100 Places I've Been

1. Amalfi, Italy
2. Amesbury, England
3. Arthurs Pass, New Zealand
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Austin, TX
6. Badlands, SD
7. Bergen, Norway
8. Birmingham, AL
9. Boulder, CO
10. Carmel, CA
11. Cheyenne, WY
12. Chicago, IL
13. Christchurch, New Zealand
14. Clearlake, CA
15. Cleveland, OH
16. Copenhagen, Denmark
17. Denver, CO
18. Depoe Bay, OR
19. Duluth, MN
20. Florence, Italy
21. Fort Collins, CO
22. Fort Lauderdale, FL
23. Gatlinburg, TN
24. Geneva, IL
25. Genoa, Italy
26. Grand Portage, MN
27. Honolulu, HI
28. Kaneohe, HI
29. Kansas City, MO
30. Kapaa, HI
31. Kekaha, HI
32. Keystone, SD
33. Kilauea, HI
34. Kissimmee, FL
35. La Fortuna, Costa Rica
36. Laie, HI
37. Lake Tahoe, CA
38. Las Vegas, NV
39. Lihue, HI
40. London, England
41. Longmont, CO
42. Los Angeles, CA
43. Lucca, Italy
44. Madison, WI
45. Malmo, Sweden
46. Mammoth Lakes, CA
47. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
48. Memphis, TN
49. Miami, FL
50. Miami Beach, FL
51. Milan, Italy
52. Milwaukee, WI
53. Minneapolis, MN
54. Monterey, CA
55. Napa, CA
56. Naples, Italy
57. Nashville, TN
58. Nelson, New Zealand
59. New Orleans, LA
60. Nogales, Mexico
61. Orlando, FL
62. Oslo, Norway
63. Owego, NY
64. Paris, France
65. Philadelphia, PA
66. Phoenix, AZ
67. Pisa, Italy
68. Poipu, HI
69. Pompeii, Italy
70. Portofino, Italy
71. Princeville, HI
72. Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
73. Puerto Quepos, Costa Rica
74. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
75. Reno, NV
76. Rochester, NY
77. Rome, Italy
78. Rotorua, New Zealand
79. San Diego, CA
80. San Francisco, CA
81. San Jose, CA
82. San Jose, Costa Rica
83. San Juan, Puerto Rico
84. Santa Barbara, CA
85. Santa Monica, CA
86. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
87. Seattle, WA
88. Sedona, AZ
89. Sonoma, CA
90. Stockholm, Sweden
91. Superior, WI
92. Tampa, FL
93. Tucson, AZ
94. Turrialba, Costa Rica
95. Waialua, HI
96. Washington DC
97. Wellington, New Zealand
98. Winnipeg, Manitoba
99. Wisconsin Dells, WI
100. Yosemite, CA

Resolutions

I don't make New Year's Resolutions. They're just not for me. It implies that I'm wrong in what I have or haven't been doing - as if I am, in someway, already flawed and need to promise to fix myself.

Boo. Bad attitude right out of the gate.

Also, I think making a long list of things to accomplish each year is really just setting myself up for failure. And the list would likely get longer as time passes because the longer the list, the more remains left undone each year.

There are things I do, and would like to continue doing, which I feel are the most important things. It's a short list of five items. If I try to add more than five, it can get messy and stressful, which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid in my life by remembering to do these five things.

So, this is my resolution solution for myself.

Bert's All The Time Resolutions List
1) Be nice to people.
2) Try new things.
3) Stay active.
4) Stay informed.
5) Laugh a lot.

Easy to remember, and covers most of the ideals by which I'd like to live my life. That said, it's not rigid. Depending on the day, I might add something like "eat more ice cream".

After all, life is to be enjoyed.

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard