UT’s school year is in its second week, which means work is bat shit crazy right now. I spent about 7 hours of my day in meetings today, so the verbal part of my brain is plum tuckered out. I think I have done enough talking for the day, so today’s update is coming to you in simple, unembellished list format.
Topic: 30 things I’d like to do before I’m 30 years old.
- Give $1,000 in a lump sum to a charity of my choice.
- Visit the Pacific Northwest.
- Roller skate.
- Finish my MBA.
- Learn how to bake cheesecake in a springform pan.
- Write a research paper of some kind & publish it.
- Go fishing with my dad.
- Bait my own hook.
- Get a dog from Paws in Prison.
- Spend a few weeks in New York City.
- See the sun rise on a beach I’ve never seen before.
- Make almond butter toffee.
- Meet Rami’s dad.
- Run a 5K.
- Eat at Tru in Chicago again.
- Create a painting or other piece of visual art.
- Watch AFI’s top 100 films.
- Figure out how to wear a belt on the outside of my clothes. (Not in the belt loops.)
- Write some poetry.
- Host a themed cocktail or dinner party
- Hike in Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Play my oboe again.
- Get drunk on champagne on New Year’s Eve.
- Invest 10 % of my salary in my retirement account & other savings.
- Take a vacation by myself.
- Meet my neighbors.
- Collect a few nice pieces of vintage jewelry and wear them regularly.
- Bake and frost a layer cake.
- Hug my grandparents.
- Find a shade of lipstick that I like to wear.