Well, it's official ---- I am not (yet) a good blogger. I cannot seem to finish what I start here in the blog world. I guess I'm a more dedicated blog reader really, not as much with writing it these days. It's still my goal to change that. While I'm changing things, I want to make an amendment to my last post. I apologize to anyone who was eagerly anticipating reading my list of 30 things before thirty - I'm changing it to 30 things to accomplish in my 30th year - maybe more manageable :)
1. Reconnect with friends and family - take time to call at least one person once a week. This is to work on reaching out more from my introvert phone-phobic shell and having real conversations (or even small talk) with people.
2. Establish a working exercise routine. The hubby and I started doing some light stretching together in the mornings, which I think is a good start, but I need to improve on this and add more vigorous exercise as recommended by my doctor. I am not as flexible or in shape as I once was. Any suggestions are welcomed for maintaining a routine (I'm really good at starting, just not on follow through).
3. Write more often. This is something I've loved to do since I was a kid and learned to read and write. My hope is to do some work on the stories I have had ideas for since my JVC and college days and turn them into something more. Or simply to write more in the blog, or journal or poems. Just to take time each day to write something and let my creativity come back to me.
4. Try new foods. In the home or outside, just to try something new and expand my pallet and/or cooking skills.
5. Finish at least 5 books. I used to be an avid reader. Lately I start a book and cannot seem to finish. Maybe I just haven't found the right one. Suggestions welcome for those books that are hard to put down because they captivate your attention.
6. Travel somewhere new.
7. Explore local areas that I have took for granted, and truly experience what they have to offer.
8. Find a job I can fall in love with again. Something where I feel happy to get up and go most mornings ( I know there will always be mornings I just want to stay home and in bed, but something worth pushing myself for).
9. Make homemade butter. I never thought about this until recently, as in yesterday. I was tourist-ing around NYC with some friends and we were in the MOMA design store where I saw a contraption that makes making your own butter seem pretty darn easy. I want to try that! (with or without the fancy gadget)
10. Be more focused on my spiritual life. I use to be good at this. It isn't always the best lately. Spiritual journaling, prayer, etc. I do try to do the "contemplative in action" thing, but I need to learn how to add more structured prayer time in my day, and more communal prayer (ie: nighttime prayer with hubby, joining a women's group...)
11. Make new friends. A follow up to the first item on this list. I am not very good at this. I often enjoy my hermit life, or spending time with my hubby or family. However, I realized that in the past year in this new city I have been relatively isolated, aside from a few visits with friends and people I connected with one or two times, and work.
12. Participate in a 5K (or something less) - walking, jogging or running. I'd like to get myself in shape and be able to do something like this. A color run or one for a good cause might do the trick. I need to pick a date and train.
13. Make homemade ginger ale. I saw this on an episode of "Good Eats" with Alton Brown. Seems like a fun thing to do. I love the Bruce Coast Ginger Ale, but it's so expensive. If I can make my own, imagine how much money we could save!
14. Successfully grow a plant from a seed.
15. Learn more Malayalam. I want to be able to converse more (or at least understand more) when communicating with hubby's family.
16. Take a dance class - I loved dance as a kid. I'd love to get into a class for adults - maybe ballet or tap, or even ballroom.
17. Host a game night. I enjoy playing board games, card games, etc. I want to host a game night with friends - apples to apples anyone? :)
18. Go to Mexico and/or Canada.
19. See Niagara Falls (from both sides)
20. Reduce the amount of junk in my possession - sell, give away, throw away all the stuff that just takes up space and increases my anxiety. Learn to let go of attachments
21. Take up swimming, yoga or Zumba (kind of overlaps with a couple others ,but hey, why not?)
22. Crochet a blanket again
23. Bake homemade bread (to go with the homemade butter, of course)
24. Become more knowledgeable/specialized in an evidence based model of practice for my career
25. Get my cholesterol level down and my vitamin D level up (ie: two concrete ways to see if I am working on the goal of "getting healthier")
26. Do a write up in my Family Book with details on both family of origin and marriage
27. Learn to make Italian food from my aunt
28. Learn to make Puttu from scratch, without the mix
29. Post some samples of my writing or art on the blog
30. Join a club/group related to an interest or hobby, or to learn something new
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