46 Things in my 46 Years
Dawn Taylor • April 2, 2026
Groundhog day: living the same day and same year over and over and over again.
What if we did something different? What if we added fun things to our world because we intentionally decided to?
This really hit me a few years ago and I started a fun thing.
43 things to do in my 43rd year. 44 in my 44th. 45 in my 45th etc and this year? I thought why not take you along with me on this!!
This is the start of the list that will start this year. Do I always do them all? Nope. I missed 5 from last year. But what this list does? It fills my life with memories. Done intentionally. And that makes life SO much more fun.
What would you add to this list?
This will be the best year yet. Because I will make it that way!
- Ride a bike
- Downhill ski 4 different mountains
- Hike to a waterfall
- Wear 50% of my clothes
- Cook Korean food
- Cook Filipino food
- Make homemade dumplings
- Wallpaper a room
- Write a book
- Deepen 5 friendships
- Host a housewarming party
- Laugh every single day
- Eat a whole cauliflower in NYC at Miznon
- Eat pizza at PizzaToo
- Go to a hockey game
- Go to a broadway show
- Go to a concert
- Go to a new sporting event
- Craft something new
- Take a series of classes in something (maybe gardening?!?!)
- Get my ________ designation (this is a secret and not attached to anything important!)
- Plant a magical garden in my yard
- Create an eating area outside
- Create a sitting area in front of the house
- Go to the island for Chiro and fun
- Go to Terrace
- Go to Winnipeg
- Go to somewhere new
- Take my niece on her big birthday trip
- Learn to braid my hair
- Bake bread (is focaccia cheating? LOL)
- Write my new cookbook
- Eat one meal per day for the whole year (trying some fasting things)
- Hit my yearly business goal
- Try a new restaurant monthly
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We got to the hill and I kinda panicked a little. Yes I held it together for the niece and nephew and family that were with me but sit in my shoes for a second. This is what I fully believed would kill me. Dead. Done. Finished. YES I had done a few runs the week before but not on an actual mountain.
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