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!

1. end year with no credit card debt
2. get a car
3. sell a painting or collage
4. read Women Who Run With The Wolves – don’t take notes
5. win another NaNoWriMo
6. do a new Carle-esque artwork
7. do morning pages for 30 straight days
8. take a sabbath day – no computer
9. do karaoke
10. read an autobiography NOT written for children
11. get a pedicure
12. read the 2016 Newbery award winner
13. end the year with $3000 in my savings account
14. paint something big
15. do the Goddess Haven ecourse
16. do a jigsaw puzzle
17. plant a seed
18. laugh until it hurts
19. take a 4+ hour drive
20. write a poem
21. take a bubble bath
22. paint a self-portrait
23. learn how to make Mom’s candy cane cookies
24. set a timer and do 20 minutes of silent meditation
25. do a faerie painting similar to my mermaid
26. create a signature dessert using creme de menthe
27. attend a flea market
28. throw a dinner party
29. design and create an outfit for myself. wear it.
30. apply for Wheel of Fortune again
31. create a mandala
32. do a Tarot/Oracle card reading for someone other than myself
33. take a photowalk
34. celebrate a little milestone with homemade brownies… with a birthday candle in it
35. make a list of the 5 most inspirational books I’ve ever read…
36. …and make someone read one
37. make artwork about Mark and give it to him
38. start Charlotte’s collage
39. paint pretty colors on a real live tree
40. get a Bedazzler, use it, and *wear* my new stuff in public
41. get a massage
42. create my own ice cream flavor
43. celebrate Pink and Black Day
44. create another holiday
45. go on a walk with Mark
46. don’t wait until Halloween to figure out a rockin’ costume
47. try to write a song
48. write a 5 minute stand-up comedy routine so I will be prepared should the opportunity ever arise
49. bake a cake from scratch
50. listen to a chakra meditation
51. edit and print High School Soap Opera
52. write and illustrate a picture book
53. teach Charlotte how to sing and sign a song
54. take on The 52 Lists Project
55. take a solo train ride that is NOT for my work commute
56. take Charlotte to a beach
57. send a handwritten letter
58. play Scrabble with Dad
59. play cards with Mom
60. send someone flowers for no reason
61. see a play
62. make s’mores over a campfire
63. go on a date with Mark for Valentine’s Day; hire a baby-sitter
64. create a sacred space in my home
65. get cupcakes from Flour and Sun Bakery for my birthday
66. read Eat, Pray, Love, then watch the movie
67. throw Charlotte a 2nd birthday party
68. have a Girls’ Day with Z and Charlotte
69. try a new recipe
70. go on the swings with Charlotte
71. visit Canada
72. spend an afternoon in AC Moore and don’t spend any money
73. take Charlotte to her first Mets game
74. take Charlotte to a Renegades game
75. watch a movie in the theater
76. ride a roller coaster or ferris wheel
77. go swimming with Charlotte
78. take Charlotte to the Bronx Zoo
79. watch the sun rise and set on the same day
80. go to an antique store
81. get my typewriter fixed
82. go to a museum
83. have a Hunger Games marathon
84. take Charlotte outside in the grass on a sunny day for some grounding
85. get reiki
86. get a Tarot reading for my birthday again
87. get new sheets
88. get Charlotte ice cream from an ice cream truck
89. make my own soap with essential oils
90. take Charlotte on a picnic at Bowdoin Park
91. make a pressed-flower bookmark
92. take Charlotte to Boscobel to see the gardens
93. find a place for Charlotte to feed the ducks
94. go see the ocean
95. take Charlotte to the Dutchess County Balloon Festival (July-ish)
96. go to the Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Show (September-ish)
97. finish the skirt I started sewing years ago (get a new little sewing machine?)
98. finish watching every episode of ER
99. create art with Charlotte
100. create and abandon one piece of art every month

*Items crossed out have been completed.

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