Today I turn 29, so to honor my last year in the twenties, I thought I’d make a 30 before 30 list.
1. Take at least one picture every day (365 day project)
2. Go ice skating at Hotel Del Coronado
3. Make the perfect macaron
4. Get in good physical shape (lower body fat percentage 2 percent)
5. Exercise Hugo so he loses 5 pounds
6. Volunteer at Boys & Girls Club of San Diego
7. Always have a purely “fun” book on my nightstand
8. List possible career paths and determine what each one entails
9. Do yoga at least two times a week (mini goal: be able to place my hands on the ground)
10. Complete “Perpetual New York” calendar
11. Be able to run a half-marathon distance
12. Come up with a list of 20 baked items that I would be confident selling and figure out cost of items
13. Visit San Francisco
14. Update personal website design
15. Take a photography course
16. Take decor8′s Blogging Your Way course
17. Come up with a design, vision statement, and plan for food blog
18. Take a first aid class
19. Add two new timeless pieces of clothing to my wardrobe
20. Donate $100 to a charity
21. Budget money for 2 months (so it becomes a habit)
22. Explore a new place (area of San Diego, restaurant, museum, etc.) 10 times
23. Meditate for one hour each a week for a month
24. Make spiced wine for a party
25. Learn to make a vegan dessert
26. Go swimming in Pacific Ocean
27. Send gifts to two people for no reason
28. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
29. Do three random acts of kindness
30. Sing in front of a crowd (karaoke will do)
I’ll post this list on a special page as well and update it regularly as I make my way though the list. Hope you all have a lovely day! I’m off to Anthropologie for a bit of shopping then getting some yummy sushi for my birthday lunch.
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Oh HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY birthday! Your list is wonderful and was a joy to read:) I am so looking forward to hearing about each thing as you complete it (especially all of the baking/food items, for real!!) Have a great day Brandi!!
Happy birthday! Cool list! I’ve been inspired by various lists so I’m working up one of my own. BTW, is #23 “mediate” or “meditate”?
This is a good one! And I am a big karaoke fan so I wholeheartedly recommend it:) You might even get hooked on the stuff.
Happy Birthday!!!! Great list as well.
Happy birthday! What a fun list! Especially since you are in San Diego…my former home of 5 years.
To take care of 22 & 26, head up to Encinitas. It’s a quintessential little beach town. The water is lovely, the beaches aren’t overcrowded and you can get a mean latte at Pannakin. Also, while you are in SD, take some surfing lessons! It’s one of the best things I ever did while I was there.
Also, I ran my first marathon a little over a year ago (had never run more than 4 miles in my life) and my sister just ran her first half. If you put the time in to do the training, you can most definitely do it! And it’s such an awesome feeling to know you can push yourself further than you thought.
Good luck with your list!
Jess
awesome list! i can’t wait to follow your blog on your list adventures
also, i love anthropologie
HAPPY DAY! i’m totally not online right now…but had to pop in and wish you a very. dirty. thirty.
you’re lovely. xoxo. kmm
Wow, this is a very impressive list! Happy birthday and I hope that you and your family have a very happy holiday season.
It’s a wonderful list. You are very lovely.
Actually I just thought list #1 yesterday…
I love sushi and Anthropologie:)
Happy Birthday!
Inspiring!
2% fat what?!!!
Anyway Karaoke is frightening…sip a glass of wine, it might help the performance~
Happy Birthday dear!
BIG XO*—–} your way*
Happy Birthday! Came upon this entry through one of the blogs in my Reader. I’ve been seeing lists like these more frequently lately and by far yours seems most like a list that I would make for myself. I’ve definitely started a mental list for myself and I can’t wait to put it on paper so I can start keeping track of things I want to complete before my next birthday.
Hope your sushi was delicious
Happy birthday! Love your 30 must-do list. Stopping by from SITS.
Happy “significant” birthday! I always like the years before the “big ones” the best. And I love the list…great idea. SITS sent me by, and I’m glad they did!
Seagull Sunrise
Oh Brandi how I adore you! This is the sweetest list one ever did see. I can’t wait to make my own. I hope you have a wonderful, spectacular, cake-filled birthday. You deserve it!
XXX kate
Happy yesterday birthday! Great list
Great list!!! I’m so sorry I didn’t get a chance to stop over yesterday and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you had an amazing day!
Happy Birthday!
Sorry I didn’t stop by yesterday! Hope all of your birthday wishes came true!
Amazing list!! Good luck on it!
Awwww Happy Birthday (late, I know…!) Such a great list! I’m doing a 365 project too! We need to keep each other motivated!
I hope you know you need to document most of this list and share it with all of us!
Happy Birthday Sweet Friend! Love your list and I hope you acheive each and every one of them!
I wanted to let you know how grateful I am that our paths crossed this year. I adore your warm, friendly and caring spirit! Wishing you and your family a joyous and Merry Christmas!
Hugs,
Karyn
Happy Birthday Brandi! Hope you had a wonderful time celebrating and all the best for your 29th year
Thanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog and have a very merry merry with your loved ones!
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful day, and have a wonderful last year of your 30′s.
Such a great list. I am already over 30, but I’m going to see if I can do #’s 4, 9, 19, 27 and 30 sometime during the next year.
happy birthday!!! I hope someone made baked goods for you as delicious as you make for everyone else! I wish I could bring some by!
Brandi-
Hope this year is one of the very best yet! Looking forward to hearing your progress as you go through the list.
Wishing you the very happiest birthday, and merriest holiday season!
xo S
Happy belated-Birthday!! I really love your blog btw!! I would love to make mine more unique and interactive like this….good luck with your list this new year! I’ve made a list like that recently and I really need to get cracking on it.
you made such a great list!