30 x 30 Update - Six Months Left!

Hi everyone!  Today I'm dropping by to share my annual update on my 30x30 list- six months late! I didn't share this on my 29th birthday, so I'm going to share it on my 29 1/2 birthday :)  I started this list when I turned 25, and now there's just six months to go.  Crazy how quickly time goes.  Here's a look at where I stand today, along with how many items I have left to go!

Buy a house 4/1/16

Break 2 hours in the half marathon 10/11/15 (first time)

Break 4 hours in the full marathon

Complete a triathlon (sprint counts!) 8/5/19


Get Married 5/6/16

Visit Mexico Isla Mujeres and Cancun


Splurge on a once-in-a-lifetime meal Kobe Beef in Kobe!

Bungee Jump or Sky Dive 10/17/15

Visit Falling Water

Go to all the east-coast MLB stadiums (Remaining stadium: Turner Field)

Cook a fancy 5-course meal

Plant a garden 

Learn how to ski

Stay at a BnB in Vermont

Learn how to belay 11/6/15

Have a spa day

See a Broadway musical - Hamilton!

Ride a jet-ski 7/4/15

Stay at a really fancy house on AirBnB Seashell House in Isla Mujeres

Attend a professional tennis match Cincinnati Open 

Run a race for each birthday
  1. 2015: Achilles Hope and Possibility 5 miler (43:17)
  2. 2016: Butler Road Race 5 Miler (44:03) 
  3. 2017: Butler Road Race 5 Miler (44:26)
  4. 2018: Kona Quarter Marathon (1:02:53)
  5. 2019: Butler Firecracker 5k (26:11)
Get PMP-certified (No longer work in project management, so taking this off the list!)

See the Northern Lights

Attend a TED conference

Read 25 books off the Time All-Time Novel list
  1. 1984
  2. Atonement
  3. Animal Farm
  4. The Great Gatsby
  5. To Kill A Mockingbird
  6. Native Son
  7. Watchmen
  8. White Noise
  9. Ubik
  10. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  11. Deliverance
  12. Grapes of Wrath
  13. Are You There God?  It's Me, Margaret
  14. An American Tragedy
  15. Catch-22
  16. The Catcher in the Rye
  17. White Teeth
  18. Lord of the Flies
  19. Their Eyes Were Watching God
  20. The Sun Also Rises
  21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  22. On the Road
  23. Rabbit, Run

Try Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga

Hike part of the Appalachian Trail

Learn how to sew and make something

Be in a member of a studio audience for an event or show


So, I have 21 items crossed off, and 4 in the works.  There are a few that might have to be delayed a year or two (BnB in Vermont, Northern Lights, Biking the entire length of the GAP), and some that might not be possible (breaking 4 hours in the marathon).  But- let's see what I can finish up in the last 6 months!

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