• Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
• Sleep under the stars
• Go vegetarian for a month (did it for a week in April so far...)
--June 2010- DONE (kind of)
• Find out my blood type
• Try two new cookie recipes this Christmas
• Go to Las Vegas
• See 10 classic movies I've never seen (Sound of Music- down.)
• Go to Rocky Horror Picture Show showing at midnight
• Get my hair professionally colored
• Donate blood
• Learn how to salsa
• Stay at a bed & breakfast
• Learn to knit
• Learn how to swim
• Get contacts
• Dance in the rain
• Learn Spanish
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July '10
• Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind"
• Lose weight (about 15 lbs so far... we'll see how long that lasts.)
• Design a Shirt of my own
• Take a cake decorating class
• Don't complain about anything for a week
• Take a photography class (no class, but I've got a bunch of pics on the card!)
• Dress up for Halloween
• Start a scrapbook
• Take a Yoga class
• Learn to drive a stick shift
• Create a budget and stick to it
• Go on a spontaneous road trip (so far, I took a planned one, on 5/15/2010)
- May 25, spontaneous train trip.
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August '10
• Learn to ballroom dance
• Apply for a game show
• Fall in love
• Visit Canada
• Try a new recipe each month
- (April '10- Corn Casserole.)
- May '10- Teriyaki chicken
- June '10- I was vegetarian. :-|
• Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor
• Buy a car
• Do a detox every 6 months (April-May 2010)
• Try and finish 5 ideas from Instructables
• Be able to do the splits
• Pay for the person behind me at Starbucks
• Start a holiday tradition
• Give a 100% tip
• Read Anna Karenina
• Have a sleepover party
• Go on a wine tour
• Travel out of the country
• Run a 5K race
• Get a full body massage
• Read a book written by someone I disagree with
• Write a will
• Use last minute deals to take a weekend/short vacation
• Wax my legs
• Not log into facebook for a whole week!
• Start learning the guitar
• Call in sick to work for no reason
• Start saving for retirement
• Buy a keyboard
• Start a recipe book
• Move into my own flat
• Journal every day for a month
• Volunteer at a homeless shelter
• Give money to a street musician
• Volunteer abroad
• Start a conversation with a stranger
• Give up fast food for a month
• Update my blog at least once a week (in progress, going to check the calendar stats...)
• Read the entire Bible (in progress)
• Get out of debt
• Laugh at least once a day (in progress)
• Find out my purpose in life
• Memorize one Bible verse a day (in progress)
• Deep condition my hair at least once a month (in overdrive progress)
• Make someone smile at least once a day (think I'm doing pretty solid on this one!)
• Give someone a hug at least once a week (doing it!)
• Buy homemade jewelry from someone
• Learn to walk in stiletto heels (or not)
• Start an emergency fund
• Memorize the choreography from Darrin's Dance Grooves
- working on it...
• Wear makeup every day for a week
• Buy a dress for no good reason
• Have a theme party... for something
• Listen to myself sing without being overly critical
• Get a pedicure at least once a month
- April- done.
- May- done once.
- June- Done!
• Get involved in social justice/community movements
• Donate everything I currently own and don't use/need to charity
• Get more involved with nonprofit organizations
- Joined a board that provides a lot of opportunities. It's a start!
• Be a butterfly for a day
• Try something different with the 'fro
- Side twists... ooh!
• Embrace my inner fabugaga.
• Make up a new word/catchphrase each month. (1 down)
• Start backing up my computer
• Have a blog once a week that only contains pictures (coming)
• Give someone a piercing
• Make love in this club
• Edit a Wikipedia page... just because
• Sit at a busy intersection and people watch
• Learn to speak with a convincing *insert nationality* accent
• Dance with the fireflies
• Personally invest in the lives of at least 10 teenagers
Scheduled completion date: 12/26/2012
If you're interested in starting your own list, go to the Day Zero Project and create your own. It doesn't even have to be 101 things... Let's motivate each other to newness!
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