This Is 39!

Today I turn 39. I've done a lot of thinking of what I want this last year of my fourth decade to look like. I've always been very motivated by goal setting and decided to come up with 39 things I want to do/goals I'd like to accomplish in the next 365 days. I actually came up with more than 39 and had to put some of them to the side (I'll still try to write a living will and securely store my internet passwords and all the other things that didn't make the cut). But here are the things I'm going to hold myself accountable to in the year ahead:

1. Attend a yoga class at least 1x/month
2. Be mindful of communication: try not to say anything about someone I wouldn't want them overhearing
3. Blog at least 2x/month about my goals and progress
4. Buy and use really good eye cream every day
5. Call my grandparents 1x/week
6. Camp at/near the beach
7. Create a solid emergency savings fund
8. Date night with Steve at least one night a week
9. Denver trip with my twin to see the twins (and you too, Cari, obviously)
10. Do a Segway tour. (Who's in???)
11. Eliminate credit card debt
12. Exceed last year's Cycle of Survival fundraising $18,476
13. Finish the remaining stair walks from the Secret Stairs of Los Angeles book
14. Get four facials and four massages
15. Get a piece of my photography hanging up somewhere in public
16. Go on a solo road trip that includes at least two nights away
17. Go to Weight Watchers meetings every week (I'm in the country)
18. Hike 1x/month
19. Journal at least 4x/week
20. Learn how to properly apply eye liner
21. Milk a cow in Ireland
22. No McDonald's for a year (it's my go to binge/hangover cure meal)
23. Nurture my marriage
24. Organize and back-up my photos (anyone have any online storage suggestions?)
25. Plan a kick ass 40th birthday trip to Ireland & Lisbon (anyone is welcome to join. Our official birthday party will be on Wednesday, October 24th.
26. Read 20 books
27. Resistance training 3x/week
28. Run a half marathon!!!
29. Sisters-only trip (Kara, Meghan and Katie you've been warned. And if we could also make it for a place I've never been, that'd help me hit another goal I had to eliminate. New Orleans??)
30. Ski in California (with Katie)
31. Stay on top of BRCA2 gene appointments (I've let that slide of the past year and it's really not cool or smart)
32. Track each day's food in the Weight Watchers app
33. Travel some place new (possibly Vancouver and Banff with Steve)
34. Try Ethiopian food
35. Try mediating for 21 days in a row 
36. Try surfing (with Steve)
37. Use my real camera at least 1x/month
38. Volunteer 1x/month (must include something to help flip the House in 2018)
39. Write an article/short story about Clancy and try and get it published

And of course, because I'm me, I have an Excel document to track my progress and keep me honest.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to make so many positive changes. And excited by all the possibilities to have this be a healthy, happy and fulfilling year.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!