Decisions Decisions

Approaching 31, things are starting to click.  All the hard work I put in in my 20s is paying off, and I find that, for the most part, I'm more or less where I wanted and hoped to be when I turned 30.  The "more" is the pride I have more my accomplishments: money saved, retirement started, house mortgages, married, have dog, travel often, live in a city.  The "less" is that I still want to work from my cell phone and not be tied to a geographical or time-based job.  I also want to be debt-free completely. Those two things are still in the pipeline.

However, it got me thinking, "where do I want to be when I'm 40?"  Most people my age start having kids and will begin measuring their lives by the grades of their children and the number of after school activities they have to run.  They will begin to forget that they had dreams or start to think that 'they can wait until later', at which point, it would seem to me, is when we start discussing mid-life crises come 45 and 50.  Since I don't want to be one of those people, I have to re-evaluate.  What do I want to accomplish and have by the time I'm 40?

And you know what?  I have no idea.  I know I want to keep up the discipline I learned in my 20s and build my nest eggs even more.  I know I want to still find a way to live a life where I work completely from my cell phone.  And I know I want to travel.  Otherwise, I have been so busy working 2-3-4 jobs at any given time just to stay ahead of my bills that I don't actually know what it is I like to do.  At least, not really.  I never had much down time, so when I did I would binge watch shows I liked like Project Runway or House of Cards, finally read a book or see a movie, or spend time with my husband and dog and go for a walk.  Sadly, I don't know much about what else I really enjoy, or what brings me peace and serenity, what helps me focus, if I'm really 'good' at anything else because, quite frankly, I didn't make them a priority or make time for them.

So here's the plan: spend 12 months doing something new every month to test out my likes, my grit, and general 'how to I build a better me'?  When's this all starting?  June 1st.  Stay tuned, 12 months of '30 days better' is about to begin.