Sooo, it is my 28th Birthday!!! I am a BIG believer in celebrating Birthdays in style, since I think everyone on this planet deserves one day a year where their life is honored. Normally, I travel somewhere special, however this year I decided to remain home, since the day I turned 27 I left the country 7 times and I am going to be traveling again soon. On my 25th Birthday I sneaked into traveled to Cuba and while I was there I started my 1st list of “things to do before my next Birthday.” I believe I have done a decent job thus far of accomplishing everything on the lists. I really enjoy the challenge and I find that these lists help enrich my life.
This year I thought I would be brave and share what my next list says:
- Travel to 2 new countries
- Have the wedding of my dreams
- Have the honeymoon of my dreams
- Volunteer at least 5 times
- Run 10 miles in a row at a 8.5 minute pace
- Get a new tattoo
- Get an old tattoo redesigned
- Read an entire novel in Spanish
- Have 1 travel story published in print
- Take a cooking class
- Take a photography class and if I have the money buy a new camera
- Find the perfect lipstick
- Go for a solo-hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Take a yoga class at least once a week
- Attend a social media or blogging event
- Surf at a new beach
- Contact an old friend
- Finally sell all of the stuff in my Ebay pile (okay, piles)
- Watch a sunset
- Watch a sunrise
- Figure out my greatest weakness and realize how to make it my greatest strength
- Write the 1st page in my future novel
- Try a new restaurant once a month
- Write a letter to myself to open when I am 50
- Blog about my 3 different trips to Australia and my trip to Bolivia and Peru since they were each life changing trips
- Drink more champagne
- Eat more chocolate
- Begin to study Portuguese
- Look back and celebrate the past 28 years, where I have come from and what I have achieved, and prepare for the next 2 years before I turn the BIG 3-0
Me on my 27th Birthday at a surprise dinner!
