In 2017, I did 100 new things! In 2018, I did some more new things. I took 2019 off from officially doing new things (but I did lots of stuff!) I tried to bring “new things” back in 2020, but you can imagine how well that is going (not so well). If you are curious about the new things I have done, read on!
100 New Things in 2017
- Phish at Madison Square Garden on New Year’s Eve
- The Bitter Game at The Public Theater
- Opera at Carnegie Hall
- Rode the Second Avenue Subway
- Outsider Art Fair
- Soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai
- SoulCycle class
- Yoga every day for a month
- 31 Days of Devotion meditation program
- My first Mood Mandala (a future blog post will illustrate this one)
- Tatooed New York exhibit at The New York Historical Society
- Kid Victory at The Vineyard Theater
- Ate Blue Eggs
- Not My President’s Day rally in NYC
- Watched all 10 Oscar nominated films before the Oscars
- Black Tap Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Milkshake
- Yoga on a business trip to Germany
- Quit the job I had for 13 years
- Visited Johannesburg
- Flew in a Cessna (tiny airplane)
- Saw 4 of the big 5 game in Bostwana
- Watched a sunrise in Botswana
- Was surrounded by elephants
- Saw a lion climbing a tree
- Ate ostrich gyros
- Caught yawning hippos on film
- Mokoro ride
- Watched lions leisurely strolling down the road
- Went on 12 safari game drives
- Bob Schneider at City Vineyard
- Cookie Dough Confections
- Started a new job at a new company
- Hiked in the Poconos
- Yoga class at Atmananda Yoga
- Hamilton on Broadway
- Fashion Show on the Empire State Building
- Cooked with Garam Masala
- Can You Forgive Her at The Vineyard Theater
- Meditation class at Inscape
- Waitress on Broadway
- Yoga class at Jivamukti Yoga
- Live music yoga class
- MoMa Quiet Mornings
- Wonder Woman on the big screen
- In-N-Out Burger
- Reset my microbiome with a naturopath
- Blind date set up by a matchmaker
- Meditated with The Path
- Mac-N-Cheetos
- Rooftop Cinema Club – Grease
- U2 Joshua Tree Tour at Met Life Stadium
- Completed my first book on Buddhism (Buddha Walks In To A Bar)
- Bulletproof Coffee
- All The Rage at Cinema Village
- Indecent on Broadway
- Waited in line for craft beer at Other Half brewery
- Sushirrito
- Trinity Church and Alexander Hamilton’s Grave
- Shopped at Fairway
- Tried the Jade Egg
- Yoga class at Kula Yoga Project
- Walked from my house, across the Brooklyn Bridge, and back
- Visited Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- Hudson River Park Sing-A-Long – Mama Mia
- Hello Fresh!
- Rode a Citi Bike during Summer Streets
- Smorgasburg in Prospect Park
- Michael Moore’s The Terms of My Surrender / Trump Tower Protest
- The Met Cloisters / Fort Tryon Park
- Watched an Eclipse
- Central Park Film Festival – Saturday Night Fever
- Yoga class with Sri Dharma Mittra
- Intermittent Fasting
- Attended a City Council Debate
- Ate catfish
- Volunteered for a City Council political campaign
- Attended a lecture at the Tibet House
- Attended a poetry reading (from Rangloi by Pavana Reddy)
- Created my Last Will and Testament
- Got an Apple Watch
- Drank a Lindemans Framboise beer
- Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway
- Attended The Untold Story of America’s Mindfulness Movement
- Jewel concert
- Mindfulness in America Summit
- Sakara Life clean eating for a week
- Visited Green-Wood Cemetery
- Welcome To Camp America exhibition and panel discussion
- Harry Clarke at The Vineyard Theater
- Bone broth from Brodo
- Sri Lankan Food at Sigiri
- Bought a Casper Mattress
- Visited Arizona
- Hot, hip hop, candlelit yoga at Y7 Studio
- Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Gingerbread Stout
- The Womanly Arts Experience
- Meditated at Shambala NYC
- Danced at The Luscious Let Go
- Climbed at Brooklyn Boulders
- Handed out 100 Namaste dollar bills in NYC
New Things in 2018
In 2018, I set out to do 18 new things that each included at least one of the 5 things I want more of in my life: fun, creativity, connection, meaning, and nature. I got to 18 by the end of May and then kept going to 40!
- Helicopter Ride
- NYC Women’s March (I missed it last year!)
- Spoon, Tunes, and Booze
- Sleep Over in NYC with my Nieces!
- Blues Traveler at Irving Plaza
- Touchpoint Town Hall: Casual Sex
- The Amateurs at The Vineyard Theater
- Josh Radnor (and Rise Preview) at the 92nd St Y
- MM LaFleur Private Shopper
- Marianne Williamson Lecture on A Course in Miracles
- Sound Bath Meditation
- Kale Margarita
- Reiki I Certification
- Doucing with a Geomancer / Climbed the Glastonbury Tor
- Embodying the Line writing and poetry course
- Kontonmble ceremony
- Stonehege
- Garden of Eden painted on my body
- The Beast in the Jungle at The Vineyard Theater
- Gyrontonic training session (aka “yoga for dancers”)
- Tarot Card Reading
- Ping Pong at Spin
- Yoga at Humming Puppy
- Natal Chart Reading
- Tinder Live
- Shamanic Journey
- Ho’oponopono meditation
- Georgia O’Keefe’s Visions of Hawaii exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden
- Himalayan Salt Lamps
- 29 Rooms
- Unicorn Rainbow Dress
- Mega Millions Ticket
- Joseph Goldstein: Dharma for a Challenging World
- Good Grief at The Vineyard Theater
- Quadrivium Math+Music Salon at the Museum of Mathematics
- Learned to Use a Pendulum
- Audible Books
- Medicine Card Reading
- Astrology Class
- Hired a Personal Stylist
New Things in 2020
I was on a roll pre-COVID…
- AMC Best Picture Showcase
- 5 Day Mimic Fast
- NY Islanders Hockey Game
- Dana H at the Vineyard Theater
- Past Life Regression Hypnosis
- Intro to Numerology Class at Reset
- Flight of alcohol infused hot chocolate at Wonderbon Chocolate
- First Colonoscopy
- Global Pandemic
- Learned how to Shuffle (kinda) on Obe Fitness
- Started using an online recipe manager (Paprika) to organize my quarantine cooking
- P.Volve (new at home workout routine!)
- Beach YouTube (so I can pretend I am at the beach while barely leaving my house)