Monday Dares, Part Two.

Okay, so here's the deal...I bought

Swim Naked, Defy Gravity& 99 other essential things to accomplish before turning 30 by Colleen Rush

when I was 21. A recent birthday of a very good friend made me realize I'm going to be 30 way too soon....So I'd better get this checklist completed. Every Monday, I'm going to try to work on crossing something else off my list.


Still left to do:
1. Break all my parents arbitrary rules
2.Grow Something: My clinician bought me a bulb for CHristmas, I'll keep you posted on how successful I am at this!
3. Dump Toxic Friends: to be honest though, I'm not sure I have any....
4. Speak a Foreign language
5. Draw and Frame a self-portrait
6. Stop chronic over-apologizing
8. Develop a Plan B
9. Know your friends' family tree
10. Embrace your inner eight-year-old (disney land anyone??)
11. Read Woman's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Christane Northrup, MD
12. Build a Raging campfire
13. Make the first move
14. Be your own muse
15. Master a signature family recipe
17. Negotiate for something expensive
19. Claim your granny panties....(I may skip this one...where do you even buy these?)
20. Make brownies from scratch
21. Exorcise the words "like" and "you know" from your vocabulary
22. Find your religion
24. perfect your am stretch
25. declare your birthday a national holiday
26. Stock an emergency disaster kit
28. Take your hobby more seriously than your job
31. hook up something high tech by yourself
32. lose your virginity again
33. know your blood type
34. Confront someone who's done you wrong
35. write a body manifesto
36. have a mantra
37. research your family's medical history
40. Make more money then you spend
41. Be a nudist for a day....
42. Adopt an awkward teenager
43. dress for longevity
46. use a great dermo
47. get over yourself
48. sleep in a hammock...I know right? I can't wait to do this!!
49. Own a tool box with all the basics
50.Memorize your favorite smells and surround yourself with them
51. Fall in love (or lust) without blowing off your friends
52. Dub the greatest hits from your childhood
53. Care about where your food comes from
54.Fly first class
55. Cultivate your own style
56. Forgive your parents
57. be a dork
60. Adopt another motherland
61. Make a killer cocktail
62. Tie a few knots (learn to make knots-not getting married!)
63. Have your fortune told
64. give yourself flowers
65. Stop looking for a soul mate
66. give props to a teacher
68. be notorious for something
69.-bounce back