Last year I created a Joy List of 50 things that Iâve been wanting to do, just never seemed to get around to it. Read the recap to see how I did. A new year means an updated list for 2024, with the tweak that it will now be a life joy list, not an annual list. Instead of starting the list over every January, Iâll cross off the items I completed and replace with new ideas. I found I didnât like the imposed deadline of December 31.
There are a few things from 2023 that I crossed off but I want to continue: buying fresh flowers, reading more, go thrifting, making art with my family and finding a second (or third) stream of income.
Without further ado, hereâs the updated list with 20 new joys.
Life Joy List, 2024 Edition
- Visit 1 museum a month
- Achieve a zero inbox (my gmail has 10,480 emails right now đ«Ł)
- Get professional headshots
- Create a NYC bucket list
- Launch my blog
- Learn how to apply makeup
- Meal plan, meal prep, batch cook, freezer meals. âWhatâs for dinner?â is the most stressful question of my day.
- Have something published
- Get paid to travel
- Watch the sunrise
- Refinish my credenza. Perhaps pink? Dark red?
- Road trip around national parks out west
- Learn how to read tarot cards
- Take a dance class
- Try axe throwing
- Attend a late-night show taping
- Stay in a luxury hotel and not feel the slightest bit of guilt over the cost
- Buy a second home for relaxing weekends and rental income
- March in a parade (is NYCâs Halloween parade crazy idea?)
- Watch fireworks
- Do a One Room Challenge
- Learn how to play tennis
- Spend a day at the spa
- Find the perfect LBD that makes me feel 100% fire
- Make a will
- Take an art class (pottery, watercolor, painting)
- Volunteer, by myself and with the kids
- Have NYC adventure days where we pick a subway stop and go explore
- Learn how to make an Old Fashioned
- Teach my kids how to make themselves (and me) breakfast
- Visit a lavender field
- Camp with friends (cabin please)
- Relax in a hot tub while itâs snowing
- Create a new Spotify playlist
- Spend the day at an amusement park, riding rollercoasters and eating junk food
- Refresh my undies drawer
- Paint something in our apartment pink
- Check things off my to-do list
- Perfect making iced coffee from home
- Stroll through Storm King
- Create a vision board
- Get our finances organized
- Declutter 15 minutes a day
- Play bingo
- Host game nights
- Finish making videos from our 2022 summer adventure
- Finish making videos from our 2023 summer adventure
- Begin a meditation practice
- Replace the kitchen backsplash
- Plan an epic birthday celebration for 2024 2025
