The latest rendition of my annual list of goals to accomplish before my next birthday, which will be October 23, 2013.
- Take a vacation with just Ian, no other friends or family.
- Reach 150 items in my shop inventory.
- Go through my old old old poetry archives and re-work at least 30 poems to no-longer-embarassing status.
- Bake/cook something requiring ramekins.
- Improve sewing skills by creating 5 new clothing items.
- Participate in NaNoWriMo and “win.”
- Learn more about jewelry construction.
- Get to see my little sister.
- Paint the walls in at least one room a color other than the current boring off-white everywhere.
- Pay down my credit cards to below 40%.
- Stick to a strict monthly budget for unessential shopping.
- Create at least 10 typographic digital prints for the shop.
- Stay consistent with my workout regimen.
- See/attend one of each of the following: play, concert, comedian, and festival.
- Learn how to do food canning.
- Learn how to apply make-up correctly, even though I don’t plan on wearing it every day/full-face. It’d be nice to now *how* for special occasions.
- Go to the beach with Sienna.
- Actually read the manual for my camera.
- Create one new design for screenprinting each month (so, 12 total).
- Create a few pre-made blog designs for general sale.
- Advertise on one new blog a month.
- Open a retirement account.
- Bake & decorate a tiered cake.
- Discover/invent a new alcoholic drink that is based on cream soda as a mixer.
- Take a cooking class with Ian.
- Save up and get the months-long treatment plan my chiropractor recommended.
- Find people/friends who can model the other sizes of shirts in my shop that don’t fit me so I can get product photos of everything on actual people.
- Try to stock the pantry and freezer with basic mixes and sauces for easy use.
- Learn to drive stick shift.
