101 Things I’m Doing in 2026
This year my word is nourish.
End the year feeling like I was supported and held by community beyond my wildest dreams.
Continue to have Ori Mama Day.
Go on a family trip.
Host a soup night.
Spend time with Uncle Terry.
Spend at least a week with Olivia.
Take family photos.
Host or go on so many playdates; parenting is best done in community.
Hold relationship-building and tending as the most important part of any “work.”
Have Ori’s tintype taken.
Finish knitting something
Plan a retreat at the coast or Soapstone [2025]
Get a pair of nice hiking boots [2023]
Feel confident about taxes
Take a whole week off from social media (work and personal)
Take piano lessons
Complete a workbook or class on codependence
Write more
Tell the truth
Take Ori to a theater class or performance
Get a tattoo.
See my brother again [2025]
Learn more about ancestry [2025]
Create rituals to release anger and heal hurt [2025]
Be barefoot outside more
Get a soaking tub and take more baths
Go to a church or sacred place
Do more hair-related witchcraft
Visit with ancestors and talk to them more often
Create meaningful rituals whenever you need to
Plant native plant seeds in pollinator garden
Build extension on chicken run
Organize a neighborhood garden bed clean-up day / community garden
Organize 5th annual Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Yard Sale
Host a Shapeshifter and consignor meet & greet night at the bookstore
Grow vegetables and flowers
Take Sparkles to reactive dog training
Give away more things in Buy Nothing group
Host an annual free sale
Take a parenting class or group
Finish guest room and bathroom downstairs by June 2026.
Recover green chair with fabric from Sewlarium.
Paint front door
Create a rain barrel system. [2024]
Finish painting bedroom “herb connection”
Get a new fridge and stove
MEGA COUCH
Create a functional LEGO storage system so I can have a dining room again
Clean out the garage so I can park in it
Have a functioning laundry shoot and laundry system
Take a yoga class.
Try acupressure, moxibustion, and other types of bodywork.
Receive a foot massage.
Add cold plunge, shower, and sauna to sunroom. [2025]
Buy more groceries at farmer’s markets, CSAs, farmstands, and other super local sources.
Make freezer meals at least once.
Go to the dentist.
Have an annual exam.
More herbal tea
Take Sparkles on more big walks
Thank my body for its hard work before bed
Burn more candles
Send/give more handwritten thank yous
Send holiday cards
Go on an artist date with yourself
Go on more friend dates with no kids
Create a collage wall of special items
Write more poetry
Continue self-work on relationship with sex, love, and attachment
More lamps and twinkle lights
Plan a girl’s trip. Invite all the women I know. See what happens. [2024]
Host a backyard dinner party [2024]
Find the perfect weird mailbox [2024]
Build a Little Free library. With a poem box. [2023]
Obtain an acoustic guitar. Learn how to play it. [2025]
Have a 35th birthday party
See live music at least once
Read work at an open mic night
Make a zine
Make art and give it away
Post new work on website. [2025]
Take a second pass at Soft Spot. [2021]
Do a writer’s residency. [2025]
Make a print of something, letterpress or riso. [2025]
Finish writing The Printmaker. [2025]
Send something out for publication.
Vinyl logo for the big window at the bookstore
New Square equipment for the bookstore
Organize bookstore storage room
Create a community support plan
Have PMI removed from mortgage [2025]
Switch from a bank to a credit union [2025]
File exemption from 2024 business taxes
End the year with money in savings account
Have roof and gutters cleaned
Have A/C cleaned
Have chimney cleaned
Buy more art
Give away a lot of books
Give freely, wildly, and abundantly, knowing the universe will always provide
Finish this list.