30 Before 30: Update

Well, here I am, a year and a half away from my thirtieth birthday. I'd make some quip about how quickly the time flies, but now that I have a kid, I'm pretty sure that this "fast" pace is actually just normal. So, with a mere eighteen months left for me to accomplish my 30 before 30 goals, I figured it was time to check in and see how my progress was coming.

As you may recall, I created four 30 before 30 lists to highlight four of my favorite past times: cooking, reading, crafting, and running (and because I'm an overachiever and couldn't settle on just one list). Here's where I stand on each list:

Cooking: So far, I have blogged about two recipes that Darrell and I have added to our permanent collection. I make the distinction of having "blogged" versus "made" because in reality, I've probably made ten or so recipes that we are going to add to our collection, including three or four from the list of recipes I wanted to be sure to master. I just haven't gotten around to blogging them. Because in order to blog them, I want need a picture of them. And in order to have a picture of them, I need to remember to take a picture of them. And in order to remember to take a picture of them, I need to not be juggling three other things, including feeding my son (who does not wait patiently for his food, mind you). So, while I think that I am pretty on pace to meet of goal of thirty new recipes by thirty, it seems the new challenge is going to be getting all those recipes blogged.

Reading: According to the blog I have read eight of my thirty books. That number seems low to me, though, and I feel like I've read some that perhaps never made it to the blog (which is very likely). However, I'm still not doing too poorly in terms of being on pace to hit my thirty--the only catch is that I gave myself a list of five that I wanted to be sure to read and I haven't read a single one of those. Guess I need to start convincing my book club friends to pull out some classics, eh?

Crafting: I'm actually surprised to see that I have six craft projects on the blog (since I started the challenge). I would have thought it was half that many. Granted, I still have a long ways to go to hit thirty in the next eighteen months, but William is becoming better able to participate in crafts, which will make it much easier for me to get them accomplished. And you'd better believe I have some more cute kid crafts on Pinterest in the back of my mind that I can't wait to try.

Running: Can we just pretend I never made this goal? Ugh. I don't think I've ran a mile since William was born, let alone an actual road race. Even though thirty miles of road races is only ten 5ks (approximately), that's quite a bit to squeeze into the next eighteen months. Especially considering I don't think I could actually run a 5k right now. Good thing my brother's fiancé is getting into running and is on board with doing some road races this summer before their wedding. I will desperately need some running buddies to help me get this goal accomplished.

So there you have it. Overall, I'm not quite as far along as I'd like to be, but considering I've spent the majority of the past twelve months finishing out a pregnancy and learning how to raise a child, I'd say I'm not doing too poorly. And it can only go up from here, right?