I turned 29 a couple of weeks ago. I’m the youngest in my family so it wasn’t lost on anyone that I’m the last one of us to be in the last year of their 20’s. I’m definitely a cliché when it comes to the fact that I’m not where I imagined I would be at almost 30. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. God was much more creative with the plan for my life than I was when thinking of my future. I definitely thought I’d be married by now, probably with a couple of kids. Instead, I live in LA, have a diverse and full career in the entertainment industry, and am thinking of what my next moves are for the next 5 years. Very different. So while I don’t see a man or kids in my next year obviously, there are some things I’d like to do as I close out this beautiful, crazy, wild, chapter. So I made a list. 30 things to check off the list before I turn 30 to celebrate my 20’s and all I’ve been through. Because if my 20’s don’t deserve a year-long celebration, I don’t know what does!
30 Before 30
Get another tattoo
Plan and launch a project that’s been on my heart for about a year
Consistently drink enough water
Start meditating
Get into a consistent yoga practice and get my body to a place that makes me comfortable
Start planning my next big move and save up
Perfect my cheesecake recipe
Pick up trash on the beach or in nature every month
Read at least 10 books
Stay in the Stanley Hotel’s most haunted room
Earn a promotion or advancement in my career
Establish a sustainable work-life-side hustle balance
Have a mostly vegetarian diet
Work on letting go of anything negative from the past
Write consistent letters to my Compassion child
Learn how to drive a stick shift
Continue brushing up on my French and get to a conversational level
Travel (if possible) to the UK again
Learn 1 full song on the guitar
Make a video that goes viral
Find a therapist that works for me
Work on a pottery wheel
Do one random act of kindness a day
Donate blood
Plant an acorn tree
Write a letter to my future self
Expand my audience by 50%
Go to the sunflower field in Denver
Surprise a loved one
Vote and help to invoke change
Tell me, what’s on your list?
 
