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egggh creepy owls!

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Owls are pretty cool but this video creeps me out!

Some goals for my 30th year

I'm not one to make resolutions but with my 30th birthday rapidly approaching, I thought it'd be nice to set some goals that will help propel me into responsible adulthood. I realize that I'm an adult now but I want to give myself more structure.

There are some things that I need to do before March, including:

• Find a new apartment. I have an apartment locating service on that.
• Purge belongings, especially clothes and shoes. Find charity that needs them.
• Deep clean apartment.
• Pack it all up and move.
• Figure out what I want to do with my blog, set some goals and figure out a game plan.

After March, I want to work on:

• Sticking to a daily waking, eating, sleeping schedule. I'm haphazard with all three right now and it's taking a toll on my health and well being. Plus, when I get a dog, I'll need to be on a schedule. Dogs like routine.
• Set a daily/weekly posting schedule for my blog.
• Set a daily/weekly cleaning and organizing schedule for my apartment. I'm good at cleaning and organizing, I'm not good at doing it regularly.
• Create an office/working area that's comfortable and fun.
• Explore a hobby that doesn't involving spending (much) money or being in front of a computer or TV.
• Make an effort to connect with or help someone each day, outside of work.
• Read more books, eat more veggies, cure cancer.

I think it's all pretty realistic!

This is how I eat ice cream, too.

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I just ordered three very unrelated books

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Surviving Saturn's Return: Overcoming the Most Tumultuous Time of Your Life by Sherene Schostak and Stefanie Iris Weiss
• Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories by Tikva Frymer-Kensky

Maybe there's a connection among the three? The first just caught my eye. The second I picked up because I'm about to turn 30 and I'm a big fan of turning to books to solve all of life's little problems. The third goes back to an interest I have in women in the Bible that I haven't taken the time to really read about, other than the novel The Red Tent.

I shouldn't even be buying more books until I read some of the ones I already have. Not to mention that it's just more to pack for the move next month. Oh well.