Update: 101 Goals in 1001 days
Start Date: November 5, 2011
Completion Date: August 2, 2014
Goals Completed thus far: 58
Goals about 101 Goals
- Participate in 101 in 1001
- (done 11/10/11) Generate a list of 101 Goals
- (done 11/5/11) Create a blog to track & share progress
- Inspire someone else to participate in 101 in 1001 (and follow their progress)
- (done 11/11/11) Overcome my perfectionistic tendency by posting this list without obsessing; while giving myself permission to make changes if/as needed
Academic/Career Goals
- (done 11/21/11) Complete Internship Applications
- (done 3/20/12) Complete testing comps
- (done 4/12/13!!) Complete dissertation
- Finish internship (official last day is August 13th!)
- (done 5/18/13) Walk at graduation
- (done!! 2/27/13) Obtain postdoc position
- Submit for a publication
- (done 5/20/12) Say “no” to an extra commitment
- (done 12/18/11) Purchase new suit/shoes for interviews
- (done 8/27/12) Beautify my work space
- (done 8/30/12) Identify and implement a clinical ritual/tradition
Entertainment Goals
- Identify a list of top/classic movies and watch 20 (in process: 4 of 20)
- Identify a list of top/classic books and read 10 (in process: 5 of 10)
- (done 6/1/13) Re-read a kids book series
- (done 6/28/13) See a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas
- (done 3/29/13) Watch the Twilight movies
- (done 3/16/13) Sing at Karaoke night
- Create 2 CDs for long drives/stuck in traffic
- Choose 10 countries and read an author from each one
- (done 11/28/11) Listen to a book on tape
Health/Fitness Goals
- (done 2/15/13) Go for a 20 minute walk (or dancing) 3x/week for 1 month
- (done 7/12/13) Complete exercise goal at least 30 minutes 3x/week for 6 months
- (done 3/15/12) Return to Belly dance classes
- (done 2/4/12) Eliminate all caffeine use (to evaluate link with headaches)
- (done 8/2/12) 6 months without caffeine
- (done 1/26/13) Participate in three 5K walks
- (done 7/7/12) Ride my bike to the beach (~10 miles round trip)
- (done 7/29/12) Ride my bike to a neighboring beach (~20 miles round trip)
- (done 11/26/11) Go for a hike
- Kayak in the Ocean
- Donate blood to the Red Cross
- (done 6/11/12) Update my glasses prescription
- (done 6/11/12) Obtain prescription sunglasses
Financial Goals
- Pay $100/month towards student loans for 6 months
- (done 8/18/12) Close my account at the Big Name bank and transfer to local/credit union
- (done 2/25/13) Establish & contribute to college fund for my niece
Things to make/create
- Make a quilt for myself
- Finish costume for S.R.
- (done 6/25/12) Finish Cross-stitch project
- Label Italy photo album
- Print photos from Germany trip
- Create/label Germany photo album
- (done 5/3/13) Personal update to blog 1x/month for a year
- Outline major events in my life/autobiography
- Journal life stories for 5 minutes/day for 1 month
- Draft a short story for one event in autobiography
- Find and make 20 new recipes
- Open a cookbook to a random page and make the recipe
- Make a loaf of homemade bread
- (learn how and) Make a batch of homemade jam
- (learn how and) Make a homemade pie
- Build a gingerbread house
- (done 2/28/13) Make baked goods and share with classmates/colleagues
Relationship/Social Goals
- (done 5/20/12) implement/hold regular date night
- (done 12/16/11) Have a coffee/lunch date with friends 1x/week for 1 month
- Mail Christmas cards to friends/family
- Call/talk to A.E. 1x/month for 6 months (in process)
- (done 8/2/12) Attend a family reunion
- Send holiday/birthday gifts to my niece (in process)
- (done 3/31/12) weekend getaway
- (done 4/16/13) Send a handwritten note/letter to 5 friends
- (done- 2011-2012 practicum) Develop a new friendship
- (done 2/16/13) Host a birthday party for myself
- (done 1/29/12) Cook/host a dinner for friends
Self-Care Goals
- Get a manicure/pedicure
- (done 12/4/11) Get a professional massage
- (done 5/7/12) Buy flowers for myself
- (done 12/10/12) Get a haircut every 3 months for 1 year
- Practice mindfulness for 5 minutes/day for 2 weeks
- Practice mindfulness for 5 minutes/day for 1 month
- Make a list of 50 inspiring quotes
- Color an entire coloring book (in process)
- (done 12/4/11) Lounge in a hot tub
- (done 3/19/13) Buy and use an entire bottle of bubble bath
Travel/Tourism Goals
- (done 3/31/12) Visit somewhere new in California
- Visit somewhere new in the US
- Visit somewhere new outside of the US
- See the California Redwoods
- (done 4/27/12) Visit Big Bear Lake
- (done 4/1/12) Stare at a waterfall
- (done 11/27/11) Watch the sunrise & sunset on a single day
- Go to 5 museums I’ve never been to before
- Visit 5 national/state parks (3 of 5; Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Joshua Tree)
Personal/Other Goals
- (done 7/13/12) Sort through, purge, and donate old clothes
- Sort through, purge, and organize box of papers
- (done 7/10/12) Organize file cabinet/hanging folders
- Read Grandma’s book
- (done 12/10/12) Find & compile Grandma’s short stories
- (done 6/16/12) Update my professional wardrobe
- (done 8/17/12) Try a new type of ethnic food
- (done 11/10/11) Help a random stranger
- Volunteer 20 hours of service (in process: 5 of 20)
- Generate list of 50 places I want to visit in my lifetime
- Go 1 week without logging into facebook
- (done 11/29/11) Go 1 week without playing online/computer/video games
- (done 8/2/12) Go 24 hours unplugged (no phone, TV, computer, etc)
