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1. Create blog to track progress and update once weekly (4|144)
2. Take a photo every day for 365 days. Post in blog. (0|365)
-- Not yet, but I am going to hopefully start this one tomorrow.
3. Make 3 new friends. (0|3)
4. Send anonymous flowers to friend on a random day.
5. Tell Matt I love him every day. (22|1001 days)
6. Go on a weekend trip with Haley.
7. Call a friend or family member to just have a "how are you doing" conversation once a month. (1/33)
8. Read something every day (22|1001)
9. Tell everyone who is important to me “Happy Birthday” via card or phone call.
10. Do something super-touristy or romantic in each city visited.
11. Visit two friends out of state. (0|2)
12. Plan one elaborate candlelight dinner for two.
13. Give 10 "Just because" gifts. (0|10)
-- Okay, I kinda did, but I'm not counting it because it was such a cheap thing... I sent a Chunky bar to my Grandpa at work to let him know I was thinking about him. Doesn't count for my list.
14. Send 101 cards or letters for reasons other than Christmas/birthdays. (0|101)
15. Bring baked goods to Grandpa once a month (1|33)
16. Do something anonymously nice for someone every month. (0|33)
17. Have a girls’ weekend with my Mom and sister.
18. Write a letter to Grandpa Lamping without being unkind.
19. Make time to spend with Sarah, Ashley, Katie, Haley once every month.
a. Sarah (1|33)
b. Ashley (0|33)
-- Seeing her this weekend!
c. Katie (1|33)
d. Haley (1|33)
20. Learn something interesting about every country in the world. Write in blog. (0|195)
21. Visit Detroit as a tourist.
22. Get a wall map of the world and put pins in every city I want to go to.
23. Take pictures in a photo booth in every out-of-state city visited.
24. Visit 5 new places. (0|5)
25. Add a stamp (or two) to my passport.
26. Participate in PostCrossing 20 times (www.postcrossing.com) (0|20)
27. Take a trip completely unplanned. Fill up the car, pick a direction and go.
28. Take a weekend trip to Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Saugatuck, and Mackinac Island.
a. Grand Rapids
b. Traverse City
c. Saugatuck
d. Mackinac Island
29. Try food from 10 different cuisines. (0|10)
30. Go one month without pop or coffee. (0|30)
31. Learn to like red wine and drink 12 oz. each week (minus 5 weeks for potential screwups). (2|138)
32. Participate in 3 benefit walks/runs every year.
a. Year 1: (0|3)
b. Year 2: (0|3)
c. Year 3: (0|3)
33. Complete the hundred push-up challenge. (www.hundredpushups.com
)
34. Pay for someone’s meal at a drive through.
35. Leave a 100% tip for a meal at a restaurant (for a bill $25 or more).
36. Donate 5 dollars for any item not completed.
37. Donate 200,000 trees and 500,000 grains through Answer4Earth and FreeRice.
a. Trees (2|200)
b. Grains (0|500,000)
38. Grow hair long enough; donate hair (find a place to donate to that does not charge clients).
-- Did it! My hair is so short, I cannot believe it. I hated it for the first couple days, but I'm getting okay with it now. It's just hair, after all. So THAT is THAT.
39. Clean out closet with the “keep one toss two” rule. Donate to charity.
40. Participate in an Adopt-a-Child Christmas gift program every year.
a. Year 1: (not completed)
b. Year 2: (not completed)
c. Year 3: (not completed)
41. Send a care package to a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.
a. Iraq: (not completed)
b. Afghanistan: (not completed).
42. Send 20 anonymous letters to friends to make them feel special (0|20)
43. Read (or re-read) all 100 books on http://www.best100novels.com. (2|100)
-- I read "To Kill a Mockingbird" this week, and did it in about a day and a half. That is one of the most fantastic books I've ever read. I strongly suggest that EVERYONE read it.
44. Take out 2 books every month from the library. (1|33)
45. Study for and retake the GRE, and the Psychology GRE.
a. General GRE: (Score: N/A)
b. Psychology GRE: (Score: N/A)
46. Get into a Ph.D. program for Clinical Neuropsychology,
47. Join or start a book club.
48. Learn a new language.
49. Record every penny spent for 90 days. (0|90)
50. Pay off my first loan. ($2,200|$4,000)
51. Get a new eco-friendly laptop.
52. Create and stick to budget.
53. Go 20 non-consecutive weeks without spending any money on food (0|20)
54. Move CD funds to a higher yield account.
-- I'll be taking care of this within the next couple weeks; I got a notification from CharterOne that my CD is about to mature. Soon, I say, soon!
55. Buy 3 new dresses every year (1 of which should be winter-appropriate)
a. Year 1: (0|3)
b. Year 2: (0|3)
c. Year 3: (0|3)
56. Buy a really nice pair of sunglasses that don’t hurt my nose and actually block the sun.
57. Go camping.
58. Clean up room once every week. This includes vacuuming every month. (3|143 weeks)
59. Watch 50 movies I haven't seen before. (2|50)
-- Milk (3/9/09)
-- Bottle Rocket (3/14/09)
60. Compile recipes, and create a cookbook.
61. Cook a new dinner once a month (0|33)
-- THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE THIS WEEK.
62. Wake up before 8 AM every day for 2 weeks (0|14)
63. Get up without pressing the snooze button every day for 2 weeks (0|14)
64. Sort all photos into albums.
65. Bake something from scratch once a month. (1|33)
66. Clean out my car once every other week. This includes washing car every six weeks. (1|72)
67. Do holiday-related activities for every holiday. Take a photo and post to blog.
-- I'm totally going out to drink some authentic Irish beer in Corktown with Ms.Katie Lambrix tomorrow after work. How's that for celebrating St. Patrick's Day? Photo documentation to follow.
68. Learn to play one sport semi-well.
69. Buy a bookshelf and stock it.
70. Update LJ at least once a week. (3|143)
71. Say nothing negative about anything or anyone (including myself) for one week straight. (0|7)
72. Volunteer for 20 hours every year.
a. Year 1: (0|20)
b. Year 2: (0|20)
c. Year 3: (0|20)
73. Take the stairs whenever possible for 1 month. (0|30)
74. Go two months without missing a single day of work or school. (0|60)
75. Actually participate in giving up something for Lent every year.
a. Year 1: (20|40)
-- Officially halfway done. I slipped once, but I'm not discounting it. I think it's okay to have a little slip, especially because it was really important that I get in touch with a certain person.
b. Year 2: (N/A)
c. Year 3: (N/A)
76. Move out of my parents’ house.
77. Learn and master a new craft.
78. Buy a piece of art from the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
79. Reform wardrobe into all clothes that I like to wear, nothing I don’t like.
80. Complete 15 courses on iLearn. (0|15)
81. Go to 5 Detroit museums. (0|5)
-- Not yet, but I found out some GREAT news about this: the library system down here provides free passes for 20-30 different museums in the area. Some of them are for two people, some are for four people, but both make me super happy.
82. Invest $50 to Microplace.com ($0|50)
83. Get to a BMI of 22 and stay there. (Currently: 23)
84. Become an expert in something.
85. Complete 50 items from We Are What We Do (www.wearewhatwedo.org
) (0|50)
86. Make a list of 101 things I want to see in the world. (0|101)
87. Compile a list of 10 ideas for neuropsych research studies. (0|10)
88. Inspire someone to do the Mission list.
89. Eat no junk food for 2 weeks. (0|14)
90. Go to a book-signing and get a book signed.
91. Adopt a green habit every month. (1|33)
-- No more keeping things plugged in when I'm not using them. It uses up so much energy, needlessly, so that's gotta stop. This extends to not charging my phone overnight-- I'll charge it for 20 minutes until it's full,
92. Write a schedule for myself every day for a week, three times. (0|3)
93. Go to Detroit one day with lots of singles, and give one to every homeless person who asks.
94. Get off Myspace, and get to where I’m using facebook twice a week.
95. Don’t go online at all for five days at a time, then 10 days, then 15 at different times. (0|5) (0|10) (0|15)
96. LEAVE OPEN FOR LATER INSPIRATION.
97. LEAVE OPEN FOR LATER INSPIRATION.
98. LEAVE OPEN FOR LATER INSPIRATION.
99. LEAVE OPEN FOR LATER INSPIRATION.
100. LEAVE OPEN FOR LATER INSPIRATION.
101. Make a new list on day 1000.
My progress wasn't so great this week, I feel. I can do a lot better. I was having an off week, and I'm trying to get myself back up and running. :)