10 things to do by age 30

• When I pulled out the number two and nine candles to stick on my cake last month and someone exclaimed, "You're 92!?!" -- it hit me: People are going to start thinking I'm old. I don't think 29 is old -- or 30. But for many, the age of thirty is a milestone. It's when you supposedly say goodbye to youth, and depart from your carefree 20s. A quick search of #almost30 and #30before30 on Twitter or Instagram will get you gripes about aches and pains, "travelgrams" and plenty of identity crises. It could be considered the threshold when you are supposed to have everything figured out -- which rarely is the case for anyone. Yet the 20s shouldn't be a wasted decade. In fact, the 20s can, if you let them, be a decade that helps better prepare you for your future. For me, this last year of my 20s represents a chance to reflect on and evaluate my life and the growth I've had in the past decade, accomplish goals and check a few things off of my bucket list. So whet...