Today, I thought it would be fun to go through the bucket list I had for this year, and see what I did and didn't get done and why. I think I did good, although I didn't try to get everything done actively enough - that being said, I'm not disappointed in myself for the most part, because overall this year has been one of the best in my life. I wouldn't really change a thing.
But, without further ado, let's get to the list:
- Travel abroad (I may have something booked already...) We visited Stockholm and Cologne
- Move into a new apartment (Change is good, once a perfect apartment comes along.)
- Try something new with my hair (Maybe not something too radical, but just a little something to bring my look to 2018) My hairdresser actually went and colored my hair with cooler purple and turquoise which led to me trying a full turquoise ombre, so I think that counts as something new.
- Get back into downhill skiing Next year, I hope!
- Go swimming in natural water Same here, I hope next one will bring this to me as well.
- Enjoy midsummer bonfire This might happen next year, we had other fun things this year.
- Go to a festival If Amaranthe announces playing at any Finnish festival, I will get tickets!
- Attend a video game event Hope you saw my Insta for the Gamescom stories!
- Create at least 10 Halloween looks (Last year I didn't challenge myself enough, this year I want to) We got close, but not to ten. I'll give myself a pat in the back for the effort.
- Get a proper PC setup (For gaming, editing and such.)
- Get a ringlight (to help out with #44) Maybe next year?
- Get a background for indoor shooting (For better outfit pics, unless #2 happens so perfectly that the place is a proper background) I feel like for outfit selfies, our bedroom works just perfectly.
- Try to have 1 plantbased day per week. (For my health, for the planet and for my curiosity of new foods.) I've been making so many choices towards vegan alternatives that I collectively eat more than one day's worth of plant-based food per week.
- Learn to cook something new every month I haven't kept close tags on this, but I feel we have tried at least one new food every month.
- Call people more instead of messages
- Get a pet (I've been wanting one for years, so maybe now is the time?) We got our handsome little kitten in August!
- Attend a wedding One of my best friends got married in January
- Make Valentine's Day plans We kind of didn't, but next year we have amazing plans!
- Create a capsule wardrobe (I've been watching so many videos of these that I really want one.)
- Go hiking It has been too long since the last time.
- Go fishing Got to do this with my boyfriend and dad during midsummer.
- Try a new drink I had a bartender make a lavender mocktail for me, so definitely did this!
- Declutter everything I own (Less unnecessary things = more relaxed mind) Like you may have seen last month, this went okay. Not that I couldn't maybe do a little more next year.
- Blog weekly I got quite close to this, but must admit there were breaks.
- Switch haircare products into cruelty-free ones (Since my makeup is already in shape, it's time for more) I've learned which ones are easy to get so sticking to this won't be an issue.
- Switch skincare and hygiene products into cruelty-free ones Same as with previous point!
- Go to a concert We went to two Christmas concerts so this got fulfilled after all.
- Grow Instagram organically to 5000 followers (This will mostly challenge me to create better content for you all so I would be worth following) I think it's a little early to say, but it looks like we're just 500 shy of that, which isn't bad!
- Fill Pokedex as well as I can (Yes, I still play Pokemon Go. Do not judge me.) It seems like 2018 has been actually so good for PoGo, so many people started playing again.
- Meet new people Meeting my cat's foster mama, getting to know some like-minded people in Amaranthe fandom.
- Try Indian food Tried, and loved it!
- Try a new nail technique every month (Learning is the best thing for brain after rest and food.) Totally didn't do this but hey, I'll do better next year.
- Try a new makeup technique every month I'll give myself a no because I wasn't actively trying to learn. But, I did try bolder color combos so that is close!
- Draw one portrait (I used to be decend at drawing, I would love to try it out again)
- Knit something Unless I pick up the yarn and knit something during the next week, this goes to next year. Although I have one thing in mind I really want to knit
- Make seasonal Starbucks copycat drinks at home (at least one per season) Didn't get up to this as much as I wanted, but that's totally okay.
- Go on monthly dates
- Go skiing Not this year, but hopefully I get to try this again soon.
- Get a new laptop (for blogging purposes) - gave up on this because we got a pet, but maybe next year!
- Get a new phone (same as #39 really) My old phone got a severe battery damage during winter so this was a must
- Have a girls' night I'll take this as next year's mission with at least one girl friend.
- Have a dream date I thought we wouldn't have this but my boyfriend was amazing and planned one for a month or so.
- Declutter nail polish collection (It's been a while since I last did this) This was much needed and I'm happy I did it.
- Make videos for YouTube (maybe vlogs or nail art stuff) I'll save this to the time when I have more motivation to plan time for it. But I would love to try it!
- Decorate properly for Halloween I did, but next year I wanna go more all in as I probably will post less during October.
- Stick to a workout routine I was so bad with this, it's embarrasing. I need to do better.
- Get into posting videos to Instagram (Like I said, I want to challenge my content creating skills) I need to get my courage and do these more!
- Enjoy cozy nights at home
- Learn to bake gluten free things
- Be happy
Now it's your turn! Let me know what you accomplished this year - it can be big, small, anything!
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