My 30 and Beyond List!

Some great advice from the graduate students I work with. : )

So this started out as my list of things to do before turning 30. And then 30 came. I wasn't totally done, and I am constantly finding things to add to the list. So here it is. My ongoing list of things I want to do in life. Some old. Some new. Some more likely than others.

By putting them out here into the universe, I am going to do my best to hold myself accountable to actually finishing them. If I can go to Canada or chop off all of my hair, by gosh, I'll check the rest of these things off!

Do Cool, "Grown-Up" Stuff

• Find a baking cookbook and bake every single thing in it. - (My own Julie and Julia project if you will.)
• Bake someone a birthday cake.
• Grow a garden. (Completed Summer 2013, and again Summer 2014 & 2015).
• Compost.
• Marry my best friend. (Completed May 25, 2014. Best Day Ever.)  
• Own our own home.
• Grow our family. (October 2016)
• Pay off all of my student loan debt.
• Host a dinner party.
• Find my perfect shade of lipstick.
• Use my sewing machine.
• Do something with all of my photos.  

Continue to Grow as a Professional

• Propose my dissertation. (Completed May 13, 2015)
• Finish my dissertation. (Defended March 31, 2016)
• Graduate (again). (May 2016)
• Publish an article.
• Present my research at a conference.
• Teach a for-credit course in my field.

Live Life in New and Exciting Ways

• Get a second tattoo. (And then maybe more?...)
• Watch a sunrise.
• Complete 100 runs.
• Run a half marathon. (Completed September 28, 2013)
• Run a full marathon.
• Take a "real" camping trip.
• Do a Man vs. Food Challenge. 
• Shake the President's hand. 
• Attend a presidential inauguration. 
• Attend the Olympics. Summer, definitely summer.
• Watch a football game from the sidelines.
• Ride first class on an airplane.
• See my Badgers win the Rose Bowl. (Let's keep trying guys.)

Pick Up Some New Life Skills

• Write a novel.
• Re-learn Spanish...
• Read a whole book in Spanish.
• Learn how to use a DSLR camera.
• Read the list of 100 Great Works.
• Redesign my blog.

Experience New Parts the Country and the World
Travel to:

• All 50 states - (TX checked off in 2014)
• Mt. Rushmore
• Las Vegas
• New Orleans (again) (Completed May 2014)
• San Francisco
• Toronto
• Vancouver
• London (Completed September 2014)
• Scotland
• Ireland (Completed October 2014)
• France (Completed September 2014)
• Spain
• Italy
• Machu Picchu
• Denmark

Alright folks, let's check stuff off!