2010. A Year of Boredom, Excitement, and Unemployment

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?
Lived with boys.  Start my own business. Stop caring where I think I should be in my life and just live it.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?


I never became a self taught Italian chef so...2011 the year of homemade pasta

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

My cousin Shawn had a boy Everett and I found out my sister Linds will be having a baby in April

  
4. Did anyone close to you die?

    No   

5. What countries did you visit?
None BUT I went up to Duluth / Grand Marais (very top of MN) all in one day!

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
A job where I get paid to design

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
August 1st - Day I moved out of my mom's place after sleeping on an air mattress in a living room for a year

July 3rd - One day road trip to up to northern MN with her best friend 

October 1st - Day I was let go from my temp job and realized how supportive my roommates were are

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Staying positive when things fell apart around me, and taking my happiness into my own hands. 

9. What was your biggest failure? 

Thinking that I failed when really it is just....life. 

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Twisted  my ankle in a bar (sober) what else is new

11. What was the best thing you bought?
First pair of TOMS shoes (love them)

12. Where did most of your money go?
Tea (I like to keep my kitchen looking like a Starbucks) and

going to cafes at least 3 times a week to design got pricey

13. What did you get really excited about?
Living on my own again 

14. What song will always remind you of 2010? 

I Was Thinking... by Gauntlet Hair.  Good Minneapolis / Duluth road trips with this band

GAUNTLET HAIR // I was thinking... from caitlin mcnichols on Vimeo.


15. Compared to this time last year, are you: 

happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? thinner

richer or poorer? poorer 

16. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Worked out, entered in more design competitions, painted,take a screen printing class,  

   
17. What do you wish you’d done less of? 

Drink heavy beers (but then again I don't really regret this) 

18. How did you spend Christmas?
Laughing with my aunts

19. What was your favorite TV program?
Twin Peaks, Parks and Recs, East Bound and Down, Sons of Anarchy, Modern Family

20. What were your favorite books of the year?
My friend recommended Three Cups of Tea to me and I fell in love with it. 

21. What was your favorite music from this year? 

Gauntlet Hair, Avett Brothers, Beach House, Broken Bells   

22. What were your favorite films of the year?
Inception, Love and Other Drugs

23. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Ha, question 23 and I turned 23.  I can't remember


24. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
 Having a steady job 

25. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Every Monday I watched Gossip Girl and I would try to copy their hair style that week. 

26. What kept you sane?
My roommates kept me sane.

27. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.

That I didn't fail.  I am just living life.