The Three-Oh is Fast Approaching

At one point, I had these 30 ambitions to do before I turned 30. They promptly fell to some crazy gorge and got stuck somewhere. So like New Year's Resolutions, I only got part of the way through before I forgot about them. Well here they are again, but I'm changing the rules! I'm giving myself another year to complete my list (that I modified for the umptenth time).

"Why," you ask?

Why! Because I am turning 30 in thirteen days! That's why! And I feel like the things I said I wanted to do should still at least be given a shot. Trust me when I say I tend to give things a chance well after the expiration date.



Here's a handful of accomplishments:

We have a real bed, as opposed to a futon frame with a mattress thrown onto it.
I had a consistent exercise/yoga routine for a few months. It counts.
I've done a professional photo shoot with hubby.

Find a way to make art and make money in a consistent way. (sewing, sewing, sewing...)

I was cooking for others more... then I started sewing more, and I saw no one.

Be less cynical. (I go in seasons - but I swear I'm better than before)

Have a mini-garden... or be a part of a co-op.  I am successfully growing inedible plants in my cubicle at work. That's as good as it's going to get realistically, right now, so I'm counting it.

I had a professional massage (once again, thank you Erin and Katy!)

I did an MS Walk last April.

We went camping this past year and it was AWESOME. We're working on camping more.

I'm pretty sure I eat better than I used to when I started this list.

One of my goals was to go to a city I have never been to before, and we went drove to Clearwater, Florida.

I've been able to visit my brother a little more than usual, which is nice.

I'd like to apply to more art shows in the coming year, but I am in a year-long exhibit at a college right now and I'm in an exhibition I'm curating, coming up in January. Which is more than the previous year, so I AM COUNTING IT.

My artspace at home is kind of more conducive to making art... however now it's getting cluttered with the many products of said the art making.



Here's what I still want to do:


Ride a bike in the city. I promise to find someone to take a video of me being terror stricken while riding down a Philadelphia street.


Would you believe I still haven't gone on a legit picnic, you know, with basket and blanket in tow?

I still think it would be fun to go on a Philadelphia Tour of some kind.

I think it's a little late for me to try going somewhere outside of the US on my birthday, considering I don't even have a passport. So the goal is for me to get a passport and then jump over the border if I can.


I'd still like to take a self defense class, just in case.
....and an art class again (an encaustic class would be my dream) or have access to a printing studio...





Seriously, guys, I would love to have a separate studio for my painting and art-ing. ... Seriously.



It would still be kind of cool to jump in on an Improv Everywhere... uh.. somehow.

You know, I wanted to participate in the Sketchbook Project, and I still kinda do. But I think instead I really want to spend time developing a "business" out of the stuffed animals I sew.

I still think I should start making a comic revolving around our cats, Autumn and Tobia, having adventures. 

Reviewing this list reminds me that I am still failing at writing in my prayer journal. I should get on top of that because there are so many crazy things in my head.

Originally one of my goals was to participate in a print exchange again. I would love this. But seeing that much of my time is spent sewing right now, I think a better goal is to find a balance between working 40 hours a week, and creating things/visiting friends/reading/journaling/spending time with hubby with the rest of those hours.

I've thought about it more... and I still want to go on a fishing adventure!! I don't know why!!


This last one is a bonus that again I was going to remove, buuuuut it would still be a super great bonus:

I discovered that petting a tiger is not as far fetched as I originally thought. Or, at least being in the presence of a living, breathing tiger. I don't know if I'd be able to touch it. But you can "adopt" tigers at the Philadelphia Zoo, and as chance would have it, for $150 you can set up a personal meet-and-greet with a tiger and its handler.

Actually a secondary bonus would be to go see the Lion King in NYC.