101 things begins!

Here is the 101 things list I've been working on since Thanksgiving.

I am doing a 101 things in 1001 days project. It was harder to think up 101 goals than I thought it might be, but it helped me sort out some things that were important to me. Almost three years is a long dang time, I'll probably revise this list a bit as it goes, but I tried to pick things that would hold my interest for more than like, a minute.



"Creating your own 1001 Day Project

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Once you have created your site, you can add it to the master list here at Day Zero."

101 things in 1001 days, bolded when in progress, crossed out when completed:

Arts n crafts

1. Finish grad school applications (6/6)
2. Acquire a new loom. With the string-changy things. Which I will learn the name of.
3. Weave a thing on said loom.
4. Set up an ETSY shop with at least ten items for sale.(1/10)
5. Do ten paintings(2/10)
6. Teach an art class to college students/adults
7. Display my work in three different places
8. Learn to spin yarn
9. Read five current art or craft magazines-(2/5)-Juxtapoz, Craft
10. Get accepted to an MFA program
11. Make another round of beeswax candles
12. Help Steph learn how to use the sewing machine
13. Come up with a great craft to do at the beach
14. Photograph my portfolio
15. Learn how to work the digital camera by myself
16. Go see three art exhibits1)saw Windham's awesome hopping marker project


Massage therapy career

17. Get massage therapy license
18. Give eight free massages to eight different people, beyond the school's mandatory practice(4/8)mom, pop, steph, hannah
19. Get paid to give massage
20. Take an intro class on Reiki or another form of energy work
21. Learn to give hot stone massage
22. Find another massage therapist to do exchanges with. Do at least two exchanges.
23. Finish three community outreach events.(3/3)
24. Mix my own aromatherapy oil
25. Set up a massage e-mail list
26. Acquire three CDs of soothing music to work by
27. Give free chair massages to my friends and family at the beach
28. Build my referral base- get to know at least three health professionals in the area where I work to refer clients to
29. Research wherever I plan on moving to and determine if I need more education to practice in that area (master's classes? yes/no?)


Adventures and travel

30. Move out of Tallahassee
31. Revisit intentional community. After two years I still think about Twin Oaks every day, I think there's more to be learned here.
32. Visit Jaqui, it's my turn after all
33. Visit Steph's family's summer camp
34. Go to Ren Faire again. Take some new CDs in the car with me.
35. Visit another country (England, Scotland, Ireland...yummeh)
36. Make a pilgrimage to Teavana to smell their new teas
37. Go to the Junior Museum.
38. Visit the Athens kids we met at Southern Comfort
39. Play on a playground, one with swings.

It would take a miracle

40. Have my whole house clean enough to show to company. Just for one day! That's all I ask!


Health

41. Get a check-up. (the doctor, we hates it precious)
42. Exercise five days a week for a month.
43. Floss my teeth every day for a month
44. Don't get any junk from vending machines for a month
45. Get my teeth cleaned
46. Get eight hours (or until I wake up naturally)of sleep a night for a week.

Boring grown-up stuff

47. Get my car a check-up (oil change is needed)
48. Get the tires rotated
49. Round up old books and sell em on half dot com. Spend the proceeds on paint and sex toys.
50. Round up clothes that I never wear and/or make me feel ugly and take them to Goodwill.
51. Do the mending.
52. Work 10 hours of overtime(7/10)


Social

53. Visit with my aunt Diane
54. Have a really cliche romantic evening with the boi- bring zir wine and roses and stuff, maybe go see one of those horrible love movies that try and make you cry
55. Do an activity just with my mom
56. Do an activity just with my dad
57. Do an activity just with my sister
58. Track down The Forrest and hang out before he leaves for South Korea forever.
59. Track down Laura Been and hang out before we're in our forties.
60. Use gender-neutral pronouns for people who prefer them when I am speaking (I'm better when writing).
61. Cuddle puddle/puppy pile!
62. Make a new friend, a real one who I want to call up and do stuff with.

Correspondence

63. Write Jaqui more (at least six letters!)(3/6)
64. Make 3 more video posts on the new genderqueer yahoo channel
65. Complete 20 swap-bot swaps (including the ones I've already done)
66. Send my 101 things partner three snail-mail letters or packages(1/3)
67. Write a love letter
68. Figure out how to change font styles on Livejournal so I can make this list pretty.
69. Send my cousin a baby gift when her baby Chloe gets born.

Fisty radical activism/environmental and social change

70. Do (at least!) three things to help the environment
71. Do (at least!) three things to help groups I identify myself with
72. Do (at least!) three things to help groups I do not identify myself with (3/3) 1) I put together a holiday stocking for an eight year old living at HOPE house, with little toys, as well as practical stuff like light-up toothbrush and towel. 2) 5k run fundraiser for the Shelter 3) HUGE goodwill donation
73. Support artists/craftspeople/writers- purchase five things supporting peoples' artistic endeavours (3/5)- 1)Just pre-ordered the queer horror anthology Jude's writing is in, go check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Unspeakable-Horror-Shadows-Lee-Thomas/dp/0981863205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227543629&sr=1-1 2)beautiful rosy Barking Crow soap from local craftsperson 3) lovely poured bronze leaf pendant
74. Choose walking over motor transport ten times(6/10)
75. Educate myself about three new political issues

Kitchen witchery

76. Throw a dinner party
77. Throw a tea party.
78. Make ten healthy, balanced, vegetarian dinners, and share them with at least one person (4/10)1)zucchini, rotini and cheese, and rum-spiked fruit smoothies (it counts.) 2)Buffalo chik nuggets, spinach salad, corn, chocolate milk 3)roasted pepper bean quesadillas 3)Tofu mushroom couscous and greenbeans and orange tea 4) soba
79. Make five healthy, balanced, vegan dinners, and share them with at least one person.(3/5) 1) tofu and zucchini stir fry, noodles with rice vinegar, salad with mandarin oranges, jasmine green tea. 2) oranges, tofu noodle vegetable miso soup, apple cinnamon tea 3) Tofu and veggie stir fry, brown rice with miso, salad, cold oolong tea
80. Make my own cheese
81. Cook five different recipes for foods I've never tasted before 1)walnut soup
82. Go out for bento at Sakura
83. Be more careful about storing my vegetables- waste less food.
84. Plant the spring garden- grow three new kinds of fruits/vegetables
85. Treat Steph to some delicious Thai food
86. Harvest the herbs and dry them
87. Spend at least an hour perusing my new herbal

... and other flamin' pagan endeavors

88. Go to one of those big pagan campout events
89. Go to four smaller celebrations/circles/events (1/4) Fairy tea!
90. Read 'spiral dance'

Dahling you look fabulous

91. Treat myself to something sandalwood scented
92. Decorate myself- make decisions on the tattoos/piercings I've been considering and do it! Or not!Lip piercing! Yeah!
93. Make/find/buy some new jewelery for myself, and give some to someone else. Made a christmas necklace for my mom, and one for a friend, and got myself a poured bronze oak leaf
94. Find a bra small enough that it actually at some point touches my body. Sports bras are awesome, but for this goal, are cheating.I'm so pretty.


Just for me

95. Have one whole day where I don't make to-do lists or have any sort of agenda, and just do what I want all day long, guilt free.
96. Delegate 3 tasks that could just as well be done by someone who's not me.(3/3)1) Steph cleaned the fridge! 2) my dad took my car in to the shop 3) Steph put my laundry in the dryer :)
97. Take a nap.

Now bring me that horizon

98. Adopt a pet appropriate to my living situation (kitteh? someday?)Cricket!
99. Read five books I've never read before- (5/5) 1. Water, a book of short stories Jaqui sent me. Out of the six stories I quite liked five.2) The Arrival. No words but still a great read. 3.)How to (un)cage a girl- Francesca Lia Block poetry 4)absolutely true diary of a part-time indian- sherman alexie 5) Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
100. Write a story.
101. Write a poem. Share it.