Archive | October, 2011

Bucket List

21 Oct

Yesterday, I mentioned that blogging for 30 days was on my bucket list, so I thought I should share my whole list (Including the ones that have been crossed off). This isn’t my first bucket list, and it doesn’t include everything from my old bucket list, but this one is much more mature than what I made in high school.

Here goes:

  1. Buy a house
  2. Finish writing a book
  3. Blog every day for a month
  4. Own a DSLR
  5. Have kids
  6. Take a cooking class
  7. Take a photography class (not the one in high school)
  8. Publish a book
  9. Make mac and cheese from scratch
  10. Earn money blogging
  11. Build the dream house
  12. Sell something on Etsy
  13. Visit Australia
  14. Visit England
  15. Travel Europe
  16. Visit Japan
  17. Visit the Czech Republic
  18. Visit Germany
  19. Learn German
  20. Take part in NaNoRiMo
  21. Read Pride and Prejudice
  22. Take a hot air balloon ride
  23. Model in a runway show
  24. Own a beach house
  25. Travel all 50 states
  26. Go snowboarding
  27. Learn to surf
  28. Be on minute to win it
  29. Be in a magazine
  30. Take a bartending class
  31. Run a 5k
  32. Walk a 10k
  33. Run a 10k
  34. Start a scholarship program
  35. Camp on the beach
  36. Go base jumping
  37. Be self-employed
  38. Write an Android app
  39. Speak as a motivational speaker
  40. Build a Koi pond
  41. Go skydiving
  42. Go to Las Vegas
  43. Dance with Chris (Oct 1, 2011 at Andie and Jim’s wedding)
  44. Walk a 5k (Oct 15, 2011 at Kalamazoo Strides Against Breast Cancer)

Obviously, it’s more travel than anything else. When I double it, I’ll probably post again.

What’s on your bucket list? What should I add? Why am I still wasting time doing things like napping when I could be blogging? Why is Morgan Freeman SO awesome?

Blogging about blogging

20 Oct

I was on Twitter earlier, and I saw a tweet from Antonio Neves about an article by Chris Brogan about blogging. The article, Haven’t Had Time to Blog, kind of hit me in that little soft spot and I got mad. Mad at myself for neglecting my blog. Mad at myself for taking pictures for tons of blogs, and leaving them on my phone. Mad at myself for spending more time on Stumble Upon than here. Mad at myself for starting a blog and then saving in, forgetting about it. Mad for wasting more time when I could be doing things that can somehow benefit me in some way.

Why haven’t I been writing a backlog of blogs? Why haven’t I posted anything since August? Why do I waste time on facebook and Stumble Upon, when I could be here, discovering myself and putting awesome things (like pie and weddings) out into the world?

So today, I’ve set myself a goal. Starting now, I’m going to post a blog every day for 30 days. It’s on my bucket list, anyway, so it can’t hurt to try. I have a ton of stuff to talk about, recipes, weddings, how my major has ruined my relaxation time, so WHAT AM I DOING?

And when I’m not here, blogging, I’m going to be designing some ads for my portfolio, baking, and participating in NaNoWriMo. I’m also going to be putting my posts on facebook, because I put everything out there ANYWAY, so why not?

Here goes…

What are you blogging about? What are your goals for the next month or so? What are you getting me for my birthday?
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