101 things to do in 1001 days
Right. I don't know if you have the habit of checking the LJ spotlights, but I do. Sometimes I find real jewels there, such as the mission101_2009 community. The idea is to set 101 goals to be fulfilled in 1001 days, which I found much more interesting and specific than my New Year Resolutions (it doesn't mean I won't work on them, too). Here is my list:
1. Learn to play my guitar
2. Sing and play something in a family party (only one song is enough)
3. Smile more
4. Focus when working
5. Develop good eating habits - such as drinking more juice and less soda; reducing the intake of junk food and increasing the intake of salads; and drinking at least 8 water glasses per day
6. Drink a cup of green tea every day (or some other tea that I find tasty)
7. Lose 40 pounds (no, I am not kidding) (0/40)
8. Exercise at least three times a week
9. Learn ballroom dancing until my cousin's wedding, in September 2009
10. Dance an entire song with my cousin Claudio without stepping on his feet or making any kind of mistake
11. Practice my Japanese at least until I get back to the point I was when I stopped classes
12. Learn as much Spanish as I can on my own and then, only then, take classes
13. Find myself a boyfriend - doesn't need to be a serious boyfriend - and let go, for once
14. Go out more (for fun, not to buy groceries)
15. Go back to practicing gymnastics, swimming or ballet
16. Learn some martial art (not sure yet which one)
17. Help Mum with her graduation thesis without actually doing it for her
18. Read all the classics in my collection (they're classics for a reason, so it can't be hard to read them all)
19. Complete NaNoWriMo
20. Finish my Harry Potter fanfic and publish on FF.net
21. Learn all the features of my new camera
22. Keep my nails and eyebrows done and pretty
23. Work on my posture and flexibility
24. Improve my insults and sarcastic remarks (never know when they'll come handy!)
25. Learn to type without looking at the keyboard
26. Clear out my closet and donate old clothes
27. Go back to singing in a choir - any choir
28. Donate money and/or effort to a good cause - regularly
29. Save 1000 reais
30. Save 2000 reais
31. Save 3000 reais
32. Take my IELTS and/or TOEFL certificates
33. Learn to cook at least 10 dishes WELL - without forgetting all about them in a week (0/10)
34. Get my driver's license
35. Take my family, including the dogs, somewhere nice in a long weekend - and pay for it (at least a good part)
36. Forget about the cost of the ticket and GO TO A CONCERT
37. Make at least one henna tattoo every summer
38. Lose the tummy - FOR GOOD
39. Learn horseback riding
40. Sing at least one song in a karaoke bar
41. Go to the Christ Redeemer
42. Go to the Sugar Loaf
43. Go to Rio's Botanical Gardens
44. Take care of a plant and don't let it die for at least four months
45. Buy a Nintendo Wii and a Wii Fit
46. Buy an mp3 player and cool headphones
47. See a ballet at the Municipal Theatre at least once, preferably with Mum (she'd be so happy)
48. Participate in the Rio Half-Marathon - and complete it
49. Review the books that I read and the films I watch as often as possible on my LJ
50. Travel alone
51. Apply to a scholarship for a MA abroad
52. Send a secret to PostSecret
53. Get a penpal
54. Floss everyday
55. Swear less - my vocabulary is good enough, I don't need to swear to express myself
56. Go to another anime convention, preferably Anime Friends in São Paulo
57. Meet at least one person I know from the internet
58. Use moisturizer everyday, and exfoliate my feet twice a week
59. Review the fics I read - if I like them, I should tell the author, right? - and comment on blogs, LJs and forums posts as much as possible
60. Do 101 nice things to people - because calling them “random acts of kindness” fells a bit intimidating (0/101)
61. Read at least 100 books, not including re-reads (0/100)
62. Watch 100 movies at the theatre or DVDs (0/100) - not counting the classics from #63
63. Watch all the 100 movies in the AFI’s classic films list (0/100)
64. Try new food - from at least five different cuisines (0/5)
65. Donate 100,000 grains of rice at Freerice.com (0/100,000)
66. Go to the zoo at night, to see the owls exhibit
67. Do some sort of volunteer work
68. Try vodka, dry martini, scotch, tequila, Long Island Ice Tea, Sex on the Beach and Screwdriver
69. Get fit enough to feel comfortable in a sexy bikini again
70. Go watch a play at least three times
71. Hang out with Anna
72. Get back in contact with Rita and Leo
73. Send real Christmas cars to everyone in 2009 and 2010
74. Buy something from a foreign website
75. Write a poem - doesn’t need to be a good one - and put it on my LJ
76. Write my own version of Ellie: An Inventory of Being
77. Read at least five Shakespeare books
78. Learn how to do a massage (in a class, I mean)
79. Make a retirement plan and/or life insurance
80. Invest some money in something other than a savings account (maybe stocks)
81. Take another economy class
82. Do something that makes me feel I’m growing spiritually - either go back to church, do some good to others, something
83. Improve my make-up skills (including the bloody smokey eye that I can never get right)
84. Buy all the shoes from my list (which I’ll post later)
85. Buy five beautiful and sexy lingerie sets; at least one of them should be expensive
86. Buy a silk or satin nightgown and robe set, or buy silk/satin so Mum can make me one
87. Learn more about how the stock market works
88. Subscribe to a magazine I really like
89. Do something that scares me whenever I can (0/at least 10)
90. Try 10 different kinds of tea (0/10)
91. Buy something I normally wouldn't, either because it's too expensive, fattening, a guilty pleasure or completely unnecessary
92. Try something truly daring and liberating, such as skydiving, surf, rock climbing...
93. Learn to tango
94. Take silly photo booth pictures with Mum - if I don’t find a decent photo booth, convince her to pose for very silly pictures to be taken with my camera
95. Ride a bike or roller-skate at Copacabana Beach on a sunny Sunday (oh, how I miss that...)
96. Go to the beach at least four times a year (0/11)
97. Stop hitting the snooze button for a month
98. Go to bed earlier, so that I don't need those extra ten minutes so much
99. Watch the sunset and the sunrise in a really beautiful place
100. Go to the Bacchus Party (really crazy college party which happens every year) or an equally crazy shindig, preferably a costume party
101. Go to at least 10 museums (it's ok to visit the same museum twice, if the exposition is different, but try not do it)
So, what do you guys think?
1. Learn to play my guitar
2. Sing and play something in a family party (only one song is enough)
3. Smile more
4. Focus when working
5. Develop good eating habits - such as drinking more juice and less soda; reducing the intake of junk food and increasing the intake of salads; and drinking at least 8 water glasses per day
6. Drink a cup of green tea every day (or some other tea that I find tasty)
7. Lose 40 pounds (no, I am not kidding) (0/40)
8. Exercise at least three times a week
9. Learn ballroom dancing until my cousin's wedding, in September 2009
10. Dance an entire song with my cousin Claudio without stepping on his feet or making any kind of mistake
11. Practice my Japanese at least until I get back to the point I was when I stopped classes
12. Learn as much Spanish as I can on my own and then, only then, take classes
13. Find myself a boyfriend - doesn't need to be a serious boyfriend - and let go, for once
14. Go out more (for fun, not to buy groceries)
15. Go back to practicing gymnastics, swimming or ballet
16. Learn some martial art (not sure yet which one)
17. Help Mum with her graduation thesis without actually doing it for her
18. Read all the classics in my collection (they're classics for a reason, so it can't be hard to read them all)
19. Complete NaNoWriMo
20. Finish my Harry Potter fanfic and publish on FF.net
21. Learn all the features of my new camera
22. Keep my nails and eyebrows done and pretty
23. Work on my posture and flexibility
24. Improve my insults and sarcastic remarks (never know when they'll come handy!)
25. Learn to type without looking at the keyboard
26. Clear out my closet and donate old clothes
27. Go back to singing in a choir - any choir
28. Donate money and/or effort to a good cause - regularly
29. Save 1000 reais
30. Save 2000 reais
31. Save 3000 reais
32. Take my IELTS and/or TOEFL certificates
33. Learn to cook at least 10 dishes WELL - without forgetting all about them in a week (0/10)
34. Get my driver's license
35. Take my family, including the dogs, somewhere nice in a long weekend - and pay for it (at least a good part)
36. Forget about the cost of the ticket and GO TO A CONCERT
37. Make at least one henna tattoo every summer
38. Lose the tummy - FOR GOOD
39. Learn horseback riding
40. Sing at least one song in a karaoke bar
41. Go to the Christ Redeemer
42. Go to the Sugar Loaf
43. Go to Rio's Botanical Gardens
44. Take care of a plant and don't let it die for at least four months
45. Buy a Nintendo Wii and a Wii Fit
46. Buy an mp3 player and cool headphones
47. See a ballet at the Municipal Theatre at least once, preferably with Mum (she'd be so happy)
48. Participate in the Rio Half-Marathon - and complete it
49. Review the books that I read and the films I watch as often as possible on my LJ
50. Travel alone
51. Apply to a scholarship for a MA abroad
52. Send a secret to PostSecret
53. Get a penpal
54. Floss everyday
55. Swear less - my vocabulary is good enough, I don't need to swear to express myself
56. Go to another anime convention, preferably Anime Friends in São Paulo
57. Meet at least one person I know from the internet
58. Use moisturizer everyday, and exfoliate my feet twice a week
59. Review the fics I read - if I like them, I should tell the author, right? - and comment on blogs, LJs and forums posts as much as possible
60. Do 101 nice things to people - because calling them “random acts of kindness” fells a bit intimidating (0/101)
61. Read at least 100 books, not including re-reads (0/100)
62. Watch 100 movies at the theatre or DVDs (0/100) - not counting the classics from #63
63. Watch all the 100 movies in the AFI’s classic films list (0/100)
64. Try new food - from at least five different cuisines (0/5)
65. Donate 100,000 grains of rice at Freerice.com (0/100,000)
66. Go to the zoo at night, to see the owls exhibit
67. Do some sort of volunteer work
68. Try vodka, dry martini, scotch, tequila, Long Island Ice Tea, Sex on the Beach and Screwdriver
69. Get fit enough to feel comfortable in a sexy bikini again
70. Go watch a play at least three times
71. Hang out with Anna
72. Get back in contact with Rita and Leo
73. Send real Christmas cars to everyone in 2009 and 2010
74. Buy something from a foreign website
75. Write a poem - doesn’t need to be a good one - and put it on my LJ
76. Write my own version of Ellie: An Inventory of Being
77. Read at least five Shakespeare books
78. Learn how to do a massage (in a class, I mean)
79. Make a retirement plan and/or life insurance
80. Invest some money in something other than a savings account (maybe stocks)
81. Take another economy class
82. Do something that makes me feel I’m growing spiritually - either go back to church, do some good to others, something
83. Improve my make-up skills (including the bloody smokey eye that I can never get right)
84. Buy all the shoes from my list (which I’ll post later)
85. Buy five beautiful and sexy lingerie sets; at least one of them should be expensive
86. Buy a silk or satin nightgown and robe set, or buy silk/satin so Mum can make me one
87. Learn more about how the stock market works
88. Subscribe to a magazine I really like
89. Do something that scares me whenever I can (0/at least 10)
90. Try 10 different kinds of tea (0/10)
91. Buy something I normally wouldn't, either because it's too expensive, fattening, a guilty pleasure or completely unnecessary
92. Try something truly daring and liberating, such as skydiving, surf, rock climbing...
93. Learn to tango
94. Take silly photo booth pictures with Mum - if I don’t find a decent photo booth, convince her to pose for very silly pictures to be taken with my camera
95. Ride a bike or roller-skate at Copacabana Beach on a sunny Sunday (oh, how I miss that...)
96. Go to the beach at least four times a year (0/11)
97. Stop hitting the snooze button for a month
98. Go to bed earlier, so that I don't need those extra ten minutes so much
99. Watch the sunset and the sunrise in a really beautiful place
100. Go to the Bacchus Party (really crazy college party which happens every year) or an equally crazy shindig, preferably a costume party
101. Go to at least 10 museums (it's ok to visit the same museum twice, if the exposition is different, but try not do it)
So, what do you guys think?