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Things to do before your 30th

A post about 30 Books Everyone Should Read Before Their 30th Birthday made me wonder if there were many "things you should do before you’re 30" lists. After some googleage I found a few interesting lists but for the most part they are too generic for me. Then, I remember that I’ve always wanted to do the 101 Things in 1001 Days thing. I’ve wanted to do this since I saw it on Zandria’s site (May of 2007 to be exact). So, from here the little hamster wheel in my brain started running and I wanted to figure out how to make my 101 days end at my 30th birthday – I know I’m so clever aren’t I?

How do you figure out when 101 days before your birthday is do you ask? Well there is this fancy (or not so fancy) Add or Subtract from a date calculator site. To help me, and you if you decide to jump on this bandwagon, I’ve found that having categories to compile your 1001 things list helps. Here are a few that I’ve found from various lists.

Simplifying Life
Friends/Family
Faith, Health & Wellbeing
Education/Personal Improvement
Work & Creativity
Travel, Environment & Experiences
Finances
Just for Me
Giving to Others
Writing/Blogging
Trying New Things
Local

So what do you think? Have you done the 101 things yet? Also, I’d love any random ideas for me to add to my list – surprisingly I’ve done a lot of the things on the things to do before you’re 30 list.

Some links to help you get started on your list:

70 Things To Do Before Having Children
My 50 things to do in my lifetime
100 Things to Do Before I Go
and of course as many lists you want to look over from 101 Things in 1001 Days site

Zandria

I'm glad my list was inspirational for you! I'm actually nearing the end of mine and there were a number of things I didn't do -- but that's the subject of an upcoming post on my blog, so keep an eye out over the next few weeks. :)

erin

hey! good for you. if you want some ideas, feel free to check out my 101 in 1001. i just started it a few days ago. you can find it here: http://www.erins101in1001.blogspot.com best of luck!

Kiki

I set my 1001/101 list to end on my 30th birthday too! It seemed like a great milestone by which to have achieved these personal and professional goals, and I'm glad to see someone else was thinking the same way. We GenPinkers have many of the same achievements on our minds, but the bottom line seems to be balance and adventure. Enumerating the goals we want to achieve in order to find that combination of balance and adventure is a great way to get started. Check out my list at http://theproseccolife.blogspot.com/2008/07/101-things-in-1001-days.html. Love your blog, can't wait to read what comes next!

Zandria

Thanks for the shout-out! You know, another way to do this (so you could start right away) would be to combine those two ideas. Make it a “101 Things to do Before I Turn 30” list! Be different! :)

Andrea

You crack me up. sometimes i just laugh at that little hamster in your brain

Marc and Angel Hack Life

Hey, thanks for the mention. I browsed your site and I love it. I'll be sure to include you in some of my upcoming link love posts. ;-)

Allison Blass

I know you've probably seen your fill of 101 Things lists, but I actually started my own this past New Year's. It's at my blog... www.lemonade-life.com. Just click on the 101 Things tab at the top. You can see my progress. A lot of my goals are long-term goals, like books, movies, travel (5 new states!), losing weight, going to church for a specific amount of time, reading the Bible, etc. So it doesn't look like I've accomplished much but I've already started a lot of them. My 101 days will end about a month and a half after my 25th birthday. Then I'll probably start it again. I really like it! Keeps me from being too lazy, especially since *everyone* can see my progres.

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