My 101 Things in 1,001 Days

101 Things in 1001 Days

Jun 20, 2012 – Mar 18, 2015

(Note: I revised this list a little because some of the Things seemed repetitive and there were other Things I wanted add that were more doable in a particular time period.)

1. Create a family history project
2. Interview 5 small business owners
3. Read 12 business books
4. See “Levitated Mass” at LACMA
5. Visit the Getty Villa in Malibu
6. See five plays this year
7. Take a writer’s trip this year
8. Read 52 books in 52 weeks
9. Publish my poetry manuscript
10. Submit 10 poems for publication
11. Write every day for a month
12. Participate in NaPoWriMo again
13. Enter five writing contests in 2012
14. Visit Portland again
15. Take a solo trip
16. Get a library card
17. Participate in a monthly writers group
18. Research funding opportunities for travel to the Philippines
19. Write for a travel grant
20. Open a bookstore/community arts center
21. Write a business plan for bookstore project
22. Research community arts funding
23. Take an accounting / business class
24. Do some volunteer work
25. Research rent & location options for bookstore project
26. Visit Gatsby Books in Long Beach
27. Visit indie bookstores in Southern California
28. Visit the Grand Canyon (Arizona)
29. Visit Asia
30. Visit Paris (France)
31. Visit Italy
32. Learn to play tennis
33. Take a swimming class
34. Eat vegetarian for a month
35. Cut out carbs for a week
36. Exercise for 30 minutes every day for a month
37. Learn how to change a tire
38. Get a stamp in my passport
39. Improve my Spanish
40. Learn 12 of my mother’s recipes
41. Have all of my suits tailored
42. Take a cooking class
43. Take a knife skills class
44. Set up an emergency fund
45. Take an art class
46. Go on an overnight hiking trip
47. Learn to cook 10 new meals
48. Plant a garden
49. Buy only organic for a month
50. Give up Starbucks for a month
51. Give 10% to charity
52. Cook twice a week for a month
53. See “The Book of Mormon.”
54. Learn to barbecue
55. Learn to sew
56. Finish wedding album
57. Print all our wedding photos
58. Enter a chapbook contest
59. Host a housewarming party
60. Host a book swap
61. Cut out red meat for a month
62. Take a dance class
63. Start my own business
64. Put away $5 for each completed task
65. Create a photographic journal for one week
66. Clean out/organize my closet
67. Make a piece of art
68. Take my Mom on the trip of her choice
69. Babysit for my sister or brother
70. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
71. Read 10 literary classics
72. See 10 classic movies I’ve never seen
73. Organize my poetry manuscript for submission
74. Revise 10 poems
75. Go a month without eating out
76. Learn to ride a bike
77. Create a budget and stick to it for 4 weeks
78. Travel by train
79. Visit Istanbul
80. Visit Catalina Island
81. Try a new recipe every month
82. Create an art wall
83. Write and submit a short story for publication
84. Make a Year in Pictures album
85. Invite friends over for dinner
86. Record my parents talking
87. Go ziplining
88. Plan my own writers retreat
89. Sleep under the stars
90. Visit a National Park
91. Visit Seattle
92. Memorize 5 poems
93. Pay off all my debts
94. Swim in the ocean
95. Bring my lunch to work for a week
96. Pay off my student loan
97. Update my blog at least once a week
98. Go to a karaoke bar
99. Host a writing workshop
100. Visit Watts Towers in Los Angeles
101. Visit Chicago

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