Things I Did In My 20's

Today marks the day I landed on the land of opportunities 9 years back. What did I do in these last 8.5 years during my 20's ? Since the Internet is obsessed with list of things you should do by age 30. I wrote the list of things I did ;)

I ran, I traveled, I hustled, I hiked, I dabbled in many things

A quick recap on some of the accomplishments I can remember

Running

• Ran a marathon in 6 continents* 
• Ran a marathon in 42+ states*
• Ran a sub 3:19 marathon*
• Ran Ragnar Relays in DC twice and in California

Traveling 

• Traveled to  6 continents *
• Visited 3 wonders of the world* 
• Visited 9+ countries* 
• Lived in a foreign country 
• Lived in the east coast, west coast of USA. Moved to San Francisco
• Visted my Great Grand parents houses
• Took my dad to the sacred temples he wanted to see.
• Visited Mahatma Gandhi's Birth Place.

Hustling

• Worked in Corporate America and Startup America
• Incorporated 2 companies 

Mountains 

• Summited Kilimanjaro the highest point in Africa.
• Summited few 14’ers : Pikes Peak, Mount Shasta
• Summited few other mountains.
• Mount Gordon lyons, Wolverine Peak -  Anchorage, Alaska 
• Mount Sentinel - Missoula, Montana
• Mount Monadnock - Keene, New Hampshire 
• Mount Tam - East  - Mill valley, California
• Mount Diablo - Danville, California 
• Mission Peak - Fremont, California 
• Mount Rendezvous - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• Mount Wittenberg - Point Reyes, California
• many more...

Public Speaking

• Dabbled in Public speaking through Toastmasters
• Gave 10 speeches and was awarded Competent Communicator
• Gave 10+ more speeches and was awarded Advanced Communicator Silver

• Dabbled in Improv
• Attended improv classes and graduated from improv 101

Dabbling

• Did swimming in the pool and got a level of consistently finishing 5 laps without stopping for long.
• Did bowling 
• Did skydiving in Northshore of Hawaii
• Did scuba diving in Great Barrier Reef
• Did white water rafting in South Fork American River
• Did kayaking in Point Reyes
• Did horse riding 
• Did Ice Skating
• Did a tough mudder in Napa 
• Did indoor rock climbing and got upto 5.10d
• Gave a speech to room of 50+ members 
• Did blogging 
• Started writing 
• Read 25+ books
• Did improv 
• Shot a Gun
• Got comfortable with dogs and took care of Sparky and even ran with him.
• Experimented with hair styles and beard
• Did a social experiment with my beard.

Friends 

• Have friends from all the 6 continents
• Have friends from 42+ states

Finances

• cleared off debt twice (my student loans and my sisters wedding)

Education on Paper

• Got a bachelors degree in computer science 
• Got masters degree in computer science 

*P.S: I did so many things this year after turning 30, those things haven't been included. The above list is all the things I did in my twenty's (20-29)