Inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s happiness project 😃
This year, Gretchen is asking us to do three things. First, choose a word of the year. Mine is ‘adventure.’ Second, commit to writing for 2, 4, or 24 minutes a day. I’m on it. Third, choose 24 things you want to do in 2024.
Here’s my list:
1. Go canoe camping. 🛶
2. Spend more time in the Snipe and do some practicing, not just racing. ⛵
3. Go bike packing. 🚲
4. Hike some sections of the Bruce Trail. 🥾
5. Swim in the Great Lakes. 🏊
6. Sleep in a yurt in the winter time. ⛺
7. Do more Vegan Mondays. 🥗
8. Try a new class a month at the gym. 💃🏻
9. Spend more time at the beach. 🏖️
10. Read two books a month. 📘
11. Do something, anything, even if it’s just giving money, to see that we don’t elect a conservative federal government and reelect a conservative provincial government. 💸
12. Get a matching tattoo with my youngest child. 🦎
13. Go to church more often. ⛪
14. Practice lane swimming. 👙
15. Dance! 🩰
16. Do more things with my adult kids. (Kids, you’ve been warned.) 🎦
17. Sneak lots of mini-adventures into my year. You don’t need a week or even a weekend to do something fun and adventurous. 🏆
18. Play more games, hosting games nights with friends. ♦️
19. Buy less stuff/get rid of stuff. 🗑️
20. Eat more vegetables. 🍆
21. Ride outside more often. 🚴
22. Ride some of the bike rally. 🚴
23. Keep the house more ready for guests. Also, invite more guests. 🎉
24. Have a fun 60th birthday party, which will include lots of the bloggers, feminist philosophers, Guelph friends, and friends of the blog. 🎂
Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver, The Summer Day
