Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Twenty Nine for 29

Hello my neglected blog of mine! I'm not big on New Years Resolutions but I am a fan of something my friend Stef turned me onto, goals based on how old you are. This past week I turned 29 so this year as the title suggests I came up with 29 goals for myself to accomplish by the time I am 30. One of the items on this list was to blog again regularly (and perhaps even edit what I have written before posting it*gasp*). This being said I thought the best way to kick off my return to #poundsign would be to give you my list and share this fun idea with you. The goals can be anything big or small as you will see.

Here is my 29 for 29.

1) Read 50 books in one year
2) Learn sign language
3) Blog again
4) Plant a garden
5) Volunteer more often
6) Do the Rocky Run
7) Complete at least 3 Penn Foster Programs
8) Stop picking at the skin around my fingers
9) Improve credit score
10) Win competitive book club (you can refer to an earlier blog post for what a competitive book club is)
11) Get another tattoo
12) Do a Christmas or Turkey run
13) Visit Jasmine
14) Visit Deanna
15) Visit Amy
16) Get a proper garage door
17) Keep my car clean
18) Do yoga at least 5 times a week
19) Clean out garage
20) Get the pool working
21) Get back into theatre
22) Do at least 10 runs
23) Complete all Hogwarts Running Club runs to get a Perfect Perfect Pin
24) Finish my library
25) Fix up the patio
26) Do a cross country road trip
27) Learn to shoot a gun
28) Be more responsible with money 
29) Be a better friend



So that's how you do it! I've been doing these lists since I was 26 and I always enjoy it, even if I don't complete everything on this list. I usually do at least half. It's nice to look back at a list of things you accomplished in a year and see also how you have changed. Sometimes half way through the year I don't even want to do something that is on the list anymore and that's okay. We change as people and it's neat to see that. Don't worry if your list is vastly different from mine, it should be! No two lists should match. If you decide to go ahead with this idea yourself please let me know if this was something you enjoyed. Give yourself perhaps a month once you're into your mid twenties to come up with these ideas and try to realistic and have fun with it!

2 comments:

  1. I can help you with #22. For the past two years I've been meaning to do the Weyerbacher 5K during the summer (as well as the Fegleys and Allentown Brewworks runs).

    -Rich S

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  2. Thank you for posting this -- it's inspiring me to start setting goals again. So much of the past year has been about getting settled and figuring out the day-to-day shit. Hopefully I'm nearing the phase where it's time to get excited about the future. <3

    P.S. Don't forget to visit Portland

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