Turning 39*
So yes, today is my Birthday and I'm venturing out on an EPIC Road Trip with my family ~ heading back to the midwest to visit friends and family. I LOVE road trips ~ and I'm hoping my children love them as much as I do ...or at least don't start asking "are we there yet?" by hour 2!
Today marks my 39th year here so it's pretty special ~ the last year of my 30's! I still remember how awesome my 30th Birthday was, surrounded by beautiful friends in a place that was so special to me. Some days I still lean back into that year where I turned 30 and really felt on top of the world. I'm not sure how I'm going to feel about the BIG 40, so I'm making a list of 39 things I'd like to cross off the list before next year's big day. (and I really love lists)
I'll try to come back to it every now and then to give you an update....here we go!
- Tackle my financial situation like an adult ~ get help
- Drive a VW bus
- Rollerskate
- Learn how to swim (ya, no I don't know how to swim.)
- Create a new photography book and feel proud of it
- Take 100 polaroids
- Take dance classes
- Go on an EPIC Road Trip (leaving on my 39th birthday for 3 weeks!)
- Start a business I'm 100% behind and make money doing what I love ~ whatever that is
- Go to the top of Coit Tower
- Take photos of all the hidden stairs in San Francisco
- Go to Angel Island
- Photowalk through Chinatown
- Go to Canada
- Collaborate on a project with someone
- Teach something
- Learn to sew and actually finish something, preferably a dress
- Try to knit
- Cry in front of someone
- Run in a race
- Go to New York and stay at the Ace Hotel
- Come up with 5 new meals my family will eat
- Attend a silent retreat
- Commit to a cleanse
- Try whiskey
- Skinny dip (hopefully after I learn how to swim)
- Learn Photoshop really well
- Go to a psychic/get cards read
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Tell a story in front of others
- Find an amazing therapist and finally deal with my shit
- Sing on stage
- Take a drawing class, get better at drawing faces...find my niche
- Learn how to communicate effectively
- Inch myself into public speaking
- Learn spanish
- Create a spiritual practice
- Create a physical/exercise practice that works for me
- Laugh A LOT with my children!
This is my list....I'm going to print it out and remind myself of it often. Some of these have been on my 'list' for a LONG time and it's about time I tackled them. Happy Day to me :)