30 Before 30

 

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Last week I celebrated my 28th birthday.

I love birthdays! I also love goals and lists and trying new things. And I have decided to combine them all into one gigantic deliciously epic proverbial ball of awesomeness:

Here is a meticulously-compiled list of things  in no specific order that I strive to accomplish before I turn thirty years old (henceforth known as the "30 Before 30" List).

1. Make a short film and submit it to the Milwaukee Film Festival (and other festivals)
2. Visit a country in Europe (at this point, I'm so anxious to go, I'm not picky!)
3. Ride in a hot air balloon
4. Do one pull-up with good form
5. Take a burlesque class
6. Go tornado chasing
7. Eat at Alinea in Chicago
8. See every film on the AFI Top 100 Movies List (now 123 films with the anniversary edition)
9. Open a Roth IRA
10. Drink yak butter tea
11. Read the entire Harry Potter series and then see all of the films
12. Help build a house with Habitat for Humanity
13. Learn the "Thriller" Dance
14. Learn to drive stick shift
15. Make cheese
16. Reach my weight goal of wearing my lucky number as a clothing size (size 6)
17. Visit an observatory and look at the night sky through a telescope
18. Take a road trip along Route 66 
19. Make a website for my film and video works
20. Finish reading the entire Bible
21. Unplug completely for one week: no television/phone/internet (also, try no TV for one month)
22. Master a specific cocktail (maybe one that starts on fire!)
23. Completely give up using paper towels
24. Start my own business
25. Learn to play "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age on my guitar
26. Do the splits
27. Receive a handwritten love letter
28. Buy a Holga camera
29. Get a henna tattoo
30. Learn to sew