I went to the Spread the Love Workshop a few months ago and was given the challenge to look around and see how many people are sleepwalking through their own lives. The signs: stuck, not a lot of hope, easily overwhelmed, give in to a critical spirit because it’s easier to criticize than make changes in your own life. Yikes! I have found in my own life that grown up responsibilities can easily choke out some of the free spirit I had in my younger years. Double yikes!!
I am saying NO! to that nonsense right now and making a commitment to live the life I want, even if it takes a little more work to balance my responsibilities and my drive for fun and spontenaety- I'm making it happen because I do not want to wake up in 40 years and wonder where my life went.
My first step is to finish my list of 101 goals to be completed in 1001 days. I have been working on this list for like 2 months and I had to seriously restrain from listing boring and should-be-done-already stuff like cleaning my car (am I really so boring??) I didn't want my goals to all be about me and I wanted to make my next 2.75 more than just status quo. I always said I wanted to be a doer, not just a talker.
If you want to keep tabs on my progress and help keep me accountable I'll be documenting it all right here on my blog. Maybe even my commitment to live the life I've always wanted will rub off on you and you'll make your own list (if you do link back to my blog so we can all share ideas and be inspired by each other)!
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. (My deadline is Thursday, December 27, 2012)
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
- Open an etsy store
- Go to Idaho
- Lose 100 pounds
- Be featured on a wedding blog
- Blog everyday for a month
- Go to the beach everyday for a month
- Learn to play the blues harmonica
- Get photos of myself taken by Jasmine Star
- Attend WPPI in Las Vegas, NV
- Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days
- Go on a road trip
- Finish decorating my room
- Go to a Jose Villa Workshop
- Do a photo shoot in film
- Develop all of the old film I found when I moved
- Go on a missions trip
- Get a video camera and make cool movies
- Take a photo walk around San Clemente
- Go squid fishing
- Do a bridal shoot at Salton Sea
- Record video of my dad telling stories
- Go Kite Surfing
- Put $10,000 into a savings account
- Finish a journal of stories from my childhood
- Get dressed up and go disco dancing
- Read the story books of the Old Testament all the way through (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Ruth)
- Go to a Coldplay concert
- Go back to Ukraine
- Write my ideal client profile
- Develop a new client kit
- Shoot a wedding in another state
- Finally finish reading The Brothers Karamazov
- Visit Tasha Kolar in DC
- Donate Blood
- Watch the sun rise and set on the same day
- Go apple picking
- Participate in a Seder Dinner
- Grow my hair out to my elbow
- Learn to fly a plane
- Buy a condo
- Sleep under the stars
- Go to a music festival
- Go on a road trip without a pre-set destination
- Go to Sedona, AZ
- Complete 3 short stories
- Mail all of the postcards I have collected over the years
- Attend a local theater show
- Go to a dinner theater show
- Complete 100 Push Up Challenge
- Host 5 board game nights
- Find a Geocache
- Send someone a care package
- Participate in a charity run/walk
- Go to a shooting range
- Complete A-Z challenge (visits a city that starts with each letter of the alphabet)
- Buy a Mac
- Buy a new vehicle
- Go to Sea World
- Learn to cook Japanese food
- Visit a ghost town
- Dine at the Ritz
- Plant and Cultivate my own vegetable garden
- Drive up the CA coast in a covertible
- Become friends with an old friend
- Stop ordering soda at restaraunts
- Attend a Renaissance Festival
- Complete a 26 Things project
- Go camping
- Go to 5 outdoor free summer concerts
- Read 5 biographies
- Sing at a Karaoke Bar
- Go to a TV taping
- Ride on a hot air balloon
- Go Hang Gliding
- Get a Driod phone
- Find a lotion that I like enough to use every day
- Learn to have good posture
- Save all of my phone numbers in a real phone book
- Buy an Opal ring that I love
- See the Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Attend a comedy show
- Eat only homemade meals for 30 days
- Go to a blues show
- Leave 7 pieces of art, or writing, in public places
- Say yes to 7 situations I'd normally say no to
- Comment on 5 other people’s blogs each week
- Watch a meteor shower
- Send a post card through Post Crossing
- Compliment a stranger every week
- Learn how to sew
- Fall in love
- Go to a drive in movie
- Do 10 actions on We Are What We Do
- Donate $5 for each goal that is not completed at the end of 1001 days
- Ride on a train
- Have Sunday Brunch at the Hotel Del Coronado
- Go SCUBA diving
- Donate 100,000 grains of rice via freerice.com
- Make a list of regrets and forgive myself for them
- Fly a kite
- Interview a photographer I like for my blog
I love so many of those! And let's see stand up comedy together! :)
Nice! Reminds me that I need to write down my goals. :) Goal #1 - Write down goals
Good luck with all the goals. Thanks for explaining what 1001 represented. I saw it on a couple other sites and couldn't figure out what it represented.
That's a great list. I might have to steal some of your ideas.
You can do #43 and #63 at the same time and just somehow end up on my doorstep...
Miss you lots! Good luck with your list! =)
Awesome - you've inspired me to start working on my 101 list this week! Love your goals, Cole! It's go to be so fun to check them off! Yay!