Birthday Bucket List Review 2014

Birthday Bucket List

Each year before my birthday I come up with a list of things to do before my next birthday.  The number of things I put on the list is the same as my age.  I have been doing it for several years now and I really like it.  Since my birthday was yesterday I decided to post about the list and show you what I was able to do.  Red means I was not able to do it, and black text are things I have done!

32 Things to Do Before I am 33
1. Participate in the Sketchbook Project (see some pages here, and here)
2. Present at Conference -  presented at the FATA Conference and a symposium; still scheduled to present at the American Art Therapy Conference in July.
3. Friendship Journal swap with my best friend Hillary - We started but it is sill going! 
4. Go on a Cruise - Cruise part 1, part 2, part 3, art journal 
5. Go to a new country - see cruise above
6. Go on a post graduation vacation - I went to England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland!!  I will post about that soon! 
7. Go to Disney - Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Art journal Pages
8. Do a 10K 
9. Volunteer at Camp - see posts Camp Boggy Creek and Camp Boggy Creek pt. 2
10.  Go to a Seminole Basketball Game
11.  Go to a new city- I went to San Diego, see posts for  part 1, part 2, and  part 3
12.  Complete an art journal - I completed several of them!!  
13.  Go to a pumpkin patch
14.  Go to a Christmas show - I Saw White Christmas, and The Nutcracker 
15.  Get certified as a water aerobics instructor
16.  Finish my ACE group fitness instructor continuing education hours  - I am still working on this! 
17.  Have my resume looked at by the career center
18.  Complete my USA Jobs profile (the website for getting a job with the VA/DOD)
19.  Do an affirmation journal (I might incorporate this into my documented life project planner) - I started but did not keep this up.  
20.  Continue to participate in the Happy Art Swap - I participated for the vast majority of the year! 
21.  Do a postcard swap - I did the DIY Postcard Swap, see post 1, post 2,post 3, and post 4
22.  Order business cards - see Veteran Art Therapy post
23.  Go to Texas for Christmas
24.  Finish my thesis - Done and done! 
25.  Go to the beach
26.  Go to an art show - I saw Picasso and Matisse  at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth
27.  Stop having caffeine
28.  Eat clean - did pretty good.  
29.  Do at least 20 of the journaling cards I have from Judy Peebles 
30.  Read at least 5 just for fun books - I don't write blog posts about this but here are the last 8 books I have read, all between finals and New Years!: Black Moon Beginnings, Emily Chambers Spirit Medium Series - The Medium, Possession, and Evermore, Arelia LaRue Novels - Bound, Punished, Possessed, Oppressed
31.  Try a new workout - I did spinning for the first time every.  Great workout.  Not nearly as pain inducing as I had anticipated! 
32.  Documented Life Project - I have kept up with this so far except for when I went on vacation but I journaled all of those day so I think it counts! 

Soon I will get to work on my 33 things to do before my 34th birthday list.  Once it is complete I will let you know! 

Birthday Bucket List

Hello there friends.  Every year near my birthday I come up with a list of things to do that total the number of my age... I'm 32, so my list has 32 things to do before I am 33.  So, I try to make them things that are relatively easy to accomplish and things I want to do (of course).  I also art journal them.  Well this past semester at school was CRAZY.  So, the entire semester I had "32 things" on my to-do list to remind myself to make the list into an art journal page, but it never got done.

I did finish it, however, about 1 week ago!  I made the art journal page in my Documented Life Moleskine Planner since I am hoping to see it every day it will be easy to keep up with the list.  Here are some pictures of it:

And here is the list:

1. Participate on the Sketchbook Project
2. Present at Conference (I'm on the schedule to present at both the FATA and AATA Conferences!!)
3. Friendship Journal swap with my best friend Hillary
4. Go on a Cruise (scheduled for 7-10 FEB in the Bahamas)
5. Go to a new country
6. Go on a post graduation vacation (currently considering Costa Rica and England/Ireland/Scotland)
7. Go to Disney (probably spring break)
8. Do a 10K
9. Volunteer at Camp
10.  Go to a Seminole Basketball Game
11.  Go to a new city
12.  Complete an art journal
13.  Go to a pumpkin patch
14.  Go to a Christmas show
15.  Get certified as a water aerobics instructor
16.  Finish my ACE group fitness instructor continuing education hours
17.  Have my resume looked at by the career center
18.  Complete my USA Jobs profile (the website for getting a job with the VA/DOD)
19.  Do an affirmation journal (I might incorporate this into my documented life project planner)
20.  Continue to participate in the Happy Art Swap
21.  Do a postcard swap
22.  Order business cards
23.  Go to Texas for Christmas
24.  Finish my thesis
25.  Go to the beach
26.  Go to an art show
27.  Stop having caffeine
28.  Eat clean
29.  Do at least 20 of the journaling cards I have from Judy Peebles
30.  Read at least 5 just for fun books
31.  Try a new workout
32.  Documented Life Project

You can keep up with my progress on this list via clicking on the "Birthday Bucket List" tab to the right of the "home" tab.  The ones that are finished will be black while the rest will be red.  Hopefully I will get a decent amount of the list accomplished before September!  Wish me luck.

Birthday Bucket List Re-cap

**Below is what is currently depicted on my "Birthday Bucket List" tab ... I have updated it to reflect what I have done.  Soon, since my birthay is this coming Saturday, I will be creating a new list and the tab will change.  Anyways,  just to recap the year..........

Each year before my birthday I come up with a list of things to do before my next birthday.  The number of things I put on the list is the same as my age.  I have been doing it for several years now and I really like it.  Links to posts that are about that particular item on the list.  I you would like you can check out last year's list (on my old  blog) here:30 Things to Do Before I am 31.  Now, onto this years this - Red items are things I did not do:

31 Things to Do Before I am 32
1.Go to a FSU Basketball Game - I did this but I did not post about it
2. Visit the FSU Rez - I have done this twice - both times with my fellow art therapy students!  
3. Read Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga - Finished!! 
4. Finish hanging pictures in the house - All pictures and most of my paintings are now hanging up! It only took me 1 year of living in the apartment to accomplish this!
5. Try Cardio HipHop Class - Cardio Hip Hop was not offered in the spring, but I did try (numerous times!) Cardio Party which i think is almost the same thing!  
6. Volunteer at Camp - Camp Boggy Creek Asthma Weekend & Holiday Party
7. Read 5 just for fun books - This is far beyond complete
8. Take an art workshop - Peace Papers Workshop Part I; Peace Papers Workshop Part II; Peace Papers Workshop Part III
9. Finish 2 art journals - I've started so many journals that this is not likely to happen - but I have more than completed 2 journals worth of pages this year so I am satisfied.  
10. Visit a new city - I visited Thomasville, GA but did not post about it
11. Keep going to Dance Step - I have certainly kept this up and to one-up it I became a certified group fitness instructor - I can now teach my own classes!!
12. complete a 5K race - FSU Cares 5K
13.  Try a new recipe - Tried a baked sweet potato topped with ground turkey, red salsa and green salsa.  Sounded iffy but man does it taste good - Its my new favorite thing to eat (other than dessert!)
14. Do a Turkey Trot - I did this, but did not post about it
15.  Stop drinking diet soda - Not sure this will ever happen.  I've realized its a ridiculous cycle to feel guilty abut drinking them but then to need the caffeine when I have migraines.  New goal - stop feeling bad about having one ever few days.
16. Go on a ghost tour
17. Go to water aerobics
18.  Have a Dresses, Drinks & Deserts Event - Dresses, Drinks and Desserts Fall 2012
19.  Have breakfast with the girls
20.  "Run" at St. Marks Trail
21.  Take a tennis class - I took 2 tennis classes in the Fall of 2012 and 2 during Spring 2013
22.  Go to the beach - Oh yea, far beyond complete; have been to St. George twice with the girls, for an entire week with mom, and to Panama City Beach with mom too!  
23.  Go bowling
24.  Do my yoga DVD
25.  Finishing hanging paintings in the house - Done...see #4.
26.  Complete a 10K - my leg did now allow for this one to happen.
27.  Go to the FSU Circus - I did this with some of the other student veterans!!  
28.  Take a swimming class
29.  Have a pizza and movie night - I did this but did not post about it.
30.  Send out handmade Christmas postcards - Part 1, Part II
31.  Have an art making night

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day everyone!

I am busy working on homework and thesis.  I hope you are out celebrating and relaxing and have a wonderful day  - I will live vicariously through you!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

P.S. Tomorrow is my yearly re-cap via my Birthday Bucket List!!