Winter 2019-20 Bucket List
Are you as shocked as I am that we are just days away from 2020? As for winter…I must confess I feel like Old Man Winter has been with us for awhile (rather than just arriving). I’m kind of over it already and tempted to look ahead to spring.
But evidently Mother Nature has not put me in charge of the seasons, and winter will be hanging around for a few more months, so I’m going to do my best to enjoy it…and get some things done…by setting my seasonal bucket list goals.
Health & fitness
- Choose a 10K to run…perhaps one in Southern Utah, near our home construction site. Once I choose the race and get registered, I will lay out a training schedule. In the meantime, I will work my way back up to 3-mile runs.
- Focus on the mindfulness aspect of intuitive eating by noting my degree of hunger or fullness before, during, and after eating.
Joy
- Watch the movie The Art of Racing in the Rain. I loved this book soooo much. Now I want to watch the movie.
- Enjoy a beach vacation in Mazatlan. (This one is kind of a freebie, since the trip is already planned and we are leaving shortly after Christmas!)
Learning & growth
- Practice a new French phrase every day.
- Clean up my laptop and see if I can get it running faster. If not, it might be time for a new one. (This item falls under Learning & Growth because it’s related to my blog and I didn’t know where else to put it!)
Relationships
- Clean out my mother’s condo with my siblings. Do my best to make it a joyful walk down memory lane with my brother and sisters and take pleasure in passing on the useful items to someone else who can appreciate them as much as Mom did.
- Make at least one trip to Southern Utah to check on the progress of our new winter home. Visit friends and family while we are there.
Your turn
What are your winter plans? If you have a bucket list, please link up with us. If not, share something in the comments. Happy winter!
Anxious to see what progress has been made on your Utah home. Please share pics!!
Am I remembering correctly that your whole family met in Mazatlan last year? Hope you will have the very best trip. I know these weeks have been difficult so time on the beach in the sun is well deserved. Take me with YOU!!
I need to clean out my poor laptop, too. It is fairly new but I have it gobbed up with so much stuff. I am sure it would welcome a little attention and ‘housekeeping.’
Hope you and your siblings can find ways to make the difficult task of cleaning out your mother’s home more bearable. We have had to do it twice, once for both parents and once for my mom alone. I was thankful that my brother and sister and I love each other and our parents so much. It would be doubly difficult to do if we didn’t.
Merry Christmas, sweet friend.
Hello Leslie. I will definitely keep you posted on the new home. You are correct, in June we took the whole family to Mazatlan. However, it looks like we are going to have to postpone this trip. My mother is deteriorating rapidly, and we just don’t dare leave right now. We’ll spend this time close to family and visit our Mazatlan friends another time. Merry Christmas to you, Leslie, and all the best in the New Year!
Oooh, I want to see that movie, too! I read the book, but didn’t make it to the theater when it was playing. Will have to rent the DVD. Good job on creating your winter bucket list! I am debating whether to do one for winter. I probably will, but I may not put it together until after the holidays. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Gale! Enjoy the holidays and perhaps we’ll see you at the bucket list link-up next month.
I like how you group the items on your list. Completing the list will make the winter go by faster. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Christie!
Thanks Natalie. It’s another way to be sure I’m focusing on those things I value. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Christie,
Read in the comments about your mom’s condition and your postponed trip…sorry to hear. Sending caring thoughts your way…
I enjoyed your list, especially liked that it was manageable and not yards long.
I, too, am resolved to clean up the electronics a bit to see if I can hold on a little longer before replacing – it’s not really in the budget this year with the big trip planned across country. Maybe your Utah home will be done in time for us to visit you next winter when we are down that way…
I would love to meet you in person, Nancy. Let me know when your trip gets closer! As part of my effort to be present in the moment, I’m scaling back on my to-do lists, including my bucket lists. I like having the list to be sure I’m spending time on the things that are important to me, but I don’t want to be constantly thinking about what I need to do next. It’s a balance. 🙂