It Sounds Easy: Week One, Day Eight (Is That Possible?)

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Week One, Day Eight (Is That Possible?)

When I originally decided on goal #19: Give each of my 8 closest friends birthday presents they'll love, I assumed it would be something achieved in the future. Obviously.

But today one of my friends called me to let me know that the present I gave her back in March (a gorgeous, colorful, fun print to hang in her room) is going to be the inspiration behind her bedroom in her new house.

I definitely think that counts as a present she loves. And I'm going to say that I'm one present down, with seven more to go.

Note: The print shown isn't actually what I gave her. But do you like it? Click to the title to check out "Yellow City" by Tony Soulie from art.com.

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The Goals

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:

Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

The Goals

Work/Money/Volunteering

1. Formally apply for a job

2. Get a job

3. Save $5,000

4. Volunteer at the retirement home

5. Volunteer at the shelter for horses

6. Volunteer at the animal shelter

7. Get enough hours for volunteer award

8. Invest.

9. Sell something on Etsy.

Food/Cooking

10. Try 50 new recipes (35/50)

11. Buy something from a Farmer’s Market and cook with it

12. Make pizza from scratch

13. Bake a tie-dye cake

14. Edited. But I kept the numbering the same to avoid screwing up the tags for the posts. See Goal #78a.

15. Bake chocolate chip cookies from scratch

16. Make hot chocolate at the barn

17. Handmake treats for the horses

Friends/Family

18. Buy a present for each of immediate family that I know they’ll love (1/3)

19. Give each of my 8 closest friends personal birthday presents (3/8)

20. Host a poker night

21. Go on a Scavenger Hunt

22. Write to a French pen pal

23. Have an outdoor movie night

24. Hang out with Georgeanna at least three times (2/3)

25. Hang out with Georgeanna at least ten times (0/10)

26. Call/email Emily at least once every week while away

27. Talk to Katie at least once a month (/33)

28. Visit Katie.

29. Go to Florida with friends

30. Call a friend for coffee.

31. This one's private.

32. Have a murder mystery night.

33. Go to Global Wildlife with friends.

Self-Improvement/Personal

34. Get at least 24 hours on the Wii

35. Get my driver’s license (finally)

36. Learn to play poker (preferably before said poker night [goal #20])

37. Read 10 classic books (1/10)

38. Watch 10 classic movies (2/10)

39. See a play or ballet

40. Mail three secrets to PostSecret (0/3)

41. Clean my room once a month (5/33)

42. Take two mental health days (1/2)

43. Skip class with a friend

44. Visit the local zine stand

45. Flirt with a stranger

46. Read ten nonfiction books (1/10)

47. This one's private.

48. Learn a new French phrase every week (5/143)

49. Get teeth whitened

50. Go to a spa

51. Take a sewing class.

52. Learn to whistle.

Horses/Riding

53. Do calf workouts every day for a month (0/30)

54. Go on a trail ride

55. Ride bareback

56. Jump bareback

57. Buy a horse, or get a long-term lease

58. Give Jenna another pony ride

59. Send Christmas cards to barn owners and trainers

60. See one of Ashley’s horses race

61. Go to five horse shows (0/5)

62. Spend my day at the barn

63. Decorate my own saddlepad

64. Take a dressage lesson

65. Jump 2’9”

Creativity and the Like

66. Completely finish The Circular Path.

67. Complete at least 20 scenes for A Circle Extended (2/20)

68. Successfully complete NANOWRIMO each year (1/2)

69. Paint an Alice in Wonderland inspired pop art

70. Paint two paintings (1/2)

71. Participate in and complete the 26 Things Photo Project.

72. Buy Improv Everywhere's Causing a Scene. Get a big group together and do something from it.

73. Do a second thing from Causing A Scene.

74. Do ten creative writing prompts (2/10)

75. Find five new bands that I like enough to buy their CDs (3/5)

76. Make 20 good-quality bows (7/20)

77. Attend a gallery showing

Random Fun Stuff

78.Listen to all “Stuff You Should Know” podcasts.

78a. Be in a parade. (Really goal #14)

79. Email Josh and Chuck

80. Read one of Rexanne’s books

81. Go to two states I’ve never been to before (2/2)

82. Go to Paris

83. Do 50 random acts of kindness (11/50)

84. Complete a Wreck This Journal; involve friends

85. Buy something to pass on to Georgeanna

86. Try geocaching.

87. Go shopping cart racing.

88. Leave inspirational post-its for people to find.

89. Know the people at Starbucks. Better yet, have them know me.

90. Start a site inspired by Learning to Love You More.

91. Exchange postcards with a stranger (postcrossing.com)

92. Order something from the Something Store.

93. Reread I Can’t Tell You.

94. Brighten my house with sunflowers.

95. Donate 100,000 grains of rice to freerice.com. (100,000+/100,000)

96. Win a game of Risk.

97. Go to Open Mic Night at Starbucks.

98. Release a book into the wild that actually gets caught.

99. Buy Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland when it comes out on DVD.

100. Get 3 people to do the Day Zero Project with me. (1/3)

101. Make another 101 in 1001 list as March 31, 2012 gets closer.

It Sounds Easy

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Week One, Day Eight (Is That Possible?)

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