10 Year Plan and Best Photos of 2010

Possibly the greatest secret to happiness for me in the last few years is what I affectionately call my 10 year plan. A few years ago, I was feeling down about things that I had no control over, and didn't feel like I had much to look forward to. I felt like I had a whole lot of spare time, maybe even 10 year's worth. So I decided to make a list of all the things I wanted to do in the next 10 years. Things that I had control over. The list included:

1) Go to Israel
2) Go to Wicked with my nieces and nephews
3) Get a song on iTunes
4) Complete a triathlon
5) Go to Washington D.C.
6) Fly in a hot air balloon
7) Plant a garden
8) Try out for American Idol
9) Read Wuthering Heights


Just coming up with this list made me so excited about life. I found that I started crossing things off the list more quickly than I had planned. Now, a few years later, I look back on the last few years. Because of my 10 year plan, I have not wasted my time and have made some great memories and strengthened many relationships.



So it's time to make a new 10 year plan. Here it is:

1) make sure Katie knows she is the coolest!
2) get Lasik
3) read as many of the Newberry Award books as I can
4) see Riverdance
5) backpack Europe
6) write more songs
7) learn to raise chickens and sheep
8) become a zumba instructor
9) make a quilt
10) live abroad for an extended period of time
11) publish a book of my photographs


Speaking of photographs, I decided to put together my favorite pictures I have taken this year. Here they are:



Thank you, 2010!