Yearly Lists

25 for 2025

Much like my 2024 review, this post is very delayed in going up! But I have been working on creating the list since December, so as I write this I have already checked a few things off, which is fun. Progress made, even before I managed to get it posted! 💪🏼 😂

I’m a huge fan of making these lists, because they tend to help nudge me out of my comfort zone to try new things. These are all things that sound fun or interesting to me, or important stuff that I might otherwise procrastinate about prioritizing. What can I say? It’s nice to get an extra gold star for completing things I already want to do. 😉⭐️ I almost never finish the whole list, but that’s not really the point! It’s just fun to track throughout the year.

  1. Donate blood quarterly (March, June, September, December)
  2. Get a massage (at least!) quarterly (January, April, July, October)
  3. Start a local Cookbook Club ✅ We had our first meeting in February! 
  4. Take Bruno to Long Point Provincial Park Dog Beach!
  5. Try Maipai Pizza
  6. Go see the lilacs in full bloom at the RBG
  7. Go to a Tiger-Cats Game at the stadium We got tickets this summer & it was so fun!
  8. Visit all of the Hamilton Conservation Areas
  9. Learn how to use hot rollers
  10. Go to Scandinave Spa ✅ We went in January for our anniversary!
  11. Refinish the purple bench on our front porch It turned out so beautiful 💜
  12. Plant flowers in our garden beds for the summer
  13. Get flowers (at least!) once a month
  14. Visit Bron & Alex in the UK
  15. Use our gift card to take a flight during peak foliage
  16. Visit “To Reflect Everything” in Washington Square Park
  17. Watch all of a critically-acclaimed TV show
  18. Be able to have a fluid conversation in Romanian with Mike & Cori
  19. Sew another beautiful quilt
  20. Print photobooks of our big trips
  21. Start a coffee table photo album
  22. Take an agility class with Bruno
  23. Eliminate my upper back pain
  24. Go to a cottage in the summertime for a few days
  25. Surprise Wild Card Thing! (to be added as the year goes on)

It feels very fun to finally commit to my 25 things for the year! If you’re interested, you can learn more about the concept of creating a list for the year right here. And you can see my lists from previous years over on this page.

xoxo
Steph

24 for 2024

Hello dear friends! Long time, no see. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post, and even longer since I’ve done a list like this. But I’ve been missing my creative practice, and I’ve been craving more documentation, so here I come back to blogging!

Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing a bit of end-of-year reflection and some goal-setting for 2024, but I wanted to start with this fun list of things I want to try or do in the coming year. I used to do these lists for my birthday (examples here and here) but fell out of the habit a while back (I’m 32 now!). But instead of waiting for my birthday to roll around in April, I am going to switch the schedule and do it for the year 2024 instead.

I first got this idea from Sarah Von Bargen, but it’s also been popularized by the Happier podcast. For me, the prompt is to think of things that sound fun or interesting to you that you might otherwise procrastinate on doing. It gives some fun and structure to the year, and you’ll always have good ideas if you aren’t sure what to do with yourself!

So without further ado, here is my list of 24 things I’d like to do in 2024. Huzzah!

  1. Try rock climbing with Mike at Gravity Climbing Gym ✅ Went for Mike’s birthday in August & back again in September!
  2. Sew The Juniper Tank with a bow at the back ✅ Sewed in March + I absolutely love it!
  3. Take a daytrip to Trader Joe’s in Buffalo ✅ Mike and I went for our anniversary weekend in January
  4. Celebrate my 10-year friendship anniversary with Katie ✅ We met up in Ithaca for the weekend! 
  5. Donate blood quarterly (March, June, September, December) ✅
  6. Start a local Cookbook Club
  7. Make another beautiful quilt
  8. Get a sandwich from Artie’s  ✅ First official time in May, many more to come 😉
  9. Get ice cream from The Purple Pony ✅ Went in June, it was delightful!
  10. Finish writing Slowpreneur
  11. Get Prince Street Pizza in Toronto ✅ Went with Kirsti in June, so delicious.
  12. Take Bruno to Long Point Provincial Park
  13. Find a physio and eliminate my back pain
  14. Plan our third-annual RBG Reading Retreat ✅ We had it mid-October and it was a delight!!!
  15. Have a sister night to watch Practical Magic + Midnight Margaritas ✅ We had so much fun with this in October! 
  16. Get a Hamilton Bike Share membership + use it
  17. Pay off my debt completely
  18. Visit the Royal Botanical Gardens ✅ Went with my mom, grandma & Mike for my birthday in April
  19. Get at least two perfect pairs of jeans ✅ Found some new faves at Abercrombie in November
  20. Visit the Gage Park Greenhouse in the wintertime ✅ Mike and I went on January 10th & it was delightful!
  21. Host a pizza party or cookie swap
  22. Go hiking at peak leaf-peeping season ✅ Went to Kortright Centre with Mike’s family in October
  23. Watch all of a critically-acclaimed TV show
  24. Print more square photos for my wall

While I’d like to say I’ll write a blog post for each of these things, realistically it’s far more likely that I’ll post about them on my personal Instagram account. Feel free to follow along there, if you’re curious!

In the meantime, watch this space for more blog posts coming your way soon. This is fun! Why did I ever stop doing this?!

xoxo,
Steph

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