Thursday, January 22, 2009

The List

  1. Completely pay off credit cards
  2. Buy a house
  3. Finish my Master's degree
  4. Organize and make digital copies of all my photos
  5. Travel to Europe
  6. Save $10,000 in a savings account
  7. Visit 2 states I've never been to before (2/2)
  8. Make a quilt
  9. Take a darkroom class
  10. Become a master of Photoshop
  11. Learn Microsoft Access
  12. Re-rip and organize entire music collection
  13. Buy a new iPod and load all music from #12 on it
  14. Give blood (YIKES!)
  15. Take my mom to see Phantom of the Opera in New York
  16. Learn a new language
  17. Go to a concert
  18. Buy a new laptop
  19. Buy a new complete bedding set
  20. Read 20 non-school books (21/20)
  21. Visit Hawaii
  22. Try 30 new recipes (30/30)
  23. Buy a piece of art
  24. Ride a rollercoaster
  25. Buy a new dining room set
  26. Buy a new bedroom set (dressers, bed frame etc.)
  27. Buy an expensive cookware set
  28. Buy a Dyson
  29. Adopt/Buy a puppy
  30. Read a sci-fi/fantasy book
  31. Shoot a gun
  32. Get lost on purpose
  33. Visit a Smithsonian
  34. Donate old clothes to charity
  35. Swim in the ocean
  36. Enter a photography contest
  37. Get life insurance
  38. Sleep in a tent
  39. Set off fireworks
  40. Make my own sushi
  41. Grow my own vegetables
  42. Go grocery shopping and donate the food to local shelter
  43. Get an allergy test and find out what I'm allergic to
  44. Visit the Met in NYC
  45. Buy (and use) a large piece of exercise equipment (elliptical etc.)
  46. Run 5K
  47. Host a "girls night"
  48. Go to an NFL game
  49. Go to another Red Sox game
  50. Visit a Zoo
  51. Renew my CPR certification
  52. Work for one month with a personal trainer
  53. Drive all day without a destination and stay the night wherever I end up
  54. Get my new tattoo I've been talking about for a year
  55. Take a dance class
  56. Have a picnic in a park
  57. Give up coffee for 2 straight months
  58. Fly a kite
  59. Get a pedicure
  60. Organize my quilting supplies
  61. Complete my shadow boxes from the Bahamas and Vegas
  62. Go Bowling with friends
  63. Have lunch with a friend I haven't seen in at least 6 months
  64. Spend more than $200 on dinner once
  65. Eat breakfast everyday for a month
  66. Donate used books to a public library
  67. See the Grand Canyon
  68. Laugh until I cry
  69. Go to the Melting Pot and order Dessert ONLY
  70. Stay awake for 24 hours straight
  71. Be prepared for an exam WITHOUT last minute cramming
  72. Ride a horse
  73. Decide on my concentration (or none) for finishing my Master's degree
  74. Buy something using a coupon
  75. Play hooky from work and spend the day someplace sunny.
  76. Find a sand dollar on the beach
  77. Go one week without hitting the snooze button
  78. Take a quilting class
  79. Vote in a non-presidential election
  80. Watch all the Star Wars movies in order
  81. Eat dinner by candlelight
  82. Make a birthday cake for a friend
  83. Cook Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner on my own
  84. Drive the speed limit for an entire day
  85. Spend the day at a spa
  86. Pay for my parents to come for a visit
  87. Watch a movie that makes me cry
  88. Listen to an entire audiobook
  89. Have breakfast for dinner
  90. Get a library card
  91. Create a firm budget and stick to it for at least a month. No exceptions
  92. Go to the cherry blossom festival in D.C.
  93. Continue buying stocks for at least a year
  94. Ride my bike at least once a week for an entire summer
  95. Eat ice cream for dinner
  96. Watch a parade
  97. Plan another "girls only" vacation
  98. Drive somewhere and spend the entire day taking photographs.
  99. Donate $4.00 to charity for each task that isn't completed (charity to be
    determined at a later time)
  100. As I complete each task, write about my accomplishments, set-backs,experiences, etc.
  101. Make a new list of 101 Things to Do by the time my 1001 days are done

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