A Mid-Year Update on My 20 in 2020 List
This essay originally appeared in the Monday morning newsletter on 6/22/20.
Back in December, I wrote about the idea of a 20 in 2020 List, or identifying 20 things to accomplish before the end of the year. I had always planned on writing an update on my 20 in 2020 List around this time (because we are halfway through the year), but I definitely could never have imagined the twists and turns of 2020.
With all these changes, does that mean the 20 in 2020 List goes out the window? Well, not necessarily. In fact, with everything going on, something simple like a 20 in 2020 List may be the perfect tool to ground us and help us find some meaningful moments in this crazy year.
But obviously our initial lists may need some tweaks due to current circumstances. And there’s no shame in that game!
So, this weekend I sat down and took a look back at my first draft. I had fun crossing off a few completed items, reminding myself of things I wanted to do this year and adjusting items that no longer fit.
I’m excited to share my Updated 20 in 2020 List with you today in hopes that it inspires you to take another look at yours. And if you haven’t made one yet, you certainly still have time to accomplish your own 20 things!
How have you progressed and/or made updates in regards to your 20 in 2020 List? I would love to know. 🙂
My Updated 20 in 2020 List:
Subscribe to a magazine- Participate in a running group: Still am excited to do this as soon as running groups are a thing again!
- Purchase a set of personalized stationery
- Plan a reunion with college friends for a UF football game – Adjusting to “Plan some type of virtual get-together with college friends (will be a bonus if it can be in-person)”
- Alternate a glass of water in between drinks when out: Working on it!
Use the1 Second Everydayapp to record more memories:Did this in January and found I didn’t LOVE the app, so I stopped using it. I didn’t like the pressure of capturing something every day.Start using a meat thermometer: Been using my Dad’s and love using one!- Host something at my apartment (brunch, dinner, happy hour, etc.)
- Participate in a fantasy football league
- Do a quarterly cleanout/decluttering of my apartment: Done for the first two quaraters!
Read 20 books: Done! I’ve read 22 books so far this year. I’m still going to continue to read for the next six months, so trying to decide if I am brave enough to increase the goal to 50.- What I’ve read this year (* = favorites): Where the Crawdads Sing*, What Happens in Paradise, Becoming*, The Gifted School, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo*, Such a Fun Age, Talking as Fast as I Can, Body Love Every Day*, Open Book*, In Five Years, Then She Was Gone, The Selection*, The Elite, The One*, Fierce, Free and Full of Fire*, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness, The Honey Don’t List, Option B*, Untamed*, Stealing Home, Radical Candor*, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness*.
- Take a trip with my mom… Adjusting to “Doing an activity with my mom (a course, a cooking class, etc.)”
- Find a dermatologist
Replace my iPad case to have a working keyboard- Road trip to Notre Dame for a sporting event… Adjusting to a different goal of “Finish sprucing up my website.”
- Run a 5k race… Adjusting to also accept a “virtual 5k” as an accomplishment for this one.
Donate either time or money to a cause I am passionate about- Get new bedding
- Master ONE recipe and declare it my “go-to dish”
- Write 52 Monday morning newsletters!
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