Emily Marie is Me

This is months late, but I did it! I lived another 1001 days trying to accomplish 101 goals :) And my final tally was...45 out of 101! Here's the list of everything I completed ! My goal going into this was trying to get 35 done, and I did 10 better! I think that's even double my original list tally. I'd count that as a success FOR SURE. Originally I wanted to write up a huge post for this going through all my thoughts/feelings/etc. buuuuuut.....procrastinating and then being only a week away from having a baby will make you change things. So I'm going to keep this short and sweet (which actually works with what I'm going to write next haha). This past 2.5ish years have been pretty eventful - mentally, emotionally, and even physically. I feel like I've grown a lot in that time - because of all those events and also because of this list. I think the biggest takeaway for me this time around is that I realized that I make some things a lot harder for mysel

93. Save $10 for every item completed (3/31/20) We have enough in savings to count this as complete based on what I've accomplished. It's really Jonathan who made this one one possible though. He manages our savings really well :) Last one complete and last one I needed to write up! Hooray for being finished!!

1. Learn a style of lettering and create a piece of decor (6/15/19) Another late post, but I realized I totally did this! I have it in our kitchen and it's really the only form of decoration hanging up in our house. I'm referring to the blue "Meals" and "To-Do" things, by the way. The middle quote was done by Sara and it's my favorite and it's amazing, but I didn't do it haha :) And I did the "meals" one back in January 2019, and the "to-do" one later. Buuuut I'm not quite sure when, so I just picked a date in the middle of that year because I know it took a while to finish it up :) This is an insanely simple style of lettering, but it still counts even if it wasn't what I had in mind when I made this goal. But I used my brush pens and made it cute along the edge and everything! So yay! Done :)

70. Attend 5 new museums (3/31/20) 1. BYU Art Museum (12/2/17) - Went with Jonathan, Daisy, and Mike to see the M.C. Escher exhibit. Super cool and so fun to go with my artist brother! 2. Bean Museum (3/12/19) - Took Daisy to look at animals, but she just thought most of them were scary and wanted to play on the slide. 3. White Bluffs Quilt Museum (4/26/19) - This was more a place for quilting enthusiasts to sew together, take classes, and sell/display their work. They did have a few quilting and sewing artifacts, but the real joy was three lovely old ladies telling us about quilting, looms, and spinning. They were a delight. What an experience it was haha :) 4. Museum of Natural Curiosity (8/1/19) - Daisy and I got invited to this museum by our lovely neighbors Chantelle and Kenadie! Kenadie and Daisy are best friends, they are SO cute together. Chantelle and I talked while the girls just ran around playing with things. It was such a cool museum, and I wish there was

36. Prepare something I would say to 3-5 famous people I would like to meet (10/10/19) For this, I really had to think about who I thought was "famous". I ended up picking three people/groups that have affected me a lot, while most might not think of them as famous. I chose Shannon Hale (my favorite author), Rhett and Link (my favorite YouTubers), and The Arcadian Wild (one of my new favorite bands). I'm not going to put exactly what I wrote/prepared for them here, but I was able to actually "tell" two of them the things I wanted to say! I sent an Instagram message to The Arcadian Wild, essentially saying thank you for their lyrics and music. When I was introduced to them, their lyrics made such a huge impact on me and just made me feel seen and safe and so happy. For Shannon Hale, I wrote her a thank you card! I was able to hear her speak, but figured I wouldn't be able to actually talk with her. When I got to the "photo-op" portion I just h

94. First aid kit in home and car (4/10/19) I had basically everything I needed, I just finally got it all organized and put away. There are a few things I think I should add, replace, and maybe even remove, but I'm going to call this good! Later I even organized the closet more and it's so much easier to know what we have. I kept forgetting to write up this one, and I finished it so long ago! Glad I took photos so I could figure out when it actually was haha :)   This one went in the car... ...and this one is in our hall closet! :)