Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Inspired by my friend Eliza and the Day Zero Project, I made a list of 101 goals to complete in 1001 days. I begin this journey fittingly on St Patrick's Day, since I am a good Irish girl, and will complete it on December 13, 2011. Seems so far away.

Check it out: http://www.dayzeroproject.com/

1. make a website for my freelance work/portfolio
2. post in my new blog at least once a week
3. learn the lyrics to ice ice baby
4. go to mass on Sundays..as in every sunday
5. read 3 novels that i already own (0/3)
6. complete 3 sketchbooks (0/3)
7. call my brothers once a month
8. visit the 8 places on the atlanta city pass: georgia aquarium, world of coca-cola, zoo atlanta, cnn center, fernbank, atlanta botancial gardens, high museum of art, atlanta history center (0/8)
9. go to a hockey game
10. for every piece of clothing bought, donate or give away one already in my wardrobe
11. go on a sibling weekend away
12. visit 5 friends living at least 3 hours away (0/5)
13. make a piece of pottery
14. pray the rosary once weekly for 3 months (0/12)
15. detail my car by hand, inside and out
16. learn to draw
17. watch all the episodes of "arrested development" (0/53)
18. draw on a bathroom door in a bar
19. try a new kind of sushi that i've never tried
20. celebrate something mundane with a bottle of champagne
21. make a photo album
22. fill the album with old digital camera pics never printed out
23. write a letter to a friend, every day for a week (0/7)
24. send out Christmas cards every christmas
25. take a picture in front of the Fremont Troll in Seattle
26. go on a cruise
27. graduate from the circus OR leave early if i'm offered a job
28. for one week, have my homework done 2 days before class.
29. spend a day sun bathing
30. take a long walk around 10 different parks (0/10)
31. buy and read "The Art of Looking Sideways" by Alan Fletcher
32. get a professional photograph taken of myself
33. hike up Stone Mountain
34. drive around downtown one night and go to a random restaurant i've never been to
35. buy and sell something off ebay
36. play a vinyl record
37. see a play at my old high school
38. delete friends online that i don't talk to, and am not sure why i accepted their request
39. make a dinner from scratch
40. bake a cake not out of a box
41. cook the thanksgiving turkey one year
42. boycott facebook for a week
43. take a multi-vitamin every day
44. eat at least one fruit or veggie every day
45. paint a 3 piece series of watercolors
46. have a picnic
47. go 24 hours without cussing
48. develop a roll of film by hand and print at least 1 photograph
49. go a day without texting (or reading texts ppl send me)
50. get a rolodex and have at least 20 contacts in my field (0/20)
51. find a mentor
52. book 20 hrs volunteering somewhere (0/20)
53. make a clock out of an old book
54. send a secret to postsecret
55. make a mix cd and put a copy in 5 different random places (0/5)
56. crochet a blanket
57. wake up early on a sunday and listen to the entire acoustic sunrise on 92.9
58. watch a sunrise and sunset the same day
59. go a week with only spending $20 (bills not included)
60. do 3 5ks (0/3)
61. read the Chronicles of Narnia in order (0/7)
62. have a phone conversation with my real father
63. learn to identify 10 constellations (0/10)
64. use only reusable bags when grocery shopping
65. do 2 photographic scavenger hunts (0/2)
66. go to an improv show
67. complete a Wreck This Journal
68. religiously keep a food journal for 30 days (0/30)
69. take 5 guitar lessons from my stepdad (0/5)
70. memorize a poem
71. spend a day from open to close at the MOMA
72. learn 1 new word in spanish for 30 consecutive days (0/30)
73. do one postcrossing a month
74. learn how to sew
75. publish a font
76. put flowers on my father's grave 5 times (0/5)
77. get a mani/pedi with my mom
78. collect a set of coins with my birth year on them
79. go 30 days without soda (0/30)
80. make my bed every day for a month (0/30)
81. bring Philly to a dog park
82. make a shadowbox that reminds me of family
83. read a book i was supposed to read in high school, but got the cliff notes instead
84. have a brown out day..camping doesn't count
85. put my change in my piggy bank and deposit it when full in to my savings
86. write a love letter
87. go to a music festival
88. make a list of the top 100 non-material things that make me happy (0/100)
89. make homemade christmas gifts for immediate family
90. write a letter to myself about where i am now, and where i hope to be in 5 years. and don't open it for 5 years
91. lose 50 pounds..or more! (0/50)
92. get my passport and at least one stamp in it
93. get an hour massage
94. send 5 anonymous complimentary cards to friends or family (0/5)
95. put $2 in savings for every task completed
96. write down one thing i'm blessed with for a month (0/30)
97. learn the thriller dance
98. write and illustrate a children's book
99. wear a skirt/dress every day for a week (0/7)
100. write down at least 10 family recipes (0/10)
101. drink only water for a whole week (0/7)