Age Thirty Cometh: The Birthday that Inspired a Change

Quickly approaching the age of 30, I've realized that, in my zeal to advance my career and rack up professional accomplishments, I have allowed way too many things to slip onto the back burner, particularly things that are simply for recreation or enjoyment.  So while I have a resume, I don't know that I have a well-rounded life.

With that thought haunting my mind, I started to make a list of all of those things sitting on the back burner.  Arguably, I'm too young for a bucket list, so it's a by 31 list.  It is full of things that I have wanted to try from riding in a hot air balloon to learning how to cook at least one amazing meal to attending the opera.  The list is long and it is varied, but hopefully ticking my way through it will help me discover aspects of myself that I never knew were there. 

This blog will chronicle my experiences along this thirteen month journey.  Maybe it is a little narcissistic to think the world will care to join me on this journey.  But then again "Eat, Pray, Love" was a New York Times Best Seller and was made into a movie.  Could a young bachelor-based journey of self-discovery also induce an Oprah fueled frenzy?

I'm sure that making the radar screen of Oprah and her audience would cause me to do leaps of joy that rivaled Tom's!


Or maybe it will just serve as an occasional good lifestyle read that features wonderful experiences in and around Baltimore.  I guess we will see.

I'd be remiss if I did not mention two bloggers, who have indirectly inspired this very amateur blogger.  While I have never met their authors, Pigtown Design and Reggie Darling have become must read blogs.  Their writers are captivating, and their posts are entertaining.  But more importantly they demonstrate the camaraderie one can develop sharing their stories via blogging.