Kamis, 20 Desember 2012

101 in 1001 (Or: my addiction to lists is showing)

The 101 in 1001 days challenge has been around for quite some time, but (like always) I'm just now getting around to it.

I've decided to start today (12/20/2012), and it will end on September 17, 2015 (09/17/2015). (Jesus that's a long time away.)

As I complete them, I'll cross them out, and hyperlink to any blog entries I may have composed about particular goals I accomplished. And I really REALLY want to finish these goals. 

For convenience and ease of grouping, I put them in specific categories. 

Professional Goals
1)            Pass Louisiana Bar Exam
2)            Take a case to trial
3)            Land a great job
4)            Pass Texas Bar Exam
5)            Win a difficult case
6)            Take and pass the Patent Bar
7)            Become accomplished enough in my career that I feel comfortable speaking to undergrad students in my old department about it
8)            Speak to undergrads about career options with respect to my experiences
9)            Write a legal article and submit it for publishing

Personal Goals 
10)        Buy a house
11)        Pay off my student loans
12)        Start a savings account
13)        Become an expert at something
14)        Build or refinish a piece of furniture
15)        Build a budget and stick to it for one month
16)        Do one thing I have always said I would NEVER do
17)        Reconnect with two old friends

Self-Betterment 
18)        Donate 100 hours of pro bono time
19)        Participate in a 5K
20)        Discover a healthy activity I love doing
21)        Don’t cuss for an entire day
22)        Read ten classic novels
23)        Develop a nighttime skin/winding down routine and stick to it for two weeks
24)        Watch five classic movies
25)        Complete one, real, honest-to-God pullup
26)        Take a spin class

Altruism
27)        Write someone a thank you note for influencing me in a positive way
28)        Send someone a care package
29)        Hand write my grandmother a letter
30)        Digitally store and create at least one photo album for my mom
31)        Knit my little brother a scarf
32)        Buy someone a gift just because I can
33)        Give blood
34)        Plant a tree

Educational Endeavors 
35)        Educate myself about the stock market (at least 2 books)
36)        Reeducate myself about ancient history and modern geography (at least 3 texts)
37)        Revisit learning Latin
38)        Visit a museum
39)        Visit the Smithsonian
40)        Go to an orchestra performance with my little brother

Artistic Endeavors 
41)        Audition for a movie or show
42)        Take a painting class
43)        Participate in another play/musical
44)        Watch a Broadway play
45)        Sew something that I’m not embarrassed of
46)        Visit the opera
47)        Perform a musical number with my little brother
48)        Put an Earl the Squirrel story into writing, and make brother illustrate it
49)        Watch a stand up show/routine

Cooking
50)        Make homemade bread
51)        Make a homemade cheesecake
52)        Discover my signature dish
53)        Take a cooking class
54)        Make Christmas cookies with my little brother
55)        Create edible gnocchi
56)        Make a homegrown pesto
57)        Plan and execute an elaborate dinner, complete with tapered candles and music

Autonomy
58)        Do the dishes every night for an entire week
59)        Drink the requisite eight glasses of water every day for an entire week
60)        Go to bed by 11:00 every day for an entire week
61)        Get up at 6:00 every morning for an entire week in order to work out
62)        Change my own oil at least once
63)        Go through ALL old pageant clothes and donate, sell, or trash 90% of them

Travel Plans 
64)        Travel to NYC
65)        Take Josh to New Orleans
66)        Travel abroad
67)        Go camping
68)        Attend my 10 year class reunion
69)        Visit the Grand Canyon
70)        Visit somewhere with crystal clear waters and snorkel

Electronic Age
71)        Digitally store and sort all of my old photos online
72)        Fix an electronic of some sort
73)        Create photo albums of all my precious moments
74)        Finish photo editing photos for important moments (graduation, vacations, swearing ins)
75)        Store all of my old schoolwork digitally and get rid of all the paper I scanned
76)        Organize all of my files and documents

Just because I can.... 
77)        Get my concealed carry
78)        Roast marshmallows around a campfire
79)        Decorate a gingerbread house
80)        Take a partners dance class
81)        Buy myself a piece of jewelry
82)        Buy a hammock and lay in it
83)        Try eyelash extensions
84)        Plant a garden
85)        Frame and mat my diplomas
86)        Read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy
87)        Grow, dry, and drink my own tea
88)        Mail a secret to Post Secret
89)        Pay for a fancy meal for me and the bf
90)        Compose a list of 101 things I’ve already accomplished of which I’m proud
91)        Have a day at the spa

Online Presence 
92)        Meet up with at least one of my twitter friends in real life
93)        Write a blog entry once every day for a week
94)        Break 500 followers on Twitter
95)        Redesign my blog
96)        Market my blog in such a way that I become more mainstream and relevant/pick up   more followers
97)        Blog 10 haikus

Grown Up Stuff 
98)        Host Thanksgiving
99)        Throw a dinner/themed party
100)    Discover and add three new vegetables to my diet
101)    Stand up for one person who is being ganged up on, regardless of the setting

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