It’s New Year’s Eve and I have been MIA on this blog for a few months. To my followers, I am grateful you’ve stuck by me. I envision various things for this blog in 2019 and I have been working to get them done this year, 2018. While I should probably stick to one niche (photography, writing, or travel), I probably won’t. You see, I consider myself a pretty diverse individual. And each of these interests remain a part of who I am.
But next year I hit a milestone.
I turn 30!
Finish My First Poetry Collection
Start a Business
Move Abroad
Improve My Photography
Write Everyday
Travel More Slowly
Stay Focused
Hike the Fjällräven Classic (Sweden)
Get Out of Debt and Save Money
Live in the Moment
Connect with Creatives
Go on a Road Trip with Friends
Start My Second Poetry Collection
Visit the Pacific Northwest
Publish a Book
Learn to Speak Norwegian
Learn to Live a Minimalist’s Lifestyle
Less Time on Social Media
Maybe I can’t name 30 different things….hmmm
That’s okay, right?
I hope you’ve enjoyed this list so far. If I come up with any other must-see or must-do things I would like to complete, then I will update this list accordingly!
Just curious, what would be on your 30 Things To Do Before You Turn 30? Write them in the comments.
And Have a Happy New Year’s! Here’s to 2019.
January 9, 2019 at 9:04 pm
I am 70, so my list may be a bit different from yours, but many of the items on your list are timeless. I try to make them part of my life everyday: Improve My Photography, Write Everyday, Stay Focused, Live In the Moment, Minimalist Lifestyle, etc. Great list.
January 10, 2019 at 8:48 pm
Thanks! Perhaps that’s one reason why I couldn’t come up with 30. Or knowing that I may be unable to complete them, chose not to. It was actually challenging to come up with 17!
January 14, 2019 at 9:36 am
I turned 30 last year (and hated it, but I’m hoping that eventually I’ll come around to the way of thinking that your 30s are amazing). You’ve got some great things on your list. I’d love to publish a book. You don’t need 30 things, just put happiness at the top and that’ll serve you well throughout every birthday 🙂
Caz x
January 14, 2019 at 2:47 pm
That’s very true. I discovered writing, especially poetry and other things I like, make me happy. I’d also love to find a way to support other poets and writers. Hopefully I can finish my first collection, but will be sharing what could be my second on this blog.
February 23, 2019 at 12:47 am
Very late to the party, but loving this list! And I’d love to help out on the “learning Norwegian” point, if you ever get stuck xx impressed by your plans and drive!
February 23, 2019 at 12:57 am
Hey Andrea, I can write and think in Norwegian a little more and have considered finding a pen pal (the old fashioned way). Speaking Norwegian will be the most challenging, since I don’t hear it every day.
Tusen takk! Hopefully I can make it, since I have so many crazy ideas.
March 17, 2019 at 6:45 pm
Ha! That ship sailed decades ago! LOL! Loved your post and want to share it with followers who are still under 30. Ha! I hope that you achieve most if not all of your goals on this list. I have adopted two of them for myself this year – Write everyday and put my first book together and get it published. I need baby steps at my age, Dear! LOL!
If you are interested in writing everyday I would suggest you look at Jo Hawk’s Daily Writing Challenge. Even if it’s just one sentence write everyday. Make it a habit. I would like to recommend writing Elfchen’s. I love them and they are quick and easy. Check it out.
https://thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/2019-daily-writing-challenge-january-1/
xoxoxo
March 17, 2019 at 6:52 pm
There may be a possibility of doing some of these, it’s one reason why I set Focus as my Word of the Year. I’m still working on the first book, but I’m not publishing any of them on here until it’s published. I already have a few other ideas brewing.
And feel free to share, with credit. I’ve actually written elfchens before, but I also like skirting the rules for them by creating short series of them.
March 17, 2019 at 8:35 pm
I like “spend less time on social media” most! I’ve got to do the same.
March 18, 2019 at 12:40 am
It definitely may contribute to my anxiety….and I’d probably be more productive to achieve my numerous ideas.
March 18, 2019 at 9:17 am
I am from the Northwest. Here is an idea for you. Go to Whidbey Island located in Northwest Washington. Go the West Beach. Enjoy the beauty. Your body and mind will thank you.
March 18, 2019 at 1:20 pm
I’ll have to keep that in mind for my photography ideas. The PNW looks so idyllic. I know I’d start in San Francisco then head north.
March 18, 2019 at 1:53 pm
San Fran is wonderful. If you have time drive up the Oregon Coast. It’s one highway that hugs the ocean. Washington is impossible for that kind of drive.
If you make it to Whidbey Island your camera will love Deception Pass Bridge. Be sure to check out the trails underneath.
March 24, 2019 at 4:50 pm
Great goals–I like the idea of spending less time on social media 🙂