I find as I get older (by older I mean mid-thirties), I do less and less to get out of my shell. A month or so ago, I hatched an idea. It isn’t a new one, it has been done on other blogs…do 52 new things in a year. You can see examples of this here and here. Then I started to be realistic, I don’t think I can accomplish one a week. Unlike the above bloggers, I have no plans to travel the world in the next year. If that were the case, I would have oodles of opportunities for new experiences. I have to focus on finding new experiences closer to home. I decided to tackle 36 things, commemorating the 36th birthday I will be celebrating in 2012. I selected some simple ideas, places close to home that I have never made the time to visit, some classes that have been on my mental to do list for far too long, some larger goals and some simple travel plans. I intend to blog about these as I go. Hopefully, those of you that come here for design inspiration will still find this interesting even if it is a bit off message for this blog. These are left intentionally vague, because part of the process will be figuring out how to do some of these (i.e.: unconditional compassion…..).
Without further ado, here is the list:
1) Visit New Belgium Brewery
2) Run a 5K
3) Bake fresh bread
4) Take a cake decorating class
5) Take a floral design class
6) Take a pilates class
7) Go on a road trip with my husband
8) Have a “perfect eating week”, my own version of a cleanse
9) Volunteer
10) Have a “random acts of kindness” day
11) Go to a movie by myself
12) Go to the symphony
13) Vegetarian for a week
14) Go to the Denver Mint
15) Go to the top of Pikes Peak
16) Go to the Royal Gorge
17) Open a Pop-up furniture shop
18) Bake a real soufflé
19) Learn Calligraphy
20) Practice unconditional compassion for 1 week
21) Organize my office once and for all
22) Finish P90X
23) Portfolio shoot of our house
24) Go a week without sugar
25) Throw a soiree
26) Take a hip hop dance class
27) Ride a train to Glenwood Springs
28) Visit the Clyfford Still Museum
29) Take a jewelry making class
30) Go to High Tea at the Brown Palace
31) Get a head to toe makeover (hair, eyebrows, facial, manicure, pedicure and massage)
32) Canvas and Cocktails
33) Knit a scarf
34) Take a Barre Class
35) Purchase one Etsy outfit
36)
Number 36 has been empty for a few weeks. Seems I am out of ideas. I guess that leaves me the opportunity to be spontaneous, let something unexpected come into my life. I’ll let you know what I come up with.
PS – Happy New Year!
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