33 Before 33
As promised, here is my list of things I want to accomplish before my next birthday! Take a look:
- Finish the restructuring of my design site. Been working on this a little while, would like to finish it up and launch sooner rather than later.
- Finish designing a calendar, and publish it. I’m actually working on it this week & in Nov.
- Submit a book cover design to Recovering the Classics. Moving from last year’s list to this one.
- Bond with my nephew. I get to meet him next week!
- Make 6 quality connections from conferences in the next year. I have 2 conferences on the books right now, so this seems doable. Quality over quantity, yeah?
- Have a vacation or staycation with Ian.
- Get new flooring in the kitchen. First: talk Ian into it.
- Revive the Dragonflight Dreams shop. Pay more attention to it this coming year.
- Go on a picture-taking walk once a month. I feel that my camera has been neglected.
- Try 1 new restaurant each month. I did this a few years back and it was fun.
- Read 4 business books.
- Launch a new series about menu design over on my design blog.
- Gain 12 new design clients (1/month).
- Purge my clothes closet.
- Purge my office/crafting closet.
- Land book cover work with a publisher.
- Learn how to do baby-related things. Change a diaper, swaddle, wear that wrap thing, etc. Nephew will be good for this.
- Get pregnant. Yup, I’m just going to sneak that in the middle here.
- Do 1 freezer prep session every month or 2 months.
- Get a water softener installed. First: See where it would fit.
- Repair the flower bed wall and trim our jasmine vines.
- Stay consistent with working out– (2x or 3x per week).
- Indulge in a mega pampering session: massage, facial, mani-pedi.
- Get through my NetGalley backlog.
- Explore how I can use my Silhouette machine for the shop. Particularly with making screens.
- Set up two lady coffee events per month – one more business-oriented, one more chill.
- Figure out a newsletter plan for design biz.
- Go to 4 AIGA events.
- Open a retirement account. Let’s see if I can knock this out this year.
- Be more consistent on Instagram – 1x per week.
- Practice hand lettering/brush lettering.
- Finish a Skillshare course.
- Hand make Valentines cards for 2017.
Ambitious but doable? Here’s hoping. I really think after this point, I’m just going to have to pick an arbitrary number of goals and use that instead. This is getting long.
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Making: a list of errands I need to run today now that a big paycheck came in.
Cooking: monkey bread tomorrow for our brunch group. And one version will be drunken monkey bread (just add liquor!).
Drinking: french vanilla cappucino.
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December Shop Charity
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