An Update on October

An Update on #LVER30Before30.

  1. Read the Bible cover-to-cover
    1. Truckin’ along!
  2. Eat at Alinea / visit Chicago
    1. Plans for a May 2017 visit with the Boston Foodie Club 😉
  3. Roll out new blog and do minimum 1 post per month
    1. Check and check
  4. Become conversationally fluent in French again
    1. Taking my language placement test at FCC in November
  5. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
  6. Become an expert on the Belle Epoque (all the great artists, musicians, and thinkers of the day)
    1. The books have been ordered and received!
  7. Try a speed-dating session for fun
  8. Do 10 body weight pull-ups
  9. Go to Pentatonix Concert
    1. Tickets for November 9th!
  10. Take a cooking class – knife skills
  11. Go do paintball!
  12. Go to Central or South America (pick country later)
    1. Making plans for February
  13. Do a color run
  14. Mission trip to Haiti
  15. Try eating bugs
  16. Read 1 book per month
    1. October – Longing for Paris
  17. Revamp my wardrobe – BE AN ADULT
  18. Become an amateur cheese connoisseur
    1. Started reading It’s Not You, It’s Brie (you’ll want to eat cheese for every meal)
  19. Meet with one professional / social networking person per month
    1. Lunch with Tendai!
  20. Have a professional portrait session (Abigail)
  21. Learn to drive stick shift
  22. Have one real spa experience (mud path, hot stone massage, etc.)
  23. Visit gun range (maybe get gun permit)
  24. Find a way to creatively display my postcards and mementos from trips
  25. Pay off student loans
  26. Go to Colorado to visit Sheila and San Franciso to visit Chessa
  27. Get TSA Pre√ – no more lines for me!!
    1. DONE AND DONE
  28. No soda for a year
    1. Going strong 🙂
  29. Watch one classic movie per month: Casablanca, The Sandlot, National Lampoon, Some Like It Hot, The Big Lebowski, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Graduate, Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Breakfast Club (October), The Goonies, Stand By Me
  30. Throw an epic 30th birthday party
    1. I think I found the perfect spot!

30 Before 30

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A List of ‘To-Do-Before-Turning-30’ Items.

  1. Read the Bible cover-to-cover
  2. Eat at Alinea / visit Chicago
  3. Roll out new blog and do minimum 1 post per month
  4. Become conversationally fluent in French again
  5. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
  6. Become an expert on the Belle Epoque (all the great artists, musicians, and thinkers of the day)
  7. Try a speed-dating session for fun
  8. Do 10 body weight pull-ups
  9. Go to Pentatonix Concert
  10. Take a cooking class – knife skills
  11. Go do paintball!
  12. Go to Central or South America (pick country later)
  13. Do a color run
  14. Mission trip to Haiti
  15. Try eating bugs
  16. Read 1 book per month
  17. Revamp my wardrobe – BE AN ADULT
  18. Become an amateur cheese connoisseur
  19. Meet with one professional / social networking person per month
  20. Have a professional portrait session (Abigail)
  21. Learn to drive stick shift
  22. Have one real spa experience (mud path, hot stone massage, etc.)
  23. Visit gun range (maybe get gun permit)
  24. Find a way to creatively display my postcards and mementos from trips
  25. Pay off student loans
  26. Go to Colorado to visit Sheila and San Franciso to visit Chessa
  27. Get TSA Pre√ – no more lines for me!!
  28. No soda for a year
  29. Watch one classic movie per month: Casablanca, The Sandlot, National Lampoon, Some Like It Hot, The Big Lebowski, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Graduate, Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Stand By Me
  30. Throw an epic 30th birthday party