• Saving is amazing! (Goal 13).
Major Goals
1. Move
2. Go on vacation
3. Apply to USF
4. Start working on a second degree
5. Start learning another language
6. Spend a bare minimum of an hour every week working on my book for six months
7. Submit a piece to a writing competition three times
8. Get something published
9. Write to Mrs. Lengell
10. Write to Mrs. Ledman
11. Begin repaying my parents for school
12.
-- After forever and a half, I discovered I could do this online and finally did it. Just now, in fact, but it's done. 10/19/08
13.
-- The account I opened automatically moves a dollar to my savings account any time I spend money from my bank account, so for now the progress figure is small.
-- I don't like that I can't deposit random amounts into the first account, so I opened another.
-- Now 401K will be added, too. (Just my contribution, not my employer's.)
14. Write down seven personal secrets and leave them random public places
15.
-- I've parted with five things that meant a lot to me. 01-19-08
-- I tore apart my room and in the process found a lot of stuff I could get rid of. I do want pictures of it first, though, and lack a camera. As soon as I get mine back, though, and actually print the pictures to make sure I definitely still have a visual memory, this stuff is out. 05-13-08
-- My very first car, which I bought myself and learned to drive in, was finally sold. It was hard to part with, but I really do lovelovelove the car my parents bought me a (long) while ago to replace it so I got over it faster than I thought I would. Plus the money went toward accomplishing another goal. 07-08-08
-- Ouch. This was hard, but I all of it's out of the house now. There's a couple more things in storage, but I'm counting this as complete since I'll be parting with those things as soon as I have access to them, too. Paaainful, but I know it's just a necessary evil. An emotional form of growing pains. 12/26/08
16. Get rid of all books I don't have a reason to keep
-- Sold two text books already, others on are eBay and my next trip to the library will result in a donation of regular books. 01-20-08
17. Get to at least the great grand parents branch of my family tree
18. Find a hobby to share with my parents individually (1/2)
-- Dad took me to the range and showed me how to shoot a gun. My aim is terrible (my eye sight worse), but I had fun. We plan to go again soon. 04-24-08
-- Not started yet, but mom wants to start going bowling together when our situation in general finally allows for it. I suck at bowling, but I think we'll have fun doing it together.
19. Try to establish a relationship with Dominick
20.
-- Jeff
Health Goals
21.
-- Eye exam yesterday. Chose frames today. Will have them the 12th. Pictures will follow. 01/03/09
22. Get a hair cut twice
23.
-- Who knew I could accomplish something without even setting my mind to it? Yaaaay Spring Break!
24. Drink only water for a month three times (1/3)
-- One down, two to go. =) 02-29-08
25.
-- I didn't plan on combining this goal with the one above when I wrote the list, but why not? The whole point is to be building healthy habits and that is still happening. 02-01-08
--It didn't occur to me just how much plain water this would amount to me drinking if I combined this goal with the one above. SO not doing that next time around. 02-11-08
-- As above, one down, two to go, but this one will be much easier the next time around. 02-29-08
-- Working on the second round of this now, should be finished 04-30-08
-- May as well knock off the last of this. I drink more plain than flavored water these days anyway. Should be done 11/19/08.
26. Be a vegetarian for a month
27. Use lotion daily for two months
28.
-- I forgot which, but it's specifically for women with an emphasis on calcium and whichever that other vitamin is that I've been really lacking. First round will be complete: 04-01-08
-- Why not go straight for the third? Finished fully 06-01-08
29. Walk to 19 and back once a week for month three times
-- Began as of 02/24/08, first of three thus will be complete 03/24/08.
30. Exercise for at least 20 minutes three times a week for a month three times
-- Messed this up TWICE already. >=\
31. Lose
-- Still losing more inches than pounds, but I think I can live with seeing more results in the mirror than I do on the scale. =D
-- So, I started off strong and then it all went down hill. Stuff happened in my life and I just hit a wall in motivation after having to stop being so dedicated for a while. There's not a chance I'll actually accomplish this goal as it is, but I plan to work on 66 pounds by age 22 instead.
Self-Esteem Goals
32.
-- Mid June to the end of July make-up free! I never really wear much more than eyeliner and mascara anyway, but I use it as a "mental mask" on important days because it makes me somehow less self-conscious. I went to a couple interviews and other such significant things without any on and managed just fine. Mission accomplished. Go me!
33.
-- Awards Ceremony at school. When I had to walk up to a stage in front of an auditorium full of people. 04-17-08
(-- I meant to go hanging out with a friend, but she bailed on me so I went by myself to a tanning salon. In shorts. =) 05-28-08)
-- Interview/Testing. Coincidentally, also at my school. I looked great. =) 06-25-08
-- Another interview that didn't ultimately lead to a job, but I still think I did well and looked wonderful. 06-30-08
-- Wore a skirt to the interview for my new job AND on the first two days working there. =) 08-05-08
34. Fill a notebook page with things I'm proud of myself for
35. Fill a notebook page with things I like about myself
36. Obtain at least ten pictures of myself that I truly like
37. Allow a friend/friends to choose five pictures of me to be put on MySpace (I get no say)
Karma Goals
38. Start recycling
39. Opt for paper (or reusable bag) rather than plastic
40. Use natural light rather than electricity whenever possible for a month
41. Turn off the computer every time I leave the house or go to bed for a month
42.
-- Two HUGE garbage bags full off stuff so this goal is very nearly complete, I just have to go through the boxes of stuff that were put elsewhere and get rid of things I (hope I) will never wear again. 03-19-08
-- In tearing apart my room, I also realized I waste a TON of space holding on to clothes I never wear. That problem has been taken care of. Another two giant bags full of stuff went off to Good Will and I now have a very open and organized closet. 05-13-08
43. Get rid of an old casual article of clothing when I buy a new casual article twenty times (donate what is acceptable) (7/20)
-- 1. Bought four shirts, gave away four shirts. 01-25-08
-- 2. Bought more shirts, gave away more shirts. My old wardrobe is gradually being phased out as my new ones takes its place. 02-01-08
--3. Again with the shirts. 05-15-08
--4. My mother is gaining a whole new wardrobe as I do since most of my shirts go to her. 08-09-08
--5. Shirts to mom. 10/14/08
--6. Dress pants to mom. 03/11/09
--7. Jeans to mom. 03/26/09
44.
-- Primarily in support of a co-worker who has to have a double mastectomy and undergo treatments for a year, a lot of us decided to do an up-coming Breast Cancer Walk to show support. It felt great in and of itself to be doing something like that, but none the less it was a goal and is now accomplished, so that's a plus, too. 10/04/08
45. Use a day off to do something for someone else four times
-- Waking at 4 a.m. on my day off to do that Breast Cancer Walk totally counts, horribly selfish as that is to be admitting. 10/04/08
46. Compliment a complete stranger ten times (5/10)
-- 1. A woman in the doctor's office had a gorgeous tattoo and I couldn't not compliment her. 04-08-08
-- 2. I didn't realize it was a shirt I owned (and almost wore that day) at the time, but I complimented a woman on it none the less. 05-01-08
-- 3. The woman seated beside me while I was waiting to be seen for an interview had on unique and cute shoes, so I complimented her on them and we chatted for a bit about the way women sacrifice comfort to be cute. I need to stop being so shy and these little successes in talking to strangers really help. PLUS! I get to brighten someone's day a bit. Good thing all around, I say. 07-23-08
-- 4. The guy (girl? I never know how to refer to people who are one gender but try to be the other) who rang up my purchases when I was shopping today had on some awesome rings and I couldn't not say I thought they were neat. 10-12-08
-- 5. My new-found love of shoes is making this much easier to do. Girl at work with ones I wanted to steal right off her feet. 11-04-08
47. Forgive someone who doesn't deserve it
48. Offer unsolicited help ten times (2/10)
-- 1. Volunteered to help out someone who's planning something that (through no fault of her own) is winding up being done very last-minute. 01-18-08
-- 2. Someone parked next to me spilled coffee all over the inside of their car; I gave them paper towels and carried their trash to the can for them. 01-29-08
49. Admit when I'm wrong six times (2/6)
-- 1. I've been unreasonable about an issue in my relationship with my boyfriend and I said outright that I was wrong. It was rough. 11/18/08
--2. Again with the boyfriend. The poor guy has to deal with a lot of emotional reactions from me, but now that I can see what I've been doing, I think it will get better. 12/27/08
50.
-- I'm a firm atheist and work in an office with three very, VERY Christian co-workers and one quiet-with-occasionally-devout-moments co-worker. They wanted to have a moment of prayer in support of another co-worker and asked me a little insistently to join, but I stood my ground and wouldn't be a part of something that is wholly against my belief system. 10/15/08
51. Tell ten other people about Mission 1001 (5/10)
-- 1. Katie 02-04-08; 2. Aisha 02-05-08 3. Lynn 09-25-08 4. Gaye 09-25-08 5. Melissa 09-25-08 6. Ann 10/1/08
Learning Goals
52. Learn how to cook five things (2/5)
-- Sausage & Mushroom Stirfry. Random concoction after wandering around the store unable to decide what I wanted to dinner. It turned out delicious, particularly considering this was my first time making a whole real meal and not many months ago I regularly screwed up macaroni and cheese. 02/19/08
-- Cream of Mushroom and Bacon Soup. Mostly just followed a recipe, but I tweaked some things here or there and will do it a little differently the next time around to really make it mine, but it was delicious none the less. 10/14/08
53. Learn how to diagram a sentence
-- Thanks to some online tutorials, I can now diagram basic sentences. Still working on the more complex ones. I think I may need to pick up a workbook to get this fully, though. 11-02-08
54. Learn how to play four songs on the piano
55.
-- A little help from Turbo tax, but that still counts as figuring it out on my own in my opinion. 02/13/09
56. Learn how to use QuickBooks
57.
-- I can now find St. Pete, Clearwater and Largo with relative ease and I am starting to figure out my way around the Seminole/Clearwater/Largo area just by paying attention while out with the boy. 02-14-08
-- Dunedin and Oldsmar are not quite major cities, but I can now find them, too. Given how directionally challenged I am, that's progress. 06-03-08
-- There are two ways that I kind of know to get to Tampa now and I'm getting much more comfortable with highways and interstates. I think if I can remember how to get to Orlando after we go, I'll count this as complete. 07-05-08
-- I now definitely know how to get TO Tampa. Navigating once there is still another matter. 07-09-08
-- Navigating the area once IN Orlando would be a bit more tricky, but I can get TO Orlando now. 08-03-08
58. Learn to drive a stick
59. Learn about local government (senators, governors, laws, etc)
60. Take a government class
61. Take a philosophy class
62. Take a history class
63.
-- I enrolled before I finished writing my list, bearing in mind that I could drop the class if I was too intimidated. I've since decided I'm sticking it out, so I'm counting this as done.
-- I got an A in all three. =D 04-28-08
64. Read the Constitution
65.
-- It was a lot shorter than I expected, but also more moving. I'm hoping the Constitution will be as enjoyable, though I know it's far more lengthy. 09-25-08
66.
-- I'll cross them off as they're committed to memory, but it helps to have a list to look at in the beginning.
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
-- Turns out I memorized them all in one swoop. My biggest struggle was remembering to include Luxembourg and not to include England. 11-07-08
67.
-- One per day for a year. I've kept it up daily so far.
-- I skipped a head and just read the last three. Cheating a little, I know, but I was eager to knock off another goal. 12/28/08
68. Do a crossword or logic problem weekly for three months
-- Here's hoping I last the full three months. 06-10-08 to 09-10-08
-- I was doing great, more than one a week, and then I got a job. =/
-- I'm going to do one every Tuesday. I've set myself a reminder in my calendar for it. 12/23/08
69.
-- Thanks to someone else's help and computer skills, that wasn't nearly as difficult or time consuming as I thought. I now have every LJ entry going from 2004 through present saved on a flash drive. 01-27-08
70. Grow something (flower, vegetable, etc)
71.
-- I couldn't send mail via Microsoft Outlook before and now, thanks to some help from oblivious-seeming customer service people, I can. 01-21-08
72.
-- I built a computer desk for my mom. 01-20-08
73. Make something (painting, sculpture, etc)
74. Solve a Rubik's cube
-- Started 02/25/08. No where near finished, but I'm getting there.
Experiencing Goals
75. Go to a museum four times (3/4)
-- After much talking about it, the boy and I FINALLY went. So worth the wait. Seriously, if you are ever in or near the Tampa/St. Pete area of Florida, you should REALLY go to the Dali Museum. The symbolism and the subtleties and the way he injects such real light into his paintings is just phenomenal. Honestly, one of the best things I have done all year (and it has been an eventful year!).
-- Musuem of Fine Arts. Not as impressive as the Dali Museum, but still enjoyable. They started you off on a high note so the rest of the time there wasn't as great, but I still really liked it. 10/11/08
-- Henry B. Plant Museum. Tiny and not terribly impressive, but still enjoyable. I think I would have liked it more had we not gone during its Christmas themed weeks, but the campus (the museum is part of the University of Tampa) was gorgeous and I enjoyed exploring that so it was still nice. 12/20/08
76.
-- The boy took me Friday and I absolutely loved it. There was an otter, there was every where some beautiful display of evolution, there was no shortage of people to observe and there was someone wonderful to share it all with. 04-25-08
77.
-- I want a lemur!! Ideally, a striped-tail one. They were my favorite animal of them all, but I loved the whole thing. I'm making at least a yearly return from here out. 10/26/08
78. Go to a seminar/lecture
79.
-- Pirates of Penzance with the boy and his family. 04-13-08
Jesus Christ Superstar with the boy and his mother. 06-29-08
80. Go to a concert
81. Do not watch TV for a week five times
82. Do not go online but for school and email purposes for two weeks twice
83. Spend time reading or writing outside every month for a year
-- This goal was two-fold in nature when I put it on the list. I spend too much time indoors and not nearly enough time any more reading or writing. Here's to becoming a more literary non-hermit.
-- Starting over. May 08 to May 09 now.
-- Failed. Again. Grr. Maybe I'll start reading outside during my lunchbreak.
84. Go for a long walk somewhere every month for a year
85. Go somewhere by myself that I have never been before (twice if not a social place)
86.
-- Sea World with one of my best friends, her boyfriend, and my boyfriend!! According to MapQuest, it's 101 miles from my house. 03-21-08
-- Orlando area in general, really. Went to see La Nouba in Downtown Disney, went up to the Prime Outlets mall, went walking around the area near our hotel. Fun mini-vacation for my birthday weekend. 08-01-08
87.
-- I'm an officer (
88. Fill a new photo album with pictures of times with friends
-- Barely begun, but at least it is started. Hopefully it will be more wholly underway by the end of this month, but give how busy I've gotten with school, I'm not going to beat myself up too much if it gets put on a back burner again.
89.
-- March 28, 2009 - Wild Things. <3
90.
-- I have an idea for my room in mind that I think will be pretty spiffy and not too hard to cover up if I still wind up moving out in the near-ish future. Design part is underway, at least, just waiting on my dad to be available to redo all the wires for me to actually do the decorating part.
-- Again, tearing apart my room created opportunity. Furniture has been rearranged, some decorative items are already purchased with more to come, and I know exactly how I want to paint the walls (and the ceiling! AND the closet door!!) so I'd say this one is pretty much done, just waiting on the funds for follow-through (I'll drop it back to in-progress if the follow-through doesn't happen soon). 05-17-08
91. Participate in NaNoWriMo
92.
-- Five weeks this month, four weeks next month. (9/9) 02-29-08
-- Five weeks each month. (10/10) 07-06-08
93.
-- I think I may keep this up beyond "for a year." Movies are more enjoyable than I thought.
1. I Am Legend, 3:10 to Yuma, Death Sentence, Chuck and Larry, Stand by Me, Dreamcatcher, and Sunshine. Seriously, this is more new movies than I usually watch in a year.
2. Momento, Across the Universe, Match Point
3. Juno, Bladerunner, American Gangster, Reign Over Me, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Jane Austen Bookclub
4. Road to Perdition, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Scarface
5. Elektra, Batman Begins, and Reservoir Dogs
6. Troy, The Mist, August Rush, The Happening
7. War, Hellboy, Steel Magnolias, Batman, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
8. Knocked Up, The Night of the Hunter, Gone, Baby, Gone
9. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
10. Fight Club, The Dark Crystal
11. Iron Man, X-Men: The Last Stand
12. Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas
94. Read at least one book every three months (5/11)
--(Jan-Mar)
• The Notebook 02-03-08
• The Old Man and the Sea 02-07-08
• Transparent Things 03-24-08
-- (Apr-Jun)
• Kitchen Confidential 04-03-08
• Emma 04-09-08
• Persuasion 04-14-08
• Lolita 04-23-08
• Mansfield Park 04-26-08
• A Clockwork Orange 04-27-08
• American Psycho 05-07-08
• One Hundred Years of Solitude 06-12-08
• Out of My Mind 06-16-08
• Of Love and Other Demons 06-16-08
• A Tale of Two Cities 06-28-08
-- (Jul-Sept)
• The Lovely Bones 07-15-08
• The General in His Labyrinth
• Great Expectations
-- (Oct-Dec)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 10/13/08
• Slowness 11/22/08
-- (Jan-Mar)
• Vanity Fair 03/16/09
-- (Apr-May)
• The Age of Innocence 04-12-09
95. Read three articles from a news source three times a week for three months
96.
-- 1. Old Retreat Glazed Chicken 01-17-08
1a. Red Curry Beef (No idea if that's the actual name, but I liked it anyway.) 01-26-08
-- 2. Veal, Peppers and Mushrooms 03-29-08 (Completely disgusting, but definitely fits with my definition of "new" so it counts.)
-- 3. Chimichanga from an authentic Mexican restaurant. Loved it. 05-16-08
3a. Sushi!! 05-31-08
-- 4. Pad Prig with beef. Simple Thai dish. Some kick, but familiar elements. Curry was better, but I still liked it. 07-06-08
-- 5. Cozze in Bianco. Mussels steamed in white wine, basil, lemon butter and Pernod. I don't think I could eat mussels plain, but I loved them prepared that way. 09-26/08
-- 6. Lobster Tail. I thought it was utterly vile, but I'm not ruling out the possibility that I may still like it prepared another way. I tried that wood grill thing at Red Lobster and I didn't even like the scallops, which I know I definitely enjoy, so I think it may just be that flavor that was off-putting. None the less, one major goal down and a huge success over all!! 11-22-08
97. Get up early when I don't have to seven times (3/7)
-- Again, 4 a.m. on a Saturday is selfish to mention, but counts. 10/04/08
-- I was woken up at 8 a.m., on a weekend, when my greatest joy in life has become sleeping in, and decided to just start my day at that point. 11/29/08
-- I woke up at 8:30 on Saturday and just decided to begin my day. 01/03/09
98. Keep my room completely clean for a whole month
99.
-- Lovely little camera that I am eager to put to use, but it unfortunately came with a defective battery so I have to wait for them to ship me a new one and pray that it actually works. Apparently, it's a common problem for this brand of camera. None the less! I made the purchase and accomplished the goal! Go me. 07-08-08
100. Volunteer three different places
101. Tutor someone
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