An Update: 30 before 30

In February 2019, I made a post called "30 before 30", which was basically me listing 30 things that I wanted to do before my 30th Birthday. I have been thinking about this post a lot and I really wanted to do a bit of an update post on it, since it has been over a year since I initially posted it now.  I have sorted them all into 6 categories - Personal Goals, Career Goals, Financial Goals, Home Goals, Fun Goals and Travel Goals. They can probably all fit into more than one category, but this is just how I have organised them. I will not be going into detail about each thing here since I did that last year - you can read the original post here. I have also completed certain goals, so those will be written in italics. Without further ado, here are the updates:

Personal Goals:

• Dye my hair a fun color
• Grow out my hair and get it cut to donate to charity
• Spend a week of my life without internet
• Manage to read 50 books in a year
• Read Les Miserables
• Go to a Book Singing
• Get better at Eye Makeup
• Go to a Gay Bar

Career Goals:

• Be on TV
• Be in a professional Production of a show
• Work a Summer in Disney 
• Get a Masters Degree
• Write a Book

Financial Goals:

• Start my own Business

Home Goals:

• Adopt a Dog
• Get a decent gaming PC

Fun Goals:

• Meet a Celebrity
• Get a selfie with an alpaca
• Make my own Halloween Costume and wear it
• Go on a night out and stay out later than 12am 
• Go Sky Diving
• Have a non-stop Harry Potter Marathon
• Go Horse Riding
• Play all of the Legend of Zelda Games

Travel Goals:

• Visit at least two other Disney Parks
• Go to New York City
• See a Broadway Show
• Go to Japan
• Live in another country for a year

What do I want to change this year?

This year has been very challenging for me in many different ways - but I have managed to get through the first year in my twenties! There have been difficulties that could have been avoided, and some that were completely out of my control, and I would like to be better prepared so I can avoid things happening in the future, or so that when I do encounter difficulties that come my way they do not affect me as much at the things that happened in the last year affected me. 

The year ahead of me is definitley looking to be a successful one, with me working at my dream job! I want to focus on being happy with what I am doing and appreciate what I am doing in the moment. The issues with having a bucket list like this is that I think people can get too caught up in "I need to cross this off my list to I can achieve everything", when they just need to step back and appreciate what they are doing in the moment. A focus for this year is that I want to make the most of my situation now; it is nice to know what will happen in the future, but there was always a point in time where I really wanted to be where I am today. 

Where am I living?

The majority of the time I will be living in my University accommodation, and I will only be visiting my hometown fro a total of four weeks this year. This is absolutely terrifying to me, but it is a sacrifice that has to be made due to career commitments this year. This will probably make communicating and seeing my family very difficult. 

I will also be living in Walt Disney World for 3 months which is very exciting, but again, scary as it is another country. It will be a chance to experience a whole new culture and I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity!

What steps do I need to make for Financial Security?

For the first time since I was 16 years old, I am unemployed. I worked as a Disney Character back at home for 4 years, but due to other commitments and the fact that I will be in the North East for 4 weeks this year, it was not possible to stay employed with this company, especially when I will not be able to take on any work over the summer period. I did leave my position with the company, but be assured it was all on very good terms and I was advised if I am ever in need of work I can let them know and they will be happy to hire me again. 

So, with that out of the way, I do not have a job now, meaning that I am solely relying on my student loan. The way I worked this last year is that I budgeted with my student loan for each week and money I earned from work was put into a savings account. To make sure that I don't die, I need to continue budgeting, and I may need to make cuts as I do like having some savings there just in case. 

Also, if you were paying attention to what was written above, I now run my own business. It is not as good financially as having a 9-5 job, but I can choose my hours and still get a bit of money from it. I need to organise how much money I make is going to go back into the business funds and how much I am going to keep putting into my savings account.

How do I want to better myself this year?

A huge flaw in my personality is that I focus on making other people happy way too much. This year, to make sure I can stay happy and healthy, I should probably be a little bit more selfish and focus on me more. I went out of my way to help so many people last year and none of it really worked in my favour. Although it is nice to be nice sometimes, I shouldn't be tearing myself apart to please other people. 

Something that I want to do this year

I have been to Walt Disney World so many times in my life, and I really want to find something that I have never done before and do that while I am working there in the Summer!

And there you have it, this is an update to my 30 before 30 post, I hope that you enjoyed reading my updates! Thank you for reading and I will see you in the next post!