The 30 List

Successfully ride a Unicycle – (tried it a few times after buying, sold it on craigslist)

Pass the RKC Snatch Test (100 kettlebell snatches with 35 lb. bell in 5 minutes) – Feb 25, 2011

Become an After Effects expert – worked on it a lot in Jan. 2011

Read 1 book a month – 1- The Book Thief, 2- My Horizontal Life, 3- Never Let Go, 4- The Old Man and The Sea, 5- Four Hour Body

Take a Spanish class

Fast from TV for one week

Hold a handstand for 15 seconds

Maintain weight within 4 pds. – Got in weight range on 10/28

Call my grandparents once a month – 08/26/10, 9/27/10, 10/4/10 (visit), mid Nov, Thanksgiving visit, Christmas visit, late January call, late February call, March Birthday visit

Hike at least one Colorado 14er – 08/22/2010

Learn to snow ski

Go to Peru (or visit Aly at another location) – Spokane, WA, 08/30/10 – 09/02/10

Pay off half of my debt – set a plan to make monthly payments for 3 years

Get a meaningful tattoo

Journal at least once a week – did often, but not quite once a week

Learn to do a coffee grinder/helicopter (break dance move)

Be on a reality show - Auditioned for “Minute to Win It” in Feb 2011

Convert my childhood family videos to DVD and web video

Learn to meditate – practiced for a month when I did yoga at Karma Yoga

Do a Pistol with a 35 lb. Kettlebell

Volunteer somewhere on a regular basis – 08/27/10 (DCH Video), 09/10 (In2Books sign up), 10&11/10-(Read book for In2Books), 11/12/10 (Denver Film Society)

Spend time in Sheridan, Wyoming

See a concert and FOTR (Film on the Rocks) at Red Rocks – FOTR: 07/27/10 — Avett Bros. 07/09/11

Plan a surprise visit to Dallas – June 3-6 for Bridget’s 30th bday

Edit something that makes me terribly proud

Find joy in painting again

Write (at least) a fictional short story

Climb a 5.11 with no takes or falls

Successfully be a matchmaker for a friend

Maintain this 30 at 30 site

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