30 Days of Blogging Challenge – Day 17

We’re at Day 17 of the Challenge. I’m doing this with my blogging buddies Maggie and Cheila, so check out their responses to the prompts too!

Day 17 is about the Goals for my blog.

I have a few goals in mind for Life of Angela.

Here are my current ones:

• Currently, I want to keep up with daily blogging. I haven’t missed a single day since I started, I’m now also up to two or three posts a day, which is crazy.
• I will see through the 30 Day Blogging Challenge with the ever amazing Maggie and Cheila 🙂
• I want to finish my A-Z Challenge of TV shows, it doesn’t get as much traffic as my other posts. but I’m committed to finishing it. Once I complete it I can give myself a pat on the back, cause I’m starting to struggle with some letters XD But it’s a challenge! And I will also see it through.
• I want to continue doing the Weekly Photo Challenges through Daily Post. I love finding out the new theme, and trying to come up with my own interpretation or spin on it.
• I also want to stick with doing weekly TBT posts, it’s fun to look back and decide which story I want to share with you guys.
• Keep up to date with reading all of your posts. This is where I lose track of time the most. I get so into reading your posts and stories, that I get annoyed that I have to head back to work, or that I have some errand to do. But it’s important to enjoy life too. I’m starting to find that balance.

Here are some future goals:

• I have never been one to aim for many followers, but this blog has surpassed every expectation I had. I thought it would be nice to reach 100, and I’m already past 400 at a few months in! I like the roundness of the number 1000. But that feels far away. For now, I’m enjoying where my blog is at, and the community that I’m a part of 🙂
• Go self-hosted. I have been considering this for a while. However, I am trying to keep a tight lid on money because of our current plans. I am hoping towards the end of the year though, I might consider making the change. I will definitely let you guys know if I do, and give myself time to work it all out.
• Videos. I’ve posted a few videos on here through YouTube. But I like the idea of one day making videos, on top of posts. I don’t think I would ever go full vlogger, because I am more comfortable typing on a computer, than speaking in front of a camera. But I would like to explore that avenue.

I’m happy to see where my blog will go. I’m still having so much fun, and I hope to keep carrying that momentum!

I wanted to include a photo, so here’s a photo of me on a massive chair

Thanks for reading all!

Angela.

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The Smile Tag

Kristyn, from Travel Nerd Plans tagged me to do the Smile Tag. She tagged me in her comments which is crazy sweet, as this tag is simply the best!

Bea also did this recently. As have a lot of you, but I didn’t save the URLs, so I will just say that I have seen this around a lot, and it’s such an amazing tag.

Here’s a message from the creator herself:

Here’s how it works…

Ciarralorren, creator of The SMILE Tag, wants to see your smiles! If you are nominated for this tag (which I hope all of you are), then simply post a photo of yourself smiling! There really are no rules for this tag. You can post as many pictures with as many people as you’d like solely under the condition that you are smiling in the photo or looking back at the photo makes you smile! It’s really quite simple. If you’d like, also share the story or stories behind the photos you post to let your followers gain more of an insight of who you are and what makes you happy. Or don’t! It’s really up to you! !Truthfully, it doesn’t matter how you interpret this tag, so long as you spread joy and happiness around the Internet and in doing so within your own life. Let’s all be happy and share our smiles!

Just keep the tagging along and TOGETHER, let’s create a mass movement of happiness! So start posting and tagging people now! Go, go, go!!

How awesome is that!!

Things that make smile:

Let’s start with the obvious, Rory. I’m still so happy that I have found someone so amazing who is thoughtful, sweet, clever, weird, and crazy enough to want to spend his time with me, let alone marry me.

Angela’s Bucket List

Hello all!

So I’ve been wanting to make a bucket list for aaages. I liked the idea of coming up with 100 things, but that turned out to be a lot harder than I thought XD

I’ve been writing this since I started blogging, and I’ve only just finished it! I’ve included things I’ve wanted to do since I was younger, so I’m already able to start crossing things off. I’ll try to come back to this every now and then and see if I can cross more things off!

These are in no particular order, but go ahead and have a read!

1. Go overseas
2. Fly in a plane
3. Fly first class in a plane
4. Graduate university
5. Move out of home
6. Fall in love
7. Get married
8. Celebrate 25th wedding anniversary
9. Celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
10. Do a flip on a trampoline
11. Sing karaoke in public
12. Play a game of paintball
13. Play a game of laser tag
14. Pull an all-nighter
15. Go for a romantic picnic on a hill
16. Get fitter, and work out more
17. Go to a yoga class
18. Go to a pole dancing class (it looks fun, I’m not too flexible though)
19. Buy a house
20. Do DIY in said house
21. Make a house of cards
22. Complete a scrapbook
23. Finish a colouring book
24. Fill up all the notebooks I keep buying
25. Do a Road Trip around the North Island
26. Do a Road Trip around the South Island
27. See more of Australia
28. Visit all the Pacific Islands
29. Visit Harry Potter World in Orlando
30. Visit Scotland and the places Harry Potter was filmed in
31. Visit Europe in General
32. Visit Canada
33. Visit Iceland
34. Visit Japan
35. Visit Germany
36. Return to the Philippines
37. Visit a Disneyland, any Disneyland
38. See the seven wonders of the world
39. Go snorkelling
40. Go scuba diving
41. Experience zero gravity
42. See a Broadway Show
43. Go to a concert
44. See a musical live
45. Go to a wax museum
46. Go to a ballet
47. Have kids (max 2)
48. Have a pet dog or cat
49. Complete a fun run/marathon
50. Do a colour run
51. Do all the Great Walks around New Zealand
52. Solve a Rubix cube
53. Gain my full driver’s license
54. Own a car
55. Learn how to take care of a car (oil, change a tyre, jumpstart, etc)
56. Ride a bike
57. Do a wheelie on a bike
58. Ride a Segway
59. Ride a hoverboard
60. Complete a Masters in Education
61. Make a dress
62. Make a blouse
63. Own a really good camera
64. Make everything from a recipe book (preferably a baking one)
65. Write a book
66. Spend time in a float pod
67. Bathe in milk
68. Have a massage
69. Have a spa day
70. Learn to read sheet music
71. Learn how to play the ukulele properly
72. Relearn how to play the piano again
73. Watch all the Star Wars movies
74. Watch all the movies that won an Oscar
75. Ride in a horse and carriage
76. Go horse riding
77. Witness an eclipse
78. Go to a drive in movie
79. Dye my hair (any colour)
80. Master a couple of hairstyles, outside of ponytail and half up half down
81. Get a tattoo
82. Get a henna tattoo
83. Get a temporary tattoo
84. Get multiple ear piercings
85. Have a white christmas
86. Donate blood
87. Become fluent in another language
88. Relearn Tagalog
89. Learn Sign Language
90. Take a photography course
91. Stay in an ice hotel
92. Learn a magic trick
93. Learn to knit
94. Go for a helicopter ride
95. Fly in a hot air balloon
96. Memorize the periodic table of elements
97. Visit a psychic
98. Make a time capsule
99. Have a food fight
100. Meet a celebrity

So hey, here’s my bucket list! A lot are doable, a lot are a bit more difficult, and some will just take time. But I hope you enjoyed reading this list!!

Angela.