30 before 30

This past week, I celebrated my 29th birthday with dinner and drinks with Ryan and a weekend at the Mall of America with Jess, Paige and Mom. It was a great way to enter the last year of my 20's. With this in mind, I decided to take to the blog to declare my official 30 before 30 list. This is a list of things I want to experience, accomplish or challenge myself to do within the next year. Some things are simple and rather easy to complete, while others require a lot time and dedication. I am, however, up for it. All of it. (I wouldn't have put them on the list, otherwise!) Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to set goals for myself. I also love the satisfaction that comes with crossing an item off my to-do list. Why not combine these two obsessions and complete some long-standing goals and "been-meaning-to-do-that" items before I turn 30? And, don't get me wrong, I'm not having a meltdown or anything like that about turning 30 next year. Rather, I know that life is short and I want to make the most of it! So, let the countdown begin!

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  1. Pay off student loans
  2. Skydive
  3. Create my portfolio site
  4. Grow vegetables and/or herbs
  5. Run a full marathon
  6. Create a video
  7. Visit Hawaii
  8. Ice skate
  9. Read the entire Harry Potter series
  10. Ride along with Dad in the tractor during planting and/or harvest
  11. See Mount Rushmore
  12. Color my hair differently than I typically do
  13. Can something (tomato sauce, salsa, cucumbers)
  14. Pay for the coffee of the person behind me in the drive-thru
  15. Learn how to change a tire
  16. Volunteer for a good cause
  17. Paint a painting
  18. Have a girls day with my sister-in-law(s)
  19. Go vegetarian for a week
  20. Extend my vocabulary by purposely replacing a word I commonly use for one that I do not
  21. Try Thai food
  22. Run a timed mile on a track
  23. Go to a Farmer's Market
  24. Register at BeTheMatch.org
  25. Participate in a ten-week program of Next Level Fitness
  26. Make our bed on weekdays
  27. Tell my loved ones that I love them often enough that they never question it
  28. Try 30 new recipes
  29. Learn to French braid
  30. Spend a long weekend away with my hubby to celebrate this milestone birthday!
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