- Take a class at HACC
- Eat a meal outside - either in the courtyard or somewhere at Briarcrest
- Visit Lindsay in Chicago (by myself or with someone).
- Write and mail a letter to 2 elementary school teachers.
- Go in one I.M. Pei building that I haven't been in before.
- Learn one song on the piano by heart.
- Frame and/or "finish" at least 3 cross stitch pieces (Pineapple, Christmas, and one other)
- Complete this crafty meme.
- Create a DVD of Mike's "Harvey" performance(s).
- Put my family's home videos on DVD.
- Create a new website that is relevant to my life
- Organize my RIT memorabilia (shadow box, etc)
- Obtain 1st edition copies of the Harry Potter books I don't have.
- Participate in the Hershey Library Summer Reading Program 3 times (0/3)
- Go to The Hershey Story
- Go to Wamsutta Outlet in Lancaster
- Go to the drive-in theatre
- Use the Briarcrest Pool
- Go for a walk around Briarcrest
- Play Frisbee with Mike in the grassy area behind our townhouse
- Weed the courtyard
- Plant ground cover in the courtyard
- Re-pot my pearl plant and get it a trellis
- Utilize the storage space in the couch
- Re-arrange living room furniture to better accommodate new computer
- Frame at least one of Mike's posters
- Frame as much of my poster collection as possible
- Hang Billy Joel albums
- Acquire plate hangers and hang plates in kitchen
- Take care of my mending pile (with Mom's help)
- Take our dress shoes to my parents to be polished
- Create a new "Day in the Life" photo journey
- Invest $5k into my Roth IRA ever year until I turn 30.(0/4)
- Research Auto Insurance and possibly combine plans
- Research life insurance
- Make a spreadsheet with 2 months worth of receipts to create a loose budget
- Change over to a zero-balance budgeting mentality
- Create a central location for all important financial information
- Track Survey, etc revenue
- Develop a low-maintenance, passive-income side-hustle
- Finish consolidating half.com books
- Obtain at least 1 box of books to sell on half.com
- Purge unused kitchen utensils and find alternate storage for ones that are used infrequently
- Research and acquire a combination blender/food processor
- Research and acquire a working immersion blender
- Research and acquire a quality kitchen scale
- Research and acquire a quality digital kitchen thermometer
- Try 24 new recipes and blog about them (0/24)
- Bake 1 loaf of bread a week for one month (0/4)
- Buy The Bread Baker's Apprentice
- ... and make at least 10 breads from it (0/10)
- Menu plan every week for an entire month (0/4)
- Take pictures of everything I eat for a week
- Can a large batch of something other than jam or apple sauce/butter
- Go to 5 new-to-me non-chain restaurants (0/5)
- Do pick-your-own fruit
- Reformat Laptop before 8/2010
- Quit Farmville
- Get a Castle Age army of 200 people
- Update & keep updated our DVD tracker spreadsheet up-to-date
- Continue progress on Pop-pop's journals and research publishing options
- Read 100 Books and blog about them (0/100)
- Read 5,000 pages in one year
- Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Alaska 2009 trip
- Put together a scrapbook/photo album for the Hawai'i 2005 trip
- Do a complete organization on my gmail account (6500+ emails!)
- Do a complete organization of my delicious account(153 tags, 600+ websites)
- Buy a PS3 and Rock Band
- Get a wireless or easy-to-set-up surround sound system
- Organize my penny collection and get new books if necessary
- Visit Heather in Boston
- Take a trip to NYC
- Use a week of my TAN plan
- Take a day trip to DC to do museums and monuments with Mike
- Keep my hair maintained (ie, 1/2 trim every 2 months)
- Donate my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
- Donate blood at least once, if not more
- Find out about plasma donation and donate if possible
- Start and maintain a flossing routine (daily)
- Start and maintain a skin oil-therapy routine (every-other month)
- Carry and use a handkerchief for an entire month
- Get a work-appropriate cardigan/sweater
- Get a work-wardrobe of at least 14 tops
- Get a new pair of work-wardrobe pants
- Update Resume to reflect all projects so far at work
- Do at least 1 tutorial for each Adobe software title except Photoshop and Video tools
- Do at least 5 tutorials for Photoshop and Adobe Video tools
- Write and send "snail mail" thank you notes for every gift I receive
- Write and send one "snail mail" letter every month
- Keep a list of special occasions and gifts given for future reference
- Figure out the best layout for our family/friends contact spreadsheet and figure out mail-merging
- Teach 1 person how to coupon with blogs
- Post 5 weeks of Karns Deals to my frugal cooking blog
- Purge expired coupons from inserts every 3 months
- Come up with 5 more medium-large things that I want to accomplish and add them to the list.
- Thing #1 -
- Thing #2 -
- Thing #3 -
- Thing #4 -
- Thing #5 -
- On Day 1001, review the previous 1,001 days and publish a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Beginning again, the NEW 101 things!
It took me over a week to come up with a new list. I think the amount spent this time (as opposed to the day and a half last time) will result in a set of goals that will be relevant, attainable, and interesting for the length of the journey. For posterity, here's the full list:
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