Just about 2 years ago, I set myself a 33-item challenge for my 33rd birthday. I have roughly another year to complete my “33 in 3” challenge; here’s where I’ve landed so far — I need to get to work!:

My 33 in 3:

1. Move to the mountains
2. Complete an overnight hike
3. Complete a hike alone
4. Create trail magic
5. Complete a National Parks race
6. Visit the Mighty 5 National Parks in Utah
7. Volunteer at a National Park
8. Volunteer for a literacy cause
9. Get a tattoo
10. Hold a conversation in German
11. Take a 101 class in a new language
12. Take a cooking class
13. Participate in a writing group
14. Publish my chapbook
15. Own crow pose
16. Try stand up paddle boarding
17. Try a fitness bootcamp
18. Try ziplining
19. Revisit archery/thrown weapons
20. Host a dinner party
21. Learn to identify 10 constellations
22. Learn to identify 10 trees
23. Write letters to 10 of my living heroes
24. Have visited at least 40 states
25. Complete Paul Strickland’s movie list
26. Spend a month without television
27. Spend a day without sugar
28. Spend a day without speaking
29. Read all of Willa Cather’s novels
30. Babysit a friend/relative’s kid
31. Take the GRE (technically I have not done this, but was accepted to grad school without it!)
32. Get CPR certified
33. Eat at a 5-star restaurant