Sometimes life gets so busy that when someone gasps, seeing that it’s December on a calendar you nod your head but feel like you don’t have enough time in your day to make a comment about it. That is how we felt this year with our marriage, our wedding (separate occasions) all of our travels and our new jobs.
Of course, being newlyweds the biggest thing that happened for us this year was getting married. It really does feel like the entire year revolved around that one day and the two week honeymoon immediately following in Caribbean but we have done plenty of other things.
New Places We Ended Up in 2011:
We found ourselves getting our passports stamped in the Bahamas and Canada this year. We also explored some new states including Montana, Idaho, Florida, Colorado, Texas and Oregon. Places we ended up in that we’ve been before include California, constant travel throughout Washington State and Utah.
So now that we have an overview, here are some of our “New Year’s Resolutions/Focuses” for 2012
Places We Want to End Up in 2012:
This year we are pretty focused on our jobs since we have a dream of either: (1) buying a big enough sail boat to live on and sail around the world for the rest of our lives or (2) buying a plot of land in Belize and building our dream home on it. We still have travel goals for 2012 that we need to check off our lists and we have decided on Mexico, Ireland and as far as domestic travel goes Linda really wants to backpack through Arizona for two weeks or so to see all the sites.
That is another focus for 2012 – not necessarily new travel, but a new way to travel. We have always been avid day hikers but this year we have planned out a couple of 4 day and up backpacking trips with a group of our friends that live far from us so we can focus nothing on spending time with people we love and keep moving forward with nothing more than a sack and a tent.
More Stuff:
We have big dreams and unfortunately they are expensive that is why both of us will be working hard this year in attempts to branch out into new hobbies and possibly turning them into buisness ventures such as photography and writing. Getting these somewhat off the ground would definitely be high on the list of resolution priorities. Here is a list of everything else:
- Be more active and involved in new activities (Devin)
- Finish writing a novel (Linda)
- Own property (either a boat, empty plot of land or anything else)
Do any of our resolutions match up with yours or are you taking on a different approach this year? Tell us about it in the comments section below – we’d love to hear about your plans and resolutions for 2012 and how you are planning on achieving them!
