First off: I know it is a very unoriginal title, but I can’t think of anything creative and this is already posted so late. Number 2: I’ve had this list for the last few months but it’s taken a long time to finalize and I have already began to work on a couple of these, so here we are in March, but pretend like you are reading this on a nice snowy day (as I am writing this I see some snow flakes out my window after two 60 degree days last week) on January 2nd.
2023 was wild, so many ups and downs, sets backs and healing, through it all, God came through. I felt like this year, 2024, an appropriate word would be: Peace, peace through the storms, through the questions, through the adventures, and throughout any circumstance.
Organizational
- Transfer iPhone notes into notebooks and then transfer into a google doc
- Organize my iPhone photos into albums to better organize
- Get caught up on the nieces scrapbooks
- Hang up all current wall hangings in my apartment
Adventure
- Go to a Buffalo Bills game
- Go to three concerts
- Take a picture in front of “Buffalo: An All- America City” sign
- Host 5 fun/get together day/nights at my apartment specifically one with my neighbors
- Try Goat Yoga
- Find the Eternal Flame
Give Back
- Volunteer at two different organizations
Personal Growth
- Finally stop biting my nails: third year on my intention list, 22nd year since I first tried to stop
- Expand my repertoire of recipes for dinners
- Read 10 chapters of the Bible
- Get in the daily habit of prayer
- Go through 4 Bible study like books
- Write 4 blog posts; I really want to get back to sharing more on this platform
- Go to at least one-two Christian conferences
- Attend at least three conferences/seminars/webinars on mental health/OT related topics
- Get into a better sleep routine (go to bed at a similar time each weekday)
- Establish a better skincare routine
- Increase my financial literacy: Earlier this year I already started a 401k, paid off my car, figured out my school loan repayment plans, etc., I want to continue to establish a plan for continued saving vs bills
- Expand my connections and friendships with others, especially in my church
Physical
- Take another round of SPAR’s (krav maga) self-defense course
- Run the Muddy Buffalo race (5 mile obstacle/trail run through the mud and up the slopes) without feeling like I am dying
- Run a 31 minute 5k: I ran a 35 minute 5k untrained
- Run a 10 minute mile while not racing (I am not very motivated when not racing or being competitive)
- Run a half marathon