Yearly List | 25 before 26
Here is my yearly list to-do list.
- Make another zine
This has been on my to-list for some time but I really want to make it happen this year. I love zines and I love making them. I'm flying to Sydney in May to go to the MCA Zine Fair (let me know if you're going too) and I'll take a few copies of Paint It Black for swaps.
- Keep bettering my graphic design & illustration skills
I've made a lot of progress on this in the past year but I want to keep learning. I've really enjoyed my new course content so far (even if I've fallen way behind) and I'm learning so much. I'm also pretty addicted to Skillshare.
- Practice mindfulness daily
I use an app called Smiling Mind and try to do daily activities mindfully and I'm finding that I have a lot less anxiety, so I'd like to continue with it and get better at it.
- Get my bike fixed and ride it lots
My bike has a bit of issue with gear changes (it will only stay in second or fourth gear) and while it's still totally rideable, it's only a year old and I'd really like to be able to get full use out of it, even if it might cost me a bit to get it fixed.
- Get the ball rolling for having my own little art show
There's a little gallery near my uni called the Powerhouse, which I'd love to have a little show in. This year it is one of my main goals to apply for a show.
- Do my final university unit and graduate
I have one first year elective left until I graduate and I just enrolled in a little ceramics class for next semester which I'm really looking forward to. Once that subject is finished up, I get to walk through Albert Hall in a funny hat and get my degree!
- Keep a sketchbook
I really love keeping sketchbooks for ideas and play and I'd like to keep one regularly. Now to find the perfect sketchbook to get started in.
- Pay off my credit card
Moving house wasn't kind on my finances, so my credit card bore the brunt. I make regular payments, but I'd very much like to get it completely paid off and not have to think about it any more.
- Make more time for being active
I use a Fitbit daily and I really like being able to quantify and monitor my activity, and that in itself has made me more active. I'd like to set higher goals and start doing more regular, fun exercise.
- Write three songs
I wrote a couple of songs last year (and even played one in front of a crowd) and I'd really like to write more, even if it's just for my own ears.
- Get my passport
Another recurring item on my yearly lists. 25 is going to be the year I get one! Then I can snap up cheap flights to New Zealand and Japan when they pop up in my inbox from time to time.
- Eat well
In January I did the Whole 30 and I got a lot out of it. I've carried through a lot of the eating habits from that month (except for, um, eating chocolate daily) and I've been feeling a lot healthier (less stomach aches, 10kg down, better sleep).
- Get photos printed and make an album for each year of Theo's life
I started a Project Life album when Theo was 6 months old but I haven't touched it in over a year. I'd love to just get some photos printed and make simple albums of Theo. I look through photos on Instagram and my iPhone regularly, but it is so nice to have something tangible.
- Have friends over more often
I've had lots of friends over at my new place so far already and I'd love to keep catching up with friends more often.
- Start a favourite recipe journal
I've been meaning to do this for a long time. I find cooking for myself pretty uninspiring at the moment and I really need to compile a go-to collection of my favourite recipes for myself.
- Do fun, creative activities with Theo. Play. Relish my time with him. Don't be distracted.
At the moment Theo stays with C for 5 days of the week and is with me for 2 (as I work and study and C is the stay-at-home-parent), but I see lots of them on other days as I visit often or meet up with them in town. I really enjoy my two full days with Theo each week - I can abandon anything that has been stressing me out and just dedicate all of my time enjoying him; playing, going for walks, watching shows together, going into town, eating meals together. It's a really mindful, special time in my week.
- Make more fun free stuff for my blog
I'd love to make more downloadable stationery and wallpapers and all kinds of goodies.
- Use my phone in bed less. Read instead.
I am really bad at this and even if I get into bed at a reasonable time, I end up going to sleep much later, getting lost in an iPhone trance. I keep a bunch of great books next to my bed and I've been getting better at picking up one of them, instead of my phone when I'm in bed.
- Make an ezine
I thought I'd just throw this one in as a bit of a challenge - it's something I've always wanted to do.
- Organise and de-stash my art supplies
There are boxes and boxes of miscellaneous paper and supplies hiding underneath my bed that I swore I wasn't going to bring over until I'd gone through, but I thought it was better just to have everything in the one space. I really need to spend a day or two going through them and throwing a lot of it out or passing it on - I can't wait until it's done!
- Continue making my apartment a cheerful, creative and organised space for myself
My apartment is my happy place and I want to spend lots of positive, productive time there over the next year.
- Illustrate a set of mindfulness cards
I'm really looking forward to doing this. It will be my little side project I'll work on for a few months.
- Get up before 8am more often than not
Because I work late nights, I tend to sleep in the following day and then my days off feel wasted. I hate having to set alarms, but
- Go to three places I've never been before
There are still so many places in Tasmania I've never been. I'd love to go to Cradle Mountain, Stanley and Mariah Island for starters!
- ...
I've left this one blank because a year is a long time and I think I'll fill this one in at half way.
