Start Date: October 1, 2020
End Date: June 29, 2023
Do an “Old Testament Survey” type of study
Read the New Testament in two weeks.
Write down an attribute of God for every letter of the alphabet.
Complete a whole devotional book.
Basement organized, everything on shelves.
Redo the hall closet.
Remodel bedroom-comforter, paint, decor, window treatment
Take shelf down in The Room and replace it with something else.
Declutter 100 items in one week
Set up a Pinterest board for every room in the house
Do 5 small home improvement projects (ex. plants, kitchen towels, artwork, etc)
Learn to knit English and do 2 color knitting.
Knit 3 Mother Bears.
Knit 2 hats for charity and give them away along with all the other hats you still haven’t donated.
Dye my bare Knit Picks yarn.
Sew a shirt.
Sew a pair of lounge pants.
Sew an apron for myself and for gifts
Host a craft day here.
Complete a small cross stitch project including framing or other way to display.
Read a book in one day.
Ask 5 people their favorite book and read them.
Read 3 books of 500+ pages.
Have an all day reading day (minimum 8 hours).
Read all 8 books mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders then read that book (can DNF any you don’t like including EPM)
Read a book randomly pulled off a library shelf.
Read the entire catalog of one author.
Join a book club or literary society.
Participate in “Middle Grade March” - read at least one middle grade per week in the month of March (any year of this list)
Learn to play a ukulele (minimum 3 songs reasonably well)
Learn CPR.
Learn to play a new classic card game like bridge or sheepshead.
Learn a new song on the piano and be able to play it well.
Read a children’s book in Spanish (edited from German)
Take ballroom dancing lessons with Jay.
Be able to identify every country in the world.
Jean jacket
An old Bible at an antique store or thrift store
A new puzzle
A new wallet
A new purse
A new sewing machine
Something to display my pencil collection
New glasses
Snowshoeing.
Drive-in movie.
Wisconsin State Fair.
Lake Geneva cruise with Jay
LaCrosse
Go to 3 libraries you’ve never been to
Visit a national park
Travel to a state I’ve never been to
Go on a walk on the trail in Hortonville
Visit 3 new cities
Have a smoothie every day for a week
Eat a whole meal with chopsticks.
Make Sour Soup.
Bike ride with Jay.
Get 50,000 steps in one day.
Walk a 10K.
Play tennis with someone (or a family tennis marathon?)
Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison.
Put together journals for Ben, Lindsey, and Allison.
Finish Lindsey’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook.
Finish Allison’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook. (need more wishes?)
Try Stitch Fix.
Get highlights in my hair again.
Watch Pride and Prejudice.
Go to a movie at the theater.
Go bowling.
Listen to 5 songs each by 5 classical composers.
Play a game with family or anyone for 7 days straight
Write a letter to myself by 1014/20 to open when this is over (June 29, 2023)
Write a letter to myself by 1014/20 to open in 10 years (October 1, 2030)
Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2021 to read on December 31, 2021.
Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2022 to read on December 31, 2022.
Take a day out for myself.
Save $50 in change.
Host an all day Game Day.
Host a Soup Party.
Do dog puzzle.
Take a family selfie once a month for a year.
Go ziplining.
Finish yarn puzzle
Finish a Sudoku puzzle.
Sell/give away homeschool books
Play Kick the Can
Spend a day going to garage sales
Go one week without spending (not including bills).
Try geocaching or letterboxing
Make an Advent Calendar
Get a professional family portrait done
Make a Chester photo book
Leave a book and take a book at a neighborhood “library”
Complete a word puzzle book
Sleep until noon.
Volunteer somewhere
Memorize the Gettysburg Address.
Use all gift cards
Rock painting with my sisters.
Do a Random Act of Kindness (send someone flowers, leave $ somewhere,
pick up trash, give someone baked goods, etc.)
