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.