3. Acquire health insurance - completed 6/1/08 with full time employment at work
12. Go to dentist at least 3 time - 1/3 completed 7/30/08. Good check up!
25. Visit Yellowstone - completed August 7-10 2008. Great trip, lots of pics. Might post some later!
35. Enroll in school - completed 7/7/08. Started classes 8/11/08 and loving it!
66. Pay off R.P. - completed 8/20/08. Giving him the check tonight. God, that feels GOOD not to be endebted anymore :)
69. Build an investment portfolio - complete 6/1/08 also with full time status at work. I have both a 437 and 401 plan. Currently invested in a conservative growth diversified fund, but will probably go a little more aggressive shortly.
So that's 6/101 in 3 months. Not bad! That's like, 2 things a month. Won't quite get to my goal at that rate, but I can knock more stuff out at once here soon.
Good on me!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
The List
Health & Wellness
1. Attend 10 yoga or Pilates classes
2. Try eating vegetarian for two weeks
3. Acquire health insurance - completed 6/1/08
4. Obtain and maintain weight goal weight of 135 pounds
5. Run the mile without walking
6. Go one week without alcohol 5 times - completed sometime in 2009
7. Quit fast-food altogether - completed early 2009
8. Quit smoking - completed 2009
9. Eat organic for two weeks straight
10. Manage my anger
11. Successfully complete at least one 3-day cleansing fast
12. Go to dentist- 3 times - 1/3 completed 7/30/08
13. Get tested - completed 4/22/09
14. Get physical therapy for shoulder
15. Get Lasik
16. Run or walk some sort of marathon
17. Get up at 6 am at least once for a jog
Adventure & Travel
18. Travel to South America for a week at least
19. Summit a mountain
20. Travel to the U.K. - completed 3/09/09 - 607 reunion
21. Renew passport
22. Visit Indiana friends, Gram’s gravesite
23. Visit family in Florida
24. Hawaii
25. Visit Yellowstone - completed 8/7-8/10 2008
26. Organize a kayaking trip
27. Learn survivalist skills/take a survival training course
28. Visit Estes Park in the fall when the trees are changing
29. Attend a sweat lodge
30. Try one extreme sport, i.e., bungee jumping
31. Use a dartboard to plan where I should go on an adventure
32. Go on a road trip with no particular destination
33. Do a 3 day backpacking trip
Education & Personal Development
34. Learn 3-4 songs all the way through on guitar
35. Enroll in school - completed 7/7/08
36. Finish school
37. Learn to knit - completed 2/09
38. Learn to ski again
39. Learn to snowboard
40. Learn how to use a gun - 8/14/09
41. Take a wine class
42. Learn poker
43. Learn to type 40+ WPM w/o looking at keyboard
44. Perfect my conversational French
45. Take some kind of dance lesson
46. Take a self-defense course
47. Learn to ride a dirt bike
48. Try surfing
49. Buy and learn to use music writing software
Conquering Fears
50. Sing karaoke once
51. Design potential tattoo
52. Speak in public - completed Dec 2010
Professional
53. Start up BABs (band promotion company)
54. Shadow a successful show producer/promoter
55. Buy a printer
56. Take at least 2 career development courses/seminars
57. Serve on a political campaign outside of Glendale
58. Produce an entire event, no matter how small
59. Go one week without internet for entertainment purposes at work - completed multiple times
Selflessness
60. Create at least one Post Secret – and actually send it in!
61. Start volunteering regularly
62. Pay it forward – in a big way
Financial
63. Create and contribute to an emergency savings fund that should, at the end of 1,001 days, hold at least 3 months worth of living expenses
64. Create a travel fund
65. Pay off all credit card debts
66. Pay off R.P. - completed 8/20/08
67. Pay off aunt Deb - completed 10/08 during San Gregorio Family Reunion
68. Save $1/day (separate from any other savings)
69. Build an investment portfolio - completed 6/1/08
70. Raise credit score
71. Buy a new car - completed 12/5/09
Family, Friends & Pets
72. Trace my family tree – mostly Gram’s side
73. Acquire pet insurance for the cats
74. Write or call everyone in family 10 times
75. Visit with Mom, Darci, David and Ba once a month
76. Make a birthday list for friends/family – send them cards
77. Visit with Josh and Tony more often
78. Host a Kendallvue reunion - completed July 24, 2010
79. Train Mim not to scratch on couch
80. Take Bun and Mim to Vet for an overall check-up - 1/16/09, 2/4/09
81. Get Bun groomed - completed 2009, 2010
Entertainment & Creativity
82. Have a LotR marathon
83. Organize a monthly girls-only poker night
84. Dress up for Halloween at least once - 10/31/09
85. Host a theme party - completed January 25, 2010
86. Play an epic prank on someone with a good sense of humor
87. Plan an elaborate scavenger hunt
88. Start a quote book
89. Organize all of my pictures
90. Make a scrapbook of photos with 311
Beauty & Other Indulgences
91. Try a spray-on tan
92. Find new hairstyle and color both of which I haven’t had before
93. Get teeth whitened
94. Laser hair removal
95. Start a Lipo fund
96. Get a Brazilian
97. Eyelash extensions
Home & Garden
98. Start a potted herb garden – or a real one if still at the house - completed 9/15/08
99. Purchase a new bedroom set - completed 4/30/09
100. Make an entire Thanksgiving Dinner by myself - 11/26/09
101. Redesign living room
1. Attend 10 yoga or Pilates classes
2. Try eating vegetarian for two weeks
3. Acquire health insurance - completed 6/1/08
4. Obtain and maintain weight goal weight of 135 pounds
5. Run the mile without walking
6. Go one week without alcohol 5 times - completed sometime in 2009
7. Quit fast-food altogether - completed early 2009
8. Quit smoking - completed 2009
9. Eat organic for two weeks straight
10. Manage my anger
11. Successfully complete at least one 3-day cleansing fast
12. Go to dentist- 3 times - 1/3 completed 7/30/08
13. Get tested - completed 4/22/09
14. Get physical therapy for shoulder
15. Get Lasik
16. Run or walk some sort of marathon
17. Get up at 6 am at least once for a jog
Adventure & Travel
18. Travel to South America for a week at least
19. Summit a mountain
20. Travel to the U.K. - completed 3/09/09 - 607 reunion
21. Renew passport
22. Visit Indiana friends, Gram’s gravesite
23. Visit family in Florida
24. Hawaii
25. Visit Yellowstone - completed 8/7-8/10 2008
26. Organize a kayaking trip
27. Learn survivalist skills/take a survival training course
28. Visit Estes Park in the fall when the trees are changing
29. Attend a sweat lodge
30. Try one extreme sport, i.e., bungee jumping
31. Use a dartboard to plan where I should go on an adventure
32. Go on a road trip with no particular destination
33. Do a 3 day backpacking trip
Education & Personal Development
34. Learn 3-4 songs all the way through on guitar
35. Enroll in school - completed 7/7/08
36. Finish school
37. Learn to knit - completed 2/09
38. Learn to ski again
39. Learn to snowboard
40. Learn how to use a gun - 8/14/09
41. Take a wine class
42. Learn poker
43. Learn to type 40+ WPM w/o looking at keyboard
44. Perfect my conversational French
45. Take some kind of dance lesson
46. Take a self-defense course
47. Learn to ride a dirt bike
48. Try surfing
49. Buy and learn to use music writing software
Conquering Fears
50. Sing karaoke once
51. Design potential tattoo
52. Speak in public - completed Dec 2010
Professional
53. Start up BABs (band promotion company)
54. Shadow a successful show producer/promoter
55. Buy a printer
56. Take at least 2 career development courses/seminars
57. Serve on a political campaign outside of Glendale
58. Produce an entire event, no matter how small
59. Go one week without internet for entertainment purposes at work - completed multiple times
Selflessness
60. Create at least one Post Secret – and actually send it in!
61. Start volunteering regularly
62. Pay it forward – in a big way
Financial
63. Create and contribute to an emergency savings fund that should, at the end of 1,001 days, hold at least 3 months worth of living expenses
64. Create a travel fund
65. Pay off all credit card debts
66. Pay off R.P. - completed 8/20/08
67. Pay off aunt Deb - completed 10/08 during San Gregorio Family Reunion
68. Save $1/day (separate from any other savings)
69. Build an investment portfolio - completed 6/1/08
70. Raise credit score
71. Buy a new car - completed 12/5/09
Family, Friends & Pets
72. Trace my family tree – mostly Gram’s side
73. Acquire pet insurance for the cats
74. Write or call everyone in family 10 times
75. Visit with Mom, Darci, David and Ba once a month
76. Make a birthday list for friends/family – send them cards
77. Visit with Josh and Tony more often
78. Host a Kendallvue reunion - completed July 24, 2010
79. Train Mim not to scratch on couch
80. Take Bun and Mim to Vet for an overall check-up - 1/16/09, 2/4/09
81. Get Bun groomed - completed 2009, 2010
Entertainment & Creativity
82. Have a LotR marathon
83. Organize a monthly girls-only poker night
84. Dress up for Halloween at least once - 10/31/09
85. Host a theme party - completed January 25, 2010
86. Play an epic prank on someone with a good sense of humor
87. Plan an elaborate scavenger hunt
88. Start a quote book
89. Organize all of my pictures
90. Make a scrapbook of photos with 311
Beauty & Other Indulgences
91. Try a spray-on tan
92. Find new hairstyle and color both of which I haven’t had before
93. Get teeth whitened
94. Laser hair removal
95. Start a Lipo fund
96. Get a Brazilian
97. Eyelash extensions
Home & Garden
98. Start a potted herb garden – or a real one if still at the house - completed 9/15/08
99. Purchase a new bedroom set - completed 4/30/09
100. Make an entire Thanksgiving Dinner by myself - 11/26/09
101. Redesign living room