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The decision to BE a blogger and not just a blog reader is not one I took lightly. I thought about things I wanted my blog to mean (for me, for others who might come across it), what I wanted it to look like (and belive me it looks nothing like that at the moment!) and its general direction. What I did not have to think about too much was the name ... I chose '30in2005' because http://fogcity.blogs.com/jen/ was taken (and is a truly fab blog).
2005 is a big year for me. I'll turn 30 this year and I see this as the almost halfway mark in my lifetime. I spent the early years waiting to 'be and adult and get on with it' and no doubt I have spent the past few years wishing I could still be 21. But I have come to terms with the 'age thing' and am sooooo ready to be 30 and all it means. 30 seems to be my number - an age where I am responsible for my life, my mistakes, my decisions. Its the marking point in my life, to which all other years/ ages will be relative. I want 2005 to be my 'victory' year - to be a fitting commemoration of all the wonderful years before and this blog to be a reflection/ collection of the bits that have made/ will make it so.
I also plan on making list of various things (favourite books, foods and their recipes, favourite movies, places seen/to see etc....you get the drift) and yes each list will eventually add up to 30. I find lists of 5 or 10 exhausting, binding and constricting; lists of 50 or 100 too exhaustive, open ended and often with things just thrown in to make it add up. So 30 it is and 30in2005 am I!
2005 is a big year for me. I'll turn 30 this year and I see this as the almost halfway mark in my lifetime. I spent the early years waiting to 'be and adult and get on with it' and no doubt I have spent the past few years wishing I could still be 21. But I have come to terms with the 'age thing' and am sooooo ready to be 30 and all it means. 30 seems to be my number - an age where I am responsible for my life, my mistakes, my decisions. Its the marking point in my life, to which all other years/ ages will be relative. I want 2005 to be my 'victory' year - to be a fitting commemoration of all the wonderful years before and this blog to be a reflection/ collection of the bits that have made/ will make it so.
I also plan on making list of various things (favourite books, foods and their recipes, favourite movies, places seen/to see etc....you get the drift) and yes each list will eventually add up to 30. I find lists of 5 or 10 exhausting, binding and constricting; lists of 50 or 100 too exhaustive, open ended and often with things just thrown in to make it add up. So 30 it is and 30in2005 am I!
I like the concept of 30 per list. Why stop at 10? It isn't a magic number, you should be able to list as many as you like :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree. 10 is just an arbitrary, usually quite unfairly demanded number.
ReplyDeletethanks for coming to back to my blog ever so often. You are the only reader so far (or so it seems)!