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Each year, I make a huge bucket list of things I could  do in the year. My goal is (kind of) to do at least one thing each month so that by the end of the year I have 12 concrete things I have accomplished. However, sometimes I forget about the list, so it doesn't necessarily work out to be one thing per month. But in 2017, I did do 15 concrete things! Anything with its own blog post is linked :) Pick an annual party to throw Try something new  - AirBnB hosting Read a book  - four different child sleep books Do Whole30 Throw a Pinterest-worthy party Create a cleaning schedule  - not that I'm following it currently, but hey, I did create it! 😂 Go on a weekend trip Learn how to do a new hairstyle  - I tried two different braids that I can no longer do with my short hair haha Focus on reaching out to people  - I started two different girls movie nights. Do something different/new/exciting with my hair   peek-a-boo streak  //...

Russ and I have had a few too many Christmases where we didn't solidify how we wanted the season to go beforehand, so then the season came and went without enough intention. To remedy that, it's been on my list  to figure out what we're going to do for Christmas traditions in our house. At one point, I went through all my "25 things to do this Christmas!" lists on Pinterest and I compiled them all in one place, making a three- or four-page single-spaced document. When I looked that list over this year, it was overwhelming, so I kind of decided I wanted to have only a few concrete traditions, and then a short list of other options to do throughout the season. Here's what I came up with, which actually looks like a long list once it's all typed out . . . Decorate for Christmas the day/weekend after Thanksgiving Have matching family Christmas PJ's wrapped up and given on December 1 Participate in Light the World. Have a nativity puzzle that w...