Whatever it is, it has felt significant and weighty to me for years.
I turned 34 a few weeks ago, and several months before that, I decided that I wanted to make the year between 34 and 35 into something fun by giving myself some adventure/fun/wanted-to-forever goals - to be more precise, 34 goals before I hit 35. I wrote the list well before my birthday, but am just now getting around to sharing it publicly, because, you know, life.
If you'd like to join me in any one of these, please name it and claim it! I'd love company, and the goal is for this to be fun. The goal is for these to be tangible, attainable, adventure-oriented, fun, and not (too) work-related! No further ado, here's the list:
1) Get highlights - never done it, always wanted to try it, got enough gray hairs to justify it!
2) Eat at Top of the Hub - lived here a decade, and never done it, it's long overdue.
3) Take the kids to NYC (maybe on the train? They'd love that!)
4) Take a trip with Jon, just the two of us - this is an annual item, but including it none-the-less!
5) Go hiking with Jon - maybe tackle Washington again, but take him along this time!? We always have good conversations and make good memories when we're roaming, but haven't done it solo in years.
6) Run a half-marathon - the last time I did this was in 2011, and it was a good life discipline as well as lots of fun (except the part where we took the last two months off from training and then ran it cold turkey...) I'd love to get back on the running horse, and this is a good stretch goal for me!
7) Write a viral-ish blog post - how does one make that happen? can you? It's probably dumb luck half the time? And other times, it just involves writing well, writing relevant, writing often, and putting your content out there in more than one location - so that's what I'm going to try to do.
8) Release a pattern for Murph&Moose - I've got a few in the works, just haven't actually released them. Time to make that happen.
9) Plant sunflowers - they're my favorite flowers, but I never actually remember to plant them
10) Buy a house? (hahahaha) But maybe if I put it here as a goal, that will lead us to begin laying the next steps for it sometime in the next century. It's one of those things you should do as you become a grown-up, right?
11) Blog or write weekly - it's life-giving for my soul and good for my brain.
12) Spend time each day in reading, quiet time, and reflection, even if it's just 5 minutes
13) Get to know 3 new neighbors
14) Learn how to make a buttonhole correctly - I'm an excellent seamstress, but this is one skill which I am embarrassed to say that I have never mastered, rarely use, and still have to hack when I do. This is going to be the year that I learn!
15) Go on a monthly date night - same goal as last year, but it's been great, so I'd like to keep it up!
16) Find a job? Or have a clear career idea that I pursue, as we move toward having all three kids in school in a year or so.
17) Join a CSA - I'd happily take recommendations! We love fruits and veggies and eating local, but need to not break the bank. We've talked about it for years, but I think I'd like to do it this year!
18) Get a tattoo - wanted to for years, but have always been broke, pregnant, nursing, or dealing with life, or all of the above.
19) Take a class in something - I like learning, and parenthood has made my brain kind of squishy.
20) Finally go to counseling (again) - the events of this last year make this a really healthy choice for me, and I'm saying it out loud so that I'll actually make the phone call.
21) Go ice skating with Jon - or at least go ice skating without requiring a Bobby the Seal 😂😂
22) Write hand-written letters more often
23) Finish 5 books - this might seem like a low number, but with 3 little kids, a husband, and a small business, it hasn't happened the last several years, and I'd like to change that.
24) Go to Patriots Training Camp for Jon - he's wanted to for years and we've never made it happen. This year, I'm going to try to make sure that we make it out!
25) Get a massage - I have a gift certificate for one, just haven't done it yet and need to use it sometime in the next 6 years! ;) Time to make that relaxation happen, but making personal pampering time is tricky sometimes.
26) Family trip to DC
27) (Finally) Plan and execute a themed family Halloween costume
28) Drink more water than coffee each day - shouldn't have to be a goal, buuuuuuut it is.
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30) Be intentional with one-on-one time with each of the kids
31) Continue watching Oscar Movies - specifically, finally watch 127 hours, so we can mark 2010 as complete on our Oscar Best Picture Nominees list. For the past 5 years, Jon and I have been watching through every movie ever nominated for Best Picture (all 500+ of them). 2010 is complete except for 127 Hours, and somehow I'm just never in the mood for 20 minutes of sawing off a limb.
32) Create space to go deeper with a few good friends
33) Make a Quark toy - I've been looking for ways to integrate my physics background with my love of sewing, and I've been dreaming about this one for a while!
34) Write out family rules of life - these are very pinterest-y projects these days, elegantly written out values, principles, and rules that we expect our family to be shaped by (e.g. in our house we... say we're sorry when we're wrong... see failure as an opportunity to learn.. clean up our own messes... value the brother over the toy, etc). But I love the simple clarity that they provide for shaping character and would like to think this through for our family.
What about you? What goals do you have for this year?
Do you have a milestone birthday coming up? What would you like to accomplish before then?
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