My mindset around goal setting has changed during this longass pandemic. What these boil down to are things for me to look forward to. I’m good with the ones I don’t get to and I’m proud of seeing the ones I do!

• Record 1 Second Everyday. My third year! I cried a little seeing it all together. So much to be thankful for.

• Stretch every morning. Not every morning, but I DID stretch every day and the benefits are evident!

• Go out for dim sum. LOL YES. I ate so much, I felt sick. Still the best meal to eat out!

• Study Spanish. Started Duolingo Spanish! Absolute beginner.

• Spend the night in a dome. Not exactly, but I spend a night in a yurt and that quenched my dome thirst. hahaa

• Bake adorable desserts. Many- I finally made desserts I’d saved on pinterest, including these werewolf cupcakes!

• Compost. As luck would have it, my wonderful housemates HAVE a compost bin. Easy peasy.

• Buy lingerie. Yes!

• Catch peak red diamorpha on Arabia. Gorgeous!

• Pick up litter in neighborhood. Call me the local garbage woman cuz I bought a grabber and picked up trash 5x last year. Satisfying.

• Create photo albums. I printed some photos on Shutterfly. They’re always running promos. Love to have these real books.

• Visit Little Grand Canyon. I’ve wanted to go since I moved to Georgia almost 8 years ago. Little and totally worth it.

• Visit Great Smoky Mountains. Yes! I drove in the North Carolina side after a great trip to Hot Springs and even saw an elk on the drive in.

• Have vacation sex. You bet.

• Cull/organize closet. Done and done!

• Re-visit Paradise Garden. My favorite spot in Georgia.

• Visit Judaculla Rock. Jason had to ask so many people how to find this one. “Turn down that dirt road. When you see a donkey, you want to go left…” Haaaa!

• Read at bedtime. Not as much as I wish, but making time to read again has been a treat. Read some zines, read some horror paperbacks, and the last book of the year I read was Klara and the Sun.

• Re-visit the Rock Garden. Charming as it was the first time!

• Send snail mail. I started the year with handprinted postcards and ended the year with Christmas cards.

• Visit Mexico. Yes! I was so happy to meet two of Jason’s longtime friends. First time in Mexico!

• Dye hair. It has been dyed at least 4 colors since last January.

• Drink Chocolate. Yes! Ordered Condor’s rich drinking chocolate at their new downtown location. Everything they make is a tiny edible luxury and the drinking chocolate is no exception. My sweet secret santa got me Condor this year too.

• Throw a backyard party. LOL, I threw a backyard party centered around Lydian’s friend making us some wild punch that should not taste good but did! Thank you, Zach!