A List of Things I Accomplished by 30

(Probably not in any particular order)  

Did a back flip
Won a beauty pageant
Fell in puppy love
Broke a heart
Had my heart broken
Got paddled at school
Sang in a musical
Stared in a play
Had a summer camp boyfriend
Cheered on a squad
Won a competition
Lost a competition
Danced on stage
Swam with dolphins
Found Jesus
Drove an big rig
Cheated on a test
Cheated on a boyfriend
Taught myself how to use a camera
Stood in 2 countries at once
Successfully lied about where I was spending the night
Spun a rifle
Marched in a platoon
Shot a gun
Hunted deer
Wore camouflage non ironically
Kissed a stranger
Learned to cook
Beat a lot of boys arm wrestling
Went to parties I wasn’t allowed to
Jumped in a pool fully clothed
Skinny dipped
Waited Tables
Caught a fish
Skinned a fish
Slapped someone across the face
Got drunk
Went to College
Lived in a dorm
Pierced my face
Got a tattoo
Trespassed
Started a lawn business
Ran out of gas
Pushed my car
Saw a musical on Broadway
Fell in love with New York
Fell in love with a boy
Surprised everyone by getting married
Surprised everyone again by NOT being pregnant
Didn’t get pregnant
Got a motorcycle license
Moved away
Started over
Became a dog mom
Voted for president
Built a community
Danced on a bar
Graduated college as Valedictorian
Started a photography business
Forgot my passport on a trip to Canada (never made it)
Drove a standard (badly) 
Decided I was a feminist
Worked at Disney
Bought my designs at Disney
Got a grown up job
Started a 401K
Bought a house
Designed for Harry Potter
Became estranged from my father
Ran a 5k
Made a new best friend
Traveled overseas
Studied a foreign language
Forgot a foreign language
Photographed weddings
Filmed weddings
Gave up on photography business
Started a blog
Neglected blog
Developed hypochondria
Avoided the doctor
Bought a car
Quit my Job
Moved up in my career
Balanced a budget
Decided I really liked to cuss
Felt lonely
Battled anxiety
Went to the hospital
Thought I was dying
Realized it was only anxiety
Kept going
Surfed in the Atlantic
Stood in the Pacific
Swam in the Gulf
Dipped my feet in the Baltic Sea
Read 300 books
Traveled overseas again
Drove on the wrong side of the road
Stayed awake for 36 hours
Gained weight
Hiked a glacier
Camped under the midnight sun
Thought I couldn’t and didn’t climb a mountain
Saw a whale
Sang at church
Learned origami
Stayed in a Chateau
Discovered a vast love of France
Saw my favorite bands in concert
Visited the set of Harry Potter
Questioned my faith
Became addicted to social media
Learned how to lead
Taught myself Calligraphy
Figured out how to fix my hair
Stood is 6 weddings
Had 7 different hair colors
Changed my style (a lot)
Maintained long distance relationships
Lost a long distance relationship
Drank vodka in Russia
Started rebuilding my worldview
Officially changed my political affiliations
Twice
Learned to cope with anxiety
Attended funerals
Watched 4 babies be born
Told my story
Cried with friends
Cried with Strangers
Realized I’m selfish
Rode in a helicopter
Bonded even closer with my mom
We are basically the Gilmore Girls
Watched Gilmore Girls 10 times (at least)
Got a yearly physical
Planted a garden
Killed a billion plants
Wrote poetry
Learned how to pray
Stopped biting my nails
Binged a shit ton of TV
Ate Jellyfish
Hated it
Helped Carey quit his job
Helped Carey start his own business
Adopted a pitbull
Held my puppy as she went to sleep for the last time
Felt debilitating grief
Created art
Built a website
Questioned everything
Journaled
Camped on an island
Pooped in the woods
Rode an elephant
Traveled to a national park
Climbed a bigger mountain then I one I gave up on
Stood in a waterfall
Smoked weed
Did A LOT of things that scared me
Took risks
Succeeded
Failed
Hated my body
Accepted my body
Loved so, so many people
Been known
Been loved
Maintained a marriage
Learned to l o v e myself

30 years.

(but there’s a million things I haven’t done. Just you wait, just you wait.)