by Monica Kennedy
Member since:
November 30, 2005

My List of 30 Things in 30 Years

September 21, 2007 01:34 AM EDT
views: 75 | rating: 10/10 (16 votes) | comments: 26

If you are curious as to what this is about, check out 30 Things in 30 Years.

 

This is in no particular order:

  1. be accepted as a client of a publishing agent
  2. publish my first novel
  3. publish my first 5 novels
  4. publish a poem
  5. complete my bachelors degree
  6. complete a masters degree
  7. go to a cookoff as a contestant
  8. get a recipe published
  9. open a private practice as an MFT or LPC (Marriage & Family Therapist - working more with regular individuals in stressful situations or Licensed Practicing Councelor - working more with people who have mental illnesses)
  10. fall in love
  11. get married
  12. have/adopt/inherit (aka step) a child(ren)
  13. learn to paint
  14. learn to bake from scratch and decorate cakes
  15. start and keep a nest egg
  16. buy a house
  17. pay off all debt
  18. go to Disney World (multiple times lol)
  19. go to Australia and meet Carolyn Madden
  20. save $1000 to splurge on a stranger as a random act of kindness, repeat this yearly once accomplished
  21. work/volunteer part or full time in family ministry at a church
  22. take an Alaskan Land/Sea Vacation
  23. learn a second language FLUENTLY
  24. learn sign language
  25. volunteer in a third world country for a minimum of one week
  26. swim with daulphins
  27. read the Bible in 1 year
  28. go to NYC and see a Broadway Musical
  29. visit every state in the US
  30. donate more than 10% of my income annually (live on 10% and donate 90% would be great)
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Comments: 26

Jill~Sexy Back~ V. Sep 21, 2007, 1:55am EDT
That's a great list! You should keep this in an easy to see place and that way, you'll remember these things want to accomplish. There are several things on this list that you can accomplish probably in 30 days or less, so you'll be well on your way! Thanks for sharing!
Shawn M. Sep 21, 2007, 2:15am EDT
Great list. Have you accomplished any?
Heather C. Sep 21, 2007, 3:02am EDT
Great list, I hope you reach your goal! At least you followed the directions :) Elsie and I went in a different direction, guess we ran with the two words and missed the objective. :)
Alison Pearce Sep 21, 2007, 3:03am EDT
Excellent list Monica and boy have you inspired the group! The lists are popping up so fast! I'll have to really think about mine!
Monica Kennedy Sep 21, 2007, 3:37am EDT
Jill --- Well, I can at least get started on a lot of these in the next 30 days!

Shawn - I just created the list - give me a little time lol

Heather - that is fine - but you can still do a list!

Alison - I look forward to seeing your list - and you know if I get to Queensland to see Carolyn I will have to see you too!
Jacqueline B. Sep 21, 2007, 5:17am EDT
Great list. I hope you can reach most or all of these. I will have to think on my list for a while.
Fran S. Sep 21, 2007, 10:07am EDT
great list!! good luck with accomplishing all your goals :-)
Susan B. Sep 21, 2007, 10:10am EDT
Monica, this is a superb list! Here's my 30 Things
Tina Coruth Sep 21, 2007, 10:39am EDT
Great list, Monica! :-)
Shona B. Sep 21, 2007, 1:05pm EDT
Wow, some great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Paige C. Sep 22, 2007, 4:46pm EDT
Let me know how it goes... I've hit some of them, but I'm still waiting for my big publishing break. Got a POD book, and selling is easy in person, but it is the ones that sell through book-stores and AMazon that count towards the E-ride at Disneyland.
Elsie Duggan Sep 23, 2007, 1:27am EDT
These are great ideas and ambitions and I hope you get to do them all, but I went in the other direction with this, because I don't have 30 more things I want to do, I have completed most of the thing I dreamed of doing, and not interested much in anything except my family at home and my family at Gather, and also taking care of Billy is a challange, try raising a 19 year old at 81, lol, lots of fun.
Rena Renee R. Sep 23, 2007, 1:59am EDT
Fantastic list of goals!!
Carolyn Madden Sep 23, 2007, 8:21pm EDT
Get cracking there on number 19! As long as once you get here you consider me a stranger as in number 20, repeatable as often as you wish.. LOL.
Monica Kennedy Sep 24, 2007, 3:50am EDT
Will do Carolyn! :-D
amarpreet k. Sep 27, 2007, 11:22am EDT
great list Monika ...hope your college is going great ...
Thea D. Oct 3, 2007, 11:07pm EDT
Going to Disney at the end of this month with my whole family (almost) . I'll say hi to Mickey for you! :)
Thea D. Oct 3, 2007, 11:08pm EDT
Im working on Spanish, French and German at this time... Love languages! What language do you want to learn?
Thea D. Oct 3, 2007, 11:10pm EDT
Your list shows you to be a very kind, caring , generous person. Good luck with your dreams! They can come true.
Nan G. Oct 4, 2007, 9:50am EDT
I really like your choices. All of these seem obtainable. Good luck.
Midnite Writer -- Kim Oct 5, 2007, 11:35pm EDT
Our goals sound similar! I read your friend's list and now I had to cruise over to yours as well. You have a ton of goals here, but if you have 30 years, hey, why not? It might take me that long to submit 1 piece of work, let alone 5. Tis just fear, my friend.

Putting it out for everyone to see makes you more accountable and likely to follow through, way to go!
jessie voigts Oct 7, 2007, 11:17am EDT
great list, monica!!
Dawn M Oct 9, 2007, 9:07pm EDT
Great list of goals.
Shannon S. Nov 12, 2007, 10:28am EST
Great list.
RBW C. Nov 2, 2008, 7:45am EST
i should thinking abt my 30 list things to do
Mariana T. Nov 30, 2008, 2:38pm EST
Checking back a year later to see what you've accomplished in the last year!!! 29 left to go! Salud

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