I’d be a rich woman if I got a £1 coin for every time said to me “Ooh, you’ll be thirty soon!” – to which I’m mentally screaming “JESUS CHRIST SUSAN, LET ME HAVE THOSE THREE YEARS BETWEEN 27 AND 30 PLEASE.” But, I still don’t quite know how I got to 27? I mean wow, time has flown. I’ve been married 2 and a half years. We’ve lived in our house over six years and I’ve been in the “career changing” job for nearly 3 years. How did it all happen?
I have decided that I want to saviour every second. We lead such busy lives that I forget to really relish in every day moments, blink and I’ve missed it all and then were on to the next thing. I’m going to make myself a little bucket list, 30 things to do in 3 years. I think that sounds pretty reasonable and something that can definitely be achieved without feeling too much pressure (something I don’t quite deal with well!) So without further ado, here I go…
1. Buy myself a designer handbag (sorry, I know, terribly materialistic but I have to have one.)
2. Visit Edinburgh
3. See a Comedian we love
4. Glastonbury Festival
5. Go to New York (I can dream?)
6. Read 1 book a month (any apps to help track this would be super!)
7. Prepare for babies (CRIPES!)
8. Learn how to perfect the smoky eye!
9. Join a class – dance / pilates / yoga / basically something that makes me feel good
10. Actually follow through on a business idea that I get as I’m falling asleep
11. Buy an old caravan and DIY it up
12. Grow both my Twitter / Instagram to 10K followers each
13. Pass my driving test and get on the road!
14. Decorate our bedroom
15. Finish the work on our kitchen
16. Do something special for my husband (any ideas?)
17. Possibly being able to write my blog on a more full time basis (not sure at what capacity?)
18. Write short novel (that I finally finish!)
19. A music gig a year
20. Get my Bloglovin followers up to 5000
21. Perfect Carbonara (not my greatest dish)
22. Take my family on holiday
23. Head on a European driving holiday
24. Buy a new lens for my DSLR camera
25. Go Go-Karting
26. Buy myself a Fortnum & Mason hamper
27. Work with another Travel / Tour Operator on content for my blog
28. Go to Disneyland
29. Lose a stone
30. Book myself on a course, such as floristry or photography
So there we have it, my 30 by 30 list. I really hope that I can achieve at least two thirds of the list, but in an ideal world I would have completed them all.
Do you have some similar goals to work towards or did you do something like this in the run up to your 30th birthday? How did it go?
