30 Things Before 31

I don't know why I took so long to officially commit to this list.  I worked on this list for about a month before my birthday! I have already started working on some of them.  Perhaps it has something to do with turning 30 and feeling like I haven't accomplished anything in life.  Perhaps it is just the fear of committing to something and failing. But I want my 30s to be a time for me to be braver and do more things! I have actually already accomplished some big things around money management, and am having to have the unplanned experience of buying a new car from a dealership which I have never done before!

So here it goes.

1. Finish Grandma’s Poetry book before family reunion in July
2. Lose 10 lbs
3. Send Christmas Cards
4. Go to the dentist
5. Use sewing machine to make or alter something
6. Make my own business cards and/or personal website
7. Complete 2018 scrapbook
8. Go to 5 concerts - 1/4 Florence + the Machine in October!
9. Buy a DSLR
10. Take voice lessons or join a choir or something similarly musical
11. Get a new doctor
12. Pay back $ I owe my parents 
13. Visit Morven
14. Find a tailor
15. Design my own postcards
16. Finish t-shirt yarn rug
17. Write a song
18. Go to London
19. Clean up files from home computer
20. Go to a Tarot reader
21. Make a career plan
22. Watch these movies: True Cost, Love Witch, McQueen, Yellow Is Forbidden, Westwood, Coco, Ghostbusters (2016), American Honey, Jinn, Meditation Park, The Riders, Woman Walks Ahead, Find Me, June Falling Down (by a filmmaker I know), Films by/featuring Troian Bellisario: Clara / We are Here / Feed, On The Town
23. Read these books: Growing Pains by Billie Piper, Big Magic, When Women Wrote Hollywood, Living a Feminist Life, All the Single Ladies, Swamplandia, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Murder at the Breakers (just for fun), TBD something by Louise Erdrich, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper, My Life On the Road by Gloria Steinem 
24. Write and shoot a short film (can be super short!)
25. Revisit how I am investing my pension
26. Work on a friend’s film project
27. Go to see 4 plays
28. Write 12 blog posts or articles.
29. Submit poetry to publications/contests 3 times
30. Go to at least 3 NYWIFT events

Bonus Goals

• Cook a chicken or roast
• Get rid of all the clothes I don’t want! - Over the past week I have donated a bag of stuff to the local high school, sold about 10 items and consigned 20 more!  It feels good to get rid of physical and mental baggage!
• Visit Jim Henson exhibit at MoMI
• Get Charlie Harper poster framed

29 Things: Progress Report Week 46

I'm disappointed that I didn't accomplish more of my goals this year, but I'm really read for a new start!

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

TINYPROGRESS - Haven't gained back any weight from last week!

29 Things: Progress Report Week 46

I feel like I need to chose a few achievable goals to try to complete during the next 4 weeks.  Numbers 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 16, 21, and 22 seem reasonable.

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

TINYPROGRESS - I haven't lost any more weight, but I haven't gained any either.  I need to better to take advantage of the summertime weather and get outdoors to exercise a bit.

29 Things: Progress Report Week 45

I've still got a month to go, but I feel like I wrapping up the year when I should be trying to polish off a few more of these things.

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

No progress.  I've sort of jotted some things down, but I haven't really been working very hard on this.

2. Lose weight - year long

TINYPROGRESS - I apparently have lost 5 lbs, but I tend to just gain it right back so I am a little skeptical.

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a video of some kind each month (outside of work) - year long

No progress.

5. Actually do my blog post each month - year long

No progress.

6. Do a really good job at my mentoring program! - year long

We still haven't been able to set up a dinner date.

29 Things: Progress Report Week 43

Slowly trying to get back into the swing of things.

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

No progress.

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a video of some kind each month (outside of work) - year long

No progress.

5. Actually do my blog post each month - year long

No progress.

6. Do a really good job at my mentoring program! - year long

We still haven't been able to set up a dinner date.

29 Things: Progress Report Week 41

I've been feeling like absolute garbage and like I have no control over my life. I have not been focusing on these things at all for the last 4 weeks.

1. Work on my poetry (Poetry Journal) - year round

No progress.

2. Lose weight - year long

Maybe, I'm not sure.  I actually did exercise 3 times last week.

3. Learn rudimentary Spanish - year long

No progress.

4. Make a video of some kind each month (outside of work) - year long

No progress.

5. Actually do my blog post each month - year long

No progress.

6. Do a really good job at my mentoring program! - year long

TINYPROGRESS - My mentoring program is over, but my mentor and I are trying to set up a time to get dinner.