30 BEFORE 30
Next month, I turn twenty-eight. In general I am pretty excited about getting older. I’m not a woman who is afraid of aging. Honestly I think your twenties are awful, and confusing ! With time I get wiser, calmer and more realistic. By the time you’re thirty you have a sharper concept of time. By thirty I feel I’ll be even more comfortable in my skin. I’ll have more of the life I intended to have. At 28 I am almost there, Im just ready to reap the benefits of the personal and professional work I put in. As my twenties are ending there are some things I’d love to accomplish these last two years. While creating this post I realized how little time I have to make these things happen, but I am determined. Here they are in no particular order.
Run a marathon
Host a fancy dinner holiday party
Travel out of the country
Straighten my hair (Its been 8 years)
Buy a jeep
Design and create my ideal home
Get a cat ( female)
Write + Publish a book
Intimate girls trip in Joshua Tree
Take Phoenix to the beach
Karaoke
Perform spoken word / poetry
Be featured in a magazine
Learn to make gumbo
Take a ceramics class
Donate a $1,000 to a non-profit that resonates with my beliefs.
Teach high school English & Literature
Roadtrip across country for two weeks
Go to one of those fancy 5 hour spa days
Get a film camera
Be debt free
Have a nice savings
Baecation in San Fran + Oregon (all in one trip)
Buy Mac desktop computer
Speak on a panel with other black women.
Have a wardrobe that I am in love with.
Continue minimalism.
Curate at least two successful creative projects
Travel for New Years
Be more knowledgable about books, authors & literature in general
What are some things I can add to my list ?