101 things in 1001 days - .taking your time is out of the question.

Italicized items: are in progress.
Items italicized and crossed out: were completed and discussed in the last update.
Items starred: are going to be modified from this point on. The old goal is the one starred, the new goal is the one later elaborated on.
Items crossed out: have been completed since the last update.
Everything else: mocks me.

List started: 4/15/07
Date last updated: 1/12/08
List end date: 1/9/10

Sidenote: There are some in here that should be modified, but I want to wait and see how some things unfold in my life first before I go on changing them. I'm mainly talking about the transportation section, with learning the NY subway and whatnot, considering I no longer live in NY mainly - and therefore, that goal is useless to me. Had I changed it to learning the T, when I was in Mass., I would have been equally in trouble, since now I no longer live there either. I live in Illinois, and I'm SO READY to change it to learning the cta/metra system but um, with my luck, I'll end up in Colorado by the end of the year and that goal will be useless too. So, really, they might just be chucked out completely and replaced. We'll see.


Physical Fitness/Health:
1. Start doing exercises to keep my abs in shape and KEEP UP WITH THEM for at least a month.
2. Keep appointments and be good with therapists/psychiatrists until I go away to college.
3. Eat at least one fruit or vegetable every day for a month.
4. Get at least 8 hours of sleep every night for a month
5. Pass gym – harder than it sounds with me, apparently.
6. Start and continue with yoga for at least three weeks.
7. Start and continue with meditation for a month.
8. Take a vitamin once a day for a month.
9. Don’t eat anything with chocolate for a week.

Academic:
10. Graduate highschool. Seriously.
11. Take a class involving dancing at Hampshire College
12. Take a class involving drawing at any institution or program I should attend.
13. Take a class involving vocals at Hampshire College
14. Take a class involving photography at any institution or program I should attend.
15. Work to achieve more scholarships to fund education. Kind of important.
16. Try to get awesome housing!
17. Learn more about Native American culture.
18. Learn more about greek and roman mythology.
19. Learn how to speak and write in French at least semi-fluently.
20. Take a class in astronomy.

Movies/Books/Entertainment:
21. See all writing movies on my list I found of 200 movies about writing and writers.
22. Read all books on my constantly growing to-do list. Once I have read 200 of those books, mission accomplished.
23. Indulge in either a wii/guitar hero/video game. Sounds foolish, but I’ll never do it elsewise.
24. Try to expand my music horizons and learn of at least 15 jazz musicians.
25. Also 15 new classical musicians and respectively, their songs.
26. Read the bible over the summer.
27. Match the amount of books read during the year, in the summer.

Financial:
28. Get a steady job! Also harder than it sounds.
29. Try to limit credit card spending to under $200 for at least three months (yeah I’m not doing this until I start college after I buy all the crap I need for college)
30. Have my bank account not dip below $100 for a year.

Social:
31. Join the school’s literary magazine.
32. Do. Not. Lock. Self. Up. In . dorm. And. Become. A. workaholic. Go out and enjoy self outside of dorm at least three times a week for two months.
33. Obtain a close group of friends at college (nervous about this one) that I can trust.
34. Do not become obsessive with drugs and alcohol in first year of college as I think I might.
36. Keep up with closest friends during the first year of college.

Adventurous/Trying new things:
37. Travel NYC by myself so I can start locating things by myself.
38. Learn the fucking subway system and the difference between uptown and downtown geographically (any help would be appreciated on this one).
39. Learn a bunch of the stereotypical drinking games, hehehe could also be considered “Social” but eh.

Romantic/sexual:
40. Go on a date – even if it may be someone you might not initially be attracted to. Seriously.
41. At least have the beginnings of a serious relationship.
42. Get on birth control – could also go under “Health” but eh.

Creative/Musical:
43. Finish rough draft of memoir started under NaNoWriMo last year.
44. Write at least three pages stream-of-conscious everyday for a month.
45. Record an album’s worth of songs on SingShot (15-20 songs).
46. Splurge and get a better camera to experiment with.
47. Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop.
48. Compile a rough draft book of poetry by the end of my college career.
49. FOLLOW UP WITH MY WRITING MYSPACE/FILTER and any other writing sites I decide to create, for at least a year.
50. Attend at least one reading/slam a month for a year.
51. Give at least three readings a year.
52. Record all my poetry/prose/fiction I have written during my senior year onto a cd.
53. Attempt to get into the Intermediate Poetry class at Hampshire, despite how intimidating it is.
54. Produce a least one fiction piece a month for a year.
55. Enter at least two writing contests/publications a month, for a year.
56. Keep in contact with Janee Baugher, Cynthia, and any other writing resources through my first year of college.
57. Enter a magazine fiction writing contest during my first year of college.
58. Network like a mofo with my writing so that I have five solid writing resources.
59. Learn how to play a new musical instrument sufficiently.
60. Buy and use thesaurus for my three pieces of writing, at least.
61. Write three positive pieces of poetry before college (gasp)!
62. Travel to a new place at least once a month for a year and take many photographs of it.
63. Write one poem focusing primarily on one sense (i.e. five poems, each one using imagery in, or focusing on, only one sense).

Shallow/Beauty:
64. Find an amazing perfume (preferably of the scent: vanilla, milk, honey, something warm-scented like that) that I like, and thus will be compelled to wear it every day for a month.
65. Buy WARM and sensible coats, gloves, and boots.
66. Learn how to dye hair by myself.
67. Wear foundation everyday for a month, before putting on all my makeup. I have to stop being a lazy motherfucker.
68. Wear chapstick in the winter instead of letting my lips get disgusting.
69. Buy pretty looking underwear and don’t kill it in the wash.
70. Learn how to sew or knit.
71. Get a bikini wax, no matter how creepy it seems.

Culinary:
72. Learn how to cook five meals that aren’t pasta.
73. Learn how to bake five things that aren’t apple pie.
74. Learn how to make good coffee by myself.

On the computer/online:
75. Back up all files on the computer, every freaking day. For a month. So I get in the habit of doing it.
76. Check facebook only twice a day for a week. Obsessive much? Yes.
77. Keep only two email addresses.
78. Only go on aim for a maximum of two-three hours for everyday for a week.
79. Join a lj writing community and don’t disregard it because I don’t have patience for many other aspiring writers.

“Altruistic”:
80. Keep $20 aside each month for a year to donate to charity.
81. Donate all extraneous clothing, shoes, other items to charity this year.
82. Talk with a homeless person and find out their story.

Political:
83. Stop making fun of vegans/vegetarians. Considering I’ll be encountering a lot of them.
84. Stay true to my political beliefs and do not go so left of the spectrum that I forget who I am – first year of college.
85. Vote in the next election no matter where I am.

Being independent and so on:
86. Get a driver’s license.
87. Every day for at least three months, write down a list of things that make you happy/were positive about the day. On especially good days, try to increase the number of items on the list and come up with more happy things. On a sucky day, at least keep with the number you had set before.
88. Buy a calendar (so I don’t have to rely on a school one) and actually mark things down on it!

EXTRAS:
89. Learn about more religions, attempt to be tolerant, and find out truly if there is a religion I can agree with or if I am just merely “spiritual” and agnostic. Do this in one year.
90. Figure out where I am going to live when not in school.
91. Figure out where my cat is going to live while I’m in school.
92. Count how many times I curse everyday for a week, and try to decrease that amount by 50 percent.
93. Call mom once a week during first year of college.
94. Go through all my papers I’ve collected over the years and throw out what isn’t necessary.
95. Memorize five of my favorite poems.
96. Memorize my favorite quotes, as listed on facebook.
97. Learn the basics of tarot.
98. Learn the basics of astrology.
99. Learn how to change a typewriter ribbon.
100. Carry around a notebook and pen at all times – at least until my next two notebooks are full.
101. Travel to another country.

Bonus:

102. Try five new flavors of tea.
103. Buy a world map for my dorm and focus on learning about one new place a month.
104. Get a tattoo
105. Get another piercing
106. Go to a drive-in movie theatre.

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In Progress
7. Start and continue with meditation for a month.
Started on 2/11/08, every night before I go to sleep. :) Let's hope I can keep up with it.

21. See all writing movies on my list I found of 200 movies about writing and writers.
Since the last time, I've seen Breakfast of Champions, The End of the Affair, and The Muse. I would've seen more but they sent me The Muse (they being netflix) on a broken dvd TWICE. Fortunately, the second one was just barely viewable, but the first once was blatantly cracked. So, this puts my total at 43/200 movies.

22. Read all books on my constantly growing to-do list. Once I have read 200 of those books, mission accomplished.
Since the last time, I've read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Rx, and Post Secret: My Secret. Putting the overall total attttt 64 out of 200 books.

29. Try to limit credit card spending to under $200 for at least three months (yeah I’m not doing this until I start college after I buy all the crap I need for college)
Last month was about $8. Hell yeah. This month is still under 100, so I have hope. :)

30. Have my bank account not dip below $100 for a year.
Overall, I'm at $355 currently. Huzzah. Hey, that's a lot for a person who has no exact job and is somewhat of a student. Hahaha.

34. Do not become obsessive with drugs and alcohol in first year of college as I think I might.
36. Keep up with closest friends during the first year of college.
39. Learn a bunch of the stereotypical drinking games, hehehe could also be considered “Social” but eh.

44. Write at least three pages stream-of-conscious everyday for a month.
Started on 2/13/08. Last time I started this goal, I got about like half-way through a month before I simply didn't have time anymore. :X Let's hope that doesn't happen again.

49. FOLLOW UP WITH MY WRITING MYSPACE/FILTER and any other writing sites I decide to create, for at least a year.
50. Attend at least one reading/slam a month for a year.
January 31st, 2008 at Columbia College. While I couldn't physically attend this, for various reasons, they uploaded the readings onto a website so I could at least still hear the open mic readers. :) I might have to do to the same thing this month. Fie, adjustment periods.

51. Give at least three readings a year.
56. Keep in contact with Janee Baugher, Cynthia, and any other writing resources through my first year of college.
Just heard back from Cynthia, yayyy.

58. Network like a mofo with my writing so that I have five solid writing resources.
62. Travel to a new place at least once a month for a year and take many photographs of it.
January - Park Forest, IL
February hasn't been done yet...

65. Buy WARM and sensible coats, gloves, and boots.
Still need gloves :(

68. Wear chapstick in the winter instead of letting my lips get disgusting.
69. Buy pretty looking underwear and don’t kill it in the wash.
72. Learn how to cook five meals that aren’t pasta.
Still only at 1/5 - shrimp casserole.

73. Learn how to bake five things that aren’t apple pie.
Still only at 1/5 - chocolate mousse cake.

80. Keep $20 aside each month for a year to donate to charity.
Set up a monthly donation subscription with Make-A-Wish foundation. :) They're going to start charging my credit card in March.

84. Stay true to my political beliefs and do not go so left of the spectrum that I forget who I am – first year of college.
GO OBAMA. *cough*

87. Every day for at least three months, write down a list of things that make you happy/were positive about the day. On especially good days, try to increase the number of items on the list and come up with more happy things. On a sucky day, at least keep with the number you had set before.
At one-and-a-half-months right now. I started it at the beginning of January, and I'm going strong. At 38 things a day. :)

89. Learn about more religions, attempt to be tolerant, and find out truly if there is a religion I can agree with or if I am just merely “spiritual” and agnostic. Do this in one year.
Still on Wiccan and Tao. Buddhism is next on my list... any other suggestions? I've already gone through the christian faiths pretty well.

93. Call mom once a week during first year of college.
I live with her now. So, it's much more than that. -_-

97. Learn the basics of tarot.

102. Try five new flavors of tea.
Still at 4/5. SO CLOSE. Haha it's only funny because I definitely have another type of tea in my house... I just haven't gotten around to drinking it. How silly.

In Progress Count:

27 / 105 goals. 26% done!


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Completed

Previously Completed:
2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32, 33, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 52, 53, 60, 61, 63, 66, 67, 74, 77, 79, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 91, 94, 100, 104, 105, 106

Completed Since January:
70. Learn how to sew or knit.
With the aid of A-Thing-A-Day, I learned how to sew (basically, minimally) on February 3rd, 2008.

78. Only go on aim for a maximum of two-three hours for everyday for a week.
Heh, okay, this occurred with some outside impetus. I was working towards avoiding someone, who beforehand didn't have a computer working, and then magically got his computer fixed and was on aim all the time. It made the task that much easier.

85. Vote in the next election no matter where I am.
PRIMARY. OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA. *excitement* Hahaha but yeah. I rushed like a madwoman to fill out an absentee ballot application for NY, which I think got there JUST in time, and filled out my first official ballot! And voting for someone I actually support too (not the traditional "lesser of two evils" approach). Huzzah!

Total Completed Tasks:

44 / 105 goals. 42% done!

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