30 x 30 -- how hard could it be?!

As part of my new year's resolution, I took a lead from my sister and made a 30 x 30 list. This is 30 things I want to accomplish before I turn thirty. It's an ambitious goal, but I'm confident it can be done.

One of my goals is to journal about my life on a weekly basis. Simple enough, but as we all know, life gets in the way and it's not always fun to sit down and write out thoughts. However, I've been journaling since I could write, so I didn't think it would be THAT difficult! I made a goal to write once a week in a journal that I bought specifically for this task before I went to bed. But then... I got tired. So that flopped. I'm in my computer at least 8 hours a day, so blogging was the answer!

Let me back up... I'm in my mid twenties and single. There's a lot to dig about that status, but there is more pressure in the Midwest, which is where I'm from and have recently returned to after a year in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina and 6 years on my own.

Additionally, I think people in their 20s are still very much growing into the person they're supposed to be and I'm still a work in progress, growing in my relationships with friends, family and God. So, while this is about my 30 x 30 list, it's also about my life.

The big question on all your minds is-- what's on your 30 x 30 list?! Well, here it is:

1. Get to a healthier weight and better shape and STAY THERE!
2. Pay off car and most of school loans
3. Journal about my life every week
4. Get Baptized (CHECK! I did this on March 20, 2010)
5. Attend church regulary/grow in my relationship with God.
6. Go on a Global Village trip
7. Run a 1/2 marathon every year-- or 3 5ks. 
8. Get eye surgery 
9. Go to Europe with Kate (more on Kate later!) 
10. Volunteer Regularly 
11. Ride in a hot air balloon 
12. Go on a cruise 
13. Read the whole Bible (ambitious, for anyone who's tried. It's not a quick read!) 
14. Take a photography course 
15. Learn to make sushi 
16. See the Golden Gate Bridge (or some other amazing US site) 
17. Learn to change a tire & jump a car 
18. Tour DC 
19. Go to NYC for New Years 
20. Get through 'book list' (more on that later as well!) 
21. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
22. Skydive
23. Throw a drink in someone's face (it looks liberating! People in movies do it!)
24. Go on a float trip
25. Learn how to french braid, weaving in (I can only weave out)
26. Visit all 50 states
27. Complete family tree
28. Get Master's Degree
29. Learn how to brew my own beer

You'll notice that for now I only have 29 on my list. I need HELP with the last one! I thik I'll find that on this journey... or I hope to! I'm not too worried about it now thought because 29 things to do is a big bite to chew. So, stay tuned for the story of my journey to 30. Maybe it'll be like Eat, Pray, Love only in the Midwest and on a twentysomething's budget.