Monday, December 31, 2018

101 Things to do in 2018 - End Of Year


2018 has been a year of change, adventure, and most importantly, GROWTH!  I've changed a lot this year, and 100% I mean that in a good way. Don't get me wrong, I was content with life before, but that’s just it. I was CONTENT. As this year comes to a close, I'm happier and healthier and so much more focused on the things and people that matter. I fell in love with life again, and it has made ALL the difference!!

This year, I tried to be more deliberate in my 101 list.  Last December, I took what I could and split them into monthly goals/wrote them under the month they would likely be most do-able in into my Happy Planner.  Because of this, I was much more excited to complete them, and also more aware of what I wanted to accomplish.  Since I consciously kept track of them all year, it makes this post especially fun for me to look back at now, because it shows a sort of reflection on my year and a lot of what I did! Also, I really loved that I left some blank spots at the end so I could add to the list as the year went on. I'd never done this before, but if I learned anything this year it is that things can change in a heartbeat!

 1. Watch classic movies I have never seen before (I mentally changed this to "movies everyone but me has seen before" because as it turns out I have no attention span for movies that are in black and white or look "old.")
  • Brother, Where Art Thou
  • Zero Dark Thirty
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Ghostbusters
  • Stephen King’s It (the original)
2. Take a photo a day to document the little things (did really well on this for the first 7 months of the year, but then I got a new phone and the app I was using didn't download my progress from my last phone so I kind of quit...)

 3.  Post one blog every week (also did really well on this for about 6 months but then I moved back to Tennessee and spending time with people became more of a priority and writing was put on the back burner...)

 4.  Learn to play the guitar
5.  Re-learn how to play the piano
6.  Read 24 books (find reviews here) (79)
7. Visit someplace haunted
8. Make one new recipe a month
9. Try a new food
  • Nectarine
  • Spring rolls
  • Passion fruit
  • Calamari
  • Duck
  • Scotch eggs
  • Cow tongue
10. Take an exercise class
11. Participate in a 5K



12. Have a picnic
13. See the sunrise 
14. See the sunset
#14 Sun setting on the Gulf of Mexico, somewhere near Cuba
15. Be an extra in something (Nashville Season 6, Episode 1, 2, 11 & 15 )
 

 16. Read all the HP books again
17. Complete a jigsaw puzzle
18. Save my change all year
19. Send 12 random cards/letters/gifts
20. Leave a $10 tip for a bill under $10
21. Send birthday cards for all the birthdays!
22. Make and send Christmas cards
23. Make and send Valentine’s Day cards
24. Stand in the ocean (decided the Gulf counted)
25. Rediscover my purpose
26. Grow a plant I can eat 
Home grown basil

27. Take a cooking class
28. See 25 artists in concert (36)
  • Morgan Evans
  • Carly Pearce
  • Brad Paisley
  • Jon Pardi
  • Lauren Alaina
  • Cassadee Pope (x2)
  • Little Texas
  • Lonestar 
  • RaeLynn (x2)
  • Runaway June
  • Michael Ray
  • Joe Diffie
  • Dwight Yoakam
  • Brett Eldredge
  • Brad Paisley
  • Chris Janson
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Spirit Animal
  • Wilson
  • Theory of a Deadman
  • Chelsea Field
  • Jon Langston
  • Luke Bryan
  • Cole Swindell
  • Gym Class Heroes
  • Machine Gun Kelly
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Jake Rose
  • Hunter Hayes
  • Lindsay Ell
  • Kalie Shorr
  • Tara Thompson
  • Emily Earle
  • Leah Turner
  • Steven Lee Olsen
  • Jason Aldean
29. Listen to all the songs in my iTunes library (Was on track...then crashed my computer. oops)
30. Ride a rollercoaster



31. Go ice skating
32. Finish all my paper craft scrapbooks
33. Make a 2017 digital scrapbook
34. Go to an NHL game















35. Go to an MLB game
36. Join a book club
37. Visit a foreign country (Haiti, Jamaica)

38. Take a road-trip
39. Celebrate a random holiday
40. Go stargazing
41. Learn to write calligraphy (started working on it!)
42. See 5 artists in concert that I have never seen before (16)
  • Morgan Evans
  • Carly Pearce
  • Jon Pardi
  • Lauren Alaina 
  • Little Texas
  • Lonestar
  • Brett Elredge
  • Wilson
  • Spirit Animal
  • Chelsea Field
  • Jon Langston
  • Gym Class Heroes
  • Machine Gun Kelly
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Jake Rose
  • Steven Lee Olsen
43. Open an Etsy shop - HeyDreamerDesigns
44. Make my first Etsy sale 
45. Go snorkling
46. Write a children’s book
47. Send flowers, just because
48. Drive the Natchez Trace Parkway
49. Take a goat yoga class
50. Attend an NFL game
51. Go camping (Does it count if I went for the s'mores then came back home to my own bed??)
52. Send unused/expired coupons to military families

53. Make $100+ in Poshmark sales
54. Organize all of my pictures on my phone/computer/hard drives
55. Win a giveaway
56. Fly a kite
57. Unsubscribe from all the dumb emails
58. Watch everything on my Hulu "to watch" list
59. Take a craft class
60. Go to a zoo
61. Go on a cruise

62. See 5 different movies in the theater
  • Super Troopers 2
  • Deadpool 2
  • First Man
  • Mary Poppins
63. Have a bonfire
64. Finally watch Grey's Anatomy
65. Watch everything on my Netflix "to watch" list
66. Attend a blogger event
67. Attend the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville (busy weekend and crappy weather...didn't go)
68. Attend a concert at the Opry
69. Attend a concert at the Ryman
70. Attend a performance at the Bluebird Cafe
71. See an artist get inducted into the Opry
72. Get my first brand deal
73. Visit a distillery that I haven't been to yet
74. Go hiking in the Smokies
75. Go dairy-free for a month 
76. Visit a botanical garden
77. Make my own wine 
78. Cliff jump into water 
79. Ride in a helicopter



80. Learn to ride a motorcycle
81. Try eggnog
82. Swim under a waterfall
83. Go kayaking
84. Solve a Rubik's cube
85. Learn how to code (took two courses at our local university, not a master yet but it is progress!)
86. Go to a drive in movie theater 
87. Ride a train
88. Visit a museum
89. Attend a free concert
90. Explore Atlanta
91. Learn the dance to Copperhead road
92. Try all the taco places in Nashville (find my first post here)
93. Try all the taco places in Huntsville (find my post here)
94. Take a picture of all the murals in Nashville
95. Take a girls' trip to St. Louis
96. Be the MOH in my bestie's wedding


97. Go to a musical
98. Sing karaoke 
99. Eat at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliette, GA from Fried Green Tomatoes


100. Go to the Opryland Christmas lights
101. Meet a music artist I haven't met yet
  • Craig Campbell
  • Runaway June


54/ 101 (53.5%)

 It doesn't seem like a lot, and as the year went on I feel like I "accomplished" more than only half my list, but its also a lot better than I have ever done! I'm excited to get started on 2019's list...watch for that post in the next few days!
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