The 2016 list

It’s the 4th anniversary of my annual life list! Woo hoo! Last year I kind of petered out around August.  Annnd that was about that.  I don't know what happened exactly, I just kind of froze in place.  Oh well.  Another year, another list.  I'm always willing to give it another shot.  I followed the same rules as I did before:

• The thing cannot require an act of God to be accomplished. (For example, I would like to see the Aurora Borealis, but maybe the Aurora Borealis isn’t feeling it that night. I still hope this happens, but it doesn’t go on this list.)
• The thing cannot require the participation of another person. (maybe I’d like to fall in love or get married or ride a tandem bike. These item would go unchecked unless I can convince someone else that they want this same thing too)
• I have to really want to do this thing. Nothing goes on the list that is a ‘throw away

This year, like the last two years, I got together with a group of friends to share our lists and hopes and plans for the year. Good food and morning booze makes for an excellent start to any year. And like last year I narrowed down on a few themes for the year to focus on:

2016

· Pushing boundaries (physical, mental, emotional)

· Making health a priority

· Having adventures and experiences WAYYY more often. like weekly, dangit.

And then I made a list:

1. Read 43 books
2. Travel somewhere I've never been (Driftless region, WI?)
3. Couch-to-5k
4. 10 new-to-me restaurants
5. Lose 25% of body weight
6. Go to a Boomers game – pretend to be a super fan
7. Make 12 beautiful things
8. Schedule a physical
9. Take an ancestry.com inspired trip
10. Meditate daily
11. Photos in a Photo Booth
12. Be a daily or near daily meditator and journaled
13. Take 10 tours, any tours
14. Shoot a roll of film with uncle bob’s camera
15. Be a daily or near daily exerciser
16. Watch fireworks from a boat or kayak
17. Go to a first Friday art night
18. Go see a waterfall
19. Get into the mountains
20. See “Fun House” in November
21. Rent a place in Michigan this summer
22. Try 3 Dabble classes
23. Take a back roads road trip
24. Photos in a photo booth
25. Learn how to spot 3 constellations and go find them
26. Go visit Therese Rowley (intuitive) with Amy or alone
27. Take a train ride
28. Milwaukee art museum
29. Sunrise solstices
30. Redo something found at a flea market/estate sale
31. Try wire-wrapping beach glass or stone
32. Go to a farm dinner
33. Better organize dad’s cd collection
34. Find ways to make a little extra money
35. Help someone else reach a goal

I'll add more as I go and will TRY to be a better updater, but you're most likely to find my updates on my instagram.  @eml898  find me, fool.