the before-30 bucketlistthe before-30 bucketlist
april 16, 2025
i turned 22 yesterday. the celebration involved my mom and i cooking lots of mostly local dishes. my boyfriend brought cake and ice cream, and we all stuffed ourselves till we couldn't even think properly; i ate lots of chicken even though i'm allergic, because as they say: #yolo.
as a 22-year-old, most of my life's focus has been on keeping my grades up. it used to be a fun game, until highschool when it started to become Mandatory. looking back, i didn't really have any concrete goals. just the usual finish school and get a job. i didn't do much, either, because i'd be too caught up on academics. i'd hear about/see other people my age moving out, travelling, signing up for the gym, joining competitions, etc. in a way, i felt like i had to catch up. there was an hourglass in my head constantly dropping sand grains, but that hourglass wasn't even timing anything, because i'd be stuck in my usual cycle of waking up, going to school, then sleeping.
thinking about all this last night as the birthday fever settled down was no good at all. so today, i'm making a bucketlist for things i want to accomplish before turning 30 to get my motivation up.
the before-30 bucketlist by alice
- get an apartment with my bf
- travel to japan before my passport expires
- get into baking
- go snorkeling (i can't swim)
- learn how to swim
- develop a game
- take up quiltmaking
- learn sewing
- learn pottery
- taste real wasabi
- taste at least 20 different varieties of cheese
- get over my food allergies (is this even possible)
- do a cartwheel successfully
- ride a roller coaster
- eat a ghost pepper or whichever chilli pepper is the spiciest
- take up birdwatching
- reach at least n3 level fluency in japanese
- perfect a cookie recipe of my own
- knit a sweater
- grow a rose bush
- watch a live concert
- have fun
signed, alice