Friday, April 10, 2015

April Update

I can't speak for Amanda, but here's my update:

Shared
  • See each other once a month.
  • Go to Chicago (before June)
  • Take a wine tasting class
  • Explore VA
  • Throw a party (a Halloween party, perhaps?)
  • Spend time in DC
This one, I'm doing! I've taken the metro into the city a few times and I'm heading down this weekend to see the monuments and the cherry blossoms, at long last.
  • Do a "fun walk" for charity
  • Write letters (at least one a month)
So far, so good! I still need to write a letter for April, but there's still time.

Catherine
  • Enter a dance showcase or competition
Done! I did this in February.
  • Finish editing Aristeia novel
  • Read 30 books
  • Survive work training
  • Create and beta a roleplaying game
Done! Everyone is enjoying the game so far, I think.
  • Make a family cookbook
  • Put myself out there
In progress. It's a pain.
  • Learn to sew
  • Go to the doctor(s) like an adult
Working on it. I went to the optometrist for the first time in many, many years, and that's a start.
  • Learn self defense
In progress. I take a krav maga class.
  • Take pictures

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Can we do it? Yes, we can!

Shared
  • See each other once a month.
  • Go to Chicago (before June)
  • Take a wine tasting class
  • Explore VA
  • Throw a party (a Halloween party, perhaps?)
  • Spend time in DC
  • Do a "fun walk" for charity
  • Write letters (at least one a month)
Amanda
  • Learn to make ravioli from scratch
  • Go to Key Largo
  • Go to Kennedy Center
  • Finish draft from NaNoWriMo 2014
  • Write science articles; build a portfolio
  • Read 12 books
  • Make a family cookbook
  • Learn to crochet
  • Start investing
  • Learn to do some kind of glass work
  • Get back into tennis
Catherine
  • Enter a dance showcase or competition
  • Finish editing Aristeia novel
  • Read 30 books
  • Survive work training
  • Create and beta a roleplaying game
  • Make a family cookbook
  • Put myself out there
  • Learn to sew
  • Go to the doctor(s) like an adult
  • Learn self defense
  • Take pictures

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Welcome to Thirty at Thirty!

We first did this in 2011, when we decided we would each accomplish 25 things in our 25th year. Now that we’re approaching 30–we're both officially 29!–we’ve decided to try it again.

When we sat down in early December to plan our goals for our last year as 20-somethings, we also took inventory of everything that had happened since 2011. We accomplished a lot that year. As we tried to make a list of 30 things we could do now, before we turned 30, we realized we weren’t sure what was left to do. Since 2011, we’d both traveled and changed jobs. We’d loved. We’d lost. She got married. I moved to a new state. All told, it was a little overwhelming. And, on top of that, how could we top our successes and triumphs of our 25th year–the year we took on the world?

It wasn’t easy, but two cups of tea later, we drafted a list. Our first draft was jumbled and disorganized. We’d crossed a lot of things out and we’d tweaked each item again and again until they were nearly undecipherable on the page. We changed some of the rules–instead of each accomplishing 30 things, we would hit 30 collectively. Some goals we would share. Some goals we’d have to go alone. Some goals would be easy. Others, not so much. But we’d do it. We’re doing it.

One year.

Two girls.

Thirty goals.

Holy crap.