36 Things

During a one-year span starting in February 2015, I hope to do the following three dozen things. Here is the explanatory post that kicked it all off, though the short version is simply that I might very well be insane.

  1. See Alcatraz Island at night
  2. Invest in the stock market
  3. Take a swimming lesson (Update: Done March 19, 2015)
  4. Print and display three dozen photos (Update: 13 of 36 done)
  5. Knit a scarf
  6. Volunteer somewhere that is not a race
  7. Take a body pump class (Update: Done May 10, 2015)
  8. Try yoga
  9. Try three dozen new dinner recipes (Update: 1-6 and 7-12 done)
  10. Get rid of three dozen non-clothing items (Update: 8 of 36 done)
  11. Change my blog header and update the software (Update: Done July 31, 2015)
  12. Dye my hair (temporary dye counts)
  13. Cook a turkey
  14. Visit a new-to-me community club/group
  15. Read Outside magazine for a year (Update: 6 of 12 done)
  16. Write a will
  17. Attempt an at-home gel manicure (Update: Done March 15, 2015.)
  18. Take a weekend off all electronics
  19. Eat in a nice restaurant by myself
  20. Send three dozen real letters/notes
  21. Visit a new-to-me local museum. (This was originally “See the Grace Cathedral rainbows in San Francisco” but I didn’t realize in time that it was a temporary exhibit that ended three weeks after I started this project.)
  22. Memorize a dollar bill origami trick
  23. Kick my snooze button habit
  24. Go to a drive-in movie
  25. Cut out all sugar for a week (Update: Done May 4-11, 2015.)
  26. Re-read the Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon books (Update: 8 of 11 done)
  27. Read one dozen additional books (Update: Done Nov. 29, 2015. Now on 13 of 12.)
  28. Write a short story
  29. Learn (or re-learn) and memorize a piano song
  30. Do a century bike ride (Update: Done May 2, 2015. And then two more in two days.)
  31. Lose 15 pounds
  32. Blog once a week (Update: 37 weeks in and good so far)
  33. See at least one new-to-me state
  34. Learn how to refinish my nightstand (and do it)
  35. Hike Mt. Tamalpais (Update: Done June 14, 2015.)
  36. Donate blood (Update: Done March 14, 2015.)


2 Responses to 36 Things

  1. Love these. I can help with #3. #7–totally a fun class, make K10 go with you. #8-Try CorePower studio, fun, great music, not stuffy, and use my name on your referral card :). #9–Go to places for recipes (Nom Nom Paleo, Oh She Glows and Against All Grain). #13–easier than you’d think! I need to do #18. #25–Day 1 and 2 will suck but by Day 4-7 you will be loving life!

    • Alisa, I’ll go check out those recipe websites! And I’d love input about how to actually avoid sugar. The weekend off electronics sounds scary and liberating — and I’m looking into rentals on the coast because that would be a fun way to do it. (And I would allow my garmin…)