My team at work got picked at the random draw for the Nike Women’s Marathon! Doing the half of course, I’m not crazy. Yet.
It’s a new year!
… and unfortunately, I am not in Yosemite like I was last year!
Last year my new years resolution was “Do More. Go More.” and I’m quite sure I did that. I think that resolution morphed to really mean do more things—that I’ve never done before, and go more place—that I’ve never been before.
Things I did this year that I hadn’t done before:
- Worked a 9-5 (8:30-5:30+, in reality) as a full time employee
- Run a 12K (or anything over a 3K for that matter)
- Continued to run and work out since—impressive considering I absolutely hate running
- Went (indoor) rock climbing
- Went on exhilarating 6+ hour hikes
- Ocean kayaking
- Capsizing from ocean kayaking—twice
- Traveled to the East Coast
- Snowboarded down a black diamond
- Owned a smart phone
- Baked a pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting, peppermint bark, and oatmeal cookies
Places I went to that I hadn’t before:
- Yosemite (1/1/11-1/3/11)
- Point Reyes (7/2/11)
- Big Basin (7/29/11)
- Pinnacles National Monument (8/6/11)
- New York City, NY (11/11/11-11/16/11)
- Muir Woods (12/3/11)
And you know what? Since food (yes, I’m serious) played that much of a role in my 2011.. Things I ate this year (and LOVE) that I hadn’t before:
- Japanese curry
- Chicken over rice (at the Halal cart!)
- Spanakopita
- Butler and the Chef
- Spinach (okay, I’ve had it before, but I definitely hadn’t LOVED it before)
- Food trucks
- Macaroons
And that was my year. I think what I did more this year on the negative side was get stressed and (over)planned. So, that leads me to this coming year.
- Do More. Go More.—v2
- Visit at least one other state I’ve never been to before
- Visit at least one other country
- Stress less
- Plan less
- Do more of what I want to do
- Be with the people you want to be with, not the people you hope to be with
- Redo my room (boring)
Anyhow, here’s to a new year. Photo highlights to come.
Let’s get one thing straight—I’ll probably never buy a Ford Explorer. Probably never buy a Ford. But anyways, I saw this commercial and it reminded me of my New Years resolution: DO MORE. GO MORE. Speaks to exactly what I meant though, that commercial. So, consider it a visualization of my resolution!
