My 31 Things

Hello,

I just turned 30, here at the end of July. I've been doing alot of thinking lately about my future and who I am, and who I want to be. I'm planning to move somewhere in about a year. But before I leave Lubbock (and turn 31), I want to accomplish a few goals first. They say that the best first step in accomplishing goals is to write them down, so here it goes.

THE 31 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I TURN 31:

1. Fast for 1 week
2. Enter 6 art contests
3. Learn the art of caricature, well enough that I can charge $
4. Learn and practive Meditation
5. Lower my blood pressure, without the use of medication
6. Workout (or tiring physical activity) 310 days out of the year
7. Get better at boggle (triple my average score)
8. Take an art class
9. Publish 3 comics (of any dimension)
10. Learn Spanish well enough to get by
11. Stop drinking sodas
12. Watch 3 live theatre performances
13. Expand my socal circle X 3
14. Write in my joural (pen and paper) twice a week
15. Write and send 31 letters
16. Get a professional massage
17. Have a meatless meal once a week
18. Visit with friends/family twice a week
19. Design, playtest, and make 1 game
20. Go to 1 comicbook convention
21. Strike up a conversation with a stranger without mentioning the weather X 3
22. ImPrOvE mY hAnDwRiTiNG (Let my wife be the judge)
23. Read 3 biographies, and learn from them
24. Join Penciljack, and submit 31 drawings for critique
25. Buy a cheap-but-good digital camera and take it with me and use it.
26. Teach one class
27. Blog EVERY week (Yep that's right)
28. See 3 live music shows
29. Practice sharpening my mind once a week
30. Read 310 poems
31. Commit 31 random acts of kindness

I tried to make the list as specific as possible so that the list can be checked off as I complete each goal. I have other goals, but if I complete even a third of these, I will be a better me. I got this idea from my friend William who has done this a couple of times before.

Wish me luck,

Brandon