"Overture, curtains, lights,
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it
Tonight what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it."
START DATE: September 1, 2007
END DATE: May 30, 2010
COMPLETED: 0 out of 101
WHAT: In a compulsive way, I decided to take on the task of not only compiling a list of 101 things I'd like to do, but of ambitiously completing them in 1001 days. I also stole this idea from someone else. Then, come to find out there is a whole website devoted to this topic but what the heck? http://triplux.com/dayzero/default.asp?view=masterlist
WHY: Why should I work through this list? I will be taking time to savor life and create random acts of enjoyment. Organizing and tracking my goals makes me feel useful and gives my life a purpose. I like the idea of planning out my pleasures, measuring my progress and being surprised at the results.
HOW: Make the list and a possible time frame for tackling the “big ticket” items. These are too broadly defined goals that have multiple parts to them but I’m too stingy to give them more than one spot on the list. Mark off items as they are completed. Allow myself to make revisions if I want to but note them in red.
Here’s my short-term life spelled out. No more time to waste.
Exciting Adventures
1. Go river rafting
2. Visit the zoo
2. Visit the zoo
3. Pamper myself by going to a day spa
4. Spend an afternoon antique shopping
5. Enjoy a bonfire
6. Watch a sunrise or sunset at the beach
7. Visit a waterfall
8. Watch a play
8. Watch a play
9. Go to the movies alone
10. Have a picnic in the forest
11. Visit the aquarium
12. Play tourist for a day in Atlanta
13. Visit 10 museums
11. Visit the aquarium
12. Play tourist for a day in Atlanta
13. Visit 10 museums
Literary and Artistic Pursuits
14. Listen to a live jazz band
15. Organize the books in my library
16. Read all the books currently on my nightstand (count & name them)
17. Write a poem
18. Read all 7 of the Harry Potter books
19. Weave the ground fabric for the Alphabet series
20. Join a women’s book club
21. Embroider and finish the Alphabet series (26 pieces)
22. Write a letter to my favorite author
23. Make a collage
24. Make enough work and book a solo exhibition by the end of 2010
25. Make the Identity Litany series (24 pieces)
26. Make the Dichotomy series, (6-8 pieces) influenced by C
27. Finish the Opus mark making course
28. Sign up for and finish the Guilds certificate course for embroidery
29. Organize the upstairs studio
30. Organize the basement studio
Travels
31. Get passport renewed by the end of this year
32. Visit Ireland in 2008
33. Go on tour of South Africa 2009
33. Go on tour of South Africa 2009
34. Visit Charleston, SC
35. Go to Hawaii in 2008 for TSA conference
36. Go to Florida for work (Convergence 2008)
37. Take hubby to Cooperstown NY to Baseball Hall of Fame
Culinary Explorations
38. Try out 30 Rachael Ray recipes for a month for dinner
39. Grill hamburgers and hotdogs
40. Have a chocolate fondue feast
41. Bake no-fat, sugar-free cookies
42. Make weekly menu planning a habit with shopping lists too
42. Make weekly menu planning a habit with shopping lists too
43. Eat a hot dog at a baseball game
44. Find a good Italian restaurant and have dinner
45. Take my mother out to dinner
46. Make a homemade pizza
47. Eat at a downtown restaurant for my birthday
48. Buy a new stove
49. Have a crab cake in Baltimore
Spiritual Motivations
50. Practice yoga every morning for a month
51. Pick a topic from Parabola to study for a month
52. Visit the Hindu temple in Lilburn
53. Practice a centering prayer for one week (start a new habit)
54. Memorize three prayers (for loved ones, morning, evening)
55. Conduct one fast
56. Visit a church service
57. Read the Transformational Book Circle book(s)
58. Observe the Sabbath as a day of rest once every three months
59. Go through the house room by room and get rid of clutter
60. Spend one weekend day in silence (while hubby is not home)
61. Repeat a mantra for one day
62. Go one week without buying anything unnecessary
63. Add spiritual quotes to my journal once a week for a month
Crafty Endeavors
64. Dye up fabric in gradations for Litany series
64. Dye up fabric in gradations for Litany series
65. Sew a vintage-style dress on my sewing machine
66. Knit a sweater
67. Make a monthly journal of inspiration photos
68. Make a Christmas tree ornament
69. Paint Easter eggs
70. Learn how to make origami paper cranes
In Motion
71. Walk the mall daily for one month (and daily thereafter)
72. Lose 80 pounds by June 2008
73. Learn belly dancing
74. Fly a kite
75. Make a snow angel
76. Dance in the rain
77. Hike in the mountains for at least one day and night (at a state park)
78. Climb Stone Mountain
79. Practice my yoga AM & PM routines daily for one month
80. Take an adult dance class
81. Swim in two oceans
82. Ride the exercise bike 5 nights a week for one month
83. Learn to tango
84. Walk the Suwanee Creek Trail one weekend day a month
Miscellaneous
85. Write a letter to three friends
86. Watch 10 movies a year
87. Organize my papers in the studio
88. Go to my 35- year high school reunion in Oct. 2007
89. Teach a semester textiles course
90. Learn to weave tapestry
91. Build a sand castle
91. Build a sand castle
92. Reupholster the old sofa and move it upstairs
93. Do a jigsaw puzzle
94. Paint the house
95. Plant a flower bed in the front yard
96. Spend a week day exploring a small town
97. Create a boudoir in my bedroom
98. Get a pearl necklace by my 55th birthday (Sept. 2009)
99. Write a letter to myself, to be read in five years
100. Pick a bouquet of wildflowers
101. Spend a vacation visiting a state park in West Virginia
