Big Three Oh List - Update

Last year, I made a Big Three Oh List. In my last week at 30, I thought we'd check in.Spoiler alert - I only accomplished 1/2 of the list, and that's being generous - but I still had an awesome year.Learn to make a latte at home, or a cold brew, or something fun with delish coffee. Sort of. We didn't buy a fancy glass pour-over or start grinding our own beans, but H and I are making coffee at home more & more. He likes vanilla powder from Coffee Bean and I've become obsessed with hot chocolate spiked with coffee. Not sure if I want to expand or just leave this as is.Host a story bowl. Sadly no, but I am considering one soon.Bake bread. Again, no. Not even once. I don't know why this stays on my list when I never make the effort to actually do it, but my friend Jo sent me a recipe that I will get to eventually.Take a trip alone. Attend a retreat. Technically, no, but I did start monthly Day Alone trips, and I plan to continue that ritual.Visit friends in Chicago, visit friends in NYC, visit Denver. Well, yes, in fact, I did make it to Denver. Woot! I made it to New Hampshire, Joshua Tree (more than once), and Vegas. And I traveled to Boston 3x, which is almost too much.Create a second income stream / Launch an e-course or e-deliverable. Not yet, but the seeds of ideas are planted. Also, I did a 30 day challenge on the blog (sort of a first) and learned I do not like 30-day challenges. Rock climb outdoors. Yes, yes and yes. Also, yes and yes. Rock climbing, hiking and being outdoors were a large part of my 30th year. Dubbing 2014 the "year of gear" (only half joking).Hang plants in the apartment. Gah. Why is something so simple, so difficult? I walk into Home Depot and freeze. My succulents in the window are dying. Maybe I am not meant to have plants.Make a photo collage on a wall in my apartment. Also, hang twinkle lights, preferably in a cute shape. Nope, again. It's seems that when I have a super cute our-apartment-NEEDS-this idea, I should execute it within 2 weeks or forget about it entirely. Otherwise, not happening. We did get new floors though downstairs, thanks to H, and they are life-changing.  Get the hang of Pinterest. I'm not sure I'll ever understand. Can't I just stay on Instagram forever?Write a song. just one. No, but please note that I did pick up the guitar a few times. Just a few.Get a tattoo. Another for the "No" column, but that doesn't mean I haven't thought about it. A lot.Write a letter to my parents thanking them. Working on this now.See the LA Phil. I mean, come on, who was I when I made this list?? Great idea, but it didn't happen. I did, however, see Jimmy Eat World 2x (Ventura and Los Angeles) and go to Stage Coach. Do a juice cleanse. Hahahahahahaha. ::sigh:: No, but I do make juice at home a lot, and I'm much happier ordering fresh juice over alcohol when we eat out anytime. Visit Alaska. OH EM GEE - YAAAASSSSS. It was magical, beautiful and everything I dreamed it would be, all the way back to my 2011 post about it.Celebrate two lovely friends at their wedding. Yay! This also involved laying out underneath the night sky with friends, looking for shooting stars. Awesome weekend.Learn to give myself a manicure. No, but I did paint my own nails a bit more. I made it to the nail salon a total of zero times. Clearly, not a priority, especially with all of that rock climbing.Create a meditation practice. While I didn't create & sustain a practice, I did have a few golden streaks during the year, thanks to Susannah Conway's meditations from her Sacred Alone class. Can't wait till she releases an album of more.Get a blogging mentor or writing group or something related to this. Boy, do I feel like I'm failing at this left and right. No group. No mentor. Not yet, anyways.Create a mini-book. I wrote this hoping to make one for my sister. Instead, I ordered her Sticky9 magnets from our StageCoach weekend and called it a day. I did, however, make a few scrapbook pages and I looooovvveeedddd them.Learn more about tarot. Yes to this one. I use this deck, which is both gorgeous and scary depending on what you pull.Run a 5k. Maybe even a 10k. Or that elusive 1/2 marathon. Nah. Lately it seems rock climbing is the end to the means of the rest of my physical activity. Running takes it's toll on my body, but I run 2m 3-4x per week. Also, HIIT is super fun.Put myself, and creativity, first. More and more, yes. More and more, a habit, not a goal.Switch to natural products. Ummm... I did stop wearing anti-aspirant and bought some Burt's Bees face lotion, which is lovely. Close enough.Change our floors or move to a new apartment. H took care of this for me back in April mostly by himself. Again, life changing. I never did write a blog post about it. You can see them in this picture (one of my favs) though they're blond, so yes, the floor matches the dog.Ride a horse. Just never made plans for this. I did, however, go stand-up paddle boarding for the first time. Not the same at all, but another new, cool activity we tried out.Visit somewhere outside of the country. No, but we have tickets booked for a trip soon!! ::insert heart-eye emoji::Go kayaking. Yes! In Alaska, we sea kayaked and I loved every second of it.