101 things in 1001 days - New Member Starting 9/1/08

I'm starting 9/1/08 because it will make my list have an interesting deadline -- it ends right after my college graduation. So it doubles as a 101 things to do before I graduate college list.

Very short about me:

Hi! My name is Meghan and I'm going to be a sophomore at UMass Amherst. I'm 19 years old and engaged to my even-before-highschool sweetheart that I met online. We'll be getting married on 10/10/10, but I tried not to include too many wedding goals, since that's a separate project altogether. I found out about 101 in 1001 from an internet friend.


General
1.Vote in the 2008 election
2.Get a tattoo
3.Update journal at least once a week (0/142)
4.Make home-baked bread once a month (0/33)
5.Buy at least five pretty, colourful bras (0/5)
6.Send a secret to Post Secret
7.Have a lengthy conversation with at least one new person a month (0/33)
8.Get several clear, quality pictures of Jay and me every month (0/33)
9.D-I-Y Wedding invitations and related paper goods
10. Write wedding thank you notes within a week after wedding
11. Meet at least five online friends in person (0/5)
12. Get new ID, passport, bank card, etc. with married name
13. Change school records to reflect name change
14. Take my parents out to eat and do not allow them to pay
15. Take mom to a Red Sox game
16. Do not say "um" as a pause in speech for a minimum of three days (0/3)
17. Watch a movie at least three times a week (0/426)
18. Put on makeup every morning for a month (0/30)

Health & Fitness
19.Use WiiFit for at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week (0/710)
20.Bike to work once a week during spring, summer, and autumn
21.Lose 30 pounds
22. Do yoga every day (0/1001)
23. Do not order take-out for one month
24. Eat a salad for dinner twice a week (0/284)
25. Take my vitamins every day for a month (0/30)
26. Find new primary care doctor in the area
27. Find new OB/GYN
28. Get a consult for an IUD
29. Find a dentist
30. Drink more than 8 glasses of water a day for 2 weeks (0/14)
31. Eat vegetarian for a week, three times (0/3)
32. Go to bed as soon as possible after getting home from work every night for two weeks (0/14)
33. Eat a full, complete breakfast every day for a week (0/7)
34. Walk for at least 30 minutes a day (0/1001)
35. Switch to skim milk
36. Get glasses (this means starting with the vision test)

Home Improvements
37. Get curtains for every room
38. Buy a new vacuum
39. Spend 10 minutes a day tidying the apartment for two weeks (0/14)
40. Wash dishes every night for a month (0/30)
41. Buy new sheets with a high thread count
42. Re-organize bedroom closet
43. Re-organize bathroom closet
44. Re-organize kitchen cabinets
45. Fully clean fridge every other month (0/16)
46. Donate clothes that no longer fit
47. Buy a new computer desk
48. Set up dining table in a way that makes it appealing to use
49. Buy enough lamps that the apartment can be lit at night
50. Buy a lockable filing cabinet
51. Set up a 10-20 gallon fish tank

Finances
52. For each item completed, put $5 in savings account (0/1001)
53. For each item not completed, put $50 in savings account (0/1001)
54. For each item changed or edited, put $20 in savings account (0/1001)
55. Evaluate and re-work budget
56. Combine bank accounts with Jay
57. Make a reasonable contribution to a savings account from each paycheck (0/71)
58. Make credit card plan to avoid credit debt
59. Avoid buying take-out coffee for one month
60. Make a price book
61. Invest $500 in the stock market, and do not take it out for at least three months
62. Learn about and buy renter's insurance

Education
63. Attend every class for a month
64. Read at least one book in French (0/33) and Spanish (0/33) a month
65. Watch at least one movie in French or Spanish a month (0/33)
66. Take a cooking class
67. Take at least one class every summer and winter session
68. Begin to study Portuguese
69. Learn to drive
70. Do a summer study abroad program
71. Take an American Sign Language class
72. Learn basic calligraphy
73. Complete Wikiversity course in Web Design
74. Study geography and be able to label at least all countries on a map
75. Memorize Presidents in order

Work / Career Goals
76. Go at least six months without skipping a shift of any job (0/6)
77. Attend one career services event a month during the school year (0/12)
78. Rewrite resumé
79. Buy one semi-professional outfit suitable for interviews
80. Learn to use Excel
81. Go to at least three of the "networking" events relating to my majors (0/3)

Travel
82. Visit Jay's family in Las Vegas
83. Go to Disney
84. Visit Sarah in Seattle
85. Go to New York City
86. Honeymoon in Arles, France
87. Travel to Amsterdam
88. Travel to London
89. Travel to Rome
90. Stay in a hostel
91. Stay in a very fancy hotel
92. Go to Martha's Vineyard
93. Go to Georgia to visit Bronwyn
94. Stay in a Bed & Breakfast
95. Go to Québec

Benefitting Others
96. Donate to Child's Play
97. Volunteer at least 200 hours (0/200)
98. Donate to Planned Parenthood
99. Lend through kiva.org
100. Try to donate blood
101. Do 25 random acts of kindness (0/25)


They're not in any particular order except for being in loosely defined categories. There's no "priority order" or anything like that to them.

I tried to make a good mix of frivolous and important goals. I also tried to mix in short-term, medium-term, and long-term.

I feel like involving monetary incentive (see numbers 52-54) for completing goals may help motivate me to complete them, especially since once I've set up a good budget, that extra "savings" money would have to come out of my own spending money, and I love my spending money. Heh.