Boyfriend and I were driving home from a fanstic steak dinner and Mamma Mia when we started discussing how in a year and a half, he’ll be thirty. After a momentary freakout he realized he needed to get a start on the things he’d wanted to accomplish before then. I, like Brandy, love lists.
So this is my list of things to do before I turn 30.
Before I Am 30 I Should:
• Become fluent in French
• Double my RRSP
• Obtain my CHRP
• Pay at least $5,000 a year extra into my mortgage
• Buy, and pay off, a red Mini Cooper
• Learn ballroom dancing
• Get married (and then stay married)
• Travel Europe
• Travel Canada
• Learn about wine
• Read the entire works of Shakespeare
• Learn to decorate cakes
• Get back, and stay, in shape
• Volunteer with an organization for a cause I believe in
• Become a better friend/sister/daughter /significant other
• Learn to bake bread
• Learn to wrap presents without them looking as though a car ran over it
Hmm….there must be more…
What do you suggest?
15 responses so far ↓
Yummy Sushi Pajamas // July 28, 2008 at 7:26 pm |
This looks like a fantastic list, and plenty to do. I say you start with this and see how it goes!
geekhiker // July 28, 2008 at 7:55 pm |
Can you build me a time machine so I can go back to thirty and do all the things I wanted to get done? Please?
KennethSF // July 28, 2008 at 8:36 pm |
Read the entire works of Shakespeare? Wow! We’ll have so much to talk about if we ever meet in person.
I’m also working on the ballroom dancing. I started off with Tango, and quickly learned it was too ambitious for a clueless beginner like me.
sizzle // July 28, 2008 at 10:03 pm |
Ok but how old are you right now? I gotta do some math.
I gotta tell ya, as a woman over 30, there is plenty of time for this stuff. And the thirties are EVEN BETTER than the twenties. Seriously!
sara60 // July 29, 2008 at 2:41 am |
good grief, i’m turning 30 in 6 weeks (not that i’m counting or anything..) and have been meaning to do a post about this ginormously epic event that everyone seems to approach with a weary, heavy sigh.
i loved, loved, loved my 20’s…fell in love, became a mom, published a book…i can’t wait to see how much wiser, bolder, and interesting i’ll become in the next decade..hah!
Banika // July 29, 2008 at 3:06 pm |
I could’ve never guessed you were a bad gift wrapper. Good luck!
Travis Erwin // July 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm |
My only suggestion. Don’t sweat thirty it’s just a number and halfway through my thirties I gotta say they ain’t bad at all.
Cheryl // July 30, 2008 at 12:49 am |
Travel the US…
ally // July 30, 2008 at 1:31 am |
I’ve got the same question as sizzle….how old are you now? That’s a pretty huge to-do list! But I’m confident you can do it; good luck:) I want to make a list too….
saintseester // July 30, 2008 at 3:38 am |
44, and I haven’t done all that!
shameela // July 30, 2008 at 4:35 am |
i think ‘becoming a better friend’ shouldn’t be on there – you’ve already accomplished that in my books; hmm….combine ballroom dancing with rain – it’s almost bollywood
isheeta // July 30, 2008 at 5:03 am |
One of my suggestions would be to scrap a lot of grown-up things in the list and ENJOY your 20’s!!!
lifeaccordingtob // August 1, 2008 at 11:47 am |
Love the list…but I also agree with Isheeta…
aka1030 // August 2, 2008 at 3:55 pm |
“Learn to decorate cakes”
My friend did this by paying about $30 at Michael’s for like 6 lessons (I think) and there’s different levels and she’s so amazingly awesome now. So it’s totally doable.
“Become a better friend/sister/daughter /significant other”
You’re already the best.
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