In 2009, for my 36th birthday, I wrote a blog post called 36 Before 37 listing 36 things I intended to do before I turned 37. Reflective and goal-oriented lists were big at the time in the world of blogging, but seem to have fallen out of practice these days.

Today I felt like resurrecting the practice.

Voici, in no particular order, 20 things I would like to do in 2020:

finish 100 collages from the cube
work my way up to 30 minutes of movement 3 times a week, maintain this for at least 6 weeks in a row - preferably more
get a working fireplace in the living room, this may or may not include having it re-faced
show my art at a local venue
try selling prints online
take a class or workshop related to textiles (rug hooking, weaving, embroidery, etc.)
take a creative class or workshop in real life (IRL) vs. online
make a loaf of no-knead bread
dip my toes in Lake Superior
see Picasso: Painting the Blue Period at the Art Gallery of Ontario plus at least two more art exhibitions on my short list for 2020 (blog post on this to come soon)
finish the latch hook rug I started last fall
take a trip somewhere new with D.
take Daphnie - our pop-up camper - out camping at least 3 times this summer somewhere OTHER than our driveway
do a solo getaway
go see a live concert with D.
hang artwork on the dining room walls
get a mammogram
replace the old fences in our front yard
replace the outdoor shed
host a party or gathering in our home

And because I like flexibility and it’s hard for me to declare a list finite, here are a few honourable mentions:

take a surface pattern design course
scan my Sketches from the Cube, all 400 of them (500 if I achieve #1)
get the dental work I’ve been avoiding done
go down East twice
move to the country (<— WHOA!)

And because I feel like throwing caution to the wind:

achieve inner peace

I haven’t allowed myself to dream and look ahead in several years so I’m a bit out of practice. I welcome the process with a mixture of skepticism, faith and determination.

Just for today I’ll take that.

.:.

What’s your 20 in 2020?

In spirit of discovery,

Stephanie

♥

Oh hello, June.

We’re already half-way done our time together yet I feel like we are just catching up.

There’s a lot going on around here these days.

After a busy and creatively fulfilling month of May you bring a lot with you, June.

You bring a few big milestones: 25 years working for my current employer, 6 years in our home and a 10th wedding anniversary. You bring possibility, decisions and action needed to redo our front yard after it was stripped bare by last year’s tornado. You bring our first camping trip of the season, two weeks off and lastly, a new addition to our family – a puppy.

*Chives in bloom, pretty in pink. My garden makes me happy.*

That’s a lot happening at once. Exciting, shifting, overwhelming and everything in between.

Add a 9-5 workload that’s been taking its toll for a few months and dang, I am one. tired. woman.

So please be gentle ‘k, June?

In return I will practice letting go, discernment, openness and rest. I welcome ease and flow.

And joy. Much joy.

Always joy.

In spirit of discovery,

Stephanie