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Mission 101

Earlier this year, I completed a 101 things in 1001 days list.  I got the idea from watching Breaker High, which is one of the best teen shows ever, even if it only lasted one season.  I completed 38 of my 101 goals last time, but the list was a little too ambitious.  It was also difficult because I was in university at the time and life changes so fast at that stage.  Now that I’m working and settled into my own condo, I have a clearer idea of what I want to do with my life.  There are fewer outrageous goals that will probably never happen and more productive goals, along with things to make myself a little smarter and challenge my creativity.  This list begins today and ends on my 30th birthday: September 14th, 2010.

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Mission 101
Day Zero

My list is below the cut link.  Current tally: 25/101

Active Things

• Do yoga every day for at least 15 minutes, for a month
• Go snowboarding or skiing
• Go to the gym four times a week for a month
• Go wall climbing or climb a mountain
• Learn to surf
• Play a team sport
• Ride a bicycle
• Ride a motorcycle or scooter
• Swim
• Take a fitness/dance/martial arts class

Creative

• Act in a play again
• Blog every day for a month
• Buy or make a dress form
• Design and build a piece of furniture
• Do the 52 weeks project
• Edit my novel
• Frame some art of mine and hang it on my wall
• Have something published
• Knit a sweater
• Learn to embroider
• Learn to make chainmail
• Learn to process film
• Make a book of concept photography
• Make a hat (not knit/crochet)
• Make a list for the next 1001 days
• Make a painting on canvas
• Make a quilt
• Make a website with a database
• Make an item of clothing from my own pattern
• Make something electronic
• Make something out of glass
• Photograph a sunrise and sunset
• Play at least 3 of my songs in public again
• Screenprint something
• Sell a piece of art/photography/clothing
• Shoot a roll of film every week for a year
• Take a photo every day for a year
• Take a very long exposure photograph (>1hr)
• Take another photography class/workshop
• Write in a paper journal daily for a year

Financial

• Have $30,000 savings in all accounts
• Have 20% equity in my condo
• Increase my mortgage payments
• Pay off student loans (small, medium, large)
• Start an RRSP

Health

• Be vegan for two weeks
• Eat breakfast every day for a month
• Feel healthy for a month
• Floss everyday for a month
• Get 8 hours of sleep every night for a week
• Get contact lenses that fit or laser eye surgery
• Wake up at 6:30am every day for two weeks
• Wear size 30 in jeans

Home

• Create an organizing system for film negatives
• Find a storage solution for the front closet (shelves, hangers)
• Finish reupholstering couch (tighten; make arm panels; cover cushion)
• Get frames, paint them black, and hang up a bunch of prints
• Get nightstands and a chair/stools for living room
• Get or make a bed frame
• Organize filing system/box of important documents
• Plant a herb garden
• Replace all light bulbs in condo with energy efficient bulbs
• Start composting

Learning

• Become fluent in French
• Get first aid certified again
• Learn a useful programming language
• Learn how to juggle
• Memorize the names of every country in the world
• Take a cooking class

Other Things to Do

• Be able to do a handstand
• Buy a fuel-efficient vehicle
• Buy some original art (for more than $50)
• Do something with old laptop (recover files, recycle or fix and sell)
• Do Wardrobe Refashion again for four months (officially or not)
• Don’t acquire any plastic shopping bags for a month
• Donate blood again (or try to)
• Eat only local food for two weeks
• Find a new hairdresser
• Have watched half of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
• Make a dobosh torte
• Make sushi
• Read 50 books in a year
• Read the Phantom of the Opera in French
• Speak another language to native speakers
• Stop being afraid of scaffolding (and walk around without holding on)
• Teach Isabelle to use the litter box properly
• Teach one of the cats a trick
• Travel outside of North America
• Visit California
• Visit Ireland

Social

• Do some volunteer work
• Have a conversation with a homeless person
• Make a new friend in this city who I can call to hang out
• Send 10 random gifts for no occasion
• Throw a party for more than 10 people
• Write and send 10 letters

Work

• Become a project manager at work (or change companies / go back to school)
• Become a professional engineer
• Read all of Fundamentals of Building Construction
• Start a small business
• Take another work related course