Before 30 Bucket List, What is on yours?
Crystle23
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Great idea for a group for starters!!
I am 28 years old and I am tired of feeling like crap all the time... physically and emotionally. Since I started I have gradualy started to feel good! although I have a long way to go, I am confident I can do it!!
Anyway, here I go:
1. I want to run a marathon
Where I live there is a 7 mile run in the summer, I want to do it nextyear.
2. Graduate College!
I am a student nurse and plan to graduate next spring.
3. Eat a chocolate covered cricket or some sort of edible NON-SLIMEY bug
Yes, I know, strange.
4. Go on a vacation with friends (LET LOOSE!).
Becuase it is a long time coming.
5. Feel good about me!!
Anyway, I feel like my list is kind of small. What is on yours?
I am 28 years old and I am tired of feeling like crap all the time... physically and emotionally. Since I started I have gradualy started to feel good! although I have a long way to go, I am confident I can do it!!
Anyway, here I go:
1. I want to run a marathon
Where I live there is a 7 mile run in the summer, I want to do it nextyear.
2. Graduate College!
I am a student nurse and plan to graduate next spring.
3. Eat a chocolate covered cricket or some sort of edible NON-SLIMEY bug
Yes, I know, strange.
4. Go on a vacation with friends (LET LOOSE!).
Becuase it is a long time coming.
5. Feel good about me!!
Anyway, I feel like my list is kind of small. What is on yours?
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I also want to run a race.
Finish my book.
Get a decent job, one that lets me use my mind and pays well, so I can start on this student loan debt.
Get married, maybe, or go back to Germany instead
I haven't decided on that one quite yet.
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I want to run a marathon (my first ever race was 7.46 miles, and it was torture. I want it to be easy).
Get married (I've been dating the same guy for 4 years, time to $h!t or get off the pot).
Finish my degree (half way there but working full time and raising my 6 year old)
Go on a family vacation.
Clean up credit so I can start building a house.0 -
Well since my 30th birthday is in February I don't have so much time. But there is a couple things before 30 that I want to do.
1. Run a 10 minute mile, whether it be on the treadmill or outside.
2. Be able to wear my size 12 little black dress.
My list is smaller but still I have a shorter time till my 30th.0 -
I've got a 4.5 year old and a 10 month old so I really don't have time for much and I'm also turning 30 in December so not long!
I would love to get pregnant with my third child and if I don't I would love to get back down to my pre-baby weight. Sounds a bit sad really! I will have to get my thinking cap on and think of something else for me to achieve!0 -
I will be thirty in May and this was filling me with dread until I sat down and realised what I had achieved so far...I really do recommend it as it puts a whole different perspective on really the big three-oh!
WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED
Batchelors, Masters and PGCE from Cambridge
Permanent promotion to Head of Year (I'm a teacher - this is a pastoral position)
Lovely man - together 3 years now
Just had an offer accepted on a house so may be home owners soon! (fingers crossed the chain does not collapse!)
Own a little British sports car - MGF convertible in racing green
Been lucky to be able to go on lots of foreign hols - eg in last 12 months - Marrakech, Vienna, Bratislava, a tour of Northern France, Bulgaria...and going to Czech next week.
Paid off my credit cards! (with my extra money from my promotion!)
Am healthy and happy...along with my nearest and dearest!
So... then, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE BEFORE HITTING THIRTY
Become a home-owner!
Learn how to tile my new bathroom
Tile said bathroom (!)
Really master my new job and ensure I get the rep i deserve
Book a holiday to Asia
Do a mini duathlon
Do a major series challenge (http://www.majorseries.com/)
Get down to a weight of ten and a half stone
Get down to a small UK size 120 -
I only have a few months left, oh no! I turn 30 December 30th, so here goes-
1) Run a mile without wanting to curl up and die
2) Lose 30 pounds
3) Build a deck on our house, possibly with a special little meditation area
4) Go on a spiritual retreat
5) Be able to do 20 push-ups. In a row. At once.
6) Find a nearby Muay Thai kickboxing class to join (or mixed martial arts of some sort)
7) Finally decide whether or not I want an actual wedding, or get married on an island somewhere (I've been putting this off for almost 2 years)
8) Go on a weekend-long kayaking/camping trip
9) Finish painting our new house!0 -
I'm 27...so I have a little more time...
1. Be in the best shape of my life....like Greek goddess awesome sauce shape.
2. Get married to my love
3. Have a baby (maybe AT 30)
4. Finish my degree
5. Learn Italian0 -
Awesome! I decided I want to look HOT for my 30th birthday in January. I've been working really hard this summer and I just hit goal weight this week (woohoo!).
Goals:
1. Maintain weight and continue lifting weights to get toned
2. Run a 10k before my birthday
3. Kick *kitten* and take names competing my horse this fall
You know what's not on my list? A boyfriend. If I happen to be with someone then GREAT. If I'm fabulously single then that's cool too. The wrong man is more trouble than he's worth.0 -
I have some of the same things as you guys and I think they are all great.....(except maybe that chocolate covered cricket thing...:frown:) I'm 25 and my before 30 bucket list goes as follows:
1. Reach my goal weight...
2. Graduate from undergrad.
3. Travel to another country (other than Mexico)
4. Fall in love
That last one was cheezy I know but hey, a girl can dream!0 -
I want to see the ocean! But I don't know if that is do-able before my 30th birthday in February. Also, I would like to see 120 lbs again. . . 0
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I will be 30 at the end of September so I really don't have that much time. The biggest thing I want to do is cut out processed foods completely from my families diet. We have been doing very well. Also I want to lose at least 15 lbs. I think that's doable.0
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I love that this group exists! Today is my first day with my fitness pal and fitbit tracker...all inspired by my 30 before 30 list. I turn 30 in July 2013 and some of the things on my list include:
Running a 5k, training for a mini marathon
Take swimming lessons
Go to Vegas and dance in a night club (got married there in 2010...felt way to fat to go to a club!)
Go to a beach and feel good in a swim suit
Learn to walk in heels
Go to Disney World
Making this list made me realize how much I wanted to do/accomplish and how much my weight is holding back. I'm inspired by reading everyone else's posts-congrats on everyone's progress and good luck!0 -
I turn 30 in October, so my time is short and i'm gonna be realistic.
Reach Onederland
Fit in a size 14/16
Do a ten minute mile (I'm not a runner...yet!)
Wish me luck, all!
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wow this is a really good idea---gonna work on the list over the next few days and get back to you guys!! reading everyone else's list made me realize how much i've accomplished (and been burnt out on) and what i should really focus on now. sneak peak: be the weight it says i am on my driver's license!! (that's my goal weight!)0
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Can I ask a quicky nosey Q... a few of your state 'finish degree' or 'graduate' as things to do before thirty...
At what age do you start university in the States? I take it that it must be later than here?
In the UK we start at 18 and it's three intensive years for a Bachelors - 4 years if you do languages like I did as you have to go and spend the third year in the language country either in work placement or at uni. It's 7 years for medicine, vet science and architecture. Then it's another year for a Masters. Another three years for a PhD. You HAVE to do your exams at the end of each year, it's not like in mainland Europe where you can skip an exam and take it a few months later in the next sitting if you don't feel like it. Here if you fail...you fail!
The reason I ask is i've heard that going to uni (or college as I think you guys call it!) is really expensive - as in far more expensive than here. Here we pay £6k a year for tuition plus rent for hall of residence plus living expenditure... this is itself is far more expensive than mainland Europe, We do not have private unis in the UK - all charge fees at the level set by the government.
Anyway....that's just me being nosy! Never been to the States - only know stuff from TV! May get over there one day, but fancy South America first...love experiencing new cultures and learning new languages....and I guess the US and UK are quite similar! My other half did a 3 week roadtrip your way last year though and loved it - flew into San Francisco, then onto Lake Tahoe to ski, the Death Valley, Grand Canyon, LV, then flew out of LA - was rather jealous! 0 -
Okay so I'm 27 my bucket list goes like
1) want to achieve between a 15%- 19% body fat I want to see those darn abs just to prove to myself I have some
2) I want to go abroad due to not nice circumstances I've never gone anyway, I really want to go to Italy my god mother was Italian an some of my earliest memories are of her telling me how beautiful it was
3) Reach my goal weight
4) Do a marathon I don't mind if I walk or jog it, I just want to do it
5) Feel sexy in my own skin0 -
I turn 30 next July so I have 11 months. Goals:
Lose 20 pounds.
Finish a book I have been working on for about a year.
Increase sales for my business.0 -
Can I ask a quicky nosey Q... a few of your state 'finish degree' or 'graduate' as things to do before thirty...
At what age do you start university in the States? I take it that it must be later than here?
In the UK we start at 18 and it's three intensive years for a Bachelors - 4 years if you do languages like I did as you have to go and spend the third year in the language country either in work placement or at uni. It's 7 years for medicine, vet science and architecture. Then it's another year for a Masters. Another three years for a PhD. You HAVE to do your exams at the end of each year, it's not like in mainland Europe where you can skip an exam and take it a few months later in the next sitting if you don't feel like it. Here if you fail...you fail!
The reason I ask is i've heard that going to uni (or college as I think you guys call it!) is really expensive - as in far more expensive than here. Here we pay £6k a year for tuition plus rent for hall of residence plus living expenditure... this is itself is far more expensive than mainland Europe, We do not have private unis in the UK - all charge fees at the level set by the government.
Anyway....that's just me being nosy! Never been to the States - only know stuff from TV! May get over there one day, but fancy South America first...love experiencing new cultures and learning new languages....and I guess the US and UK are quite similar! My other half did a 3 week roadtrip your way last year though and loved it - flew into San Francisco, then onto Lake Tahoe to ski, the Death Valley, Grand Canyon, LV, then flew out of LA - was rather jealous!
It is incredibly expensive. School here is a business. I have a degree in German. It cost me quite a bit (into the thousands). Books alone, for some people, are hundreds of dollars a semester. Some types of books are more expensive than others, like science, for example. The average student now graduates with 20k in student loan debt (or was it 25k).
Most people start at age 18, but it isn't required to do so. There are more people working first, or taking breaks, I believe. An A.A. would take two years. A Bachelor of the Arts at a Uni would take four years. A Masters can take two to three years or so, depending on the school and program, but one must have a B.A. first.0 -
I'm 30 in November so just under 3 months to go!
So far I have achieved buying my own house, 9 years with my Hubby to be, 2 gorgeous kids, my own car and just landed myself a new job.
Before I'm 30 I'd like to lose a few pounds and look great for my birthday, and get settled in my new job.
During my 30th year I'm getting married, then hopefully a honeymoon abroad (I've never been on a plane before!) and then saving for our "forever home".
I guess I'd better get cracking!!0 -
I'll be 30 on November 17th... no matter how much I try to deny it!
I was 10 lbs. lighter when I originally started with MFP (we've been on and off like a boyfriend that doesn't always fit into your life) so I get discouraged by seeing "0 lbs. lost" on my homepage even though I took of 7 lbs. in the last 11 days. By November 17th, I would like to be down 28 lbs. I would also like to find the motivation to begin searching for a PhD program to enroll in so I can escape my office-monkey lifestyle and begin a path to finding what truly makes me happy.
This is just off the top of my head. This is an awesome topic and I want to take a little time to think about it some more since I have so much to do and such little time in which to do it!0 -
I turn 30 in October, so not much time... here are my plans:
1. Finish up my Master's degree
2. Get back into knitting and photography
3. Visit my friend in Maine
4. Take the dogs to Doggie Day Swim, where the city lets dogs swim in the pools before they close them.
5. See one of the operas at the Kennedy Center
6. Start doing Bikram yoga again
7. Tailor some of my clothes
8. Go to a few concerts (already have tickets for Madonna, Beth Orton, Sharon Von Ettan)
9. Get my girlfriend to go apple picking with me
10. Have a BBQ
11. Buy soybeans and make my own tofu
12. Take the Italian Renaissance tour at the National Gallery of Art
13. Enroll in Italian Level II and practice a lot so I get really good at it!
14. Refinance our mortgage
Sorry, this turned into more of a to-do list than a bucket list. 0 -
Can I ask a quicky nosey Q... a few of your state 'finish degree' or 'graduate' as things to do before thirty...
At what age do you start university in the States? I take it that it must be later than here?
In the UK we start at 18 and it's three intensive years for a Bachelors - 4 years if you do languages like I did as you have to go and spend the third year in the language country either in work placement or at uni. It's 7 years for medicine, vet science and architecture. Then it's another year for a Masters. Another three years for a PhD. You HAVE to do your exams at the end of each year, it's not like in mainland Europe where you can skip an exam and take it a few months later in the next sitting if you don't feel like it. Here if you fail...you fail!
The reason I ask is i've heard that going to uni (or college as I think you guys call it!) is really expensive - as in far more expensive than here. Here we pay £6k a year for tuition plus rent for hall of residence plus living expenditure... this is itself is far more expensive than mainland Europe, We do not have private unis in the UK - all charge fees at the level set by the government.
Anyway....that's just me being nosy! Never been to the States - only know stuff from TV! May get over there one day, but fancy South America first...love experiencing new cultures and learning new languages....and I guess the US and UK are quite similar! My other half did a 3 week roadtrip your way last year though and loved it - flew into San Francisco, then onto Lake Tahoe to ski, the Death Valley, Grand Canyon, LV, then flew out of LA - was rather jealous!
I started undergraduate at age 18, which is typical. The engineering curriculum is very rigorous and you need 4-5 years to get through it. After graduating I worked for a couple years before enrolling in grad school part-time. Most employers won't reimburse you for tuition unless you've been at the company at least a year, and they require that you work full time while going to school. I mostly stuck to one class a semester, and sometimes had to take a semester off because I knew I'd be traveling a lot for work. So it took a while to get through it.0 -
I love this. Earlier this year I made myself a 30 by 30 list. I've done very little on it. Number One on my list was to lose the weight by 30 so that's what I'm focusing on. I want to at least be able to SEE my goal by my birthday in November. What I have left on my list:
1. Renew my passport
2. Get rid of all the junk I have all around my house.
3. Invest some money.
4. Take a road trip
5. Ride a mechanical bull (I'm not actually sure I want to do this but we'll see).
6. Get a massage
7. Start the short sale for our condo so we can start looking for a home and have a home before my husband is 30.
Hm. I guess I've done more on my list than i originally thought. 0 -
I want to see the ocean! But I don't know if that is do-able before my 30th birthday in February. Also, I would like to see 120 lbs again. . .
You could totally see the ocean!!
What if you had to pick someone up at Myrtle Beach (for example) make it a long weekend trip and drive there, make it happen!! You can do it
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Can I ask a quicky nosey Q... a few of your state 'finish degree' or 'graduate' as things to do before thirty...
At what age do you start university in the States? I take it that it must be later than here?
In the UK we start at 18 and it's three intensive years for a Bachelors - 4 years if you do languages like I did as you have to go and spend the third year in the language country either in work placement or at uni. It's 7 years for medicine, vet science and architecture. Then it's another year for a Masters. Another three years for a PhD. You HAVE to do your exams at the end of each year, it's not like in mainland Europe where you can skip an exam and take it a few months later in the next sitting if you don't feel like it. Here if you fail...you fail!
The reason I ask is i've heard that going to uni (or college as I think you guys call it!) is really expensive - as in far more expensive than here. Here we pay £6k a year for tuition plus rent for hall of residence plus living expenditure... this is itself is far more expensive than mainland Europe, We do not have private unis in the UK - all charge fees at the level set by the government.
Anyway....that's just me being nosy! Never been to the States - only know stuff from TV! May get over there one day, but fancy South America first...love experiencing new cultures and learning new languages....and I guess the US and UK are quite similar! My other half did a 3 week roadtrip your way last year though and loved it - flew into San Francisco, then onto Lake Tahoe to ski, the Death Valley, Grand Canyon, LV, then flew out of LA - was rather jealous!
Heres the thing, it is typical to start at 18. But not everyone has that opportunity, they cant pay it, or they werent raised in a good home that encourages it, so we wait. I did not even graduate HS, it was not top on my list, however I did get my GED before my class graduated.
I started college when I was 25 after I had two kids. I am an unconventional student but I am proud to be where I am. Also, I am not at a University, I am at a community college. They only offer Associate's degrees. I have been in school forever (because of the prerequisites) to get my nursing degree--I will be a registered nurse. However, I will be transferring to a University to get my bachelor's in nursing.
Do people go back to school later in the UK?0 -
I'm 28 so I have 2 years to go. My top 5 in no particular order...
1. Be almost complete with my MBA
2. Have around 10-12% BF
3. Take an extended trip to Europe, Australia, or somewhere in Asia
4. Get married
5. Pick up another hobby that doesn't require snow0 -
I'm new to this site. I turn 30 in june of 2013. I really just want to look good in skinny jeans. I will have my A.A after this semester. I guess I'd like to get accepted into Nursing school too! Just saying. Hmmm0
