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Inspired by Jamie and Adam.

I had a thought a few weeks ago that I might do a 26 before I’m 27 list, but that seemed like too much pressure, given how stagnant my life is right now. So, when I saw that Jamie and Adam had made a list of 30 things they want to do before they’re 30, I decided to go that route as well.

1. Complete my masters in education from Sierra Nevada College.

2. See all 50 states. So far I have seen: California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, North Carolina, Montana. Only 38 more to go. I’ll be seeing Alaska this summer!

3. Take a cruise with Jamie. I think that would be insanely fun. Jamie, are you on board with that?

4. Go to Colorado to visit Lauren.

5. Go to South Carolina to visit Eli. He might be coming here this summer, but regardless, I would still like to see South Carolina.

6. Be in a relationship.

7. Go to London.

8. Go to Australia.

9. Attend a Nikon Masters Series.

10. Create scrapbooks for each of my trips: so far, this includes North Carolina, San Diego, and our upcoming Alaskan cruise.

11. Do a 365 series of photographs. Create a scrapbook for those pictures with journaling about each photo.

12. Visit New York.

13. Visit Washington DC.

14. Begin attending Friday night services on a more regular basis. (*At least for as long as I live here and Rabbi Segel is still at Temple Sinai).

15. Move out of Vegas.

16. Take more pictures with my friends. I need to learn to be less self-conscious of the fact that I always have my camera with me and take tons of pictures. Wanting to be a photographer is not a bad thing.

17. Schedule a shoot with Tara Whitney.

18. Go completely organic/meat free.

19. Move out on my own, whether in Vegas or elsewhere.

20. Live in Lake Tahoe again, even if it’s just for a summer.

21. Get my driver’s license and a car.

22. Find my dream job. I’m not sure what this is yet. I’m not even sure if it’s in the education field. I’m feeling like it’s not, but who knows? I sure don’t.

23. Get my scrapbooking caught up and get all of my pictures out of their photo boxes.

24. Do a maternity shoot for someone.

25. Do a trash the dress shoot for someone.

26. Go on a photo shoot with Lauren and Dave.

27. Read all of the books I own (this means no buying any new ones until I do). That number is currently at 65, not including the two that I am reading right now. The exception to this is buying books for any future schooling I may do. Teaching resources do not count. Neither do photographic resources.

28. Start and keep up to date a friendship scrapbook for Jamie and I.

29. Scrapbook or document in some way each of the things on this list. Since I scrap 6×6 or 8×8 this shouldn’t be terribly hard to do.

30. Do a photo shoot at the neon boneyard.

*31. Do a newborn shoot for someone.