I don't believe in bucket lists which is why I'm incorporating an idea from Design Darling (aka Mackenzie Horan) and doing my own version of her 101 in 1001 and doing 30 in 365. The 101 in 1001 just overwhelms me looking at the numbers. I'm not a math kind of gal. Lately I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life. Not work wise, but adventure wise. I actually love adventure to be totally honest. I don't think many people would peg me for that kind of person, but it's the truth. Exploring old abandoned houses is my thing...no not because I think they might be haunted...but because I genuinely love to see the history that people have left behind. For example there is an open old building in downtown Lynchburg (yes it's open to the public...I'm not trespassing) but it's basically falling apart. I think there was a fire there because of the burn marks on the walls and some of the collapsing sections (ok ok...maybe it doesn't sound safe) but upstairs there's this old safe that has to be a ton...literally! It just makes me think about who was there before and who put their belongings in there. If it was a store safe, what did that store manager think? That's just me and my obsession with adventure. I don't like haunted things per say, but I would love to go explore the abandoned insane asylum in Afton, Virginia. I'm sure there are some things "left behind" from long ago, but more so I want to see the places where people once stood. Places that are just there and haven't been touched, as if people left to go home after a long day at work and just never came back. I'm weird, I know. So let's start the adventures! What is your 30 in 365? 1. Reach twenty sales in the Etsy Shop.2. Become a member of the Chamber of Commerce.3. Receive my business license. 4. Organize ALL of my computer files.5. Learn calligraphy.6. Try a new kind of food. 7. Pay off all of my credit cards. 8. Volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving day. 9. Lose 20 pounds from today's weigh10. Clean out closet and illustrate a more structured image (after all I'm about to go into the big girl world.)11. Get published by a LARGE scale magazine, not just regional. 12. Purchase a purse that goes with EVERY article of clothing (i.e. a creme color purse or tan purse.) 13. Create a wearable sewing project AND style it. 14. Get my first blog sponsor. 15. Visit a place I've never visited before. 16. Attend a fashion show. 17. Find the perfect home decor piece at a thrift store or other similar avenue.18. Take a dance class (can be fitness or fun)19. Try hot yoga.20. Attend a blogger meet up.21. Invent a new recipe. 22. Meet 5 new bloggers that I've never met in person before. '23. Finish and publish my book. 24. Learn how to reupholster furniture. 25. Purchase a Canon Rebel. 26. Take a class on design. 27. Attend a networking conference. 28. Establish blogging goals: i.e. plan when posts will go up and have a certain kind of post go up daily. 29. Post two posts a day for a month straight (hopefully this will become a habit.)30. Establish a portfolio page. xo
