IT'S MY BIRTHDAY / MY 30 BEFORE 30 LIST

I meant to post this on my actual birthday (March 20), but the wifi in the Philippines was v limited.** I'm reaching my quarter of a century mark as I finish my 24th year and move on to my 25th, so I decided it's about time to put together my official 30 before 30 list! Here's what's on it (UPDATED MARCH 20, 2023, MY 30TH BIRTHDAY): put things in italics once I’ve checked them off!)

1. Write a song and share it with the internet
2. Take pictures in the Carlsbad Flower Fields (CAN YOU BELIEVE I haven't done that yet?!)
3. Eat at Poppy and Rose
4. Work full time for myself
5. Visit a pink sand beach
6. Visit the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
7. Ride a horse (yep -- haven't done that either!)
8. Be really good at regularly cooking healthy meals
9. Shop the LA flower market
10. Attend Modernism Week
11. Visit a pink lagoon
12. Grow my own garden
13. Do a pull up (I did a jumping pull up but not a real one)
14. Get a paycheck from YouTube
15. Style another person's house/studio
16. Have a baby / adopt a baby
17. Learn how to style hair and makeup for editorials
18. Direct a styled photoshoot with zebras
19. Fully surprise Nathan with a party or gift without accidentally ruining it ahead of time.
20. Get certified as a trauma-sensitive yoga instructor or something similar
21. Host a party with fabric napkins and napkin rings
22. See those bioluminescent / light-up bacteria things in the ocean...
23. Make homemade Ube Puto - Filipino style
24. Get good at house plants
25. Go to a Lantern Festival or something similar
26. Buy a house
27. Get sponsored by Home Depot or Target
28. See the Northern Lights (classic)
29. Couple’s vacation somewhere outside continental USA just for fun
30. Become famous among my friends for some delicious original dish that no one else makes (raspberry pasta?)