30 Before 30 - My Turning 30 Bucket List
I am three years away from one of the biggest age milestones one can face...30. I don't know exactly what
it is 30 did, but it seems like everyone nearing it wants to run far away in the other direction like it is the
hash slinging slasher. Truth be told, I am pretty indifferent to turning 30. I mean shoot, sometimes
I cannot for the life of me believe that I am a full grown 27 year old adult! I still struggle making phone
calls and setting up appointments! How can I be grown?! But as the saying goes time waits for no one and
whether I feel it or not, am ready for it or not, the countdown to 30 is closer now than it has ever been.
However, I have decided that instead of running away screaming like the rest I am going to take
on a new challenge. (I know...another challenge....here's to hoping I can actually finish this one. lol).
In the final years of my twenties I am going to challenge myself to do the top 30 things people have put on their
before 30 bucket lists. With this challenge I am hoping to not only embrace 30, but also push myself outside
of my comfort zone. I have always said I wanted to live an amazing life where I have accomplished
many things, traveled many places, and have done many unbelievable things and there is no
better time than now to keep that train chugging along. So here's to 30 and to my Year 30 Bucket List.
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BUILDING THE LIST
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After deciding on my 30 Before 30 challenge I took to the internet (okay....maybe I am older than
I thought...."took to the internet?" Jeez grams....) to find as many "before 30" bucket lists as I could
and took every single item off of every single list and placed each into a spreadsheet. I then kept a
running tally for each of the items and built my list with the 30 items that occurred most often.
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The research and list building was a long process and after seeing some of the items on these lists
I definitely had moments where I wanted to...ummm....use my influence a bit to remove some
things (marathons?! really?! apparently most people want to kill their bodies before the age of 30. *nervous laugh*)
However, I am happy to report that no shenanigans occurred and everything you see on
the final list below is in fact the true top 30 most popular items...whether I like it or not. lol
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MY 30 BEFORE 30 LIST (In order of most popular to least popular)
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Learn a new language
Run 5k DONE 10/28/23
Attend a Cooking Class
Write a book
Pay off Student Loan Debt
Get another tattoo
Go camping
Pay off Credit Card
Go Skiing/Snowboarding
Plant a vegetable garden
Attend another music festival
Run a 10k
Go scuba diving
Make money from blog/channel DONE 09/2023
(Re)Learn how to play piano
See the northern lights
Go to Italy
Pay for a stranger’s meal
Run a half marathon
Run a full marathon
Go to Disney
See a broadway show
Go parasailing
Go on another girl’s trip
Go on a spontaneous adventure
Go on a train trip
Have a video gaming marathon
Take a dance class
Surf in the ocean
Finish a scrapbook
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Have a grand 30th Birthday Getaway (If I finish everything on this list it is 100% worth the celebration.)
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So there we have it. Starting today (January 5th, 2023) until October 24th, 2025 I will be doing my best to try and complete all 30 items on this bucket list. Some of these items are ones I already had on my bucket list prior to this challenge and some, well, some I just don't want to even think about, but all are things I am excited to try. Wish me luck!
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What things are on your before 30 bucket list? Or just on your general bucket list?