30 by 30: My 30 year old Bucket List

Working nights has paved way for more than one crazy scheme and last night was a great example. Writing out goals that I wanted to accomplish I realized that typically I never put time limits on when to achieve these goals and decided to make my very own bucket list. I can barely make it through my to do list so I opted against the limitless 'before I die' goals and stuck with 30 by 30, which is only 13 months away.

Many are simple or silly but I wanted to incorporate this into my fictional character blog, Opinionated Ant. It makes it tricky since the main character is a mutant ant and her humanoid translator is a vague female character that may share some traits with me but is not me and some goals really wouldn't go well. For example, my human character also works nights but whether it is as a government official or hospital worker it is unclear and it really wouldn't make sense for her to renew a massage license (mine is lapsed) since she isn't a massage therapist.

Regardless of how it works or doesn't with my blog I plan on scratching 30 things off my list before the last second on August 7, 2011. This is my rough plan but it should be shaped up pretty soon.

Go swimming in a quarry
Polar swim
Go kayaking
Make herbal beauty products
Crochet a scarf
Try Kim Chi (or make it!)
Make A's Matzo Ball Soup
Do 3 themed photo shoots
Go to 12 DCR parks
Pay off my credit cards
Pass the BRPT exam
Get passport
Write a novel
Submit a short story
Sing in public
Play Stay by Lisa Loeb on the mandolin
Write a letter in Mandarin
Write three people monthly letters
Make and maintain my goal weight
10 chin ups (or pull ups- which is easier?)
Change my own oil
Go on a day cruise
Get rid of 365 things
Take first and cheapest stand by flight of day
Random road trip
Write 6 short stories
Sell 6 pictures online
Have or attend a costume party
Take a writing course
Take a photography course

What about you? Do you have a bucket list? Or a bunch of short term goals like me? How is it going?