There are some variations of this going around, the online Bucket List, or the Impossible List. I feel that this title fits me better. It’s a combination of both.
This is a very personal list, and my goal of having it online as it is a more easily accessible and easy to view location, and perhaps for others to be inspired to do one as well.
Currently In Progress
- Practice/ Learn a sport consistently every season (3-4 months per year)
- May 2016 – Arnis, Re-started February 2017
- Food Journalling for six months straight
- Successful (March – August 2016)
- Fell of the wagon – resumed January 2017, fell off again Feb 2017
- Re-started (February 2018 and ongoing)
- Make one upcycled artwork/craft per month for 12 months straight
- Blog Post Writing
- Non-Fiction Book Reading
- June – The Personal MBA
- July- Child Please by Ylonda Gault Caviness, Chilcen Soup for the Soul Parenthood
- August- The Everyday Parenting Tooklit by Alan Kazdin, Stuffocation by James Wallman, Chicken Soup for the Soul Married Life, Uniquely Human A Different Way of Seeing Autism ,
- Retirement Savings = $350 a month (due to raise at work my RRSP savings there increased, yay!)
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Health – Fitness
- Run a 5 K
- Run a 10 K
- Swim a full lap without getting tired
- Confidently swim in the ocean without fear of drowning, and without actually drowning
- Go for a nature walk/hike for over 3 hours without being cranky/worn out
- Be able to carry my own body weigh
- Practice/ Learn a sport consistently every season (3-4 months per year)
Health – Nutrition
Food Journalling for 100 days straight- Achieved June 2015 and again June 2018
- Food Journalling for 6 months straight
- Discover a salad recipe I like that I happily eat once a week
- Experience a “Trendy Cleanse”
Professional Goals
Stay in a job for 3 + years and still feel kick-ass and fulfilled in the company- Stay in a job for 5+ years and still feel fulfilled
- Have one scary career shift in my lifetime. Definition – a career where someone like me is underrepresented, or takes an challenging amount of time and resources to achieve.
Creative Goals
- Write a blog post twice a month for 12 months straight
- 2016 – May (2), June (2), July (2), August (2), September (2), October (2), November (2), December (2)
- 2017 = January (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), February (3 – 2 articles, 1 digital art), March (3 = 2 articles 1 digital art), April (3 = 2 articles, 1 art), May (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), June (2 = 1 article, 1 art), July (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), August (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), September (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), October (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), November (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), December (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art),
- 2018 = January (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), February (3 – 2 articles, 1 digital art), March (3 = 2 articles 1 digital art), April (3 = 2 articles, 1 art), May (3 = 2 articles, June (3 = 2 articles, 1 digital art), July
- Make one upcycled artwork/craft per month for 12 months straight
- 2016 – June (y) Welcome Garden Sign, July (y) Book Folding & Mixed Media Sculpture, August (y) jar with keys/glass pebbles , September, October (two to make up for last month) ‘Dead’ people front lawn design + Candy bag for Halloween, November (y) Quilt for Giselle + Stuffed Animal Dino 1 + Stuffed Animal Dino 2, December (y) Master Bedroom Quilt,
- 2017 January (y), Oven mitts for work and home, February (y), two flow paint + puzzle mixed media, one paint + eggshells mixed media,
- 2018
- Complete one outdoor art piece/sculpture – Yes (the June Welcome Garden Sign)
Learning Goals:
- Read 50 non-fiction books borrowed from the city’s public library
- Current Count: 6
- Read 50 new E-books on various topics, genres
- Current Count: 1- June 2016
- Read cover-to-cover the religious text of at five major world religions
- Current Count:
Personal Goals:
- Feel comfortable with communicating with maternal Grandma. Aka having a conversation without having an emotional breakdown afterwards.
- Learn how to drive and comfortably use the household car.
Financial Goals:
Monthly Retirement Savings of $500 per month – not including work RRSP savings: Officially implemented January 2018- Use financial software for 1 full year: Started January 2018
Emergency fund consistently at $2000 for six months straight: Confirmed on May 2018- Emergency fund of 3 months’ living expenses for six months straight
Filipino Cuisine Cooking Skills (competent to expert for at least 10 dishes each category):
- Dessert/ Sweet Dishes
- Homemade Puto, Bibingka, Yema, Arroz Caldo
- Chicken Dishes
- Chicken Tinola, Chicken Adobo, Arroz Caldo
- Pork Dishes
- Fried Pork Chop,Pork Sinigang
- Beef Dishes
- Beef Nilaga, Grandma General’s Beef and Mushroom, Filipino Beef Steak
- Pasta Dishes
- Carbonara, Filipino Style Spaghetti (sweet style with hotdogs and ground meat)
- Vegetable Dishes
- Eggplant Torta
- Seafood Dishes
- Fish Sinigang
- Unusual Meats Dishes
Travel
- Visit every province in Canada
- 2016 – Alberta (outside home base in Edmonton) and British Columbia
- Visit Philippines (home country) every five years after 2013
Various Activities
- Skydiving
- Scuba Diving
- Pole Dancing (completing a course)
- Camping
Nonprofits to Strongly Support or Start
- Poverty Elimination in Home City
- Gender Based Violence
- Shelter/ greater support for male victims