From what I can tell, us Millennials have a knack for procrastinating. We stay busy, by any metric. But by the time we’re done trying to save the world, get a date, and look effortlessly hip on Facebook, Machu Picchu will be gone and we will never have opened that beginners Spanish book.

Being a particularly egregious offender, I decided to prioritize some of my deferred dreams with a 30 by 30 List – thirty things I want to do before I turn thirty. My one rule: stick to things I could (in theory) control – e.g., only moderately cost prohibitive or logistically unfeasible. And my lifetime bucket list would look radically different – this solely pertains to my quarterlife + five.

This blog is more of a commitment device than a sharing vehicle, but hey “blogging” is on my list. (Check!) I plan to post upon completion of each item.

So without further ado, my 30 by 30 List:

1. Obtain a graduate degree
2. Visit two new national parks
3. Go to South America (preferably Peru)
4. See every “Best Picture” Oscar winner
5. Take Spanish lessons
6. Take Guitar lessons
7. Attend a major music festival (Coachella, South by Southwest, Bonnaroo)
8. Abstain from alcohol for one calendar month
9. Eat vegetarian for one calendar month
10. Learn to drive a stick shift

11. Drive across country
12. Travel to Alaska or Hawaii
13. Start and maintain a blog
14. Read 5 books on my Book List
15. Get a hand-made suit
16. Cook with something I grew
17. Research and compose family tree
18. Draw a freehand map of the U.S.
19. Name every U.S. President in order
20. Volunteer at a Burn Camp

21. Go to a Red Sox Spring Training Game
22. Tour Fenway Park
23. Eat at a restaurant with more than one Michelin-star
24. Brew my own beer
25. Submit original work to be published
26. Stop biting my nails
27. Tour the West Wing
28. Purchase a digital SLR camera
29. Attend a performance at the Kennedy Center
30. Spend an entire day in the MoMa