Today, as I updated my accountability tracking spreadsheet, I realized that I am ten days from the one year anniversary of starting this blog. Here is where I stand with my 55 in 55 list . . . an ad hoc list of things to help me live life more fully between now and when I mark my 60th trip around the sun.

There are a number of things that I have completed: I made a list of 55 things that I am grateful for (no. 4 on my 55 in 55 list); I have recycled 55 items that I have been holding on to (no. 9); I have given 55 pieces of clothing away (no. 17); I have spent 55 minutes by a lake or river (no. 28); I have spent 55 minutes walking the beach (no. 29); I have discovered 55 new musical artists . . . more music, less Netflix (no. 30); I have limited my podcast list to 55 and spend half of my time driving listening to podcasts instead of the radio (no. 39); and I started this accountability blog (no. 55 . . . and I have started a tracking spreadsheet).

Other progress that I have made – I have not missed a weekly transfer of $55 to my saving account (no. 11) and that balance now sits at $2,769.08; I am very close to having tried 55 new wines (no. 1); I have joined an online book study and am reading (and journaling my thoughts on) Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (which is helping me read 55 short stories, no. 22); and I continue to look for opportunities to photograph abandoned farm yards (no. 31) .