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30 Before 30: How I measured up

 

Around my 27th birthday I made a 30 before 30 list. Here are the results

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1. Go to Italy
2. Learn to Knit
3. Sky Dive
4. Run a Marathon (done)
5. Have an etsy store
6. Buy a house
7. Teach in an underprivileged area (done) Student taught in an underprivileged area 🙂
8. Finish Grad school (done)
9. Drive across the country
10. Meet a fantastic guy and marry him: Welp Im engaged so it counts right?
11. Go on a girls trip with my friends Chicago June 2011
12. Travel somewhere alone Nashville, TN for Blissdom Jan 2011
13. Read a book a week for an entire year (done)
14. Meet more blog friends IRL Met Ashley, Molly, Maggie, Natalie and Rachel all in January 2011 then met a billion in April and hang out with Amber, Kiley and Laura regularly Also met Meghan in Chicago
15. Not use a credit card for an entire month February 2011
16. Volunteer for an entire weekend
17. Watch every DVD I own (done)
18. Donate clothes/shoes/etc that I dont use April 2011
19. Spend an entire month making my own coffee (done)
20. take my parents out to dinner 1/2 Took mom out for her birthday March 2011
21. Go to a winery (done)
22. Go to a brewery (done)
23. finish paying off my car: I did and then got a new car so theres that
24. save an 8-10 month emergency fund
25. Attend my 10 year high school reunion (done)
26. Grocery shop entirely on coupons
27. Cook a 3 course dinner
28. bake something from scratch 3 times in June I made granola bars from scratch and then granola
29. start a vegetable garden
30. Go to NYC during Christmas time

 

I did a little over half of the things I wanted to do before I turned 30. Some of them either deemed unsafe(skydiving…A wont let me) Or expensive: NYC during Xmas time and Italy(will happen in the future) Others just did not get done.

Tomorrow I turn 30 and I am pretty pleased at where my life is and what I have accomplished.

I guess now I should make a 40 things before 40 list huh?

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  1. Nicole @ Three 31 wrote:

    Cross out #10, that counts! Happy, happy birthday, friend. I’m proud of what you’ve accomplished in three-ish years, this is quite the goal list. If you create a list for 40, I want to see it. I love setting goals every year (see my ‘resolution’ posts) and seeing what I can accomplish in 365 days. YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!

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  2. Suzanna wrote:

    I definitely think you can cross off #10 and #23!

    Happy early birthday!

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  3. Pristine wrote:

    So fun! Happy early birthday

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  4. Helen wrote:

    You’ve got more crossed off than not, so I’d say that’s a rousing success! Happy birthday!

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  5. Ashley wrote:

    What a fun list! You accomplished a lot off of it so you should feel proud of that!

    Happy early birthday!

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  6. Emily wrote:

    Wow, what a great list! Congrats on grad school what an accomplishment!

    http://www.emilyahlbum.com

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  7. Julie wrote:

    You should totally make a 40 before 40. I do a ____ while ____ age one and its fun crossing things off. This year I might actually get it all done!

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  8. aimee fauci wrote:

    That is pretty impressive. I am not sure I could do all this scary stuff you listed at any age!

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  9. Alisia wrote:

    WOW! Congrats on getting all of these done! You were definitely busy making sure you crossed a lot off. I love lists like this 🙂

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  10. Becca @ Becoming Adorrable wrote:

    I think you can skydive no matter what A says 🙂 GO FOR IT!

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  11. Jennifer wrote:

    Good job! I need to do something like this but I only have like 6 months left! Eeek well crap.. I didn’t know it was only 6 months till I turn 30. CRAP!

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  12. Valerie wrote:

    I absolutely love this! I’d say marking off more than half is really good!! Happy Birthday!

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  13. Jenny Rodrick wrote:

    Great job! I had no idea you ran a marathon! Which one did you do? As a fellow marathoner, I love to hear about other peoples’ training and race experience.

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  14. Stacie wrote:

    Nicely done Neely! You’re inspiring me to do a 50 before 50… That sounds like way too many things though in only 10 months. We’ll see! Wishing you an early happy birthday and a spectacular year! Stacie xo

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  15. Sara wrote:

    I’m totally impressed! My goal was 30 countries by 30… and somewhere towards my late 20s, I met my hubs and it fell by the wayside… Though I’m adamant about getting the travel bug back!!

    Happy birthday! When we have a blate, it will be a birthday treat on me, girlie!

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  16. Bri @ Simple Delights wrote:

    So fun! I never made a 30 before 30 list and I turn 30 in June. Guess I could do a backwards list. 30 things I will do after turning 30. Haha! Almost like 30 is a rite of passage.

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  17. Rebecca wrote:

    Happy Birthday to you! I turn 30 April 5th next year. Maybe I should start one of these to accomplish within the next year. 🙂
    April Birthdays are the best!

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