The Official 30 by 30 List.

1. Travel to Europe (completed in March 2013)

2. Be a pescetarian for two consecutive months (completed on 11/2/2012)

3. Join a book club (completed on 10/9/2012)

4. Create a signature healthy snack

5. Make a quilt

6. Create/Join a support group for mental health professionals

7. Spend a weekend with Heather and MK in a different city (completed in June 2012) 

8. Decorate a fancy, tiered cake (completed on 11/30/2013)

9. Go dancing with Micah

10. Attend an Alabama football game (completed on 11/23/2013)

11. Do a mini triathlon or a half-century (completed on 6/16/2012)

12. Get close to completing my clinical house for my LCSW (maybe 2500?) (completed in Nov 2013)

13. Take couple pictures with Micah (completed AFTER - on 12/8/2013)

14. Host a dinner party

15. Spend a weekend in Las Vegas with Ali and Alberto (completed in December 2012)

16. Go camping with Micah (completed in July & October 2012)

17. Get a massage (completed in June 2013 & Dec 2013)

18. Visit Lake Tahoe (completed in June 2013)

19. Attend a foster care orientation meeting

20. Volunteer at an organization I care about (completed throughout 2012 & 2013)

21. Send a random gift to a friend (completed in October 2013)

22. Sell an item on etsy

23. Find a plant that I can keep alive (for a least 6 months) (completed on 2/4/2013)

24. Plan and make a 5-course meal (completed on 9/2/2013)

25. Sign up for a CSA box (completed in April 2013)

26. Take a mental health day and see a movie by myself

27. Write a poem

28. Donate blood

29. Run Bay to Breakers (completed on 5/19/2013)

30. Celebrate my 30th birthday in style (completed on 12/1/2013)

On being a Pescetarian for 2 months.

In the beginning of this year I created a 30 by 30 list (30 things that I want to accomplish before turning 30). For me, this decision was about stretching myself to incorporate different experiences into my life and being intentional with goals (big and small) that I have.

One of the things on my list was to be a pescetarian for 2 months.

There were a couple reasons I wanted to give pescetarianism a try. First, I wanted to detox a little from the meat products that I intake and increase the amount of vegetables I eat. Second, I wanted to challenge myself to try something that I knew would be difficult for me. Because, I'll be honest, I like the taste of chicken tikka masala and a hamburger and lentil and sausage soup. And, third, I wanted an excuse to explore seafood a little bit more and take advantage of the plethora of seafood options living by the ocean brings.

Things that I learned about myself while being a pescetarian for 2 months, in no particular order:

                     1. Seafood is often a more expensive protein option, but it's also a very tasty one.
                     2. After a few meals of eating tofu, my stomach sometimes hurt.
                     3. I do not need to each meat that much.
                     4. There were times that I really craved eating meat.
                     5. Some non-meat "meat" alternatives are tasty (e.g. Morning Start sausage patties) and
                         others are not (e.g. Litelife sausage links - yuck!).
                     6. I felt awkward telling other people that I was being pescetarian, because I did not want
                         others to feel inconvenienced by my own dietary decisions (whether or not they felt
                         that way).
                     7. Sushi is SO good, and I should have eaten it more than once during my two month
                         stint as a pescetarian.

Wrapping up, I'm glad I did it and I want to incorporate the things I learned about myself into my eating habits moving forward.