A new year. A big year!

It’s the year I turn the big 3-0.

It’s really shocking when you realize just how fast time has flown. Whoever told me that the years just slip by you once you turn 25 was right. I loved being 25. If I could go back in time, it would be to that year, exactly. Twenty-five was a phenomenal year. I had completed my first year in law school. I lived abroad by myself for a couple of months. I started what most people would categorize as a lukewarm, but extremely interesting dating life. What happened after that? It all seems like a complete blur.

Whether I like it or not, and whether I’m ready for it or not, 30 is coming…

These days, I find myself often wondering if I am where I thought I would be 10 years ago, 20 years ago. For the most part, I think I’ve done OK. My biggest dream for myself was going to law school and becoming a lawyer. Check! But I need and want so much more from my professional life now, than I ever thought I did. And when it comes to my personal life, at least my romantic life, it’s sorely lacking. I definitely thought I’d be married by the time I turned 30, but alas the search continues…

And then, there are things that I never imagined would be part of my life. Running has been one of life’s little surprises. The road has been bumpy these past couple of months, but I want and hope that running will be a lifelong love affair, not just some hot, summer fling.

Now that 2009 is well under way, I’ve been thinking long, and hard about what my goals are for this year. There are really only a handful.

1. lose 20lbs by my 30th birthday
2. start saving more regularly
3. find a job and stay there for more than a year =P
4. run at least one marathon
5. run at least one 5k
6. run at least one 10k
7. run at least the SF half marathon and one other half marathon (not including Surf City)
8. dip into 10:xx minute miles
9. take one international trip
10. visit a domestic city I’ve never visited