101 in 1001

I read about the 101 goals to accomplish in 1001 days on Kat’s blog (I also stole some of her goals), so I decided to try it out as well. Here are my 101 in 1001, starting December 1, 2010 and ending October 28, 2013. Wish me luck!

          For my body

1. Work out/exercise at least 3 times a week
   
2. Go vegetarian for a month
3. Get a bike and ride it regularly
4. Take a yoga class (do yoga twice a week)
5. No soft drinks for a year (starting Jan. 2 with Jon!)
   
6. No alcohol for a month
7. Try a personal trainer
8. Avoid fast food
9. Get 8 hours of sleep each night for one week every month
   
10. Wear glasses for a week
    
    For my peace of mind
11. Avoid traffic tickets of all kinds
12. Purge my apartment of unnecessary things
13. Take a day off of work to do something fun alone
14. Swim in an ocean or go scuba diving (my biggest fears)
15. Complete the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind
    
    For others
16. Mentor a student one semester
17. Volunteer monthly for a year
18. Donate to a worthy cause each year
    
19. Distribute the first Texas Exes Asian Alumni Network scholarship
20. Campaign for a politician for the 2012 elections
21. Pay for someone behind in a coffee shop line once a month
    
22. Sort through my wardrobe and donate old clothes
23. Help 10 students succeed academically
24. Compliment a stranger each week
25. Run a charity run (5K) each year
    
    For the environment
26. Use only reusable mugs for coffee
27. Recycle whenever possible
28. Get my parents to quit smoking
29. Avoid driving for one week
    
    For fun
30. Learn to play the guitar
    
31. Take a dance class
32. Record 2 original songs
33. Learn to cook 50 recipes and compile in a cookbook
    
    • 12-14-10 Layered Dip - does it count if I don’t actually cook it? I made this for work (DDCE’s End-of-Semester Celebration food competition) and won the “Best Appetizer” award for this one!
    • 1-8-11 Thai Basil Chicken - Not bad! Fish sauce is kind of gross, though. Not in taste, but in smell. Also, too much of it is no bueno.
34. Go on a random road trip
35. Buy a new phone - bought the Samsung Galaxy S2!
36. Buy an e-book reader
37. Finish 10 puzzles
38. Bake a cake/cookies/cupcakes - peanut butter chocolate cookies
    
39. Get Lasik
40. Complete a 7-day Facebook fast
41. Complete a 7-day phone fast
42. Write a letter to 5 friends I haven’t talked to in a long time
43. Perform at an open mic night
44. Make 10 new good friends
45. Write 10 letters (in Chinese) to my grandparents
46. Move into a nice apartment
47. Furnish my apartment with new furniture
    
48. Get a state map postcard for each of the 50 states
49. Host a dinner party and cook the food
50. Complete the 365 Challenge
51. Go on a cruise
52. Host a Halloween party
53. Bake a vegan cake
54. Take a cooking class
55. Write a children’s book
56. Spend an entire day in bed
57. Visit 5 cities
58. Learn Claire de Lune
59. Visit Taiwan - Thanksgiving 2011
60. Live in a new city
61. Go on a trip with girlfriends
62. Try 10 new nice restaurants
63. Celebrate a birthday in a different city
64. Change my hairstyle
65. Take some kids to an amusement park
66. Make a website
67. Watch all of One Piece
68. Watch 26 new movies, each starting with a letter of the alphabet
69. Knit a blanket
70. Get nominated and serve on a well-known nonprofit board
71. Write an autobiography
72. Meet an online friend in person - Done
73. Buy new glasses
    
    For my brain
74. Learn Spanish
75. Read all C.S. Lewis Works
76. Re-learn Calculus
77. Learn how the stock market works
78. Learn to create vector art
79. Learn and keep up with politics
80. Read 50 books (recommendations are welcome!)
    
    Traveling Mercies (1-4-11)
    Safe Haven (1-7-11)
    Eat, Pray, Love
    Ender’s Game
    Total Leadership
    Time Traveler’s Wife
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    The Fountainhead
    Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
    Atonement
    Their Eyes Were Watching God
    The Sound and the Fury
    The Grapes of Wrath
    East of Eden
    Wuthering Heights
    Gone with the Wind
    A Clockwork Orange
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    Little Women
    Love in the Time of Cholera
    Memoirs of a Geisha
    War and Peace
    Lord of the Flies
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
    The Girl Who Played With Fire
    House Rules
    Worth Dying For
    Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
    The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    Olive Kitteridge
    Push
    The Shack
    Sarah’s Key
    The Alchemist
    The Art of Racing in the Rain
    Love the One You’re With
    The Things They Carried
    The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
    North of Beautiful
    Some Girls Are
    Blue Like Jazz
    Looking for Alaska
    Fahrenheit 451
    The World According to Garp (recommended by Doug)
    Wheel of Life (recommended by Ramona)
    Be There Now (recommended by Ramona)
    Moo
    Beer and Circus
    
    For my faith
81. Read the Bible from cover to cover
82. Blog about faith
83. Attend church
    
    For my career
84. Get a job outside of Texas
85. Present at a Student Affairs conference
86. Get to work at 8 a.m.
    
87. Get certified for High School math, science, history
88. Publish 2 articles
89. Teach an elementary classroom
90. Read the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed
    
91. Graduate with my master’s degree
92. Start my Ph.D.
93. Attend 4 Student Affairs conferences
94. Teach an ESL course
95. Develop a model for educating through technology
96. Develop curriculum that integrates technology for an elementary school class project
    
    For my wallet
97. Pay off student loans
98. Save 10K
99. Invest in real estate
    
100. Own gold/silver (inspired by Jon :) )
101. Save $25/month for my Roth IRA
102. No eating out for one full week of each month