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30 before 30
1. Pay off my car
2. Pay off my student loans
3. Go an entire month without using a card (credit or debit)
4. Travel to Spain
5. Fall in love and get married
6. Publish a scientific article (done before 31)
7. Sew an outfit (that I actually see fit to wear in public)
8. Take a girls vacation with my friends (high school, college and grad school)
9. Go on a shopping spree in NYC
10. Go to the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade (I no longer want to, it's disgusting how much money they spend on this considering all the poverty there is in this country)
11. See the grand canyon
12. Take a vacation by myself
13. Build my savings account up to at least 8 months of reserve
14. Join/start a book club
15. Cook every recipe in a cookbook (cookbook to be determined)
16. Host a Christmas party (done before 32)
17. Grow waist length hair
18. Dine at a 5 star restaurant in a major US city (it was Latta, SC, not a major US city, but a 5 star restaurant and delicious!!!)
19. Become a pen pal with someone
20. Blog everyday for one month
21. Paint a piece of work to hang in my living room (well, in the kitchen, close enough)
22. Take an art and/or photography class
23. Meet at least one new person each week for a month
24. Get my financial life to a place that I’m pleased with
25. Run a marathon in 4 hours or less (that’s running at at least 9:00mins a mile)
26. Inspire someone to do something great
27. Learn something new about myself
28. Become a health nut (despite the belief of some, I’m not yet)
29. Build an absolutely fabulous wardrobe (super excited about this one, I love fabulosity) (done before 32, I realized that a fabulous wardrobe is not about the clothes, but about how you mix them and the confidence with which you wear them)
30. Fall in love with me (done before 32)