Goals

In typical Julianna Fashion, I am doing the out of normal yet again.

I am working on future goals. When normal people wait until Jan 1 to sort these out. Here I am at the end of August doing such. But hey...they are my goals, I can set them whenever I want :)

Starting September 1, 2012, I am beginning 101 things in 1001 days

Here is my list

101 Things in 1001 Days

The List:

For Me:

1.  Change my name on my passport

2.  Frame my college diplomas

3.  Practice Caligraphy

4.  Learn to sew

5.  Go to a cake decorating class

6.  Read a classic novel a month (0/33)

7.  Complete 1 DIY a month (0/33)

8.  Make homemade bread

9.  Become an organ donor 

10. Drink more water

11.  Investigate a philosophical movement in history (transcendentalism, stoicism, phenomenology) and consider it in relation to your life

12.  Take a walk in the rain

13.  Go camping in a tent

14.  Join a book club

15.  Make a list of 101 inspiring quotes, lyrics, images in a journal

16.  Unsubscribe to things that create clutter

17.  Go rock climbing

18.  Take a girls trip

19.  Send a post card from a vacation

20.  Make and keep a list of things that make me instantly happy

21.  Fly a kite

22.  Mail Christmas cards by December 5(0/3)

23.  Say ‘I love you’ more often

24.  Go ice skating

25.  Write my name in the sand

26.  Go to a state I’ve never been to before

27.  Expand my vocabulary by 101 words

28.  Visit a museum

29.  Visit a Zoo

30.  Build a sand castle

31.  Watch a meteor shower

32.  Take Dancing Lessons

33.  Go bungee jumping

34.  Learn more about my heritage

35. Go on a zip line

36. Treat myself to a spa day

37. Start a pressed flowers notebook

38. Catch a snowflake on my tongue

39. Make organic strawberry jam

40. Make pickles

41. Go to the dentist

42. Try geocaching

43. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go

44. Go to a firing range/Learn to shoot our guns

45. Go to a food festival

46. Make a new friend

47. Have a weekend away with my husband in a fancy hotel

48. Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards

49. Have dinner by candlelight

50. Spend an afternoon reading at the park

51. Buy and complete a ‘Wreck this Journal’

For My Mind:

52.  Read 1 book a month (0/33)

53. Ask 10 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

54.  Go to the library

55.  Learn a foreign language

56. Take a class in something I wouldn’t normally do.

57. Answer the ’50 questions that will free your mind’

For My Soul:

58.  Go to church every week that it is possible

59.  Do a devotional every morning for a month

60.  Read the entire Bible

61.  Have a prayer time daily

62.  Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day

63.  Blog at least once a week

For Others:

64.  Surprise someone once a month (0/33)

65.  Express gratitude to people

66.  Make a meal for a friend who had a baby

67.  Send 5 cards just to say “I’m thinking about you” (0/5)

68.  Help other people achieve their dreams

69.  Buy dinner for a friend

70.  Donate 10,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (0/10K)

71.  Take cookies to the neighbors for Christmas (0/3)

72.  Host a brunch

73. Perform a random act of kindness

For My Wallet:

74.  Get debt free

75.  Save up enough to live for 6 months

76.  Start learning about investing

78.  Start using coupons regularly

For My Family:

79. Open a savings account for the kids

80.  Take a couples cooking class

81.  Read Narnia to the kids

82.  Take a hot-air balloon ride

83.  Call my grandparents once a month (0/33)

84.  Take a family vacation

85.  Scrap book a trip

86.  Create a will

87.  Send family birthday cards

88.  Have family photos made

89.  Write Christmas letter about family to send with cards(0/3)

90.  Write a letter of encouragement to member once a month (0/33)

For My Home:

91.  Write down recipes for recipe box

92.  Make the bed every day for a month

93.  Organize the house/get rid of clutter

94.  Clean out the closets

95.  Plant flowers

96. Get rid of 101 things (0/101)

Misc:

97.  Save $5 for every task I complete

98.  Donate $5 to a charity for each task I don’t complete

99.  Post this list on my blog

100. Influence a person to make a 101/1001 list

101. Write a new list for the next 1001 days

I am hoping that I didn't skip a number accidentally and only have 100. It was difficult coming up with 101 things, but I tried to do some easy, some random, some serious. We shall see all that I accomplish!

Also I know my deadline, May 30, 2015!!!! :)

If any of you want to help me accomplish my goals. I would LOVE some assistance and of course encouragement is always nice.