#30thingsbefore30

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Don’t just count the years,make the years count! . What a busy weekend we have had! My husband is now in the 30s gang!! I love you so very much Mr Morrison! . . #photography #photographer #learningtophotograph #amateurphoto #amateurphotography #30thbirthday #30thingsbefore30 #thirty #birthdayboy #husband #husbandandwife #loveofmylife #like4likes #hunkyhubby #hetoldmetowritethat #likeforlikes https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXf37bhsTM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19xpbbi01ee7v

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Day 1 of #100daysofproductivity

-drafting of my own 'playbook' :p

[thirtythingsbeforethirty]

The ‘30 before 30′ list

Hi! Welcome to the first post of our ‘30 before 30’ blog. What is this you ask? We - AJ and Shal - are going to turn the big Three-Oh next year. We want to spend the last year of our 20s, doing all kinds of things. Things we love doing, things that improve the quality of our lives, things that help us grow and things that are fun! So we’ve created a list of 30 things we want to do, before we turn 30. Hopefully, at the end of this year, we’ll get through all the things in this list and find ourselves to be older, wiser, fitter and more inspired as we head into our thirties.

The List

Teach Shal DSLR photography

Learn scuba diving together

Go on a long multi-day road trip

Enjoy a “fine-dining” experience at The French Laundry

Watch "O" of Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas

Practice, rehearse and perform a song-duet on stage at a live bar or put it up on YouTube

Go to Yellowstone/one of the Southwestern National Parks

Do a solo silent retreat each

Go skiing/snowboarding in Tahoe

Learn a new musical instrument (piano)

AJ gets a tattoo

See Adele live in concert

Watch a play on Broadway in NYC

Make a budget and stick to it

Hike Half Dome together

Go Kayaking together

Increase fluency in Spanish (AJ) and German (Shal)

Work out 200 out of 365 days

Take a cooking class together

Read 12 books in 12 months

Go to a multi-day music festival

Take yoga classes on weekends

Get the perfect backyard

Learn to hold a plank for 3 minutes

Publish an app on the app store

Go to LA's Harry Potter kingdom

Throw a big house party with home cooked meal (Parenthood style)

Run a 15 K together

Go to Italy

Make a "30 things we want do before turning 30" blog - THIS!

In the following months, we’ll publish more posts as we accomplish things from the list. Some things on the list are meant to be ongoing throughout the year and we’ll post periodic updates about how those are coming along. We’ll also do a post about why we picked the things we picked :)

Follow us if you’re interested in what we are doing and curious to see what we accomplish!

[finianmurphy]

#26 Be comfortable saying no thanks

In a career, as you get noticed, you get a lot of requests. Often flattering, but often overwhelming, a friend recently explained to me you can be paralysed by saying yes to everything. Learn to politely reject opportunities to give you focus.

[finianmurphy]

#25 Learn how to code

There was an old MS DOS computer in our house when I was young. I learnt QBasic and was amazed when I figured out how to create colours and animations on a screen. While my coding ability is really weak, I respect coding and should learn it - as it is the future of every industry.

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#24 Get Lucky

I realised a while back that no matter how hard you try, luck plays a huge role in success. The right time, the right place, serendipity is a powerful thing. 

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#23 Unfriend people

Dunbar’s theory suggests that humans can only comfortably maintain 150 stable relationships. If you realise you have little in common with someone, particularly if you try to maintain the friendship, walk away. Less stress.

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#22 Read

My Mum always encouraged me to read. As a teenager, I always ignored her. I regret that, but I have made up for it in my twenties by reading books, short stories or articles to educate and inspire.