Hi, I'm B and I’ll be the first admit that I’m scared shitless of turning 30. I have no rational reason behind the fear, it’s just a scary number to me. Maybe it has to do with a living in a society obsessed with youth. Maybe I'm worried that I'm running out of time to live out my dreams. Maybe it's because I'm worried to wake up 30, look in the mirror and see a cougar. Crap, I don't want to become a cougar.
April 2009 marked the turning of the inevitable 2-9 and start of the countdown to the big (and scary) 3-0. It also marked the start of my 30 Before 30 journey with my friend K. What's this journey you ask? Simple, it's our way to look fear in the eye and accomplish 30 things before hitting that big, old, scary number. It's motivation to get our butts in gear and spend the next 12 months accomplishing goals instead of counting down days.
I've been on my journey for a while but since K just started hers we wanted to share our journey with our friends, family and fellow scared 29-year-olds in the easiest way possible ... enter the blog. So sit back, check back frequently and enjoy!
-B
Monday, October 26, 2009
K's List
- Celebrate being married for 1 year!
- Figure out what I want to be and make it happen
- Take a photography class
- Run the Disneyland Half Marathon Run the Bolder Boulder (for the second year in a row)
- Run the Playa Del Run 5K Run the Cherry Creek Sneak (for the second year in a row)
- Take a backpacking trip
- Buy a home
- Pay off wedding bands
- See a concert at Red Rocks
- Focus on friends, family & being thankful
- Read 30 books
- Get my migraines under control
- Hike a 14er
- Look and feel better at 30 then I did at 29
- Write a book- fiction or non fiction
- White water raft a class 4 river
- Spend 30 nights sleeping under the stars
- Tour 3 wineries
- Lean how to mountain bike
- Start a 401K
- Get rid of all the extra stuff piling up I don’t need
- Give up television for 30 days
- Learn to cook and actually do it
- Stay up all night and watch the sun rise
- Create my own Sunday morning routine and stick with it
- Live in the moment
- Learn to say no
- Admit to everything
- Blog about turning 30 faithfully
- Celebrate being 30 with style!
B's List
- Run the Bolder Boulder (completed 5/25/09)
- Climb 14er (completed 8/29/09)
- Go snowshoeing (completed 1/30/10)
- Look better at 30 than I did at 29 (completed 4/10)
- Work towards becoming debt-free
- Spend a day without any technology
- Make someone else’s day (completed 4/1/10)
- Begin learning French again(completed 4/10)
- Start a high-yield savings account (completed 6/3/09)
Begin writing a novel or a short storyRevision: Blog faithfully about my journey (completed 04/10)- Learn more about wine (completed 05/09)
- Climb the corporate ladder (completed 04/10)
- Learn to dress for my body type (A wardrobe that includes the perfectly flattering little black dress, a great pair of heels, jeans that make my ass look great, a bra in the correct size and a cute hat that hides a bad hair day)
- Become a habitual thank you note/birthday card girl
- Learn how to take a compliment gracefully (completed 04/10)
- Become friends with my mom and dad
- Create a life plan with hubby (completed 04/10
- Stop saying “I want to be” and start saying “I am” (completed 04/10)
- Create a signature kick-ass cocktail/signature drink (completed 2/27/10)
- Foster a group of girlfriends who get it (completed 01/10)
- Master the big O
- Feel comfortable in my own skin
- Take more pictures (completed 04/10)
- Read 30 books
- Become a master make-up artist and know how to make myself look fantastic in the office and out on the town (completed 4/10/10)
- Catch up on photo albums from 2008 and and continue yearly books in the future
- Have a romantic weekend away from everything with hubby (completed 2/28/10)
- Meet with a financial planner
- Set up monthly “family” dinners with friends (completed 02/10)
- Celebrate being 30 with style! (completed 4/17/10)
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