30I’m turning 30 soon — well technically I have to turn 29 first, which gives me about 13 months to do a 30 before thirty list.

As mentioned, I decided to take a break from the 101 things in 1,001 days list. My clone started a 30 before thirty list, so like a good clone I’m copying her — let the listomania begin…

30 Before Thirty List

  1. Buy a house – this was on my list before I bought a house!
  2. Visit Iceland
  3. Run a half-marathon (ie. start running again)
  4. Attend a cooking class (@Sur La Table perhaps)
  5. Carve out a stellar mini-office for work [at home]
  6. Go raw for 1 week or do a cleanse ( hi mom, I know you’re going to leave me an inspirational comment)
  7. Start strength training
  8. Learn to ride my bike outside with my cycling shoes [without falling over]
  9. Go to 1 new restaurant (or coffee shop) per week 52 in total
  10. Do yoga six days a week for one month
  11. Learn the Tittibhasana (Firefly) Pincha Mayurasana (Forearm stand) pose – (hijacked this one, sorry pal)
  12. Get an iPhone (did Steve tell you that perchance?)
  13. Go actual backpacking (as-in: carrying a backpack in the forest, not schlepping around the globe)
  14. Take a silver jewelry class – crafter-alert!
  15. Road trip Hwy 101 south & stay in that lighthouse hostel near SF
  16. Try a new class that isn’t ‘my style’: belly dancing or zumba (cringe)
  17. Ask 20 12 people their favorite book and read it
  18. Try kiteboarding
  19. Volunteer again
  20. Get a car, scooter or new bicycle
  21. Visit a spa for a whole day or do a yoga/spa vacay with H
  22. Eat [hyper] local for one week
  23. Cook a 5-course meal, have a dinner party
  24. Buy awesome matching lingerie
  25. Start a grown-up alcohol collection and declare a signature drink (mojitos…)
  26. Buy a little black dress (note: not navy, grey, or a sundress… this one is going to be a challenge)
  27. Visit all 30 breweries in Portland
  28. Ask a guy out (I seriously have never done this, what is my problem!)
  29. — (I’ll add this before my 29th birthday)
  30. — (I’ll add this before my 29th birthday)

Well, well?

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