Quick post..

I feel like I should write a big long post about the NEDIC Conference I just spent the last two days at. But feeling like I should is silly. It was good. I'll leave it at that. I'm inspired by some of the work, confused by other stuff, and I feel like I haven't slowed down after the conference (or after the last month, for that matter) for long enough to begin to sort things out in my mind!

Feeling this caught up in the go go go is a recipe for disaster, so I'm taking time out tonight from my real/extremely daunting to-do list to have some fun with a to-do list instead. I can credit this one to Bonnie--one more way she's been a serious inspiration along the way for me...she made a list of 100 things she wants to do, but I decided to make a list of things I want to do in the next year, and I went to 50 (that's plenty to get you thinking!). Some are easier than others, some are more like dreams, but making the list really made me think (as cheesy as it is) about the kinds of things I want to spend my time doing.





50 things to do this year...
1. Swim in the ocean
2. Run in the rain
3. Go on a yoga retreat
4. Grow my hair out
5. Bake bread from scratch
6. Make pasta from scratch
7. Make croutons
8. Go meat free one day a week
9. Get into the habit of remembering my shopping bags
10. Always use my thermos at Starbucks
11. Ride another century
12. Sleep under the stars
13. Give up swearing
14. Become a tea drinker
15. Learn to save money
16. Plan a trip
17. Graduate
18. Apply to grad school
19. Do 5 pullups in a row
20. Go on a road trip
21. Go white water rafting
22. Try rock climbing
23. Try trail running
24. Go kayaking
25. Win something
26. Cook bison for myself
27. Go to New York
28. Clean out my closet
29. Go hiking
30. Go on a picnic
31. Go to the zoo
32. Pay off my visa
33. Organize my i pod
34. Speak somewhere
35. Do a river run
36. Do a headstand...without the wall!
37. Play soccer
38. Jump on a trampoline
39. Go one week without shopping
40. Write something every day
41. Take a class I’m scared to
42. Teach a step class
43. Do zumba
44. Get skype
45. Go to a concert
46. Take a cake decorating class
47. Learn to knit
48. Try a new sport
49. Go to Pennsylvania
50. Move somewhere


And let's leave it with some quotes, just because:
"Plan out your life on paper but live your life by your heart.”
"Dreams are only thoughts you didn't have time to think about during the day."
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."
"Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of."
"You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
"When your life flashes before your eyes, make sure you've got plenty to watch."
"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."