And so it arrives. August. The time of year when I get ambitious and create my list. The goal is never to complete the list. That would be like revisiting the cram-session stress we went through when we forgot to study for the next day's exams because procrastination will always be a huge part of my life. The List is meant to be fun. Of course there will be goals each year, but mostly it's about jumping outside those silly barricades we put up and trying new things. It's about embracing our goofy side and revisiting some former passions. It's about setting up some new ambitions, some that scare the hell out of you, others that will make you laugh for days.
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- Eat my way thru the Richmond Night Market
- Plan an epic adventure vacation - Adventuring and Hammocking Through Belize
- Finish my alphabet of movies and add in the numbers - I'm sure with all those Hallmark Christmas movies, I'm done.
- Cook a new country's food once a month. - Nailed it in September. Not so much October through August.
- Exercise or meditate every day - Like all things, I was bang on until I missed a day. Then it all went to the dogs.
- Try something new every month - climbing gym, barre class, recipe, food item, snowboarding, aerial yoga...
- Learn bird calls - Since being attacked by a grouse, I've perfected their bastard call.
- From the book Active Vancouver...do as many as you can
- Watch a movie at the morgue
- Run the sand bars at Locarno Beach during low tide...at night.
- Bike around the seawall at night
- Shoot Layla in the ass with a bow and arrow - This was THE. GREATEST. THING. I'VE. EVER. ACCOMPLISHED.
- Eat a yard dog #atthenat - Life Goals. I think I'll do this next summer after an ultra so I can leave everyone around me awestruck as I get through it myself and follow it up with a soft pretzel.
- Stop creating negative hypothetical scenarios in my head - I'm still 50/50 on this. But I'm better at catching myself doing it now.
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Do a challenge each month: It's utterly amazing that the only one I completed was February's no sugar.
September - Smoothie/Breakfast every day
October - Run every day
November - Meditate every day
December - Yoga every day
January - Meal Plan all your dinners
February - No sugar
March - Play no games on your devices
April - Bike commute to/from work
May - No caffeine
June - Eat vegan
July - No shopping outside necessities
August - Eat a different type of fruit every day - Run somewhere so mindblowing your jaw drops
- Read a novel for each week and a non fiction book for each month - I've got 10 days to read 2 novels and 2 non fiction books. This is totally going to happen.
- Spend $1900 a month, all in.
- Take a watershed tour
- Go somewhere with 24 hrs of daylight or 24 hrs of darkness
- Learn to say yes when invited to things
- Fly in a float plane - The helijet was WAY COOLER. As was the 4 seater plane in Belize.
- Go camping
- Watch the planes take off and land at YVR
- Go on a nighttime picnic on a mountaintop
- Go see the live music at Hollyburn Lodge
- Hike up Grouse 4x a month
- Plant a succulent garden
- Watch the Nat Bailey fireworks from QE Park
- Go to Canyon Lights at the Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Learn to surf
- Make a snow angel and a sand angel - I did the sand angel after shooting Layla in the ass with a bow and arrow at Archery Tag!
- Go fishing
- Convince nuun to #bringbackkonacola
- Run all 4 sets of Wreck Beach stairs in one run without stopping
- Jump into an ice cold lake
- Hula Hoop in your underwear. Again.
- Jump out of a plane. The plane can totally be on the ground.
- Dance in the rain
- Ride the Pipe Mountain Coaster
- Knit sock monkey ornaments for my xmas tree - The 6 feet of pink tinsel was covered in them this year!
- Navigate through a corn maze while shouting, "Malachi, he wants you too Malachi!"
- Watch a meteor shower
- Go to an airport and pick a random flight
- Go to Comic Con
- Jump out of a cake
- Slide down a fire pole