This is a “bucket list” of things I want to do or accomplish before my 30th birthday (June 2, 2017). I intended to make a “25 Before 25″ list, but then I realized that my 25th birthday was less than five months away… hence the “30 Before 30″ list. Having a few years instead of a few months to accomplish these things, I can include a few loftier goals that might need a bit more time… and money. In no particular order…
- Watch every movie on this list - feel free to add your recommendations
- Record a cover song and post the video on YouTube
- Drive with no planned destination (Note to self: remember to fill up the gas tank and bring a GPS to get back home) – I used to walk with no destination in Boston, and I’ve kind of always wanted to do this with driving since this Nissan commercial:
- Run a 5K (probably for Run Team Kina)
- Completely pay off my car – According to Mint.com, I’m on track to meet this goal by January 2017
- Read the entire Bible
- Dine in a 5-star restaurant
- Be in the studio audience for the taping of a TV show
- Bake a pie, cake, or loaf of bread completely from scratch
- Sew a dress from a pattern
- Go on a vacation with friends (A real vacation. No responsibilities. Not a “we have these things to do, but we’re in a nice place” kind of trip.)
- Go white water rafting
- Write the pilot episode for a TV show (Right now I’ve got a basic outline including some character history, story arcs, and a Season 2 twist!)
- Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square
- Get a professional massage – or take a spa day
- Take a surfing lesson and catch a wave
- Have flat abs or even – gasp! – a six-pack (preferably before I go surfing)
- Complete my collection of autographs from the cast of Castle(So far I have autographed photos from Molly Quinn and Seamus & Juliana Dever AKA Alexis Castle and Kevin & Jenny Ryan)
(L to R) Autographed photos from Seamus & Juliana Dever and Molly Quinn
- See So You Think You Can Dance live on tour
- Have a face-to-face conversation with a celebrity, preferably over a meal
- Spend a whole day in a giant blanket fort (I’ll probably be wearing my footie pajamas, too)
- Cook an entire Thanksgiving Day meal
- Donate a gallon of blood (8 pints = 8 donations), but not all at once, obviously – IN PROGRESS
- Buy a piece of furniture at an estate sale
- Have a paint ball fight – not with a gun but like the one in 10 Things I Hate About You
- Read Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables in its entirety
- Plan and execute a successful 10-year reunion for Team 3, my group from a 2003 mission trip to Quito, Ecuador. One of our team leaders was Joy Williams, who is now one-half of The Civil Wars.
- Create a lyric type design (like “The World in Front of Me” or “Without You”) for every song on five different albums
- Make it into the Late Night Hashtags segment of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – or alternatively, say/tweet something to a comedian (or famous person I find hilarious) and make him or her laugh
- Go to Hawaii or go on a cruise
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