30 by 30 Goals

Megan’s list of 30 goals to accomplish by her 30th birthday:

FOOD:

• Migrate all food purchases away from the major Supermarkets for 6 months
• Make & Jar my own apple butter
• Make strudel
• Bake an amazing layer cake with beautiful icing
• Learn the recipe for an easy yet amazing birthday cake
• Three words: Rubik’s Cube Cake.

WINE/BEER

• Brew my own Beer
• Home brew a batch of mead
• Host a beer tasting
• Host a wine tasting
• Spend a weekend visiting wineries around Charlottesville
• Pick a “house wine”

ART:

• Earn at least 75% of my income from visual art for 3 months (does not need to be consecutive)
• Complete a 365 Photos project
• Assemble a body of work, and get a gallery showing.
• Complete a painting project that makes me happy
• Sculpt something awesome

HEALTH:

• Do 100 sit-ups without taking a break
• Do 100 push-ups without taking a break
• Run a 5k

Map courtesy EPGSoft’s Map Generator

TRAVEL:

• Visit 30 U.S. States (Airports and Just Driving Through don’t count — I’m looking at you, Ohio) (22/50)
• Visit all Smithsonian museums
• Write a travel guide w/ photos
• Drive the entire length of Route 1

MISC:

• Host a family holiday party (Rosh Hashanah 2011)
• Put together a family reunion
• Learn how to repair a toilet
• Launch one of my business ideas
• Have a baby while my knees and back are still young
• Learn to play the bagpipes
• Learn to sew enough to make myself a pair of wrap pants