26. Be super-organized
27. Do several Trash-the-Dress Photo-shoots with a Lovely Bride (and Groom)
28. Organize, Design, and Sell T-shirts
29. Own and train a Guard Dog
30. Open a Studio
31. Enter & Win a Photography Contest
32. Get Published
33. Do Yoga on a more Regular Basis
34. Upgrade Mine and My Husband's Photo/Video Equipments
35. Buy a House

 :)