This idea came to me as I was hiking up Rock Canyon one morning. I had decided not to bring my AirPods because some of Ann Dee's kids had agreed to hike with me at 6AM on a weekday during the summer. Well, it turns out hiking at that hour is a good idea until that hours actually hits. Needless to say, I was hiking by myself without my AirPods and I started thinking about this milestone of turning 50 years old in the next year. Here are the thoughts that came to my mind:
- I like lists and I get some degree of a dopamine hit when I can check something off
- I like spending time with my friends
- I've been blessed with many friends who are at various stages in their life
So I stole an idea from the BYU wellness program that they started doing a couple of years ago. They had a both a spring and summer bingo challenge, which I really loved doing. I decided to make my own bingo challenge with things that I love and things that I've always wanted to do. You can see the 49 challenges (one for how old I am now) below with the instructions. Anyone who participates can report their completions
HERE. If you post about any of these, use hastag #katys49thbirthdaybingo.
We are not even a month into this challenge and it has been so fun to hear about what people are doing with it. I've also been able to connect with many friends and family that are trying to earn raffle entries.
For example, I had a phone call yesterday with the legendary Merrill Webb. He greeted me as “Dr. Knight” and that alone made my day. I have so much love and respect for this man. He was calling to ask about how to report his bingo activities. It made me so happy and pleased that he was playing. He told me about some of the experiences he had such as getting his first pedicure, eating at Sensuous Sandwich, and going to the farmer’s market. Then he offered his services to help anyone working on the bingo to help us find a Common Loon on Deer Creek.
I had breakfast this morning with some student employees as well as with Duane and Kate (my name's sake) Henderson. I've been on walks with friends around the Provo High track, hikes up Rock Canyon, lunch at Sensuous, golf, pickleball, puzzles, and the list goes on.
I feel so blessed with such wonderful people in my life who are playing along and already making this year the best year yet!
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| Sensuous with Dan & Craig |
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| New museum with the Utah Museums Association |
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| Completed this really hard 1000-piece puzzle with student educations from the Bean Museum. |
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| Late night walk after YW around the Provo High track. |
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| BYU Women's volleyball game with Penny & Lowe! |
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| Bean Club! We had a WNBA game on in the background, so it counts! |
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| Golf with Rachel and Fizz. |
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| Breakfast at Magleby's Fresh with Duane and Kate (my name's sake) on her first day of college at BYU! |
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| Made it to the campground at the top of Rock Canyon with the lovely, supportive, and great friends! |
