Last May I made a list of 25 things that I wanted to do by the time I turned 25. Well, this weekend I hit my quarter century, with a birthday consisting of snuggling and watching cartoons in bed, and little girl mani/pedis. A whole day of laziness with Lily.
But now it's time to look at my list and see just how successful/unsuccessful I was. A recap:
- Read 100 books.
Conquer standing-foward bend.Thank you, P90X.- Curly hair.
- Lose 15 lbs.
- Maintain my container garden.
- Camp in the cold. Never going to happen.
Find a "house wine".- Volunteer/sponsor 3 local events.
Bake a cake from scratch.- Train for and run 3 5k races.
- Go gem mining.
- Bike the hill in front of our house with ease.
- Visit every winery in a 100 mile radius. That's probably about 40+.
Completely organize my office/studio.Buy more local food than grocery store food.- Rock climbing.
Minimum twice-weekly yoga.Better. P90X 6 days a week.- Find a signature drink that isn't wine or vodka.
Buy a bedroom suite.- Begin a serious European vacation fund.
Make a good wine.- Support a local artist with the purchase of a large and fabulous piece.
- Mountain horseback riding.
- Mat, frame and hang the watercolor Paris scenes I got from street artists in Paris... 7 years ago. It's time.
Kayaking.
My justifications:
1. I came pretty darn close. This has been a yearly goal of mine for years, and I always reach the 70s range. This year was no different. I have spurts where I'll down a book a day for a week or two, then I'll have a month or so when I hardly have time to read emails, let alone whole books. So I didn't quite reach this one this year, but I won't stop trying!
4. This is a touchy subject. I have struggled with my weight my entire life, and I honestly have the metabolism of a slug, which is hard when I live with a walking stick who downs a pint of ice cream a day, and then whines when he loses a pound. I may not have lost 15 lbs, but I did lose a lot of inches. I've lost fat and gained some muscle. Tony Horton is to thank for that.
5. The container garden didn't make it, but it was so not my fault. The garden made it for several months, going strong, until I spent three weeks in Alabama in October. I came home to crispy plants because David failed to water them. A single time.
6. This is just never going to happen. I hate the cold, and I'll be damned if you ever find me voluntarily sleeping in it.
8. Oh gosh, I tried. People in this town do not know how to answer emails or phone calls. I tried to sponsor Christmas in July and a disc golf tournament, both of which flopped. I'll try this again when I live somewhere with return-correspondance etiquette.
10. I've done a lot of training, but have had issues finding races that were within a reasonable distance, and weren't held during a time when we were out of town. This is going on my next list, for sure.
12. I tried this a few weeks ago and almost made it. I certainly made it much farther than ever before, but still couldn't quite make it. Arg.
13. I blogged about this one here.
16. Still on my list. I've rock climbed before, just haven't had time in the last year to give it a go. But I'd sure like to see what these Hulk arms can do now.
18. No. It's vodka. The end. My favorite drink is a water and vodka with lime. Period. Second favorite is a raspberry mojito. So, rum, but vodka still wins.
22. We've done this, more or less. When I set this goal I had a $1200 artisan dining room table in mind, but we ended up getting a different dining room set, but have supported numerous local artisans on a smaller scale. Like the framer I paid $300+ to frame my paintings from Paris, and the leather guy I've given lots of business to for myself and lots of Christmas gifts. Or the photographer we commissioned to do some photos for David's research.
23. I had kind of forgotten about this one. I don't even know that I've seen places for me to do this. Maybe I'll add it to my next list too.
So, I completed half with flying colors. I half completed several more. Now on to my new list. What should I challenge myself to do this year?
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