Just typing the title leaves me feeling a bit...disgusted? No, that's too harsh. But annoyed, or irritated perhaps. The truth is - quite clearly - I'm not ready to turn 30. But ready or not, in 6 months that'll be the case. I get that freaking out about a stupid number is entirely melodramatic but I'm gonna do it anyway.
I just haven't entirely accepted that this is how things are going to be as I hit that marker that shoves a person solidly into "adulthood", and "real life" regardless of what they've managed to accomplish and how they feel about it all.
So I've considered a list of 30 things I want to accomplish/experience before age 30. The problem with me and lists is that I feel incredibly foolish if I'm unable to check off every last thing in time. I don't want to feel a sense of failure...I want to feel a sense of accomplishment, and most of all, I really want to have something positive to look forward to that Sunday in April.
1. Run a 5K race - done! 10/15/11 in 36 mins
2. Run 10K (6+ miles) - done! 3/3/12
3. Have my place professionally cleaned
4. Pay off my credit cards (all 4 - but I'll settle for 3 by then) 3 down, 1 to go as of 4/6/12 (thank you student loan surplus) - DONE!!!!! 12/14/2012
5. Climb Compton Water Tower - done! 10/1/11
6. Take the knife skills class at Kitchen Conservatory - done 1/11/12!
7. Fly somewhere I've never been to - 3/25/11 to Seattle for work conference
8. Get another massage at the Chase Spa
9. Paint the bathroom - done 2/20/12
10. Paint the hallway
11. Clean up the basement storage
12. Use the BBQ grill (burn a bunch of sage on it first!) - done! Success on 10/2/11
13. Finish reading Death and Life of Great American Cities
14. Finish reading The Art of Happiness
15. Have a bike and ride it around
16. Wear makeup. Like eyeliner, and maybe lipstick. Regularly. - done, er, rather, habit formed! 12/1/11
17. Get a less than safe haircut - done on 11/11/11 w/ a big drastic chop!
18. Buy a case of wine, all at once
19. Get good at baking sourdough bread
20. Make at least 1/2 my Christmas gifts - didn't happen, but I'm ok with it and not going to dwell on a less than 100% score for this list.
21. Buy a pair of jeans from somewhere swankier than The Gap
22. Go sledding on Art Hill - Winter 2011/12 was a total bust in terms of snow. Bummer!
23. Eat dinner at 1 of the awesome places I never get to go to anymore - done 2/5/12 with a fab dinner at Niche
24. Eat something I've never eaten before - ate beef cheeks and stinging nettles at 2 nice restaurants in March. It was a good eating month!
25. Knit something other than a glorified potholder
26. Watch a roller derby bout - done 2/4/12
27. Buy myself a piece of pretty jewelry - done 4/12, got a cute little ring from Etsy
28. Hang out at the Hilton's new 360 bar. Went with friends on 4/5/12
29. Try contacts. Again. For the 4th time. - not so sure of this...the last eye doc I went to wasn't so convinced contacts were for me...a strong blinker - ha!
30. Take a last minute trip (i.e. sans months of planning)
2 comments:
I know someone on a roller derby team in KC.
I have a credit on southwest and I am thinking of going somewhere the first or second wkend in December to run another 1/2 marathon... it could be the place you have never flown- and maybe your 10k!
And I miss the restaurants too, I have a gift card for Niche :-/
Cool! Maybe the KC team will play the STL roller derby. I need to look into their schedules. We need to go!
Sooo not ready for a 10k, thinking next spring. Also thinking the St. Pat's 5 mile. Should get that in right before the big 3-0. But keep me posted about this potential trip...
And we should go to Niche! They actually have a Monday supper pre-fix for $30/person that looks awesome. I have class Monday nights this semester but once that's over, I definitely want to go try it.
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