I learned about this project from Zandria’s blog, and since I love to-do lists and creating projects for myself, I decided to take the plunge. More about 101 in 1001 can be found here. (The real question is, can I think of 101 goals to set? Let’s give it a try…)
Start Date: 8/4/2008
End Date: 5/2/2011
Update 8/17/08: Goals in progress are in blue text.
Update 12/12/08: 11% done in 130 days – time to get moving!
Update 8/9/09: one year in – changing some goals, see the new post.
Running, Sports & Fitness:
1 Run a 10K
2 Run a 5K in under 30 min (best time to date: 34:56, March 2008 )
3 Complete a race longer than 10K
4 Try a spinning class (1/21/2009)
5 Do pilates 2x per week for a month
6 Participate in a bike riding event
7 Go Kayaking
8 Take rock climbing lessons
9 Swim Laps at My Gym
10 Get A Massage
11 Go horseback riding
12 Go mini-golfing
13 Play tennis 6 times
14 Play table tennis 10 times (8/10/08, 8/17/08, 8/25/08, 11/30/08 )
15 Do 25 consecutive push-ups
Cooking:
16 Make one recipe from every cookbook I own (63 as of 8/4/2008 ) (21 complete as of 8/9/09 )
17 Decorate a Cake
18 Successfully make an Italian Meringue
19 Make homemade marshmallows
20 Make a sourdough starter from scratch
21 Create a signature beer drink (8/7/2008 )
22 Create a signature sangria (2/15/2009)
23 Create a signature muddled drink
24 Enter a recipe in a competition
25 Complete four Iron Chef dinners (all dishes featuring a “secret ingredient”)
26 Make my own infused sea salt
27 Make an infused vodka
28 Host a brunch party
29 Take a Cooking Class
30 Organize Cooks’ Illustrated Recipes (1/18/2009)
31 Make homemade truffles
32 Grow an herb plant
33 Grow a vegetable plant
34 Make something on our grill (instead of making Chuck cook it!) (10/21/2008)
Blogging & Writing & Reading:
35 Complete a cook-through (or drink-through) blog project
36 Post an entry on BlogHer
37 Take a writing class
38 Write a short story
39 Write a fantasy story OR create a fantasy universe outline
40 Write a travel essay
41 Write 5 poems
42 Read books so that my “to-read” shelf has <= 10 books
43 Write 2 book review posts
44 Write a mini-cookbook (at least 10 recipes, with pictures)
45 Post a monthly self-portrait (pictures of me that someone else takes are ok)
46 Comment on blogs I read: at least one comment per week for two months(done as of 2/1/2009)
47 Read a mystery novel
48 Put together photo albums for my vacations
49 Make a journal of writing ideas & inspirations
50 Send a secret to PostSecret
Traveling:
51 Hike to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite (in this case, almost counts! 9/16/2008 )
52 Take a Beer Tour of Belgium
53 Hike the Inca Trail <or> Climb Kilimanjaro
54 Visit the Salton Sea (3/8/2009)
55 Visit a National Park I haven’t been to before
56 Take a backpacking trip, at least two nights (5/24/2009)
57 Visit a US city I’ve never been to before (Austin, 11/16/2008 )
58 Visit a US state I’ve never been to before
59 Visit Anza-Borrego State Park (11/1/2008 )
60 Visit a California Mission I haven’t been to before
61 Visit Catalina Island
62 Visit Pizza Port San Clemente (9/7/2008 )
63 Visit Griffith Observatory
64 See an okapi in a zoo I haven’t been to before
65 Visit a brewery I haven’t been to before (The Bruery! 9/5/2008 )
66 Go to Canada(5/1/2009)
67 Spend a weekend at BigBear (or other ski resort area)
Community:
68 Volunteer for a political campaign (phone-banked for Obama, 11/3/08 )
69 Volunteer on a community project (9/28/2008 )
70 Volunteer at a running (or other sport) event
71 Volunteer on a trail maintenance project
72 Donate $25 to charity/community organizations at least 10 times (KPBS, SDCats)
Music:
73 Finish all the lessons in my piano workbook
74 Learn 5 songs from my ragtime book
75 Take a guitar lesson
76 Learn to play 2 songs on the guitar
77 Write a song
78 Join a community choir / singing group
Festivals / Events:
79 Go to a film festival
80 Go to a book signing / author event (done! Ann Patchett on Aug 6, 2008 )
81 Go to the National Sandcastle Competition
82 Go to a food festival (strawberries in Ojai, tamales in Palm Springs, Garlic in Gilroy???)
83 Go to a wine festival
84 Go to a play
85 Go to a musical or opera
86 Go to a parade
Other/Local:
87 See a mainstream movie in a theater (do I really need to make this a goal? Well, yes…13 months and counting since the last time…)
88 See an indie movie in a theater
89 Watch three Audrey Hepburn movies I haven’t seen before
90 Visit a San Diego Museum (6/6/2009)
91 Go to the beach!
92 Visit Chula Vista
93 Visit the San Diego County Fair
94 Go to the Lakeside Rodeo(4/24/2009)
95 Go to a conference (professional, BlogHer, ??)
96 Go to 10 new San Diego restaurants (Urban Solace, Toronado, Osteria Romantica, Gulf Coast Grill, Tioli’s Crazee Burger, Cefalu’s, Liar’s Club, Vincenzo Ristorante, Blind Lady Ale House, Pho La Jolla)
Learning:
97 Learn to use photo editing software
98 Complete all three levels of “Learn Spanish in Your Car”
99 Take a drawing (or other art) lesson
100 Write an app in a programming language I haven’t used before
101 Learn to snap my fingers
I already completed one thing tonight, will blog about it later this week!
