January 11, 2010

101 goals in 1001 days



I have thought about doing one of these lists for a long time. Today, I finally sat down today and wrote one. I will be keeping track of this lovely (and long) list and will attempt to complete it in 1001 days!
  1. Graduate from SUNY Albany
  2. Take the GRE
  3. Blog about every completed task
  4. Print this list and take it with me everywhere
  5. Apply for grad school
  6. Get a passport
  7. Get a new job OR a raise
  8. Read 50 books (15/50)
  9. Take more pictures
  10. Cook 1 new recipe a month
  11. Do the 30 day shred 30 times
  12. Save $2000
  13. Start a garden
  14. Eat a salad everyday for lunch for one week
  15. Watch IMDB’s top 50 movies. (11/50) (if i've seen it, i'm going to re watch it) **So Far I have watched: North by North West, Psycho, Rear Window, The Matrix, Avatar, Vertigo, WALL-E, Le Fabuleus destin d'Amelie Poulain, Se7en, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty
  16. Buy a new laptop
  17. Drink tea instead of coffee everyday for a week
  18. Have 50 followers (...or more J
  19. Make at least 2 new good friends
  20. Travel somewhere that ISN’T on the east coast
  21. Read the newspaper more
  22. Learn to Knit
  23. Learn to Crochet
  24. Get a couples massage
  25. See a scary movie with Chris (Paranormal Activity, Shutter Island) Oh man! I saw TWO
  26. Eat more fish (learn to like it)
  27. Buy 5 things off of Etsy (2/5)
  28. Get a credit card (for emergencies)
  29. Take an art class
  30. Go to the Ballet
  31. Go to the Orchestra
  32. Take a yoga class
  33. Hike 3 Different mountains
  34. Bike 10 Miles in one day
  35. Buy a new(er) car
  36. Turn off my computer for an entire weekend (Completed Maine 2010)
  37. Take my cousins to the movies & lunch
  38. Figure out how to use my printer
  39. Avoid soda for a week
  40. Make 5 meals entirely out of food from the farmers market (2/5)
  41. Send out more Christmas cards
  42. Visit 5 museums (0/5)
  43. Go Skydiving
  44. Make my lunch (for work) everyday for a month
  45. Go rock climbing
  46. Attend a wine tasting
  47. Participate in a benefit run (Taking place Thanksgiving Day 2010!)
  48. Go a week without spending any money
  49. Only use reusable grocery bags
  50. Be able to do 5 pull ups
  51. Put away $10 for every goal completed
  52. Learn how to accept complements
  53. Build a snowman
  54. Complete a coloring book, all by myself
  55. Go ice skating
  56. Complete a 500+ piece jigsaw puzzle
  57. Visit a planetarium
  58. Go somewhere where Chris will go in a photo booth with me
  59. Buy a pair of TOMs shoes
  60. Take a cooking class
  61. Try 10 new types of beer (4/10) (Yuengling, Davidson Brothers Golden Ale, Dundee Honey 
  62. Brown, A friends home brew )
  63. Reread the entire Harry Potter series
  64. Go apple picking
  65. Go on a haunted hayride
  66. Stay at a bed and breakfast
  67. Have a picnic
  68. Make every recipe I post about for one month
  69. Fly a kite
  70. Go to Disney world
  71. Play laser tag
  72. Visit Washington D.C
  73. Find out my blood type (Should find out soon...!)
  74. Plant a tree
  75. List 100 things I know about each parent
  76. List 50 things I know about each grandparent
  77. Create a real budget..and stick to it
  78. Go horse back riding
  79. Say yes to everything for one day
  80. Write a letter to myself in 10 years
  81. Go to the racetrack
  82. Grow a plant from a seedling
  83. Read one new poem everyday for a month
  84. Have a dinner party
  85. Ride in a hot air balloon
  86. Spend a rainy day watching movies in my PJ’s
  87. Be healthier
  88. Lose 10 pounds
  89. Move in with Chris
  90. Add more color to my wardrobe
  91. Donate blood
  92. Join a book club   My book club! 
  93. Attend a murder mystery (or host one)
  94. Go to the drive-in
  95. Walk buddy everyday for 2 weeks
  96. Bake a Birthday cake
  97. Take Chris on a surprise date
  98. See a movie in 3D (Avatar)
  99. Go to 3 weddings (2/3)
  100. Visit NYC
  101. Donate $5 to charity for every task I don’t complete
  102. Make another 101 list for the next 1001 days
    Have you made one of these? If you have, please share a link! If you have never heard of this project, You can learn all about it  here. Every time that I complete something I will be crossing it off like this so it's obviously completed.

    9 comments:

    1. I love everything on your list! good luck~

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    2. Wow! What an impressive list! I especially like #79 about writing a letter to yourself. I think that would be really interesting to do. I might think about doing one of these lists myself.

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    3. great list!!! you two are moving in together.. how exciting!!! PS I love the $5 donation thing. Great list. I want to do one!

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    4. @ Laurel-- we aren't moving in together.. quite yet! We want to, but it isn't really in the cards right now $$ wise. Hopefully within 1001 days it works out!!

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    5. you have a great list going I wish you luck, I have seen them around and I think they are very cool :)!

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    6. Great list! Good luck!
      I was visiting my family last weekend and thought of you when I drove by SUNY albany :D. Wouldn't it be weird if we have crossed paths before at Crossgates or something?

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    7. FUN! good luck with your list. i need to get on the passport train too. i think it's about time.

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    8. love this list! I have done some off your list and there is a lot on it that would be on mine as well. I might just have to try this....

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    9. I should try your #26. I wish I ate more fish!

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    Thank you for the comment love
    xoxo - Alicia

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