I’m working through my 2016 Create Your Shining Year Workbook and there is a section to list 100 things to do in 2016. I did this in 2012 (and posted my list), but I didn’t actually get very far. In fact, after saying I would come back and mark the items I completed, I never did. The main reason is that I approached the list the wrong way. I had some lofty goals, but a lot of them were hard to track, such as “take photos of street signs I love” – how do I quantify that? How do I know when I’m “done” and can check it off my list? Do I have to take photos of 3 street signs I love? 45? And what if I don’t see that many street signs I love in a year? So I ended up not doing that at all, and gave up on most of the rest too. And then refused to even write another list in following years, because why bother when I never finished the 2012 list?
This year, I’ve decided to start with the old list. I removed things I have done, things I no longer want to do, and things that were too vague. I changed a few to make them more achievable. I left a few things that still seem impossible, like getting a car. Then, it was time to add to my list. Hopefully this year I will be able to accomplish almost everything!
- end year with no credit card debt
- get a car
- sell a painting or collage
read Women Who Run With The Wolves – don’t take noteswin another NaNoWriMo- do a new Carle-esque artwork
do morning pages for 30 straight daystake a sabbath day – no computerdo karaokeread an autobiography NOT written for childrenget a pedicureread the 2016 Newbery award winnerend the year with $3000 in my savings account- paint something big
- do the Goddess Haven ecourse
do a jigsaw puzzleplant a seedlaugh until it hurts- take a 4+ hour drive
write a poemtake a bubble bath- paint a self-portrait
learn how to make Mom’s candy cane cookiesset a timer and do 20 minutes of silent meditation- do a faerie painting similar to my mermaid
- create a signature dessert using creme de menthe
- attend a flea market
- throw a dinner party
- design and create an outfit for myself. wear it.
- apply for Wheel of Fortune again
create a mandalado a Tarot/Oracle card reading for someone other than myselftake a photowalkcelebrate a little milestone with homemade brownies… with a birthday candle in itmake a list of the 5 most inspirational books I’ve ever read……and make someone read one- make artwork about Mark and give it to him
- start Charlotte’s collage
- paint pretty colors on a real live tree
- get a Bedazzler, use it, and *wear* my new stuff in public
get a massagecreate my own ice cream flavor- celebrate Pink and Black Day
create another holidaygo on a walk with Mark- don’t wait until Halloween to figure out a rockin’ costume
try to write a song- write a 5 minute stand-up comedy routine so I will be prepared should the opportunity ever arise
bake a cake from scratchlisten to a chakra meditation- edit and print High School Soap Opera
- write and illustrate a picture book
teach Charlotte how to sing and sign a songtake on The 52 Lists Project- take a solo train ride that is NOT for my work commute
- take Charlotte to a beach
send a handwritten letterplay Scrabble with Dadplay cards with Momsend someone flowers for no reasonsee a play- make s’mores over a campfire
- go on a date with Mark for Valentine’s Day; hire a baby-sitter
create a sacred space in my home- get cupcakes from Flour and Sun Bakery for my birthday
read Eat, Pray, Love, then watch the moviethrow Charlotte a 2nd birthday party- have a Girls’ Day with Z and Charlotte
try a new recipego on the swings with Charlottevisit Canada- spend an afternoon in AC Moore and don’t spend any money
- take Charlotte to her first Mets game
take Charlotte to a Renegades gamewatch a movie in the theater- ride a roller coaster or ferris wheel
go swimming with Charlottetake Charlotte to the Bronx Zoowatch the sun rise and set on the same day- go to an antique store
- get my typewriter fixed
go to a museumhave a Hunger Games marathontake Charlotte outside in the grass on a sunny day for some groundingget reiki- get a Tarot reading for my birthday again
get new sheetsget Charlotte ice cream from an ice cream truck- make my own soap with essential oils
- take Charlotte on a picnic at Bowdoin Park
make a pressed-flower bookmark- take Charlotte to Boscobel to see the gardens
- find a place for Charlotte to feed the ducks
- go see the ocean
take Charlotte to the Dutchess County Balloon Festival (July-ish)go to the Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Show (September-ish)- finish the skirt I started sewing years ago (get a new little sewing machine?)
finish watching every episode of ERcreate art with Charlotte- create and abandon one piece of art every month
*Items crossed out have been completed.
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