Thursday, December 31, 2020

101 Things to Do in 2020 - End of Year

































2019 was the best year of my life. 365 days, and not a single one of them was bad. Apparently 2020 didn't like that. January started out with the cats, which gave me terrible anxiety (I mean I knew I liked my personal space, but dang!) Then February brought all the headaches, which took a serious toll on my mental health. Then March and it's coronavirus came along. Look, I'm an introvert, but I like being an introvert outside in the world, not cooped up inside all day, every day. Then May and surgery. And then, well, teaching during a pandemic is no joke!! I'm just permanently tired now. 

In all seriousness, though I had my moments in the beginning of the year, I'm so lucky that 2020 wasn't a huge mess for me like it was for so many others. I didn't get to travel or concert like I usually do, but I got to do a lot of hiking AND finally learned how to relax!!

 In January I was gung-ho on making a huge dent in my list this year, but so many things were canceled because of the pandemic, or I just didn't feel like following through on the idea was a smart decision due to the health/safety of myself and others. Regardless, I got to do some fun things, and I will have to get very creative with my 101 in 2021 list!


1. Take a chocolate making class at Goo Goo Clusters
2. Attend a Motion City Soundtrack concert

                            
3. Finish the Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich book series

 4. Get a tarot card reading “You have the power to make the decisions that will bring you happiness. Your joy is in the future, not clinging to the past. It’s time to choose transformation.”

 5. Read 100 books (121)

6. Unsubscribe from junk emails (The more I unsubscribed, the more I seemed to get. UGH!!)

 7. Watch all the Star Wars movies (I tried.....I could NOT get into them)

 8. Raleigh roadtrip (postponed)

 9. Be a part of my best friend's wedding (postponed)
 
 10. Read all of the books that I own that I have never read (I think my stack got bigger...😬)

 11. Take a self-defense course

 12. Glass blowing

 13. Go to Hawaii (postponed)

 14. See 25 artists in concert (8)
  • Tenille Townes
  • HARD
  • Mat Kerekes
  • Motion City Soundtrack 
  • LANCO
  • Cody Johnson
  • Pistol Annies 
  • Miranda Lambert
15. Charleston roadtrip 

                        
16. Make fried green tomatoes

 17. Attend the Southern Festival of Books (It was virtual - not the experience I wanted)

 18. Visit all the stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail (made it to a few!)

 19. Go to the beach

                                


 20. Go kayaking

 21. Take a wine pairing class

 22. Go to CMA Fest (Cancelled)

 23. Get a kitten
Channing and Tatum
24. Take a cooking class

 25. Be an extra in something

 26. Go to an NHL game
Nashville Predators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
27. Take a craft class

 28. See 5 different movies in theater

 29. Go to the Bluebird Cafe

 30. Try a new food
  • Wasabi mashed potatoes
  • Butternut squash 
  • Roasted chick peas
31. Grow a vegetable (jalapenos, cherry tomatoes)

 32. Drive the Natchez Trace Parkway

 33. Finish hiking the Lookout Mountain Parkway

 34. Go to Dickens of a Christmas in Franklin (cancelled)

35. Complete a puzzle (started one.........)

 36. Celebrate National Taco Day

                        
37. Get my tattoo (Yeah. After the panic attacks I had getting my blood taken when getting my appendix out, this is never going to happen).

 38. Take guitar lessons (They ended up being self-taught guitar lessons, still counts!)

 39. See 5 artists I've never seen before (5)
  • HARD
  • Mat Kerekes
  • LANCO
  • Cody Johnson
  • Pistol Annies
40. Go to Belle Witch Cave

 41. Finish my papercraft scrapbooks

 42. Win something
  • Miranda Lambert concert tickets
  • Skincare/makeup giveaway from @goldwilldigger
  • The Prisoner’s Wife by Maggie Brookes
  • The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
  • Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
  • The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood
  • The Silence by Susan Alcott
  • True Story by Kate Reed Petty
  • The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony
  • The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing by Grace Bonner
  • The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
  • The Nanny by Gilly MacMillan
  • The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
  • The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat
  • Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
43. Finish all of my draft blog posts

 44. Re-learn the piano

 45. Watch everything on my Hulu watch list

 46. Watch everything on my Netflix watch list

 47. Watch everything on my Disney+ watch list

 48. Re-design my blog using my coding skills

 49. Go to the Opry

 50. Go hiking

                            
51. Get the footlong taco in Evansville

 52. Go to the Nashville Ballet

 53. Have a Girl's Night Out in Nash

 54. Check everything off my "Clarksville" list

 55. Make another Nashville tacos post

 56. Meet an artist I haven't met yet
  • Tenille Townes
Tenille Townes

57. See Lindsay Ell in concert again

 58. Go to Country Boom (Cancelled)

 59. Get caught up/stay caught up on my podcasts

 60. Use all of my cookbooks at least once

61. Finish my music wall

 62. Update my map project

 63. Go skating

 64. Use up my stash of samples

65. Save my change all year

 66. Return everything to the library on time

 67. Make $1000 in Poshmark sales

 68. Learn to juggle

 69. Bake a homemade pie (pumpkin with cream cheese swirls)

                                        
70. Find the galaxy mural in Huntsville 


71. Watch 50 movies I’ve never seen before (54)
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Gladiator
  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • After
  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold
  • Us
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
  • Gravity
  • Ma
  • Hustle
  • Peppermint
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  • Stargirl
  • CoCo
  • Serenity
  • Rogue One
  • Star Wars Episode V
  • Star Wars Episode I
  • To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire
  • Lincoln
  • The Unbreakables
  • It: Chapter 2
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  • Little
  • Booksmart
  • Ugly Dolls
  • Teen Spirit
  • The Best of Enemies
  • I Still Believe
  • The Art of Racing in the Rain
  • Poms
  • Playing With Fire
  • Stuber
  • Wonder Park
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Devil's Pass
  • You've Got Mail
  • Bad Times at the El Royale
  • Hamilton
  • Bombshell
  • Dark Water
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • Harriet
  • Sherlock Gnomes
  • Friend Request
  • Eli
  • Christmas in Mississippi
  • Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
  • A Very Country Christmas
  • The Kissing Booth 2
  • Big Hero 6
  • Christmas Inheritance
  • Operation Christmas Drop
  • Midnight at the Magnolia
  • Christmas Break-In
  • Invisible Man
  • After We Collided
  • Black Christmas
  • The Whole Truth
72. Play games at an arcade

 73. Practice Spanish every day

                    


 74. Read all ARC I receive this year before their actual publishing date

 75. Go to a water park

76. Ride a roller coaster

 77. Take a trip with friends

 78. Start using my ETSY shop

 79. Go to a blogger event

 80. Try boxing

 81. Leave a $10 tip for a bill less than $10 (I’ve been working on this one for years....it’s taken this long to finally have a bill under $10!!)

 82. Go to a comedy show

Emo Phillips @ Mason City Limits
                        
83. Be part of an Alive & Well Indoor Triathalon team

                                        
84. See Glennon Doyle speak again

 85. Complete a #24in48readathon (March 21-22)

 86. Meet my Godson

                                
87. Go to the Nashville Christmas Parade (cancelled)
88. Get my appendix removed (not originally on my list, but it was a new experience, so I get to add it!)

                                    
89. Hit 100,000 miles on my car

 90. Send a random gift

 91. Buy all Christmas gifts from small businesses

 92. Get a new couch

93. Buy my knife set solely with William-Sonoma gift cards

94. Give myself another One Tree Hill tour in Wilmington

                                        

95. Get internet at home

96. Begin another Master's degree

97. Finish Christmas Shopping before December

98. Teach a lesson over Zoom

99. VOTE

                                    



100. See the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction

101. Re-organize my craft studio




46/101 completed! 

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