Shuffleboard, etc
I started a post a few days ago that began "I feel like I am on the verge of a mental breakdown". I've somewhat recovered and no longer feel like I don't know which way is up. Its amazing what a few days can do!
A week or so ago I started a '101' list. I posted it on my myspace blog, but figured that it could live here as well and I could keep you all updated on my progress. I've already started crossing things off. It feels exciting to try something I would have never done before because I now have a reason.
101 things in 1001 days
The Mission:
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 your part).
101 things in 1001 days
Completion date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Get a physical
Make sure to got to my 6 month checkup at the dentist
Run a mile in under 10 minutes
Go backpacking
Apply for a promotion
Create an entire power point presentation for work
Finish our print schedule
Go on a press check
Organize all of my business cards/contacts
Catch up on my filing
Sort through old emails and categorize them appropriately
Get a raise/promotion
Play hookey one day and get a pedicure instead
Volunteer at the animal rescue
Put a recycle bin in our apartment
Send a card to someone 'just because'
Make my parents dinner
Let someone pick out a karaoke song for me at the bar
Dance in my car at a stoplight, with my arms out the sunroof
Sing in the shower
Invent a dance move
Read something by Hemingway
Read the final Harry Potter book
Buy a new book every 3 months
Get a Royal Oak library card
Have a BBQ
Do a Chinese firedrill
Learn how to play tennis
Learn how to solve a rubik's cube
Cross country ski
Play a round of golf with my dad
Get a hit in softball and get on base
Play scrabble (and actually keep score)
Go to Navy Pier and ride the Ferris Wheel
Go bowling and break 120
Play frisbee in the park
Sketch with charcoal
Go see an exhibit at the DIA
Go to a DSO concert
Learn about 5 famous paintings and their artists
Frame a drawing I've done
Go to a movie alone
Treat a friend to a night on the town
Go to a concert in a different state
Watch Gone With The Wind
Sing on stage with a band
Organize my ipod music
Have a movie night with my roommate and watch something ridiculous
Have the girls over for dessert and gossip
Go somewhere warm for vacation
Go back to Brooklyn
Stay with Lauren in Chicago
Plan a trip to Bermuda (even if I don't go!)
Take a road trip out west
Visit Mackinac Island
Take a friend on a surprise overnight getaway
Go to the UP
Visit a 'Mystery Spot'
Take a picture by the big chicken
Cook dinner for a boy
Make homemade guacamole
Bake an extravagant cake
Make white sangria
Make my mom's meatballs
Bake a loaf of bread
Try out a new recipe
Make homemade cinnamon rolls
Make an omelet (rather, learn how to flip an omelet)
Covert old photos to b/w and frame
Get everyone together for a new family photo
Buy a sewing machine
Sew an article of clothing (that I'll actually wear!)
Embroider something
Put my vacation photos in an album
Throw a dinner party
Organize addresses in birthdays in one place
Make Ellen a nice meal 'just because'
Meet the neighbors
Learn how to use the bbq grill
Start my 401k
Purchase a mountain bike
Start a 'piggy bank' to save for something fun for myself
Ask a guy out to dinner
Get together with Dave Hansen and do something silly
Buy a lottery ticket
Try a foreign beer
Treat my sister and Scott to a night out and watch Ben for them
Get my picture taken in a photo booth with friends
See a 3-D movie
Visit Jill in California
Go to the flea market and look for hidden treasures
Learn a new line dance at the country bar
Write an email to Mailee and make plans to get dinner
Go kayaking
Go on a road trip with Emma
Buy Almost Famous on DVD
Visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Wash, wax and vacuum my car
Host a dinner party
Buy a new digital camera
Make a new 101 list and start again!
I'm really excited to tackle all of this!
Memorial Day Weekend is in full swing and I've definitely been enjoying the weekend! Louis came out with all of us on Friday and it was great introducing him to all of my favorite people. Saw Pirates 3 yesterday. Unimpressed. Ellen and I are going to play shuffleboard tomorrow and I am very excited to act like an old person. Lets hope the sun holds out for us!
A week or so ago I started a '101' list. I posted it on my myspace blog, but figured that it could live here as well and I could keep you all updated on my progress. I've already started crossing things off. It feels exciting to try something I would have never done before because I now have a reason.
101 things in 1001 days
The Mission:
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 your part).
101 things in 1001 days
Completion date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Get a physical
Make sure to got to my 6 month checkup at the dentist
Run a mile in under 10 minutes
Go backpacking
Apply for a promotion
Create an entire power point presentation for work
Finish our print schedule
Go on a press check
Organize all of my business cards/contacts
Catch up on my filing
Sort through old emails and categorize them appropriately
Get a raise/promotion
Play hookey one day and get a pedicure instead
Volunteer at the animal rescue
Put a recycle bin in our apartment
Send a card to someone 'just because'
Make my parents dinner
Let someone pick out a karaoke song for me at the bar
Dance in my car at a stoplight, with my arms out the sunroof
Sing in the shower
Invent a dance move
Read something by Hemingway
Read the final Harry Potter book
Buy a new book every 3 months
Get a Royal Oak library card
Have a BBQ
Do a Chinese firedrill
Learn how to play tennis
Learn how to solve a rubik's cube
Cross country ski
Play a round of golf with my dad
Get a hit in softball and get on base
Play scrabble (and actually keep score)
Go to Navy Pier and ride the Ferris Wheel
Go bowling and break 120
Play frisbee in the park
Sketch with charcoal
Go see an exhibit at the DIA
Go to a DSO concert
Learn about 5 famous paintings and their artists
Frame a drawing I've done
Go to a movie alone
Treat a friend to a night on the town
Go to a concert in a different state
Watch Gone With The Wind
Sing on stage with a band
Organize my ipod music
Have a movie night with my roommate and watch something ridiculous
Have the girls over for dessert and gossip
Go somewhere warm for vacation
Go back to Brooklyn
Stay with Lauren in Chicago
Plan a trip to Bermuda (even if I don't go!)
Take a road trip out west
Visit Mackinac Island
Take a friend on a surprise overnight getaway
Go to the UP
Visit a 'Mystery Spot'
Take a picture by the big chicken
Cook dinner for a boy
Make homemade guacamole
Bake an extravagant cake
Make white sangria
Make my mom's meatballs
Bake a loaf of bread
Try out a new recipe
Make homemade cinnamon rolls
Make an omelet (rather, learn how to flip an omelet)
Covert old photos to b/w and frame
Get everyone together for a new family photo
Buy a sewing machine
Sew an article of clothing (that I'll actually wear!)
Embroider something
Put my vacation photos in an album
Throw a dinner party
Organize addresses in birthdays in one place
Make Ellen a nice meal 'just because'
Meet the neighbors
Learn how to use the bbq grill
Start my 401k
Purchase a mountain bike
Start a 'piggy bank' to save for something fun for myself
Ask a guy out to dinner
Get together with Dave Hansen and do something silly
Buy a lottery ticket
Try a foreign beer
Treat my sister and Scott to a night out and watch Ben for them
Get my picture taken in a photo booth with friends
See a 3-D movie
Visit Jill in California
Go to the flea market and look for hidden treasures
Learn a new line dance at the country bar
Write an email to Mailee and make plans to get dinner
Go kayaking
Go on a road trip with Emma
Buy Almost Famous on DVD
Visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Wash, wax and vacuum my car
Host a dinner party
Buy a new digital camera
Make a new 101 list and start again!
I'm really excited to tackle all of this!
Memorial Day Weekend is in full swing and I've definitely been enjoying the weekend! Louis came out with all of us on Friday and it was great introducing him to all of my favorite people. Saw Pirates 3 yesterday. Unimpressed. Ellen and I are going to play shuffleboard tomorrow and I am very excited to act like an old person. Lets hope the sun holds out for us!