‘Tis the season for resolutions…and I’m no different. Often I indulge in a few self-improvment mantras, mostly doomed to failure by February 1st, but this year I thought I’d try something different. First off…this is not an original idea. Last year, one of my favorite bloggers, Summer Pierre, posted her list of 100 things I want to do in 2011. Wow…I thought this was such a great idea. And I even showed this to several of my friends early in the year, saying..WOW isn’t this a great idea?! But I never got around to doing it myself. I’ve followed Summer’s progress on her list last year, and her comments about how beneficial having her list has been to her general outlook, well-being, productivity, etc. So I’ve decided to try it. I even stole her layout…as smashing them all up into paragraph form seems less intimidating than a 100-line list.
Things on my list (which are in no particular order) include a few obligatory self-improvement items, lots of art-related goals, lots of fun stuff, just a few day-job related items (since there are other more bureaucratic lists of goals existing elsewhere for THAT), some home improvement projects, and various things I know I’ll do anyway, but that will be satisfying to cross off the list. (First up, #96–purchased at an after-Christmas sale!) Most are at least somewhat measurable, although there are few ongoing and/or ethereal entries — in particular #100, which is more a daily mantra than anything else. I’ll make an effort to detail progress here on the blog, which should help accomplish #54!
100 things to do in 2012
1) Make tile for EK’s Kitchen 2) Establish an intentional exercise routine
3) Send images for Lark’s 500 Teapots by April 4) Enter a juried ceramics show 5) See an accountant about artbiz finances 6) Have portraits taken by a professional photographer 7) Go on a trip with the red shoe club 8) Host a craft party 9) Publish an article 10) Inventory/weed/organize the art supply cabinet 11) Shredding basket to zero 12) Go tubing on the Ichnetucknee
13) Make some bird tiles 14) Go on a date 15) Write five real ink-on-paper-in-the-mail letters 16) Install new kitchen countertops & sink & non-leaky faucet 17) Open an Etsy store 18) Go to the beach for a week in May 19) Visit Kanapaha Gardens 20) Design a marketing postcard for ceramics biz
21) Acquire a proper briefcase 22) Host a clay studio day for AFA student assistants 23) Get my eyebrows waxed 24) Make biscotti 25) Get some new eyeglasses 26) Attend a summer art workshop 27) Finish painting the household woodwork 28) Paint the bedroom walls grey 29) Install, or have installed, white interior doors 30) Paper filing under control at work
31) Winnow down the work email inbox 32) Mulch the backyard 33) Have the house exterior painted 34) Take a digital photo class 35) Make 100 teacups 36) Revive the creative group 37) See a play at the Hippodrome Theater 38) Try 5 new recipes 39) Walk/Run a 5K 40) Apply for a sabbatical 41) Redeem that Groupon for a month at Curves 42) Throw a dinner party 43) Send valentines 44) Make a new friend 45) Read 12 novels 46) Send surprises to 5 friends 47) Walk by the Bay when I’m in St. Pete
48) Actually take my assigned research time 49) Get Dad’s ring resized.
50) Organize the home office. 51) Get rid of 50 things–clothes don’t count 52) Write an artist statement 53) Take walks at lunch while it’s cool outside 54) Write 50 blog posts 55) Teach my mother to use her Kindle 56) Go to a wine tasting 57) Attend a planetarium show 58) Stargaze on Paynes Prairie 59) Go somewhere that requires use of my passport 60) Install photoshop on my Mac 61) Watch the rest of the Merlin episodes on Netflix 62) Apply to be a member of the Artisan’s Guild 63) Get 100 people to “like” my ceramics page on Facebook 64) Declutter the studio 65) Make some linocut prints 66) See a performance at the Phillips Center 67) Spend a day at the Ritz Carleton spa with Bess 68) Go Rollerskating 69) Take a mental health day 70) Discover some new music & make a playlist 71) Get a massage once a month 72) Fix online access to house acct 73) Floss 74) Leave work stress at work 75) Spend time in the studio every day even if it’s only a few minutes
76) Maintain the weight loss of 2011 77) Experiment with screencasting
78) Finish purging the closet of clothes that don’t fit 79) Migrate all website domains to dreamhost. 80) Add a portfolio/gallery section to website 81) Photograph new artwork at least once a month 82) Visit Patty S. at her new home in Jax 83) Do weekend brunch with friend(s) once a month 84) Visit the Marimekko flagship store in NYC 85) Visit the FLW Campus at FL Southern in Lakeland 86) Increase interaction with other artist bloggers—comment at least 2X/week 87) Upgrade my not-very-smart phone 89) Organize a happy hour for the D.L. 90) Go to hear more live music 91) Find someone to take over as ODK advisor 92) Try a new hairstyle 93) Answer the where-do-you-want-to-be-in-five-years question 94) Do a collaborative project with another artist 95) Go through the boxes of Lindell family STUFF and decide what to keep and what to weed 96) Buy a new iron 97) Get a flickr account and learn what to do with it 98) Do something to address the dead grass areas in the front yard 99) Stick to a one-in-one-out policy for items brought into the house 100) Find the humor in the crazy.
