Writing Wednesday - '70 Before 70' List

Yes, I created it with the assistance of AI.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I am setting up a list of things I would like to accomplish before I turn 70 in 2027. So here is my list with some commentary or explanations included in some cases. 

Home and Garden

 1.  Finish setting up the back yard garden

 2.  Redo herb garden area

 3.  Cattle panels for the garden

 4.  Establish a year-round garden

 5.  Keep a garden log for the whole year

 6.  Redo the water feature

 7.  New fruit trees in the yard

 8.  Screen in the front porch

 9.  Shelves in the laundry room and bathroom

10. Move stuff of front porch to the back and destash 'stuff'

11. Measure rooms and price out the cost for paint and flooring

12. Repair stair railing inside and add railings to steps outside

13. Fix the drainage at the bottom of the front steps

14. Repot my orchids 

15. Redo window treatments (replace mini-blinds the cats have destroyed mainly)

16. Replace the vent covers in the house

17. Create a worm bin

Reading, Writing, Seeding

This is the 'business' I have been toying with some the past couple of years. Now I want to really decide if it is something I want to continue to pursue. If so, do it!

18. Finish a novel

19. Create a new website (in process already)

20. Get my LLC set up

21. Post regularly on social media (determine what that will be)

22. Research Substack

23. Replace my desktop computer

24. Create 2 new programs for the library

25. Finish Anise Sweetgum solo RPG

26. Take at least one herbal related class - online or in person

27. Picture a day for a month (maybe for the entire year I am 69)

28. Create one place for ideas/braindumps

29. Research creating and editing YouTube videos and using the new camera to do so

30. Reread the Jim Butcher Harry Dresden series

31. Finish rereading the Anita Blake series

32. Take a writing course online or in person

Personal Health/Fitness

33. Do Ancestry DNA

34. Get to my goal weight

35. Two 'dress up' outfits (I basically only have jeans and t-shirts currently)

36. Hydrate more!

37. Get a second ear piercing

38. Have MJ FINALLY added to my family tree pendant 

39. Try a new recipe monthly

40. Walk 2 miles a day

41. Have my cards read professionally

42. Purge my extra/unused tarot cards

Exploration

43. Two trips to Bookwarehouse

44. Visit 5 waterfalls in NC/SC

45. Hike 5 trails in NC/SC

46. Visit 5 National or State Parks in NC/SC

47. Beach weekend

48. 'Mining' trip

49. Trip to Arizona

50. Visit Monticello and Mt. Vernon

51. Trip to Daiso

52. Monthly 'coffee shop' time

53. Visit Seagrove Orchids

54. Biltmore Trip!

55. Attend one fiber festival and one gem show

Miscellaneous

56. Have the quilts finished - probably professionally

57. Treat myself to a 'nice' purse

58. Clear out needlework and yarn - be realistic with myself!

59. Read my 'subscribed' books the month I get them

60. Month of no take-out or fast food for me

61. 'Digital blackout' one day a month

62. Have cards paid off

63. Attend either Mannheim Steamroller or Trans Siberian Railroad concert

64. Put $1000 in savings

65. New set of dishware - preferably visit the Fiesta Ware outlet

66. Take Lady K to pick cherries

67. Complete the family recipe book

68. Get a nice leather cover for my planner

69. Actually schedule in my trips/activities

70. 'Spa Day' at home or in person

So the coming 12 months should be interesting to say the least!