So when I was 24, I went to visit my friend in Fargo (North Dakota. And there aren't wood chippers.) for Thanksgiving. Her sister-in-law was turning 30 a few days later and I distinctly remember having this conversation:
Us: "30, huh? How do you feel about that?"
Her: "Fine. I have a husband, kids. I have a house. I graduated from college. I did what I planned to do by this time."
At the time, I thought, "That makes sense."
I turned 29 today and, while I really like my current life, the chances that I will be accomplishing any of that in the next year* are extremely remote. Since I will not be living up to the standards my 24 year old self set, I decided I should accomplish something this year. And it should be something fun.
And so this project was born. I set thirty* goals for myself to accomplish this year. Some are actually commendable and some are just silly but I'm committed to all of them. You can read the whole list in my previous blog post which I placed a link to somewhere over there ->. And because I need the motivation of publicly committing to something and/or because I thoroughly enjoy the narcissistic affirmation offered by social media, I'll share my progress with you all on this blog. You should feel so lucky. Also, I'l fulfill Goal 29: Blog regularly. Or semi-regularly. Or write a book* in case you thought this wasn't all about me. Join me if it sounds amusing to you.
*Except graduating from college. Did that. A couple of times.
*Cause I'm gonna be 30. See? See? It's very clever.
*That's really the official goal. I like not to fail so I gave myself a few options here.
Us: "30, huh? How do you feel about that?"
Her: "Fine. I have a husband, kids. I have a house. I graduated from college. I did what I planned to do by this time."
At the time, I thought, "That makes sense."
I turned 29 today and, while I really like my current life, the chances that I will be accomplishing any of that in the next year* are extremely remote. Since I will not be living up to the standards my 24 year old self set, I decided I should accomplish something this year. And it should be something fun.
And so this project was born. I set thirty* goals for myself to accomplish this year. Some are actually commendable and some are just silly but I'm committed to all of them. You can read the whole list in my previous blog post which I placed a link to somewhere over there ->. And because I need the motivation of publicly committing to something and/or because I thoroughly enjoy the narcissistic affirmation offered by social media, I'll share my progress with you all on this blog. You should feel so lucky. Also, I'l fulfill Goal 29: Blog regularly. Or semi-regularly. Or write a book* in case you thought this wasn't all about me. Join me if it sounds amusing to you.
*Except graduating from college. Did that. A couple of times.
*Cause I'm gonna be 30. See? See? It's very clever.
*That's really the official goal. I like not to fail so I gave myself a few options here.
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