Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Always Improving

I found a blog post about doing 100 things in 1000 days... well this is a smaller list of a bunch of things I would like to do in the near-ish future. Maybe someday this will be more like "The Happiness Project" and be a month of improving/working on different focused things, but for right now... it's just a nice long random divided list of things I plan to conquer, starting today.

Health, Fitness, Style
1.       Exercise 3 days a week for one solid month -- in progress; started 9/9/13
2.       Exercise 4 days a week for one solid month
3.       Exercise 5 days a week for one solid month
4.       Add weights to my routine
5.       Try Cross Fit
6.       Try a hot yoga class
7.       Keep score on a golf game
8.       Improve score on a golf game
9.       Have my teeth whitened
10.   Improve my posture
11.   Get a message every 3 mos.
12.   Get eyebrows threaded every 2 mos.
13.   No fast food for 30 days

Reading, Writing
14.   Write a blog post twice weekly
15.   Make money on the blog

Budgeting, Money
16.   No clothes shopping for 3 mos.
17.   No eating out for a month
18.   Organize important documents & understand insurance policies, bank accounts, etc. in case of emergency
19.   Join something to make money on the side

Life Goals
20.   Move to a new place
21.   Find a new job or return to school for that job
22.   Lose 20 lbs.

Family / Friends
23.   Connect (phone, text, email) with siblings and friends each month
24.   Plan 12 dates
25.    Go unplugged once a week for a month; a full day with no e-mail, texting, phone, etc. each month

For Fun
26.   Complete a project from Pinterest 
27.   Sell something on etsy
28.   Spray paint black shoes to make cap toe ones

In the Kitchen
29.   Bake 12 different from-scratch cupcakes
30.   Make a different crock pot recipe weekly for a month
31.   Learn how to make homemade bread
32.   Make caramels
33.   Prepare enough freezer meals to provide dinner once a week for a month
34.   Use the BBQ 5 times (on my own) for meal prep
35.   Set up a meal menu/planner
36.   Keep a freezer inventory

Momentos
37.   Make trip jar of Road Trip 2013 (maybe add a mini book inside of pics?)
38.   Gather and scan childhood photos
39.   Transfer family movies to DVD

Travel, Entertainment, Adventure
40.   Travel to Europe with BJ before May 2014
41.   Go on a zip-line  
42.   Go visit Margaret in San Diego
43.   Go to a Packers Football game 

For Others
44.   Bring someone flowers
45.   Do 10 RAKs in one day
46.   Pay for someone in line behind me at a drive through
47.   Send a care package to one of the individuals (drawn at random)
48.   Participate in a volunteer project
49.   Donate blood

Simple Pleasures
50.   Watch the sunrise and sunset in a single day
51.   Kiss in the rain

For the love of a Party
52.    Throw another "favorite things" party
53.   Organize a craft day
54.   Have a breakfast date with friends

Growing
55.   Make a new friend
56.   Go to church