I know that I just shared my goals for the month yesterday, but this is a different type of goal list, more like a life list!!Since turning 28 in March I’ve realized that I need to get a few things checked off my life list before I hit the big 3-0!! As a lover of making lists it was clearly evident that I’d make one for this too!! Also I just wrote out “list” way too many times!
{See}
1. See Niagara Falls
2. Go to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket in the Summer
3. Travel to at least two new places a year (New Orleans & Del Ray Beach 2015; India & Dubai 2016; Nashville 2016)
4. Go on a girls only vacation with my best friends (Charleston, August 2015)
5. Treat my sister to a trip, just the two of us (Delray Beach 2015)
6. Go to the symphony
7. Plan a surprise getaway for Gary
8. Go to a fashion show – preferably at NYFW It wasn’t Fashion Week, but I went to a fashion show for Beacon Hill Women’s Society May 2016
9. Go to at least two concerts – I rarely ever see people in concert so this one might be tricky (Fresh kids of the 90s Sept 2016; Sia Oct 2016; Seven Lions Nov 2016)
{Try}
10. Try skiing again
11. Go on a hot air balloon ride(Napa 2017)
12. Take a sushi making class
13. Start playing tennis again
14. Apply for the Amazing Race (totally out there and I don’t think we’d get chosen, but just to say I applied)
15. Do something different to my hair – maybe baylage or even a different cut, but something different (March 2017)
16. Attend a grand opening for something…a hotel, restaurant, etc. Thankfully because of the blog I’ve gone to a few openings of restaurants and re-openings for hotels.
{Accomplish}
17. Buy a home – in our case probably a condo 🙂 (June 2017, not really before 30, but in my 30th year!)
18. Learn Photoshop and basic HTML Built and coded my website and wedding website
19. Learn to speak Spanish fluently – Gary and I want our future kids to be trilingual!
20. Have a growing client list for my thriving business – plan at least 5 weddings. 2 weddings in 2015; 2 weddings, 1 bridal pop up and 1 wedding blog feature in 2016; currently 1 wedding for 2017
21. Redesign B~Loved Boston exactly how I envision it May 2016 completed and did by myself!
22. Host a dinner party Hosted friends as soon as we moved to our new place!
23. Pay it forward (buy a stranger lunch, coffee or anything)
24. Learn how to make macaroons – this probably involves getting a kitchen aide mixer 🙂 – (Done December 2015)
25. Learn how to do a fun braid in my hair- something like this tutorial would be ideal – (Fishtail & side braid)
26. Learn how to ride a bike (I’m slightly embarrassed by this one) Learned how to do this in Santa Barbara March 2017
27. Make an album from our trip to Europe (Seriously it’s been almost a year since we went there) – Finally finished October 2015
28. Get a DSLR camera and actually know how to use it – Decided on a Samsung instead and love it – May 2015
29. Buy a classic trench coat – I’ve got my eye on this one from Ann Taylor since the Burberry one is probably out of reach! Picked one out during the #NSALE
30.Final to do before 30 – Celebrate my 30th somewhere fabulous!! Epic 30th birthday in NYC and then celebrated with a 2 week trip along the Pacific Coast Highway!
I’ve got 702 days to get moving on these!
Do you have a life list? What’s one thing I should add to mine?
xo,
What a great list, lady! I love how you broke everything down into sections, makes the 30 tasks look a lot more manageable. I think learning Spanish for your kids would be amazing. I grew up with a friend that was trilingual and was so jealous!
I"ll be your macaroon taste tester ;)! Have a wonderful Wednesday, friend!
What a great list, and they are all manageable to do! I am with you in wanting to learn Spanish fluently–I know enough to kinda get by but definitely not enough to sound intelligent lol. We can maybe learn together and then leave blog comments only in Spanish lol
I love your list, Biana! I'll be 28 in September and want to make a list like this too! 🙂
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This is a fabulous list! We recently got Spanish Rosetta Stone and it is really good!
I never did a 30 before 30 list! I was weird, I felt like if I made a 30 before 30 list that I was kinda making it seem like my life was over at 30 so I never made one. But 30 definitely hasnt been bad. These are all definitely great goals though! I cant wait to see what you decide to do with your hair!
This is such a unique list! I've been wanting to learn Spanish for such a long time (a couple college classes just didn't do the trick), so when you decide how you're going to approach meeting this goal, please let me know! I have no idea where to even start! Good luck with this! I think you will definitely be able to check these items off if you work hard at it-and I will love reading about all of these accomplishments 🙂
You are one ambitious lady! Good luck checking them all off your must-do list before 30!
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These are such great goals and it's good to have them written down. You will be amazed at what you are able to accomplish in a short amount of time.
xo, Whitney and Blaire
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Your kids being trilingual will be awesomness! I'm always jealous of those who are bilingual, it's an amazing thing to be able to communicate in more than one way especially while traveling. And YES to all the travel! We try to go to 2 new places each year as well, and if you go to a fashion show at NYFW take me with you please 😀
Such a great list! Niagara Falls is a good one. I think Macaroons won't be too hard, you can totally do it. My girlfriends and I do an annual girls only trip and it's so much fun. Great way to reconnect and just have girl time.
Well, you've got 2 years so I think you can do it!! Love this list- I'm with you on Nantucket, hot air balloon, and planning a surprise trip. Ryan has done that a few times for me and I can't wait to treat him one day (when I finally have a job of course!). xoxo
I am turning 25 this August, but one of my lists to do is to run a marathon! I just started running recently so I have a long ways to go but I am giving myself until I turn 30 because let's be honest that is going to be hard!
Love the pay it forward one. Hopefully we will both eventually become photography pros! lol I want to take a girls vaca real housewives style. lol (minus the dramatics) My advice definitely mention balayage if you try an ombre-ish look. Otherwise it doesn't look natural..I'm kind of glad to be back to my old boring hair and I am working on growing it longer so I can learn some cute braids!! I think your hair is perfect. xo
Such a great list! I love Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, but Nantucket takes the lead for me. It’s gorgeous there!
this is a great list!! there's a lot in there but it's great to try before 30 and then if you cannot, just keep it and add to it! i should have done one too 🙂 maybe i'll do 35 before 35? ha
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one of the best bday gifts i ever got was a 3hr DSLR workshop! it was put on by Henry's Camera and it was the best 3hrs and i learned so much!! so when you do eventually get a camera, sign up for a workshop – you'll be glad you did!
This list is AWESOME!!! I hope you get it all accomplished. I love that you want your kids to be trilingual – so cool!
Such a great list and all so possible! I love that so much of it is travel, you can tell how much you love seeing the world!
love this list! i made one when i was 18 and did it all, minus learn to drive a stick shift and get married/have kids. i can't wait for you to knock it out of the park! thank you so much for your comments on yesterday's post. your words are a comfort.
I love this list! Especially #s 26 & 28! Good luck with accomplishing everything before you hit the big 3-0!
These are all so perfect! My biggest one is to go to Europe before I turn 30! I love that you never learn to ride a bike! You're so cute! I think you'll blow your list out of the water!
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i've always wanted to plan a surprise getaway for lee. like wake up one morning, give him the tickets, already had talked to his boss and just go. maybe i want him to do that to me as well 🙂 and i'm dying to go on a hot air balloon ride too! they look so fun/scary.
This is such a wonderful post! Knowing you, I'm sure you'll accomplish most, if not all, of these before you hit 30. It's always been on my moms bucket list to visit Martha's Vineyard, and my dad surprised her with a trip for this July! I'm ridiculously awkward on a bike, too, if that makes you feel any better. 🙂
Well the girls trip with some besties will be checked off in August right? 😉 Fantastic list girl! I really want to learn Spanish as well. I got Rosetta Stone through my company and it really is amazing. Just need the time right? Fabulous list! Can't wait to follow you along as you check them all off!
Great list girl!! A surprise getaway for the hubs sounds like so much fun! Don't dye your hair though. It's so pretty! Confession – I can't ride a bike either. We bought bikes a few years ago and I just couldn't get the hang of it and crashed. Fail. haha. How ridiculous right?!
LOVE this! I need to make one of these lists, too – mine would probably have so many of the same things! That trench is perfection, I was actually looking at them this week and was surprised to see they're sold out at most stores right now. I guess you need to get them early in the season!!
What a great idea! I turned 28 at the beginning of this year and I could totally steal some things off your list 😉
Love your list and how you have it broken down into sections! That would be so cool for your kids to be trilingual!
This is a great post idea, really!
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Love your list and goals lady!! 702 days, you better get moving! Haha. I agree with Brittany that you shouldn't dye your hair. It's so gorgeous. I like the ideas of the trips and don't worry about the bike thing. I did this Bike the Drive event here and I freaked out when I got on the bike. Because the last time I got on a bike I was a little girl. Oh and I would love to go to Martha's Vineyard and to NY Fashion Week too!! 🙂 Have a lovely day!!
Great list! You must visit Niagara Falls! We live pretty close by and go every time overseas family visits. If you go, the Maid of the Mist is a must!!
That's quite a list for 702 days! I love the trilingual kids part. Henry starts preschool (like, pre-pre-school!) in June and they start them right away on Spanish. I hope he becomes bilingual! The trip with your sis sounds like a blast. I say go to Savannah, GA!
Great list! I applied to be on the Amazing Race with my friend a couple years ago! I wish they had picked us :-p Now I hope they pick y'all!! We want to learn Spanish too. In San Antonio, a ton of people speak Spanish so it'd really help. I need to do a list like this! But before 40 since I've already hit the 30 mark 🙂
Great list!! You have beautiful hair, please do not dye it. Maybe just cut it. Seriously, I would kill to have that hair. I know you will accomplish everything on your list as you are a very focus and dedicated person.
Love your list! I have always wanted to visit Nantucket. Love that you want your kids to be trilingual. I'd love for my kids to know Russian (and French), but my hubby took two years of Russian in college and decided languages weren't for him. lol
Yesss! I love all the travel goals of course, but I like the more in reach close to home goals too. You have an excellent and diverse two years ahead!
I love this list all of it but especially the travel ones 😀 so cute of you to want to go on a vacay just you and the sis!
I love this list! I kinda want to make a list like this too!!!
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I love your list! I don't have a 30 by 30 per se, but I have a "long-term goals" list that has some pre-30 deadlines, and have some of the same items as you do on mine 🙂
Great list! Love how it's broken up to things to try, things to do, etc. I'm still working on things for my 40!!!
I love how you've organized your goals. Traveling to new places each year is such a great goal along with working on the business. So inspired. xo, Amanda
Amazing goals! Traveling is definitely on my to-do list! And I would love to see a fashion show. Triligual kids?! That would be incredible.
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I think this is such a great idea – I love, love, love your travel goals. I think it makes accomplishing goals so much easier just by writing them down and keeping yourself accountable.
I wont laugh about the bike thing… I got on one for the first time in years & literally ran into a fence & fell over.
OHHHH – I would so love it if you got on The Amazing Race!!!!! How cool would that be?!!?!?
This list rocks!
As someone who's been to Niagara falls over ten times I can say it is definitely an experience you need to make happen. I would suggest staying on the Canadian side, since there is more to see and do. Plus Canadians are so chill! (;
I think it's a beautiful thing to want your children to be trilingual. What other languages can you speak?
I really really wish I had done a 30 before 30…but now I am 31, and feel so old to have a "40 before 40" list…lol
LOVE your list! I made a 30 before 30 this year as well… but suddenly I'm wanting to add a few of your ideas to my list, ha ha! I can't wait to see you cross these off your list!
Such a great list and I think you have plenty of time to accomplish these things! Especially since you don't have kids yet, haha! Love that you want your future children to speak multiple languages. That is awesome! The hubs and I have a list similar to this, but I definitely need to expand on it.
Fabulous list! I had one of these too, and I actually checked everything off of it. I think my favorite thing was to attend the Kentucky Derby.
I don't know why I haven't created a life list yet, but it's on my list to do…HA! Hot air balloon ride, YES that sounds awesome…well so many of these do. I want to skydive..that's next on my list!
Awesome list!!! And all of these are totally doable!! Good luck and have fun!!
Love your list!! And having a goal date is so smart!
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Hi Biana!
I love this post! I think it is such a creative idea and partly because I am obsessed with lists, too! I think they are all great, but I LOVE #2, #15, #23, & #25! I go back and forth from bayalage/ sombre and love it…definitely recommend it:)
I just did a post that is similar, "21 Tips on Being 21" and would love for you and everyone to check it out. It really is versatile and would apply to just about anyone:):)
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Love this! I really want to sit down and make a list like this. I love that you broke it down into categories, it seems practical. K, well I know what I'm doing tonight! Can't wait to follow along on all these adventures!
Shannon
Clothes & Quotes
I love your list and how you organized it! I've been meaning to make one of these too – there's just so many things!
great goals!! i'd love for violet to learn spanish too.. that might be tricky since h and i dont speak it but we'll work on that too 🙂 i've got less about 2 months to go til i turn 30 (whoohoo) so maybe ill make a short list haha xo jillian – cornflake dreams
Great list! I need to make one of these. I would love to go skiing never tried it before 🙂
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Love your list!!! I really like how diverse it is! I want to take a sushi class too. I would say I can't believe you don't know how to ride a bike…but I don't know how to swim so those types of things don't shock me. I hope you get to cross each one of these off!
Love these goals, I think you can do them all for sure! I love learning Spanish, yay for languages!
xoxo
Karen
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This is such a great list! I love your goals! I would love to be on Amazing Race. I don't even watch it but I'd love to be on it ha.
What a wonderful list and a great way to enjoy your 20's!! I love that you broke it in sections. I cannot wait to hear about all the things you do as you cross things off your list!
Aw love this. Ride a bike! Don't try it here – too dangerous! My old dentist and her husband are the ridiculously good looking couple that won The Amazing Race last season lol. You got next season! 😉
I should probably do a 30 before 30 too! These are great! I love concerts…I'm a concert addict, love seeing bands i love live
I've been thinking about things I'd like to accomplish. My number one is to buy a home. I NEED a home. It's my #1 priority goal right now.
Also, making sushi would be fun and I want to travel a lot. 😉
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Great list! I can't wait to hear about your adventures when crossing things off. I totally support the trench coat purchase. I just bought one from Zara and I love it!
xo, Jen
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i just love your list. you can totally accomplish everything, i'm sure. i would love for my kids to learn another language as well but i don't know about three 😉 that's awesome! and that trench.. yes please!
I think that's so awesome you want your kids to be trilingual…what's the 3rd language? (sorry for my ignorance lol)…You have so many great goals and things to accomplish! Can't wait to follow you as you cross them off your list.
You are too cute! And I'm feeling very old lol! I highly recommend Martha's Vineyard! When we used to live in Boston, we loved taking mini trips there (and it's perfect for bike riding). And I cannot say enough great things about balyage! My stylist convinced me to do it a few years back and I'm so glad he did!
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This is such a great list, Biana! I must admit, I currently do not have a list /: I feel like I don't get to do much because of school. You should update us as you complete each of your goals (:
– Deniz
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Such a great list there, lady! I also would love to take a hot air balloon ride AND go on an amazing all girlfriends trip somewhere!
Wow, so cool list. Waiting for the next plans 😉
xx
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Awesome list!!! I can't wait to see what you come up with to fulfill these… Especially your redesign of the blog – can't wait to see what you envision!!
Ok trilingual kids! Wow! Also I'm surprised how many friends I have who don't know how to ride a bike! I think it's a city thing, they just never do it!
what a great list! ambitious but I totally think you can do it. and trilingual? I feel like I should know this but are you and gary both bilingual?
GREAT list – I love the idea of breaking it into categories. Good luck!!
This is amazing! I am totally making one of these lists. Trilingual kids is amazing and I can't ride a bike either. Great ideas, lady! xo
This is such a good list with so much variety! My husband would love it if I would attempt to ski again, he wants me to go every year but I refuse after one bad time in college, haha. I can't wait to see how your blog– and new business grow in the next couple of years!
This is an amazing list, I am sure it is a great feeling to have an extensive list like this on paper! I love all your goals under "see" and can't wait to see your business grow and prosper! I know you will do an AMAZING job! Xo, Stephanie
Girl, I wish I followed/know you back in 2015 first of all and you NEED to take a sushi class! Greg and I went to one in Framingham (groupon) and it was so so much fun!
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I love this. I have just under 18 months before I turn 30, and think it's time I pull together a little list of things to do before the 3-0!
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