A Life Less Ordinary
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/08/12/1218306850686.html
(Thanks to Siska for bringing this to my attention - it's interesting to note just how many of these I have done! =P)
There's a birthday card that reads: "The difference between 29 and 30 is 10 years."
Turning 30 isn't the end of the world. In fact it's just the beginning of a better, wiser you. But is there anything quite like the young, dumb fun of your 20s and the growing pains that come with it?
Maybe there isn't, but the time inevitably comes for the next chapter.
Twenties are filled with almost as much angst as the teen age years. You're still figuring yourself out, finding fertile ground to stand and build on.
You work hard trying to secure a successful career. You play hard at night and maybe squeeze in more work and find sleep when you can.
As time goes on, your priorities change. Sure, you might still like video games and late-night happy hours. But other things start creeping into your mind, like preparing for the next stage: mortgage, marriage, kids.
But before those cards are dealt and real responsibilities settle in, perhaps we need to take advantage of youthful freedom while it's still for the taking. Some of us have never found the time for audacious.
Some people have their bucket lists, the things they want to do before they die: bungee jumping, continent hopping.
But it's not too late to have a list of things to get out of the way before the age of 30 - use a passport, go on a wild shopping spree, dye your hair some unforgivable colour.
We might follow the lead of Jen MacNeil, a blogger who decided to send off her 20s by doing one new thing every day until she turned 30 and documenting it (jen365.blogspot.com).
We mightn't all be as daring as Jen, but here's a list of 30 things to do before you turn 30, if you haven't already:
(Thanks to Siska for bringing this to my attention - it's interesting to note just how many of these I have done! =P)
There's a birthday card that reads: "The difference between 29 and 30 is 10 years."
Turning 30 isn't the end of the world. In fact it's just the beginning of a better, wiser you. But is there anything quite like the young, dumb fun of your 20s and the growing pains that come with it?
Maybe there isn't, but the time inevitably comes for the next chapter.
Twenties are filled with almost as much angst as the teen age years. You're still figuring yourself out, finding fertile ground to stand and build on.
You work hard trying to secure a successful career. You play hard at night and maybe squeeze in more work and find sleep when you can.
As time goes on, your priorities change. Sure, you might still like video games and late-night happy hours. But other things start creeping into your mind, like preparing for the next stage: mortgage, marriage, kids.
But before those cards are dealt and real responsibilities settle in, perhaps we need to take advantage of youthful freedom while it's still for the taking. Some of us have never found the time for audacious.
Some people have their bucket lists, the things they want to do before they die: bungee jumping, continent hopping.
But it's not too late to have a list of things to get out of the way before the age of 30 - use a passport, go on a wild shopping spree, dye your hair some unforgivable colour.
We might follow the lead of Jen MacNeil, a blogger who decided to send off her 20s by doing one new thing every day until she turned 30 and documenting it (jen365.blogspot.com).
We mightn't all be as daring as Jen, but here's a list of 30 things to do before you turn 30, if you haven't already:
- Buy a one way ticket overseas
- Borrow your nephews and nieces or friends' kids for a weekend and take them to the zoo
- Blow a week's wages on dinner for two at a restaurant where the prices aren't even listed on the menu
- Have a one night stand with an attractive stranger you met at a party
- March for a cause you believe in
- Move out of home and live in a share house
- Run a marathon - or if that's too daunting, do a fun run
- Invent your own cocktail
- Learn a language
- Get a Brazilian wax
- Have sex in the open air
- Read the collected works of an author you love
- Get a letter to the editor published in your local newspaper
- See the Aurora Borealis.
- Try base jumping or another extreme sport
- Bluff your way into a glamorous job you're totally unqualified for
- Join a political party and hand out how to vote cards on election day
- Get involved in a team sport
- Do a road trip with a bunch of mates in a dodgy car
- Survive a flight on a third world airline
- Find the love of your life
- Lose the love of your life
- Skinny dip in the ocean at midnight under a full moon with a group of friends
- See the sun rise after an all night rave
- Go to a gay bar - if you're straight
- Go hiking in Bhutan
- Do a ten day yoga retreat
- Make a fool out of yourself at a karaoke bar
- Plant a tree for the environment
- Get fake ID saying you're 21
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