18 for 2018
I have always enjoyed the notion of resolutions. Every December I sit down with a notebook and review the past year’s resolutions, trying to determine how I stacked up against things like “spend more time with my kids” and “exercise more.”
More is not easily defined. Except with exercise, because anything is more than zero.
I am a Gretchen Rubin fangirl, so when she presented the idea of 18 for 2018 on her podcast, Happier, I jumped at the idea. The notion is the get very specific with the items you put on the list and then review it often. While I still aim to do things like call my Grandma more often and get to the gym more than before, having a concrete list of things I can measurably accomplish is soothing to someone who is a smidge type A like me.
- Plan a date with my husband that isn’t dinner
- Plan fun birthday adventures for both kids
- Backup all the videos on my phone
- Update our legal documents
- Read the Harry Potter series
- Try watercolor painting
- Learn basic ASL
- Complete part 1 of the presidential reading challenge
- Try aerial yoga
- Take my daughter to an indoor trampoline park
- Organize our laundry/storage room
- Prepare more thoughtful birthday gifts
- Go to a float tank
- Find a new physician
- Do more than think about and debate the need for stricter gun laws
- Convert to a greener beauty routine
- Do the splits
- Leave room for fun
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