My 30 x 30 Bucket List
I’m a strong believer in taking action and doing things outside my comfort zone and within my capabilities. I initially created a 25 by 25 bucket list for my 25th birthday and accomplished most of it. This is a continuation of my bucket list for 30 items I wanted to accomplish before my 30th birthday. Perhaps at some point I will make a fresh list of 30 items, but for the time being, my newest items are ones which will take a while for me to plan and accomplish. Please comment and share what items would be on your 30×30 list!
Jenney’s 30×30 Bucket List:
– Start my own business/non-profit/start-up (DONE)
– Backpack across South America or Europe or China (DONE – Solo backpacking trip across Europe)
– Become fluent in a foreign language
– Learn how to drive stick/ride a motorcycle (DONE – Got my motorcycle license!!)
– Learn how to code… something
– Study abroad/live on my own (DONE – Australia UNSW)
– Go bungee jumping (DONE – Queenstown, NZ Nevis Bungy 134m)
– Travel solo (DONE – Southeast Asia)
– Take a hot air balloon ride (DONE – technically… Cambodia)
– Go camping/NO technology for a weekend (DONE – Upped it! NO connection for a week when in Antarctica)
– Snowboard in the West Coast (DONE – Vail, Colorado)
– Coast to coast cross country a road trip (DONE – Boston to San Francisco)
– Run a conference (DONE – AAWIL 2013)
– Learn to sail (DONE – Community Boating in Boston)
– Go skydiving (DONE – Cairns, Australia over Great Barrier Reef)
– See the Aurora Borealis aka Northern Lights (DONE – Yellowknife, NWT)
– Get a scuba diving license (DONE – Sydney, Australia)
– Make my own beef jerky
– Play an entire song on the guitar or piano
– Take dance lessons (DONE – Salsa classes at Extreme DanceSports & Bachata lessons at the Havana Club in Cambridge, MA)
– Go trapezing (DONE)
– Hike up Mt. Fuji (DONE – Solo 12 hour round trip)
– Volunteer abroad (DONE – Teaching entrepreneurship in Ghana)
– Jump off a cliff (DONE – Oahu, Hawaii, same as Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” scene)
– Run 3 marathons (DOING – “Boston Marathon” 2010, NYC Marathon 2013)
– Create a website (DONE)
– Take better pictures
– Donate blood (DONE)
– Mentor a “younger sister” – (DONE – BUILD)
– Raise $3000 for charity (DONE – CBI, ASPIRE)
It’s interesting how our lives are defined and sculpted by our family/community and education for over 20 years (if following a “traditional” path). It’s at this point in our lives that we are really allowed to make choices for ourselves about the direction we want to take. Unfortunately, sometimes our circumstances don’t allow us much freedom. However, if you really could, what would you choose to do if money didn’t matter? Do you have the guts to go ahead and do it?
Fun Fact: Alan Watts – Philosopher/Writer/Speaker – who narrates this video shares my same birthday 🙂