I’ve been thinking about this past year. Though lately I have been trying new thing - acupuncture, cupping, asking a guy out, etc the rest of the year has been pretty stagnant. I got in a rut. I really didn’t push myself or really work on improving much this year.
I don’t want 2020 to be that way. Once I realized that I have been so directionless I have started to embrace trying new things and forcing myself to push past both the fear and procrastination I have a tendency of falling into, especially since I work from home and my home is incredibly comfortable.
So I started to put together a list. The list is a wide range of crap that I want to do. Since there is so much of it I tried to focus any thing that would take time such as a skill to a very specific low level of development goal. Some - doing the whole thing is pretty low level but others I picked a very specific item like a certain song to learn. This way it is clear when I accomplish the goal.
Others I just say try such as certain classes or such. These are things I have been interested in but not sure it is really something I want to pursue fully. This way I don’t feel pressure to learn it correctly but to at least try it.
So why list them out publicly? Because putting it out there makes me accountable. Because putting them out can also encourage someone who might have always wanted to try one go Hey Diane - I want to come with you to that. Or maybe it’s oh hey Diane I know the exact place to go take a class on that. And that encourages me to do it as well. So it all works in my favor.
I have already started on some of these. I will probably start an extra credit list to add other things that I think of trying as I go. And I will probably cross some off before the end of this year. I will probably have to update the website and have a checklist on the side to show what I have crossed off versus what’s left. But that is the point. To really focus myself into going out and trying things, not to just sit around watching sports or YouTube. I love both but I also want to live my life, not just watch other peoples.
Goals to accomplish by End of 2020
1. Finish Novel from Nanowrimo challenge including Edit
2. Learn Photoshop – Photoshop a picture I would frame
3. Learn Video Editing – Edit a video I shot with transitions
4. Bench 70 Lbs
5. Run a 10 minute mile without knee pain
6. Fit into the Betty Paige Dress
7. Help a person/company/non-profit build a social media plan
8. Follow a Budget
9. Learn Archery – hit target consistently well at 25m with 30 lb bow
10. Make recipe book for family/friends
11. Join a Board
12. Visit Puerto Rico
13. Learn to Juggle – 3 balls
14. Solve a rubix cube in under one minute
15. Sing in front of people
16. Finish a half marathon
17. Learn to make Wela’s soup
18. Make Dad’s pie
19. Do the splits
20. Do a handstand and hold for a minute (feet touching okay)
21. Certificate from MIT
22. Try a pole dancing class
23. Try an aerial silks class
24. Learn to salsa – basic moves and rhythm
25. Learn to tango – basic moves and rhythm
26. Try a cycle class
27. See a medium
28. No pop for a month
29. New Tattoo
30. Speak easy convo with Wela in Spanish
31. Make Great Grandma’s stuffed grape leaves
32. Make three tier cake
33. Sew a new apron
34. Embroider new apron
35. Spend an entire day (at least 8 hours) at the beach
36. Learn Calligraphy (one type)
37. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride
38. Take a ski class
39. Take a gun safety class
40. Learn to pick a lock
41. Learn to play guitar – be able to play Hand in my Pocket
42. Learn to change a tire
43. Take a glass blowing class
44. Get my passport
45. Spend a day in bed on purpose
46. Rock climbing (try again)
47. Go skinny dipping
48. Host an outdoor movie night
49. Attend a Ted Talk
50. Learn to hacky sack
51. Plank for 5 minutes
52. Make homemade pasta
53. Make boozy chocolates
54. Start a fire without matches
55. Get hypnotized
56. Learn to blow a smoke ring
57. Go to a destruction room
58. Make a balloon animal
59. Draw a face that looks recognizable as a face
60. Go to shooting range with siblings
61. Learn to use my camera
62. Try fencing
63. Go paintballing
64. Try Bubble Fighting
65. Go ziplining
66. Try jetpacketing
67. Try a herbal body wrap
68. Try CrossFit
69. Go to Yuri’s Night
70. Have my aura read
71. Have a cabin getaway
72. Try Pakour
73. Eat a dry-aged steak
74. Try a pilates class (with reformer)
75. Take a barre class (with equipment)
76. Go to a Ninja Warrior Gym (purely for fun)