Updated goals list
Here is a list of 101 things I want to accomplish in the next 1001 days.
Make your own list.
Day started: Sunday, August 24, 2008
I have until: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Yet to do.
In progress.
Completed!
11/101 done, 11% complete
1. Run a marathon
2. Be debt-free (exception allowed: mortgage) (ugh...$24,000 to go...but working ahead on it in good faith!)I discovered that I will REALLY have to ramp up paying this off to get there in time...not sure I'll make it, but I'll try!
3. Be at least 1/3 done with my Masters in Music Education.
4. Start investing for retirement, contributing every month.
5. Visit 3 states I've never been before.
6. Visit 1 country I've never been before.
7. Get my school orchestra to get straight 1's at UIL contest. completed April 2009
8. Compose a piece for orchestra.
9. Find an occasion to wear my prom dress again.
10. Find an occasion to wear my recital dress again.
11. Get beyond the bunny slope on a skiing trip.
12. Take a ballroom dancing class.
13. Get a pedicure (for all you who think I just want an excuse to pamper myself: I'm afraid of people touching my feet!)Completed 9/19/08
14. Learn to jump start a car.
15. Drink no soda for a whole month! (0/30)
16. Have a professional bra fitting.
17. Paint a border in one room of my apartment.
18. Read the entire Bible.
19. Organize my important papers and documents.
20. Pay for the person behind me in the drive-through.
21. Eat no fast food for a month! (Subway only counts if I don't get soda) (0/30)
22. Write positive, healthy entries in LJ at least once a week (0/143)
23. Vote for President in 2008.
24. Watch Spanish TV for an hour every week (0/143)
25. Consume a whole bottle of vitamins before it expires.
26. Write a Christmas letter to family and friends (0/3)
27. Visit Owatonna with Chad. Completed June 2009
28. Learn to cook 10 new ethnic meals. (0/10)
29. Take up quilting.
30. Take horseback riding lessons.
31. Procure allergy medication for said riding lessons.
32. Stick with the budget I started until the end of 2008 (at least!) ...and still going!
33. Donate twice to Locks of Love--10 inches or more. (1/2) Once June 2009
34. Go for a whole weekend without watching TV or being on the computer.
35. Set up an indoor herb garden. 3/14/09...but I cheated--I bought already grown plants! :oP
36. Go completely Wal-Mart--free for one year.
37. Host two clothing swaps. (0/2)
38. Build an emergency fund of 3 months' wages.
39. Keep my weight under 145 for at least 3 months. (should be easy, once I start working on goal #1!)
40. Identify 100 things that make me happy.
41. Learn to change the tire in case I get a flat.
42. Attend a wine tasting.
43. Try lobster.
44. Wash/wax my new car every 3 months. (1/11)
45. Get scratch in car paint fixed.
46. Watch AFI's list of the top 100 movies (both new and old lists). (21/123)
47. Foster an animal from the SPCA or Humane Society.
48. Read all the Harry Potter books. (2/7)
49. Complete my collection of the seasons of Friends. (2 to go)
50. Submit my lesson plans on time for an entire school year.
51. Go camping in west Texas.
52. Reduce my electricity consumption by 25%.
53. Buy a flat-screen TV to celebrate being debt-free.
54. Buy a harp (a troubadour counts).
55. Write one pen-and-paper letter every week. (1/143)
56. Go to a drive-in movie theatre
57. Complete my state quarter collection (91/100)
58. Buy books and organize coin collection.
59. Attend Tara's senior recital.
60. Teach private lessons again.
61. Set this up.
62. Try surfing.
63. Watch the sun rise from a mountain.
64. Make it to the end of this list. Complete 3/1/09
65. Carry on a decent conversation with someone who only speaks Spanish.
66. Get 4 students into Region Orchestra. (5/4)Five in 2008!!
67. Learn how to change the bulbs in the taillights of my car. 7/8/9 ...WAY easier than I thought!
68. Convince my boss to let me teach harp.
69. Retain 85% or more of my beginners.
70. Go to the gym twice a week for a month.
71. Go to the gym thrice weekly for a month.
72. Attend a ballroom dancing course.
73. Finally replace the windshield in my car.
74. Have five parties/gatherings/get-togethers at my place. (1/5)
75. Give a gift no one else could give.
76. Try real sushi.
77. Finish posting pictures from the tour to Spain.
78. Post pictures of life in TX.
79. Finish baby gift in time for my new niece/nephew.
80. Take voice lessons.
81. Get a library card. May 2009
82. Find and go to a dentist.
83. Read 10 books. (5/10) Life of Pi, The Other Queen by Phillippa Gregory 7/17/09, Night by Elie Weisel 7/17/09, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 7/26/09, Persuasion by Jane Austen 8/1/09,
84. Watch a show from season 1 episode 1 to present. (Grey's Anatomy Seasons 1 and 2 complete!)
85. Find 5 new LJ friends.
86. Do 26 Things.
87. Floss every night for a month. (0/30)
88. Remember to bring reusable grocery bags for a month.
89. Go on a mission trip with Northwoods.
90. Go snorkeling.
91. Get a string quartet together.
92. Make a new friend.
93. Participate in an Urban Prankster event.
94. Get in good enough shape that my clothing size changes.
95. Explore and photograph an abandoned building.
96. Learn to get up without hitting the snooze button.
97. Clean the litter pan daily for a week.
98. Donate $20 to charity for every unfinished task.
99. Help Chad find a job in Houston.
100. Go on a road trip with no particular destination.
101. Indulge in a very expensive bottle of wine on a special occasion.
So I've got some more done, but there are still a lot to go! I'm really not sure I'm going to make it on my debt-free goal. I would really have to scrimp or go nuts earning extra money. I'm going to see if I can take on some more private lesson students and re-evaluate my budget to make it work.