Thirty for Thirty Results May 28, 2014

So, since I'm now thirty I guess it's time to go over the results of my Thirty for Thirty list. How well did I do?

The List

1. Get in shape, eat the right amount (Overall a lot better, I'm in great shape, I just need to curb my appetite a bit still)
2. Design personal site
3. Get a road bike, ride it
4. Finish the bathroom
5. Bank an undisclosed amount of money
6. Add to the IRA
7. Bike to office, at least once
8. Get a tattoo
9. Skydive
10. Make a new print each month: 12 (Made new prints, but not 12)
11. Screen print something
12. Have a good plan for New Year's Eve
13. Tent house
14. Fix the porch
15. Finish the office
16. Organize accounting software
17. Make art for the office
18. Pay off A/C before interest is added
19. Replace sink in main bathroom
20. Submit two articles to Reason (1/2 submitted and rejected)
21. Write After Effects plugin
22. Put walkway in to rear driveway
23. Plant juniper? along the fence
24. Add walkway and porch lighting
25. Finish 'American Crisis' (poem was written two years ago, needs revisions)
26. Add switch to control porch lights automatically
27. Figure out something for table in back yard
28. Have trash in back hauled away
29. Replant rear flower beds
30. Start MVNICIPAL (store is up, still figuring out how to deal with shipping and sales taxes)

12 for 30. Not terrible but not great. I got closer on many of the ones I didn't complete and for some I did alternate things instead.

Paying off that A/C, and paying for a trip to Europe put a dent in a lot of the things that cost extra money, like buying a new bike, adding to the IRA, finishing the bathroom, or replacing my sink.

That said, I did bank money, and I opened up an extra savings account. Instead of submitting more articles to Reason, I added some to Medium. I doubled up some with making prints and making art for the office. And some, like writing an AE plugin, were completed after I turned 30. But I did write a good amount of scripts for AE before then.

I've figured out what course to take for the MVNICIPAL store, but I still need to figure out the most cost effective way to ship prints. I'll be enlisting the help of my awesome wife for that when she's off for the summer (thanks Cait!). I do need to add a few sections to the site though.

I wish I had put in that walkway to the driveway that I park in, because it's low at the end where you have to walk and we're coming up on rainy season. I might have completed that one if I had a truck to get railroad ties without having to ask for help. If only I could still park in the closer driveway. The oak tree would ruin my convertible though.

So there you have it. I'm still trying to decide if I should do a list for 31 or just go big and hit 40. I might just do both. We'll see. Either way it'll be a bit because it's difficult just to come up with the list! Try it and let me know what you put on your list.