The older I get, the more I realize that this life is only ever going to be what I make it. I'm discovering that I will constantly feel stretched between my roles as wife, momma, attorney, friend, daughter, etc., and that if I don't start living with intention, I'm going to wake up in 10 years and wonder where all the time went.
So. I turn 30 in roughly two years. And between now and then, I want to do/see/experience/accomplish 30 things of significance.
Thirty things to make me braver. Sillier. Healthier. More generous. More spontaneous.
More intentional.
Thirty things to make me braver. Sillier. Healthier. More generous. More spontaneous.
More intentional.
So here's what I came up with. I started to create a predictably practical to-do list centered around Micah and Grace and our everyday lives, but I threw that list away. These things are for me. This is about me being better, which in turn will make me a better wife, momma, attorney, friend, daughter, etc.
Here goes nothing, y'all...
- Stroll through Central Park again
- Run a 10K
- Make Pad Thai from scratch
- Sing karaoke... in public
- Publish something
- Pay for a stranger's dinner
- Buy a pair of ridiculously expensive shoes
- Find my signature perfume
- Finish reading the Bible
- See a ballet
- Try Bikram yoga
- Volunteer
- Sleep under the stars
- Gamble in Vegas
- Spend the day at the spa
- Grow something edible
- Sponsor a child through Compassion International
- Fit into my wedding dress
- Take a trip with the girls
- Watch 10 Best Picture Oscar winners
- Leave a $100 tip on a $20 tab
- Do something that terrifies me
- Sip champagne at sunset
- Design a gorgeous home office
- Be a mentor
- Take a Sunday drive to nowhere
- Drink wine in Napa
- Give up Facebook for a month
- Rap every word to Kanye West's "Gold Digger"
- Create something beautiful
*** And although this isn't my usual style of confession, I'm linking up with Leslie today because it took some guts to commit to doing all of these things (and to even tell you guys that I apparently harbor a secret dream of becoming a rapper... ha!).
9 comments:
All of these things are doable, but you are perfect just the way you are. And if some of those things don't happen in the next two years — you're hubby and baby girl will continue to love you even more everyday.
BTW, I've bought someone else's meal behind me in the drive-thru... and I left Facebook for 7 months. But were very rewarding!
I laughed at the Gold Digger one! :)
Two years is plenty of time! That girls trip is a must!
I like the idea of 30 before 30!
I love how you have so many selfless things on this list. Paying for someones dinner? Leaving a $100 tip on a $20 tab? You are so sweet. I really need to get a 30 before 30 list started.
Umm, can I say that I just love this list?? The facebook one would have scared me at one time, but I honestly spend less and less time on there. I find social media is for me one of the biggest drains to productivity. And look at me online reading some blogs...
Love your list and your reason for doing it, you're right, time goes quickly, so living with intensions just makes sense!
Hi Ryan, I found you through the Confessional Fridays link up :)
Great idea on this list... I'm making progress towards the big 3-0 as well, so I think I'll start putting a list of my own together. Your #29 in particular hit home with me. Haha ;)
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These are all wonderful ideas! I may have to steal a point or two. :) Funny because I just wrote a little post about how my 20's have been the craziest, most change-filled, etc. decade of my life! How would it be to make it go out with a bang?!
Great list! I kind of did a 30 after 30 list that looked similar - something about that milestone that really resonated with me and pushed me to do things I never thought possible!
And you are right - doing these things will only make you a more well-rounded person which, in turn, will make you a better citizen of life. :) Have fun with it, print it out, celebrate crossing things off and enjoy the ride.
And 30 isn't so bad...it's actually the best years I've had!
As someone older (ahem, almost half way though my 30s, sniff, sniff...), I can tell you that 1, 6, 7, 11, 15, 22 and 29 are all wonderfully satisfying! ;) (Love me some shoes and bikram! LOL)
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