I’m still working my way through the birthday challenge bucket list! I’ve completed 15 out of 30 and plans are in place to complete the remaining items before my 30th birthday in July!
I look at life differently since starting this list. I have cut things out of my life that don’t bring me joy. I’ve learned that I really love scuba diving. So much that I’ve decided to become PADI certified. I’ve read more this year.
And more importantly, I’ve made great memories with friends by intentionally setting aside time to squeeze every last drop out of life.
I have always wanted to try surfing. I love the beach and any kind of water sports. Surfing is really dang hard. Much harder than I ever thought. Now I understand why those surfer guys always have ripped abs.
We rented a surfboard for a week on our trip to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The very first day was actually the easiest. I was able to catch some waves, some on my knees and some standing.
After the first day, I could hardly drag myself up out of the bed! I felt like I had been hit by a truck. My arms and ribs and hips all felt like jello. I used muscles I didn’t know I had!
I drank a bunch of ocean water. I wiped out, a lot, and got pummeled by waves and sometimes my board. I still have a nasty bruise on my leg from getting hit on the back of my knee with the surfboard.
We specifically spent Spring Break in Wrightsville Beach because it’s known as a surfer town. The waves were perfect every day that we were there. And the ocean was full of surfers, especially near Johnie Mercer’s Pier. Sometimes 40-50 surfers catching waves at the same time!
Surfing in the ocean was one of the ones on the list that I wasn’t sure if I could complete. I’m so glad I did it. And thankful for my husband who tried it with me, even though he hates cold water! It was a fun experience. Just don’t expect to see me shredding waves in a competition anytime soon!
That sounds like such an amazing experience. Can you believe that I actually don;t know how to swim, but I would LOVE to watch my husband and boys try this 🙂
Girl you need some swimming lessons! I started swimming at a very young age. My kids were the same way!
I love to watch others surf and I love the beach. I just don’t like to go in the ocean unless it’s in the Caribbean where I can see the bottom. I’ve caught too many sharks while fishing in the ocean and I have a thing about going in water that I can’t see the bottom. 🙂 So glad you’re one step closer to completing your bucket list.
Haha, I love the ocean but it still makes me nervous too! Especially when you’re way out there, and your legs are dangling off that surfboard into the water!
Surfing is something I always wished I could do. I would have loved to have grown up on the water. You have a great list there! I read books constantly, so I’m good there. I don’t tan well though lol.
I would love to live at the beach! I put the book one on the list because I’m always reading half a book and never finishing it! I have a stack of books next to my bed. I’ve started all of them but only finished one!
Nice! I have never been surfing before and I’m not sure if that is something I want to do. I’ve tried paddle boarding and love it though!
This is awesome! I love that you have a 30 before 30 list. Things were so insanely busy with my guys (different medical things) that I feel like the end of my 20s were a blur. I hope you’re able to accomplish everything!
I would love to try surfing! But, the same as you? I’d end up drinking a lot of the ocean! LOL. Looks like a blast!
From the looks of your bucket list you are slowly marking off everything listed. Surfing is something I have never done and like to watch but not interested in participating. Good for you, keep it going.
Wow, this is a great list. I’m almost 50 and haven’t done many of the things you listed. I’ve been thinking lately, that I need to work on some of these.
That’s a fun bucket list! There are always so many things I want to do every year. It’s great to keep track of those things on a list so you can have a little more motivation!
You are so much braver than me! You look good on the water! Keep up the surfing!
This list is awesome. It definitely makes one think about the important things and leaving all the less meaningful things to drift by the wayside. Great post.
I love this bucket list of yours. I have to make one too. It would be nice to be able to tick off the things you’ve done! I have not tried surfing even when I was younger. I just enjoy watching those agile people riding the waves without fear!
This looks like an awesome before your thirty bucket list. I would love to have done a birthday challenge like this before I was 30 or even 40. Surfing is something I have on my bucket list before I die. Thanks for sharing and good luck in finishing your list before you turn 30 in July.
Surfing looks like fun! You have a great list – some of these should be fun and easy to accomplish. Good luck!
I LOVE your bucketlist. I wish I would have made one myself. You go, girl!
Your bucketlist is awesome! I know you still can cross off a few items in there before July. Hmmnn, you just inspired me to create my own bucketlist.
Wow, that is so awesome! Good for you! =) I think surfing looks so cool to watch.
I too have a 30 before 30 bucketlist and my birthday is this July. I still have a while to go back excited regardless. Good luck with yours
Surfing looks fun! I am not a good swimmer, so i will start away from ocean water!