35 things to do before I am 35

At one point I had a list of 30 things to do before I turned 30. COVID made it very apparent that I would be nowhere near finishing those things, so here are instead 35(!) things I want to do before I turn 35!

Career

1. Deliver a presentation to more than 200 people (Done: Google I/O and AMP Conf)
2. Deliver a presentation to more than 500 people (Done: Google I/O and AMP Conf)
3. Have a sponsor
4. Be a Product Manager
5. Be someone’s mentor
6. Be the Google equivalent of L7
   1. Be L5 before 30
   2. Be L6 before 32
   3. Be L7 before 35
7. Quit a team
8. Quit a company

Self sustainable

9. Live by myself for 2 years
10. Be able to manage my own finances
    1. Budget
    2. Investments
    3. Retirement
       1. 401 (k)
       2. Roth IRA
       3. HSA
11. Learn how to drive
12. Learn how to ride a bike
13. Buy a car
14. Have 200 recipes that I can do with confidence:
    1. Baking
    2. Cooking

Personal

15. Be the Citizen of another country other than Pakistan
16. Be married
17. Have 2 kids
18. Buy a house

Self love

19. Be confident in my body
    1. Be proud of the way I look in a swimsuit
20. Have a regular workout routine
21. Have run a half marathon
22. Throw a dinner party for more than 12 people
    1. Cook everything
23. Have travelled for a week alone
24. Take a month long holiday 
25. Do something that scares me:
    1. Bungee jump
    2. Sky diving again? (This time shouldn’t need to be pushed off)

Interests (11)

26. Have travelled to every continent on the planet (except Antarctica)
    1. Asia
    2. Europe
    3. Australia
    4. North America
    5. South America
    6. Africa
27. Get a tattoo/ nose piercing
28. Get a second set of ear piercings
29. Have read more than 30 books a year for 10 years continously (Ages 25 - 35)
30. Be a part of a sustained book club for 5 years
31. Know how to swim
32. Have 50 listeners on podcast/month
33. Learn to play the keyboard
34. Speak a new language
35. Splurge on a Michelin star meal