'100 things to do in 2014' courtesy of The Fabulous Times

'100 things to do in 2014' is quite a list. I mean, 100 things, really Rebecca, really? Yes really and why not? After the Manchester Blogger meet up that the lovely Christine from The Fabulous Times organised, I sat at home and began to read through everyone's blogs. I was inspired by so many, many great posts. Some of which I'll refer to in future posts, but one of the most interesting reads, and especially after Christine shared her story at the meet up, was how she literally turned her life around in the space of a year. She found herself unhappy in her busy job in London, having to leave her apartment and more and all in the space of week.

If you read through her posts from 2012 to present day, you will see the amazing personal adventure she undertook. From travelling across America with her sister to running a marathon, she changed her circumstances, changed her attitude and ultimately changed her life for the better. I was engrossed in her story and loved how she shared the 'hows' and 'whys' behind her decision making on her blog. Her positive attitude towards growing old, wellbeing and living a positive life shines through every post and I left her blog wanting more and looking forward to the next great post. I just love it when I find a blog that matches 'me'.

Way back in 2012, she created a post called '100 things to do in 2012'. Initially, I thought 'Woah, that's ambitious', but when I found her post at the end of 2012 outlining how well she did, I thought about how awesome she was for meeting many of those intentions. Some of her things were to 'be more creative', 'eat healthily' or simply put, 'love' - and such a list motivated me to make my own while also causing me to stop and think about own positive attitude of late and the attitude I should (and will) be adopting for 2014.

So, 100 things to do in 2014. I've broken it down into some sub categories as there are a couple areas of my life that need...ahem...tackling! Here it goes.

Education or as I like to call it - Fun stuff I want to learn

1.Take Spanish classes -  I know where these classes are taught. All I need to do it sign up and pay my fee.

2.Take a DSLR photography class

3.Take a craft class at the Ministry of Craft - crochet anyone?

Blog / Lucky Rainbow

4.Invest in getting an awesome designer to update my blog design - this is badly needed

5.Get better at blog post scheduling

6.Find some new blogs to follow and get commenting

7.Rename & Re-brand - There's a slight name change on the way

8.Meet more inspiring bloggers

9.Reach out and connect

10.Create some tutorials for the blog

11.Update and continue to improve the Facebook page

Fitness / Health & Wellbeing

12.Clean eating - begin some research and adopt

13.Try meditation

14.Find a weekly gym class that I'll enjoy

15.Start running again

16.Enter a 5k

17.Get out of my comfort zone and try something I'd never usually try

18.Find a great massage therapist

19.Listen to more music

20.Be more thankful

21.Express gratitude often

22.Make some D.I.Y beauty treatments

23.Try herbal teas

24.Worry less about those fine lines

25.Try a detox

26.Make a green smoothie, you know, of the vegetable kind

Cookery

27.Cook more healthy meals

28.Learn the art of preparing amazing packed lunches the night before work

29.Get a cute lunch box

30.Make chutney, pasta and bread from scratch

Creativity

31.Make a more conscious effort to craft

32.Visit galleries in Manchester

33.Watch some arty films

34.Stay up to date with local artists and exhibitions

35.Draw more, even if you think you're bad at it

36.Reopen my Etsy shop

37.Open a Folksy shop

Career

38.Send teaching qualifications to relevant UK offices for approval (Been on the long finger for an age)

39.Visit a life coach - figure out what area you really want to work in

40.Get some volunteer work in an area you'd one day like to work in

41.Be somewhere towards sorting it by the end of 2014

For fun-sies

42.Visit a psychic

43.Go to a music festival

44.Write more letters and send more cards

45.Set up an Irish blogger meet up (Claire Ann & Aoife Blake, I'm looking at you!)

46.Volunteer in a charity shop

47.Commit some random acts of kindness

48.Get a pen pal

Travel

49.Visit Scotland

50.Take a holiday with the boy - somewhere hot

51.Take a solo trip

52.Sit down and plan a once in a lifetime trip

53.Have a spa day away

Financial

54.Save money for a video camera so I can vlog (with Claire Ann if you're reading)

55.Maybe a tablet or iPad too?

56.Save, save, save

Personal Development

57.Take UK driving theory test

58.Learn to drive (This has been on countless lists since 2006)

59.Be more organised in as many aspects of my life as possible

60.Read more books

61.Watch less TV

62.Smile

63.Be happy

Other

64.Keep a journal

65.Write a five year plan

66.Wear something you wouldn't normally wear - step outside the comfort zone

67.Try a new hair colour

68.Give up alcohol for a month (not that I drink alot anyways!)

69.Learn some HTML

70.Buy a vintage dress

71.Lists, lists and more lists - keep writing lists

72.Organise all my clothes and stream line back

73.Learn some songs

74.Budget, budget, budget

75.Go to the dentist

76.Do a course that pushes you - not a fun course, but something you can learn lots from

77.Say yes more

78.Lear about another religion

79.Walk, walk, walk

80.Discover new areas of Manchester

81.Climb a mountain

82.Have an internet free weekend

83.More painting of nails and less chipped nails

84.Be less critical

85.Get my ears pierced

86.More meal planning, less takeaways

87.Try red wine

88.Be part of at least one craft fair in 2014

89.Floss

90.Dance

91.Love

92.Write

93.Listen to an audio book

94.Conquer my sewing machine

95.Make gifts for friends

96.Just be

97.More positive thinking and less worrying

98.Trust that it will all work out

99.Take some risks

100.Make more time for all of the above

Phew! A long list, I know. I'm not sure if I'm now daunted, scared or excited. Perhaps a mixture of it all. For some reason, I've very excited by the prospect of 2014. I want it to be a defining year, a year of big changes, exciting adventures and new friends.

Share some of your 2014 plans below, I'd love to hear