Monday, May 26, 2014



A Rough Draft of my "30 by 30" list. I have six years to complete the list, so I should be able to accomplish nearly all of them if not all, right?

1) Make a terrarium
2) Make a fermented drink (besides kombucha) (Completed June 2014)
3) Plant a vegetable/herb garden
4) Learn to play another instrument: piano, violin, banjo, mandolin, etc.
5) Make homemade cheese
6) Learn an art form: watercolor, tap dance, painting, sculpting, etc.
7) Spend 6-12 months reviewing journals and reflecting and praying on them
8) Go to a foreign food festival
9) Write one blog entry a month for a year
10) Spend 6 months journaling daily
11) Pray through Valley of Vision
12) Read 2 Russian novels
13) Study feministic lit--Feminine Mystique, Simone B., etc.
14) Participate in a book club (completing July 2014)
15) Read two books by a Puritan or some other historical Reformed figure (Calvin's Institutes?)
16) Read two philosophy books (not surveys)
17) Make/wear a flower crown
18) Read 2 whole epic/long poems: Odyssey, Dante, Faerie Queen, Paradise Lost, etc.
19) Spend at least 1 year memorizing scripture
20) Visit a meadow in Springtime
21) Spend one month focusing on prayer for the nations
22) Spend one month focusing on prayer for my family
23) Spend one month focusing on prayer for my neighbors and co-workers
24) Spend one month focusing on prayer for my church
25) Spend one month focusing on prayer for gospel opportunities
26) Spend one month focusing on prayer for friends
27) Spend one month focusing on thinking through and praising God for the gospel
28) Spend one month praying through the Psalms
29) Read a book or listen to lectures on a less familiar subject outside of the Humanities
30) Spend some time with an elderly person and ask them questions