30 by 30

Note: This is a re-post I wrote about a month ago that I wanted to bring over as it will be the basis for quite a few posts in the future.

This year I’ll be turning 26, which means 30 is looming around the corner. I’m really happy with where I am right now, but I want to always be moving forward. So in the spirit of the New Year/New Decade/30 on the Horizon, I want to make myself a list of 30 things I want to accomplish by the time I’m 30. Nothing huge or crazy, but things I can actually do. So here goes:

1. Blow up at least 3 of our own photos to use at art in the new house
2. Make a calendar in Photoshop to give as Christmas gifts
3. Teach Snax a new trick
4. Serve at a soup kitchen at Christmastime
5. Take a wine tour
6. Play ice hockey
7. Try (and hopefully enjoy) running
8. Bungee jump
9. Road trip down the California coast
10. Scuba dive
11. See the Goo Goo Dolls in concert
12. Go on a short term missions trip with AJ
13. Weigh 160
14. Read the favourite book of at least one friend each year
15. Spend New Year’s downtown in a big city
16. Read the Harry Potter series
17. Spend a day painting on canvas
18. See the Grease musical
19. Take kickboxing
20. Learn to drive stick (better)
21. Go white water rafting
22. Pay off our debts
23. Recover the dining room chairs
24. Learn to sew so I don’t have to get my mom to fix my buttons
25. Get a great permanent job
26. Buy a design program (probably Photoshop)
27. Host a family Christmas
28. Bake a pie from scratch
29. Be in a play
30. Have a baby

Ok, there it is. 4.5 years, 30 things. Let’s make it happen.