36.5 in 365 Days




36.5 things in 365 days is our individual lists of 36.5 goals that we would like to achieve in the next 12 months. We were inspired by the idea of a well-organized, short-term Bucket List for personal development after reading another blogger's goal-list of 101 things in 1001 days. However, the arbitrary amount of time was a turn-off to our perfectionistic, orderly minds (1001 days is 2.74 years...you can't even round up to 3 years?!). Instead, we decided that a clean, crisp 365 days, one exact year, would be a better deadline. And with the seemingly goofy half item at the end, we actually have the opportunity and flexibility to do half the work towards a significant, time-intensive goal.

From May 1, 2015, through April 29, 2016 (leap year, baby), this is where we will keep track of our yearly goals and cross off the tasks as we finish them. We also plan to blog about some of the more interesting achievements at length. Keep us accountable, internets.


Kaitlin's List

SKILLS/HOBBIES
  1. Finally take piano lessons
  2. Take 1 pottery class and learn to throw pottery on the wheel
  3. NanoWrimo (a project for committed novel writing over 30 days)
  4. Practice watercolour at least monthly (May, August)
  5. Photography 101 course & one 30-Day Photo challenge
  6. Complete 1 knitting project
  7. Complete 3 sewing projects
  8. Read at least 25 books, including 5 on NZ History, Culture, Flora & Fauna and 3 books on Spirituality (Completed 14/25: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, The Bible Tells Me So by Peter Enns [Spirituality 1], The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, The Inheritance of Loss by Kirin Desai, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [don't worry! It's not my first reading], The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Martian by Andy Weir, The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr)
  9. Learn to draw a leaf and a heart in latte foam
  10. Learn massage techniques 
  11. Try one new recipe every week--cooking, baking, or drinks (Completed 37/52)

ACRO YOGA/ACTIVE
  1. Fly these poses: Dirty Dancing Lift (free high bird [#1] (June) and handstand entry [#2]), Ninja stars [#3] (May), Cartwheel into flying handstand [#4] (October), Four Step [#5] (October)
  2. Base one multi-step flow
  3. Base one washing machine for at least 3 rounds  (June- Based Eva in Ninja Stars)
  4. Straddle jump/lift into free handstand
  5. Try 5 new fitness classes/ activities (Completed 2/5: May-Aerial Silks, February- Acro Slackers)
  6. Resurrect Sunday Hike Club and go for one hike a month (May
    7. Pipeline Track, Waitakeres; June Lake Wainamu; July Fairy Falls Track, Waitakeres, August Duder Regional Park, September The Mount, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga, February- Routeburn Track, March- Bridge to Nowhere on the Wanganui River Journey)

TRAVEL
  1. Go for one overnight hike--preferably a New Zealand Great Walk  (February- Routeburn Track, March- Wanganui Journey)
  2. Visit 2 new countries
  3. Jump off 3 cliffs
  4. Travel abroad with Christy (Australia- July)
  5. 1 ski trip (Mt. Ruapehu/Mt. Doom-- with Christy!! July)

RELATIONSHIPS
  1. Plan 5 special dates for my partner
  2. Treat 5 friends to Little Bird Unbakery lunches--sponsored by Christy! (Completed August)
  3. Donate to 5 causes/charities or an act of spontaneous generosity (Completed 2/5)
  4. Send 50 greeting cards or letters to friends and loved ones (Completed 20/50)
  5. Host 4 themed dinner parties/brunches (Completed 2/4)
  6. Make 5 FaceTime dates a month with Christy, Ma, Momma, Jessica, and my brother's family
    7. (June, July, August)

SELF
  1. Start a new career (September)
  2. Publish 50 blog posts (Completed 3/50)
  3. Increase personal contributions to joint savings by 20%
  4. Make one effort every month to improve my French-- class, app, film, book, etc. (May, August)
  5. Find and commit to a reoccurring volunteer project 
  6. Complete 1 major cleaning or household DIY project per month (August, October, April)
  7. Keep and fill an art/reflection journal
  8. 1 dry month (February)
     36.5. Run half of a half marathon (yes-- I mean a 10K)


Christy's List

SPIRITUALITY/SELF
  1. Read at least 12 books that give me a better taste of God (1/12: The Shack by Baxter Kruger)
  2. Join/start a prayer group
  3. Attend a weekend Jesuit retreat
  4. Pray through the examen every night for a month in an effort to make it a habit
  5. Make a running list of the moments in my life that I’ve clearly experienced God’s grace and love, return to it when I’m feeling anxious
  6. Journal once a week (Completed 6/52)

RELATIONSHIPS
  1. Write letters of encouragement to 12 people, snail mail it to them
  2. Give gifts to my roommates to commemorate living together before we part ways in June (May 2015)
  3. Spend more quality time with my family members while I’m in Naples

YOGA
  1. Begin a regular yoga practice — on average, practice twice a week at home and once a week in a yoga studio
  2. Regularly attend an acro yoga class
  3. Take an aerial yoga class (May)
  4. Attend an arm balance/handstand workshop
  5. Attend a yoga class with Kino MacGregor or Kerri Verna

FRENCH
  1. Join a French conversation group
  2. Read 3 books in French
  3. Watch 12 films in French
  4. Journal twice a month in French (Completed 1/26)

 TRAVEL
  1. Travel to a big city I’ve never visited
  2. Travel to a state I’ve never visited
  3. Travel to a country I’ve never visited
  4. Travel overseas with Kaitlin (Australia - July 2015)

PROJECTS
  1. Upholster my headboard
  2. Make my post-card travel book from my USA road trip
  3. Give a loan through Kiva (May)
  4. Start and regularly contribute to an IRA and an investment account (May)
  5. Organize the photos and music on my computer/ipad/phone

FUN
  1. Go rock climbing
  2. Visit the house in the Bronx where my grandmother grew up(May)
  3. Go inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty
  4. See three shows on Broadway and one show at Princeton's McCarter theater (Completed 3/4: 5 Mile Lake, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Les Misérables)

 FOOD
  1. Consume a whole foods, plant based diet for one month
  2. Attempt three vegan cheese recipes
  3. Veganize a meat recipe
  4. Make macarons (July)
  5. Take a knife skills class (May)
     36.5. Make half of the recipes out of the Little Bird Unbakery Book (Completed 11/65)

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