To be totally honest it feels a little selfish to sit here and write this blog about all the things that I am going to/hoping to do this year when there is so much going on, but the reality is there is always things like this going on… I am only feeling it more because it is in my backyard… and I will be mad at myself if I don’t do it… and despite all that is going on, 2020 feels hopeful… I feel good about what’s to come, I am optimistic about the future, 2019 was full of adjusting to a new stage in life, new jobs, new routines and new expectations… this year there should be less of that, which hopefully leaves more space for well used time, growth and learning… and because I am still a sucker for a list here are our 2020 lists… Emma’s List no. 12 (below) and Isaac’s List no. 3 (which you can find here)…
You probably know the drill by now… but just in case… you can get up to speed on all the previous lists here: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019), and just like all the previous lists there is much of the same in 2020’s offerings. Some tasks to help me work on myself, physically, spiritually and mentally, some things just because they are fun, some challenges, and some good old family time. Isaac’s list is much the same… although his is more fun and developmental milestones so that I remember to document them. I feel like I am finally starting to find some balance in documenting and just enjoying and also making space to write about other things as they happen, but hopefully I will continue to improve with that this year too… although really (and again probably selfishly) this is just here for me, but if you like it great. And if you see anything on the lists below we can do together let me know.
Alright, enough rambling… here are the lists:
My List
Make a family plan– completed: 17/08/20Find a better work life balance– completed: 08/05/20- Get my steps average up to 10000 per day.
- Have a child free night
Find another way to reduce my impact on the planet– completed: 10/05/20Do two fun runs– completed: 01/03/20Read 9 books– completed: 25/05/20Go to a Finders Keepers Market– completed: 20/07/20Find and try 3 new parks– completed: 27/09/20Go camping– completed: 21/09/20- Get my VIT locked down
Go to bed earlier Sunday – Thursday– completed: 31/12/20- Blog 15 times at least
At least 6 date days– completed: 30/12/20- Volunteer at Parkrun
Call / Update our grandparents regularly– completed: 31/12/20Walk Dex regularly– completed: 31/12/20Bake some meringues– completed: 22/03/20Take a picture everyday– completed: 31/12/20Meet 3 new babies– completed: 26/05/20Fish and chips on the beach at the beginning and at the end of the year– completed: 28/12/20Go through and sort Isaac’s clothes– completed: 02/06/20- Get a massage
Sort out Kinder for Isaac– completed: 31/12/20Exercise as least twice a week– completed: 31/12/20Go on a family bike ride– completed: 26/06/20Take some family photos– completed: 09/04/20- Swim at the beach
Meet the newest member of our family– completed: 27/01/20Be a Parkrun tourist– completed: 01/02/20Winter beach getaway– completed: 20/06/20Play a board or card game– completed: 04/01/20Make a banoffee pie– completed: 15/07/20Do a puzzle– completed: 19/01/20Make photo book– completed: 20/10/20Do some colouring– completed: 06/01/20Cross 2 things of the list every month– completed: 21/12/20Use Isaac’s highlight book and my gratitude diary– completed: 31/12/20- See some fireworks
Read to Isaac everyday– completed: 31/12/20- Drink at least 1 glass of plain water everyday
Play some badminton– completed: 21/12/20Brunch date alone– completed: 10/11/20Brunch date with Dave– completed: 07/07/20Brunch date with Isaac– completed: 29/10/20- Floss more often
- Get a housework timing guide… print it out and stick to it
Use the hiking backpack at least 3 times– completed: 23/06/20No games on my phone for 3months– completed: 31/03/20- No Facebook or Instagram after 10:30pm on weeknights
Make some cookies with Isaac– completed: 25/04/20Go to at least one of Dave’s school concerts– completed: 11/06/20- Do the 10min clean most days
Remember the bags– completed: 31/12/20- Complete that 30 day exercise challenge
Swim some laps– completed: 29/01/20Have a perfect month with my activity rings– completed: 31/01/20- Do a weekly plan
- Get some better coffee tables
Entertain more guests– completed: 31/12/20Finish the scrapbooks– completed: 15/03/20Keep scanning in photos– completed: 10/10/20Reduce the amount of take-out meals we have– completed: 31/12/20- Go to a carols by candlelight in the park
- Have a no spend day once a month
Earn at least 6 of the monthly activity challenge awards on my watch– complete: 24/12/20- Do my devotions at least 3 times a week
Have dinner with our siblings– completed: 24/12/20- Make a dip
Make a pav– completed: 29/08/20Make some ice cream– completed: 23/12/20Use some herbs from our garden– completed: 01/09/20Go some place I’ve never been to in Victoria– completed: 23/06/20- Go to the NGV
Use my sewing machine– completed: 13/07/20FaceTime our NZ family– completed: 22/01/20Use my bees wax wraps– completed: 12/02/20Buy an item of clothing I wouldn’t usually buy and wear it– completed: 09/04/20- Do Parkrun with 5 different people
Paint a picture– completed: 28/04/20Listen to a new artist– completed: 11/11/20Picnic in the park– completed: 29/09/20Stand barefoot on grass and sand– completed: 30/12/20Keep the house tidy– completed: 31/12/20Meat free meal at least once a week– completed: 31/12/20- Keep my car free of rubbish
Do an exercise class– completed: 04/04/20Do a trail walk/hike– completed: 08/06/20Make banana bread from scratch– completed: 24/03/20Have a meal with the parentals… all of them… separately– completed: 02/12/20Toast some marshmallows– completed: 16/05/20- Edit and finalise Isaac’s logs and maybe publish them
Try one of those shampoo bars– completed: 12/02/20See a new Disney Movie– completed: 26/04/20- Keep my phone time under control
Spend more time outside– completed: 31/12/20Keep an indoor plant alive– completed: 31/12/20- Use my standing desk more often
- Keep my phone clean of excess apps that just waste my time.
- Break the next barrier
And there you go… a brand new lists of goodness… here we come 2020!