Have you ever thought "someday I'm going to go skydiving" or "someday I'm going to organize that box of photos?" I think that every day, only I put off the things like going to a new place in New Mexico or trying out my grandma's homemade bread recipe.
The Challenge: Complete 101 pre-set tasks in 1,001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie, no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must be realistic and stretching (ie, represent some amount of work on your part).
Start Date: Monday, August 15, 2011
End Date: Monday, May 12, 2014
The List:
Arts, Culture & Music
1. Read 10 "classics" (ie, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984, Wuthering Heights (0/10).
2. Watch The Goonies for the first time.
3. Attend the Santa Fe Opera (tailgate AND stay till the end).
4. Read one book a month (0/34).
5. Go to the Corrales Growers' Market.
6. Do one thing in my city that's new every other month (0/17).
7. Watch one movie a month in the theater (0/34).
8. Watch six documentaries (0/6).
9. Read all the books I own but haven't read yet (0/15).
10. Watch the Star Wars series.
11. Watch the Lord of the Rings series.
12. Watch The Big "C".
13. See Ray LaMontagne in concert.
14. Visit five new museums.
Health & Wellness
15. Run a full marathon.
16. Learn to golf.
17. Hike the La Luz Trail.
18. Plant tomatoes and actually eat them.
19. Work out once a day for a whole month (at least 20 minutes or more).
20. Go one month without patronizing a fast food establishment (Einstein Bagels doesn't count).
21. Go to the dentist twice a year.
22. Lose 10 pounds.
23. Successfully complete a 7-day cleanse.
24. Learn to swim with proper form.
25. Enjoy a day at a spa or hot springs.
Giving Back
26. Send a handwritten "thank you" for every gift or nice gesture.
27. Be an awesome maid of honor to my best friend.
28. Become sole president of an organization.
29. Donate blood.
30. Put change in someone's expired parking meter.
31. Donate 50 things I no longer use (0/50).
32. Randomly pay for coffee for the person behind me in the drive thru.
33. Remember to take my own grocery bags to the grocery store.
34. Donate $5 for every goal not completed to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Mexico.
35. Maintain Pi Beta Phi's Club of Excellence status.
Travel & Adventure
36. Go on a cruise.
37. Travel somewhere Travis and I have never been together.
38. Take a road trip to the Grand Canyon.
39. See five New Mexico sites/towns I've never seen (0/5).
40. Take a mother/daughter trip somewhere neither of us has traveled.
41. Ride a ferry boat.
42. Get snowed in.
43. Visit Napa and stay in a bed and breakfast, drink wine until dawn.
44. Take a camping trip without my parents (and their camper).
45. Go to a hockey game.
46. Visit my friend Jane in Syracuse, NY.
47. Go to a pro-baseball game somewhere you've never been.
48. Visit San Francisco.
49. Visit or plan a trip to Italy.
50. Tour a brewery outside of the state.
51. Go skydiving.
Finances
52. Pay off my credit card.
53. Save $1,000 to have for emergencies (0/1,000).
54. Donate money to my alma mater (NMSU Journalism School).
55. Become debt-free using the snowball method (minus my car).
56. Consolidate my student loans into one easy payment.
57. Save $5 for every goal I accomplish.
58. Pay off the debt from my knee surgery.
Professional Development
59. Get a raise.
60. Go one week without procrastinating on a project.
61. Write articles for five new and different publications (0/5).
62. Get some sort of recognition or award at work.
Activities
63. Go on a picnic.
64. Have brunch with a girlfriend once every month (0/34).
65. Watch a sunrise.
66. Watch a sunset.
67. Become a morning person.
68. Turn 30 with a huge birthday bash or trip.
69. Encourage someone else to do a 101 in 1,001 list.
70. Spend an entire day in bed for absolutely no reason.
71. Have a candlelit dinner.
72. Take a class or lessons.
73. Go one week without watching television.
74. Build a snowman.
75. Take a Zumba class.
76. Re-learn to snowboard.
77. Learn a new dance.
78. Go to the movies alone five times (0/5).
Milestones
79. Celebrate one year with Travis (January 20, 2012).
80. Make a huge sacrifice for someone I love.
81. Attend my 10-year high school reunion.
82. Private.
On My "To-Do" List
83. Clean out my closet every spring and fall.
84. Frame both of my diplomas and display.
85. Endure a Brazilian wax.
86. Unsubscribe from email lists I don't read.
87. Create a cash-only budget.
Shopping
88. Buy a bike.
89. Purchase renter's insurance.
90. Invest in an original painting that I love, even if no one else does.
91. Buy a new bra.
92. Buy a new designer purse.
Food & Drink
93. Try 10 restaurants I've never tried before (0/10).
94. Try one new recipe each month (0/34).
95. Bake a loaf of grandma's bread.
96. Come up with five go-to healthy lunches to pack (0/5).
97. Try five different new foods (0/5).
98. Go vegetarian for a week-NO MEAT!
Misc.
99. Discover and download music from a new artist each month (0/34).
100. Get a New Year's kiss at midnight.
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