"Why," you ask?
Why! Because I am turning 30 in thirteen days! That's why! And I feel like the things I said I wanted to do should still at least be given a shot. Trust me when I say I tend to give things a chance well after the expiration date.
Here's a handful of accomplishments:
We have a real bed, as opposed to a futon frame with a mattress thrown onto it.
I had a consistent exercise/yoga routine for a few months. It counts.
I've done a professional photo shoot with hubby.
Find a way to make art and make money in a consistent way. (sewing, sewing, sewing...)
I was cooking for others more... then I started sewing more, and I saw no one.
Be less cynical. (I go in seasons - but I swear I'm better than before)
I had a professional massage (once again, thank you Erin and Katy!)
I did an MS Walk last April.
We went camping this past year and it was AWESOME. We're working on camping more.
I'm pretty sure I eat better than I used to when I started this list.
One of my goals was to go to a city I have never been to before, and we went drove to Clearwater, Florida.
I've been able to visit my brother a little more than usual, which is nice.
I'd like to apply to more art shows in the coming year, but I am in a year-long exhibit at a college right now and I'm in an exhibition I'm curating, coming up in January. Which is more than the previous year, so I AM COUNTING IT.
My artspace at home is kind of more conducive to making art... however now it's getting cluttered with the many products of said the art making.
Here's what I still want to do:
Ride a bike in the city. I promise to find someone to take a video of me being terror stricken while riding down a Philadelphia street.
Would you believe I still haven't gone on a legit picnic, you know, with basket and blanket in tow?
I still think it would be fun to go on a Philadelphia Tour of some kind.
I think it's a little late for me to try going somewhere outside of the US on my birthday, considering I don't even have a passport. So the goal is for me to get a passport and then jump over the border if I can.
I'd still like to take a self defense class, just in case.
....and an art class again (an encaustic class would be my dream) or have access to a printing studio...
Seriously, guys, I would love to have a separate studio for my painting and art-ing. ... Seriously.
It would still be kind of cool to jump in on an Improv Everywhere... uh.. somehow.
You know, I wanted to participate in the Sketchbook Project, and I still kinda do. But I think instead I really want to spend time developing a "business" out of the stuffed animals I sew.
I still think I should start making a comic revolving around our cats, Autumn and Tobia, having adventures.
Reviewing this list reminds me that I am still failing at writing in my prayer journal. I should get on top of that because there are so many crazy things in my head.
Originally one of my goals was to participate in a print exchange again. I would love this. But seeing that much of my time is spent sewing right now, I think a better goal is to find a balance between working 40 hours a week, and creating things/visiting friends/reading/journaling/spending time with hubby with the rest of those hours.
I've thought about it more... and I still want to go on a fishing adventure!! I don't know why!!
This last one is a bonus that again I was going to remove, buuuuut it would still be a super great bonus:
I discovered that petting a tiger is not as far fetched as I originally thought. Or, at least being in the presence of a living, breathing tiger. I don't know if I'd be able to touch it. But you can "adopt" tigers at the Philadelphia Zoo, and as chance would have it, for $150 you can set up a personal meet-and-greet with a tiger and its handler.
Actually a secondary bonus would be to go see the Lion King in NYC.
