My Journey To 30, Part 1

Next year, on Aug 12, I'll turn thirty years old. After I turned 29 this year, it didn't affect me at first. Shortly after Labor Day, however, I began to feel a sort of..."panic".

Had I accomplished everything I wanted to since I became an adult? Did I have a plan for the next five, ten, twenty years?? More importantly, how am I going to celebrate this milestone???

After moving back home for a year and a half, I recently came back to the city. While I enjoyed having seemingly unlimited time with my partner, I learned a lesson. This blog will focus a lot on some of the lessons I've learned:

LESSON 1: No one person can satisfy your every need

This isn't cynical. I love my partner more than anything else in this world. But humans are social creatures. We need to interact with other people. So the past month, I've been searching for adventures and experiences that the city can offer. Being a student, I started at the University.

My first attempt was the University's Outdoor Recreation Center's Bike Ride. The program was meant to promote their free bike rental service. The notice made it seem like a big group would be taking a tour of the campus via bicycle, led by an experienced cyclist.

What we got instead was an event nobody attended, and a first year student who knew less about his way around campus than we did. We still rode around campus, but it was not the experience I had expected or hoped for.

Last night, we opted to go on a Moonlight Canoe trip. The park was just down the road from us. I should have known better when I saw it, too, was sponsored by Outdoor Recreation. Again, we pictured a group being led by an experienced member of the organization. Instead, there was a bunch of 18-19 year olds, who pushed you off into the darkness without even a flashlight.

There was a better turnout, but the other canoes quickly disappeared from sight, the full moon being hidden by clouds this particular evening.

This, along with my partner's fear of alligators lurking about in the dark, caused us to cut our trip short. But, my search for adventure continues!

If you have any ideas or suggestions for pre-thirty adventures, post them in the comments section!!