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What do YOU want to do before you turn 30?

By Lara Howsam I entered the responses of people into a . Click on the picture to see the visualization of…

By Lara Howsam , in Almost 30 and Counting: How to seize the day , on March 19, 2010 Tags: , , ,

By Lara Howsam

I entered the responses of people into a . Click on the picture to see the visualization of what people want to do before they turn 30.

Here are some of the responses:

  • Visit, at least, one of the of the world and 1 of the ! (female, 23)
  • Sky dive! (male, 15)
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  • Get a real job. (female, 25)
  • Travel to every continent. However, the way my student loans are ripping away my bank account I might have to wait until my pension comes in for that. (female, 26)
  • Move to California. (female, 22)
  • I want to be on Oprah…but seriously I do! (female, 24)
  • Retire! (male, 27)
  • I want to backpack all over Europe before 30. (female, 25)
  • Get married, and open a restaurant where you can actually get organic, healthy food! (female, 24)
  • Finish all three of my degrees – Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work, and Masters of Social Work. (female, 25)
  • I’d like to graduate, and maybe find myself – that’s deep! (male, 26)
  • Run with the bulls in Spain, feed a , ride a bull, and run a marathon (male, 24)
  • Have my student loans paid off. (female, 24)
  • I want to find a career I am passionate about – a career that allows me to stop regretting giving up on my first passion of dancing. I want to learn how to speak French! I want to find someone the absolutely PERFECT gift, and watch them open it! (female, 25)
  • , Do my MBA in California, Surf in Indonesia, and Visit India (female, 26)
  • How about not turn 30!? (male, 27)
  • Come what may! (male, 24)
  • Have a job where I make money. (female, 22)
  • Complete my education. (female, 26)
  • Sky dive, publish a book, and travel to every continent. (female, 23)
  • Get paid for a piece of journalism. (male, 25)
  • Have more gay experiences, and have a career path (female, 23)
  • Have enough money to buy an RV and go on a road trip to every single to watch a hockey game. (female, 22)
  • Travel for an extended period of time – like 6 months. (male, 26)

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