3 more years til the big 40 for me :(

Places you'd like to see in the U.S. - obviously abroad, but that takes money and time. I think it's important to visit places right here in our own country.

1. Get my thoughts together to produce the rest of this list.

If you have the time throw everything on the table even if there's 100 things you'd like to do, then pick 5 that you think you'd actually be able to accomplish not necessarily the ones that are your favorites. Do them then pick, 5 more. Like writing a book, a letter and boring audit report...you have to just start writing even if its not what's going to be in the finished product.

Interesting idea.... I'm about 2.5 months away from my own 30th.... gawd! I have no ideas for you, but I'm thinking that I might have to come up with a list of my own.
oh wait! how about a monthly dinner party hosted by you??? (that kind of works better for me but its an idea)

I thought 30 was going to be some kind of huge milestone... but it wasn't. The milestones come at completely random times, and you need to enjoy/appreciate them when they appear.

Like, for me... The last 3 months have been a total sea change for my life. But who would've expected it to happen at 34?

So Linnea, just remember that 30 isn't even CLOSE to being the big deal you think it is. Keep an eye out for every day of your life, both before and after your birthday.

Great responses. I really don't want to think of 30 as this huge milestone, but to me personally, I find it a little depressing, and I want to give myself something to look forward to. For my 21st I went skydiving, and it was amazing, and something I always remember. I want another birthday like that.

WINNER!!

GIVE BACK!

That only happens when I'm drunk... which sort of explains the frequency.

monthly dinner party is in too Kate, but that's not gonna be on the list, we're just waiting for a closing date for that one!

I've lost almost the same! I am busting my ass at the gym though. Thanks for posting those links, I LOVE fit day.

I really dread calorie counting, but unfortunately I think that may be the only way to go for at least a little while. Exercise is no problem at all, but maybe I will start doing more yoga because that really does seem to help with a lot of things once you are practicing regularly, I wish I could afford to go to Bikram regularly. I have played around on fitday and the daily plate a bunch, I love that I can put in like two hours of exercise and eat a few hundred extra calories, but maybe I shouldn't allow myself to do that!

Linnea, my addition to your list would be to listen to Pez. And on the day before your 31st birthday, look fondly at what you've done in the past year without regret.

I'm a personal trainer and group exercise instructor so I usually end up doing about 1-2 hours of exercise a day, depending on whether I do my own workout or just teach classes, I really have no choice on that. I'd be more than willing to trade some fitness training if there are any nutritional experts on here! If I'm going to lose 40 lbs the only way it's gonna happen is by making the right eating choices.

I think one of the main reasons I'm dreading 30 is that despite the fact that I am very laid back I always have my own list of personal accomplishments that should be done by such and such a time. It's not like I grow up and think, crap I need to be married by the age of 25 or I'll be a total failure, more like I think hey Linnea, you really should continue learning, and even though you have a degree, if you're really serious about your chosen career path you should really get a degree in that field. So then I have to do it. Like when Fanny and Tina said oh btw we're doing the Danskin triathlon in July and I thought, hey I should do that too, and then I have to do it.
Maybe my next goal should be to learn to not expect so much of myself.