30-30-30 Challenge

"Write out 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have, 30 things you want to be before you die" - Jack Canfield's The Success Principle"

This is harder than you think. This is my list. Enjoy.

30 Things I want to do

1. learn to make pot pie but I'm going to make a lobster pot pie instead!
2. give tango dancing a try
3. improve my salsa dancing
4. make a scrapbook of my Argentina adventures
5. finish my series of self-portrait paintings
6. finish writing Exile
7. visit Italy
8. visit Paris and the Provence
9. visit Germany
10. live for a short time in England
11. teach abroad in Singapore
12. visit Brazil
13. go on a hiking trip one of these days
14. take Writing to Heal class by Susan Reese at PSU
15. learn the art of wine making
16. get a spa package where you spend a whole day getting a massage, facial, pedicure/manicure
17. do something about the human trafficking social evil
18. give more to charity
19. continue to keep in touch with relatives back in India
20. try speed dating just for the experience of it
21. talk to that attractive guy I've been checking out for the last 3 months
22. play tennis
23. run a marathon
24. be positive
25. make some creme brulee
26. avoid fake, superficial, toxic, negative and co-dependent people
27. have courage to write risque and controversial topics (with a purpose not for sensationalism)
28. after finishing Exile, start on my second novel
29. support my friend Beni and other social workers going to places to bless and help people
30. visit Goa

30 Things You Want to Have

1. a waist measurement of 26 inches
2. ability to do pull-ups
3. muscle tone/definition
4. improved physical strength
5. art supplies
6. a better, faster laptop
7. a scrapbook for my Argentina adventures
8. financial security
9. all my debts paid off
10. a Pizzicato pizza (but that only means motivation to hit the gym harder)
11. better skin condition (those darn breakouts!)
12. physical health
13. my Master's degree
14. a real designer purse (NOT Coach or LV! I like Longchamp)
15. new ballroom dance shoes (my old one broke)
16. friendships with genuine, sincere people; I always love to meet new people
17. a papasan chair
18. several books, mostly literary fiction
19. Rosetta Stone in Spanish and Hindi
20. a kindle
21. a pair of Bia Brazil workout pants - I heard they were good and a cute style
22. a BBQ chicken pizza
23. an easel
24. the discipline to write my novel
25. a vacation
26. a salsa and ballroom dancing partner who'd go dancing and take classes with me
27. jeans
28. a desk
29. a husband
30. children

30 Things I Want To Be Before I Die

1. a wonderful, amazing and best wife I can be
2. the best mother I can be to my future kids
3. a loyal, trustworthy, true, friend to all my friends
4. a sincere, honest, mature believer of Christ (not some lame cliche church lady who conforms to the church's culture. There is a big difference between confoming to church culture and following Christ).
5. wise
6. humble
7. simply amazing
8. the best person I can be
9. fabulous
10. satisfied
11. classy
12. a motivator
13. the fittest I can be
14. a successful teacher
15. an editor
16. a published writer
17. a painter (at least at the amateur level)
18. a fiction writing instructor
19. a travel writer
20. a community college professor
21. a "regular" at an establishment. I want to be the one customer who says "I'll have the usual" and all the servers know exactly what I want
22. a fluent speaker of 5 languages
23. an experienced cook
24. an experienced salsa dancer
25. an owner of a trendy, slightly upscale without the ostentatious vibe Indian restaurant/bar (I'll do this sometime close to retirement)
26. winner of a prize for my fiction (hopefully)
27. hmm... a celebrity. Just kidding, I'd rather not!
28. a world traveller
29. the strongest I can be
30. creative writing instructor at a therapeutic setting