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And yet.
And yet, I find it a helpful time for me to reflect (again?!) on milestones. To celebrate the awesomeness that was. And to consider what kind of awesome I want to ring in for myself in the near future. Apply some intentionality to my actions. Because it can all go by so fast, and suddenly -- ZIP! -- a year has passed since I thought about what I wanted to be doing with my life.
THINGS I'M PROUD OF FROM 2018
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- Travel
- Cheap, last-minute deal to Cuba for the first time with my friend Amie in January
- Skiing at Whiteface, Lake Placid with my dad and my husband
- A long weekend in Ohio to visit friends
- London, England, in June (Day 1, Day 2)
- Vancouver, BC, for a conference and to visit my friend Heather in June
- Cottage weekend in Washago in July
- Algonquin weekend family camping trip in August
- Cycling Burlington-Hamilton on a day trip
- Bike trip with my friend, Evelyn: Barrie to Orillia to Midland to Wasaga Beach to Barrie over the September long weekend
- A couple of trips to Ottawa for a conference and some extra days with my mom in September
- A couple of overnight trips to Niagara region and Stratford for some theatre
- Detroit and somewhere near Harrisville, MI, to visit my husband's family
- Calgary and Kananaskis in November
- Time with family
- My niece came for an overnight in the city and we went to OpenStreets TO and built wagons with a maker kit
- My nephew's two overnights with me included a play (Wizard of Oz), a streetcar ride, and looking at some amazing graffiti art; as well as a biking trip in September
- My trip to Lethbridge to visit family meant I got to spend quality time with my other niece playing kitty cat, colouring, puzzles, store and going swimming
- I got to bring my brother's family over for Doors Open TO
- I continued my tradition of Christmas baking with my nieces and nephew
- I went to the Shaw Festival with my husband's family
- I took my parents to the Lower Ossington Theatre for some good shows
- Reading Inspired by my friend, Dave, who reads his age in books every year (he is one productive dude! I'm guessing he doesn't cook as much as I do?) I read (or listened to) 25 books. I consider audio books to be books, although typically, these are shared "reads" between me and my husband.
- Unbound - Stephanie Jorgen
- You are a Badass - Jennifer Sincero
- Worrier's Guide to the End of the World - Torre DeRoche
- What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim - Jane Christmas
- Three Wishes - Liane Moriarty
- A Man Called Ove - Frederik Backman *
- The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
- The Jane Austen Project - Kathleen A Flynn
- The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
- Practicing Peace - Pema Chodron
- Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill *
- Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
- Last Wave - Gillian Best
- Ru - Kim Thuy
- We Are Water - Wally Lamb
- We Are Legion, We Are Bob - Dennis E. Taylor *
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - Mark Haddon
- The Circle - David Eggers
- For We Are Many (Bobiverse) - Dennis E Taylor
- The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
- The Pact - Jodi Picault
- From the Corner of the Oval Office - Becke Dores Stein
- A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
- A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
- All These Worlds (Bobiverse) - Dennis E Taylor
- Podcasts
I'm loving podcasts and kind of mad that I was late to the game, because I missed all that valuable learning time! I now look forward to my walking time. - STEMTalks
- Feakonomics
- All Songs Considered
- Zero To Travel
- Good Life Project
- Doing other stuff that makes me happy:
- Hanging out with friends
- Art galleries
- Theatre
- Festivals
- Eating good food: trying new things
- Cycling
- Cooking
- Yoga
- Walking
- Skiing
- Skating
MY READING LIST:
*Top three recommendations.
MY PODCAST LIST:
MY LIST FOR 2019
- Do more of what I did this year
- Leave more time for nothing (unplanned)
- Do new things
- Maybe I could finally, for goddessakes, redo my website. SHEESH.
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