Every year I make 100 or so goals. Not to check everything off, but to have a fun list of things to do, to try! Many things get carried over. Some things I drop from the list because they no longer interest me. Some goals achieved in 2024: visit LA, see a live band (saw Luna and X), made zine (made a few and tabled at Milwaukee Zine Fest which was not a goal I had thought to have), do more art, and get nails done,
I was determined on January 1st 2025 to get one goal done! I made Spam fries. I love Spam but somehow the idea of them as fries doesn’t work for me, but I initially liked the idea! My friend and I also took an archery lesson. We really enjoyed it and want to do it more. Not on the goal list is my Goodreads goal of reading 25 books. I usually only ever read 1-5 books any given year, but this year I am more motivated for no reason. I am almost done with the audio book version of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I am also reading Waterlog by Roger Deakin. I recommend both books. I am more of a non fiction reader. Anyway, here are my 105 goals, more may always be added.
1. Cook a recipe from my community cookbooks
2. Learn to juggle
3. Make paper mache antlers
4. Use my tagine
5. Do more meetups
6. Get down to 200-210 pounds
7. Start learning a language
8. Walk more
9. Make a sculpture
10. Take a pottery class
11. Take more artsy photos or photos of the world in general
12. Wear earrings more consistently
13. Learn chess
14. Create a milk and honey cheesecake
15. Make a cookbook zine
16. Make a fictional map
17. Make peach cobbler
18. Use instant pot more
19. Finish crochet blanket
20. Have a makeup lesson
21. Do monkey bars
22. Make some videos
23. Do more art
24. Practice ukulele
25. Try an accordion
26. Refamiliarize myself with the night sky
27. Go to zoo by myself, preferably when it is spring or fall
28. Go somewhere new
29. Do a 30 day challenge
30. Try stand up paddleboarding
31. Use apple peeler, make apple crisp, cake, or pie
32. Take a class in something new
33. Make dal Makhani
34. Make dal tardka
35. Cook from my regular cookbooks more
36. Make croissants
37. Make paella
38. Bake whole fish and/or make fish curry
39. Make spam fries
40. Make Lahmacun
41. Make Khachapuri
42. Make Okonomiyaki
43. Make Blueberry octopus pie
44. Make Fruit roll up
45. Knit a brioche project
46. Knit socks
47. Get a book about trees
48. Make Lumberjack cake
49. Journal every day, or be better about it
50. Zine fest
51. Write on my blog once a month
52. Do a weekend workshop if have money
53. Do a collaborative creative project
54. Go to a concert
55. Do like a term/research paper for the fun of it
56. Get published somewhere other than my blog
57. Create a lot more zines
58. Go camping
59. Take a Domestika class
60. Learn a new game
61. Have a two night staycation at a local hotel
62. Do a 5k
63. Play frisbee golf
64. Make a champagne cake
65. Post something on TikTok
66. Learn Rollerskating
67. Eat at a nice restaurant alone
68. Learn how to make a candle
69. Take a day trip
70. Make a style board
71. Have a tech free day
72. Make sourdough bread
73. Yoga
74. Go charter fishing
75. Chicago pen show or similar
76. Make ice cream
77. Read a book
78. Visit a lavender field
79. Take a walk in the rain
80. Try canoeing or kayaking
81. Finish knit WIPs
82. Take an Urban Ecology class
83. Visit Cleveland
84. Go to a winters farmers market
85. Ride a hot air balloon
86. Stay in a cabin
87. Figure out the best way to sell online
88. Learn professional photography
89. Take local cooking classes
90. Go to 7 mile fair
91. Write a letter to someone well known
92. Do rock climbing indoor
93. Take a knife skills class
94. Make omurice
95. Take an art class
96. Take a video editing class
97. Get a new iPad and learn Procreate
98. Learn archery
99. Make a collage
100. Take a small train trip
101. Ride in a helicopter
102. Create lighting moods at home
103. Go to Liontooth’s bookstore
104. Take a class or two at the Bindery
105. Indoor skydiving
My video on my 2025 goals!
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