Thursday, January 12, 2012

29 things to do before 30....yikes one more year in my 20s!

Many of these will stay the same as last year because I was not very good at crossing things off. I'm going to be better this year.
  1. GET IN SHAPE…shed some extra lbs. I dropped 18 in 2011...my goal is to double that this year! Trying Weight Watchers this year so lets see how that goes!!
  2. Go to the gym at least 2-3 times a week to start and then work up to 3-5 times a week.
  3. Enjoy life…figure out what my “happiness” is and how to start traveling towards it. 
  4. Date a better quality of men. Stop thinking my happiness can be answered with a guy.
  5. Visit my family in Ohio more. A few measly times a year is not acceptable especially now that I'm an Aunt.
  6. Be a good Aunt. Spoil my nephew, Charlie. I will be sending him Michigan Wolverines football gear and balls so he can start his path towards becoming a Wolverine. 
  7. Continue down my career path in sales in the internet industry somewhere where I can make more money and feel secure and happy.
  8. Make some new friends!
  9. Travel to Miami to see my bestie Devon. 
  10. Get a passport and take a real vacation
  11. Get a new car!! It's way past due. 
  12. Blog more.
  13. CHILL OUT...stop stressing about everything. I cannot control it all.
  14. Figure out if leaving Chicago is the right thing for me to do.
  15. Take more pictures to remember the great memories with those I care about. 
  16. Go to a Michigan Wolverines football game. 
  17. Stop shaving and start getting waxed. 
  18. Stop being so hard on myself. Find ways to relax. No one benefits from being their own worst enemy.
  19. Visit Napa Valley it looks beautiful 
  20. Cook more. I want to learn how to cook new things and get creative. 
  21. Find new ways to smile on my own.
  22. Find some hobbies.
  23. Get a new tattoo.
  24. Clean more often. I hate it but damn my place gets dusty. 
  25. Experience more in Chicago. More festivals, museums, events...whatever!
  26. Try new kinds of food. 
  27. Try to gradually teach myself to like spicy food. (I'm a wuss now).
  28. Don't worry so much about what others think. 
  29. Don't sweat the small stuff. Look at the big picture not the momentary rough patches! 
Here's to hoping that I do better this year and find a way to be proud of myself by completing my goals!!

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5 comments:

Literate Barfly said...

Only items 10, 11, 14, 17, and 23 on this list are clear cut, in the sense that you either do them or not. Whether you complete the rest of them is going to be more subjective. Keep that in mind. Give yourself credit for making progress rather than judging yourself pass/fail.

Unknown said...

You're completely right. I need to give myself some credit when I start to make my way through some of these because they are more of a process then a quick thing to check off!! You rock...miss your comments!

Amanda said...

Good luck! This is a great list. I have a 101 in 1001 and I cannot BELIEVE that 1,001 days is almost up and I've probably done 20 of the things on it. I think I'm going to make a 30 by 30 list myself because that seems more realistic!

Unknown said...

Thanks, Amanda! I can't even imagine coming up with 101 I had the hardest time with my list lol. It's hard because I wanted to make it realistic but wanted to make some fair ones.

Brendan said...

Hey Nycole, I just found your blog here because you replied to one of my tweets. After reading some of your articles it looks like we are about the same age and from the same area. What a small world.

I hope you are doing well on your goals for this year. I also made a list a while back, but didn't make it public. You are brave to put your personal goals out there for everyone.

I will bookmark your blog to keep up with new articles and check out some of the old ones.

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