Monday, 3 January 2011

Thirty Things to do before I'm Thirty

Mentioned I'd pop this up a few days ago and true to my word here it is - slightly edited to allow for some anonymity (anything scored out has been done!):

Thirty things to do before I’m thirty
(96 72 weeks to go)

Spiritual


1 Sign on to do crèche and prayer day in church

2 Attend a Bible study with my sister (starts 13th January 2011)

3 Read through the whole Bible

Social

4 Support someone going through a hard time (a la new Mum situation)

5 Try to reconnect with friends from university:

a) Jenny Wren

b) Hannah Banana

c) Elisabeth

d) Jess

6 Try to stay connected regularly with: (doing okay with this need to do better)
a) Cathie

b) Mimi

c) Angie

d) CC

e) Jane

f) Judit

g) Ems
7 Write a letter to a friend and send it snail mail

Health

8 Try to grow my own herbs/vegetables

(Subset Goal: Be off anti-histamines and healthy)

9 Try pollen catcher natural balm under my nose (tried but not consistently)

10 Try daily jala neti up to thrice daily

11 Try cutting down/out dairy

12 Try daily spoonful of local honey

(have a supplier so will try in hay fever season)

Intellectual

13 Work on the family tree every day for a month

14 Blog every day for a month

15 Try to make a patchwork quilt & an item of clothing

16 Read 32 22 books

17 Complete 20 19 puzzle books

18 Write a chapter of a book

19 Live on a pound a day for a week

20 Practice the piano every day for a month and learn to play a new tune

21 Visit the Ulster Museum

Physical

22 Whiten my teeth

23 Increase my fitness by exercising three times a week

24 Grow my nails and get a French manicure/pedicure

25 Get to a healthy goal weight of 9stone 6lbs (132lbs) (another post later today)

Fun

26 See a concert/play

27 Paint a plate or similar at pottery studio or equivalent

28 Finish re-watching

a) Buffy the Vampire Slayer

b) Angel

c) Dharma & Greg

d) Committed (watched all but final episode which I can’t find online)

e) Dark Angel

29 Local cultural visits

a) Ulster American Folk Park

b) Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

c) Grace Hill (Moravian heritage town)

d) Get value for money through National Trust (visited ten properties)

e) Other cultural visits (about twelve different destinations since I began this)

30 Complete wedding album (gulp been married sixteen months already!)

Here goes nothing!

What do you want to achieve before your next big birthday?

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