Welp...

Its official, today I am 30 . I cant believe I am out of my 20’s; overall I would say the past 10 yrs treated me very well: I met the most amazing girlfriends in college who support me, love me, make me laugh and enrich my life on a daily basis. I travelled Europe for 2 months after college, thanks to my amazing parents. When I returned, I met the most amazing man and have been lucky enough to call him my husband for the past 5 yrs (well almost 5 yrs). Since our wedding day we have travelled to Europe, moved to Vancouver WA, moved back to Spokane and bought a house. We bought two pups and named them after our Alma mater. We have attended numerous WSU sporting events, seen many friends and family get married themselves, and most recently travelled to Hawaii for a much needed vacation. We have made many many many memories and even more new friends. I have had numerous jobs and finally, FINALLY, found a career that fulfills me and challenges me on a daily basis. And those are just the milestones, I have done, and seen and enjoyed many other things, that are too numerous to even begin to list.
At work the other day I had to write down my goals and what I hope to accomplish and how I hope to accomplish them for the next year. So I figured If I have to do it in my professional life why not do it in my personal life too.

So without further ado here are some of my Hopes, goals, and dreams for my 30’s:

I would like to see all of my personal relationships grow, and possibly maybe mature over the next decade.

I would like to see my immediate family grow…hint, hint Jim ;)

I would love to travel more: to knock a few states off my list, and hopefully a few more countries

I would like to take more risks and learn to get outside my comfort zone, and try new things more often

I would like to continue to foster my relationship with myself, so I can be a better wife, daughter ,sister, friend and hopefully mother.

I would like to learn to be satisfied and content with what I have and who I am and not always looking for bigger and better things to find fulfillment in my life.

I would like to work on my relationship with god and my spirituality; and learn that it’s a personal one and no one Else's thoughts and beliefs need to define mine.

I hope to continue in my profession, and take on more of a leadership role and “climb the corporate ladder” if you will

I hope to stay healthy and trust my body that it will continue to do what its supposed to do and stop failing me :)

I hope to keep reading and writing and learning. Whether its for fun, or for work, or just to keep my mind alert

I hope to have both of my parents around to see the 1st, 2nd, and possibly even a 3rd grandchild of mine born

I hope to see my friends get married or stay married and have lots of babies of their own :)

I hope that if and when the day comes we do have children we can see them grow up in a safe, secure, and happy home filled with love and energy and fun!

Whew! That’s quite of few things I would like to accomplish. I guess 10 yrs is enough time, or at least it’s a jumping off point. The one other thing I would like to add is to start crossing items off my bucket list, that I wrote about in this post. I’m not trying to do them all but maybe a couple here or there every year. Nothing crazy but enough to keep things fun and exciting! But for now I should probably get back to work if I really want to accomplish that corporate ladder thing :)


***please note this is not a complete list and is subject to change, grow, or shrink without notification.