100 Happenings to Sum Up My 2022
I borrowed this idea from Austin Kleon, who annually puts together a list of his top 100 things from that year. I instead of “top moments,” I prefer to just sum up as best as I can my year in 100 tidbits.
I love doing this because it gives equal weight to each of the happenings of my year. Whether it was a huge deal or not, it still gets one line. It’s something that happened, and somehow, it’s changed me, or possibly just helped nurture along something that was already inside of me. Enjoy.
Started physical therapy for a shoulder impingement
Tried cupping and dry needling (love it)
Went to a Korean Spa and walked around naked
Wrote a poem about being in love
Hiked the Manitou Incline in Colorado Springs, CO
Hiked the Rocky Mountains
Visited Denver
Toured Falling Water and Polymath Park (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Cared for my dear friend Debi in hospice
Had my first one (okay, two) night stand
Was promoted to a six-figure paying job
Had a panic attack at work and went on 3 months leave
Had a mental breakdown/fell into the deepest depression of my life
Started anti-depressant/anti-anxiety medication
Quit my job
Started my own life coaching business
Kayaked down Colorado River and into the Emerald Cave
Got ripped off $200 from a shell game in Las Vegas (a well done scam, I have to say)
Was a tourist for a day in NYC
Skydiving up to jump #9
Had my first twisted lines in the air
Had my first almost proper skydiving landing
Had a lot of dreams about skydiving malfunctions
Visited DC and got the cutest welcome home surprise from the niblings
Hiked the beautiful Billy Goat Trail
Met my first friend in recovery who also does Crossfit (and is queer!)
Visited Chicago and visited my Gemini sista
Toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio
Found out Luca has arthritis
Luca had surgery for her cracked dew claw
Broke up with my partner
Reconnected with friends from high school and college
Offered ~30 sample coaching sessions
Got my first paying clients
Kept playing drums
12 days of Christmas (tag link)
Year 2 with no coffee and loving it!
Read more books about trauma
Continued therapy
Officially became a certified life coach
New gym lifting PRs
Developed a carpool to the gym habit (so refreshing)
Developed a talk to a friend every night habit
Got a Theragun (best gift I’ve ever got)
Traveled internationally first time solo
2 weeks backpacking in Europe!!
Rode a bike in rush hour in amsterdam
Visited the Red Light District
Saw Buckingham palace while cheering for London Marathon
Was awestruck by York minster Abbey Cathedral
Saw my favorite original Bansky in person
Visited School of Life
Saw the most beautiful LGBT curated art collection in York
Enjoyed a $10 hot chocolate in London
Visited MeowWolf (ehh)
Released first podcast episode
Hosted Thanksgiving for my family
My dad and stepmom visited/stayed with me in Cleveland
Celebrated 2 years of starting over
Celebrated 11 years clean
Annual Christmas tree squat
Gained more weight than ever
Started “Letter to my future partner” series
Created my own website!
Deaths (Debi, 97-year-old friend Margo, my uncle)
Grandma celebrated her 85 birthday
Sat in an airplane cockpit with a captain
Played in a band (for a night)
Played some of my original music for a friend
Busked in Las Vegas
Stayed at Robert Louis Stevenson’s old house in Scotland
Went to dinner with a woman from Scotland
Had 2-hour coffee date with lady in Amsterdam
Addressed more childhood trauma
Met Anne Lamott
Got COVID (lost my taste and smell)
Turned 30
Saw Hamilton the play…and the movie
Realized Luca is my soul dog
Left a job interview with a proposal for the hiring manager to be my client
Visited Garden of the Gods
Twerked at Pride
Tried climbing a peg board
Celebrated Hanukkah and lit a menorah for the first time
Pickled my own brussel sprouts
Got into kimchi
Hugged a moon tree
Developed a deeper acceptance of my sexual identity
Visited the Denver Convention Center bear I learned about 7 years ago
Walked out of a movie theater partway through a movie
Read a book on the NY subway
Bought shoelace-less velcro sneakers
Did a Sur la Table cooking course
Saw Elton John’s finale tour
Served on Jury Duty
Started a new journal and wrote about how I think about writing
Helped start a new LGBT 12-step meeting
Started making my own pizza
Flew drones around cleveland
Got really into jigsaw puzzles