Now, then, where was I?
May. 9th, 2008 12:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dampscribblerIt's been a while since I updated by 101 Things list (not to mention added some stuff to it to actually make 101 Things.) Let's see where I'm at.
Green items are actively in progress, blue items are semi-in-progress,strikethrough items are complete.
1. Read a book a month (3/33) -- (Read 2 in January, 2 in Feb., 2 in March, none in April.)
2. Keep a project list
3. Carry and use reuseable grocery bags (2/286)
4. Plan my 42nd birthday party
5. Buy used first for at least three months
6. Write a will
7. Create a beautiful border space between our driveway and the neighbor's. (*)
8. Create and tend a potager with M. (*)
9. Update the filing
10. Take voice lessons
11. Get behavioral therapy
12. Draw, paint, or color at least once a week (0/143)
13. Stop swearing in front of M.
14. Exercise (gym, yoga) 2-4 times/week
15. Plan sabbatical (*)
16. Reduce internet time to <2 hrs/day
17. Submit at least 5 things for publication (0/5)
18. Purge clutter from walk-in closet
19. Schedule installation of new countertops
20. Purge clutter from my office. (*)
21. Pay off the car
22. Save for E's new car
23. Maximize IRA annual contributions (1/4)
24. Create M's education investments
25. Organize papers for M's current investments
26. Back up computer files, then maintain backups weekly
27. Identify 3 writing contests to enter in 2008, then enter them
28. Write year-end (2007) newsletter to send to family and friends (abandoned)
29. Mail newsletter with New Year cards to family and friends (abandoned)
30.Contact local elementary school re: pre-K for M completed -- they don't offer Pre-K
31. Contact other schools re: pre-K for M
32. WW2, 2008 -- write and publish neighborhood newsletter (moved to WW20 or 21)
33. Paint exterior trim of house
34. Consider putting in climbing plants in front porch area
35. Identify several educational goals (a language? certain skills?) and work toward them
36. Write every day -- a page, a paragraph, a sentence at least
37. Identify 43 things that make me happy. Keep the list with me all the time.
38. Identify 43 things I am good at.
39. Identify 43 things I want to be good at or to know more about
40. Write for publication about my first year of motherhood.
41. Create and maintain a goals calendar
42. Create a standard grocery shopping list
43. Create 28 days worth of dinner and 14 days worth of lunch menus to simplify planning
44. Create a reasonable (monthly) grocery budget and stick to it (0/33)
45. Build retaining wall behind yard
46. Repair/replace/remove the back fence
47. Organize kitchen pantry
48. Get outside and walk every day it's possible (3/1001)
49. Re-do powder room (sometime in 2010)
50. Before then -- save up for powder room re-do
51.Research all-season tires for Outback
52.Purchase new all-season tires for Outback
53. Get new cellular blind for M's room
54. " " for master bedroom
55. Redecorate guest room
56. Get water filter installed under kitchen sink
57. Install my special towel bar in Master bath (& toilet paper holder, too)
58. Keep adding to this list til I get to 101
59. Read at least 20 pages/day (25/1001)
60.Get garage organized and cleaned up
61. Get shelves and/or table and/or file holder for organizing stuff downstairs.
62. Get estimate for installing ceiling fans
63. Get ceiling fans
Green items are actively in progress, blue items are semi-in-progress,
1. Read a book a month (3/33) -- (Read 2 in January, 2 in Feb., 2 in March, none in April.)
2. Keep a project list
3. Carry and use reuseable grocery bags (2/286)
4. Plan my 42nd birthday party
5. Buy used first for at least three months
6. Write a will
7. Create a beautiful border space between our driveway and the neighbor's. (*)
8. Create and tend a potager with M. (*)
9. Update the filing
10. Take voice lessons
11. Get behavioral therapy
12. Draw, paint, or color at least once a week (0/143)
13. Stop swearing in front of M.
14. Exercise (gym, yoga) 2-4 times/week
15. Plan sabbatical (*)
16. Reduce internet time to <2 hrs/day
17. Submit at least 5 things for publication (0/5)
18. Purge clutter from walk-in closet
19. Schedule installation of new countertops
20. Purge clutter from my office. (*)
21. Pay off the car
22. Save for E's new car
23. Maximize IRA annual contributions (1/4)
24. Create M's education investments
25. Organize papers for M's current investments
26. Back up computer files, then maintain backups weekly
27. Identify 3 writing contests to enter in 2008, then enter them
30.
31. Contact other schools re: pre-K for M
32. WW2, 2008 -- write and publish neighborhood newsletter (moved to WW20 or 21)
33. Paint exterior trim of house
34. Consider putting in climbing plants in front porch area
35. Identify several educational goals (a language? certain skills?) and work toward them
36. Write every day -- a page, a paragraph, a sentence at least
37. Identify 43 things that make me happy. Keep the list with me all the time.
38. Identify 43 things I am good at.
39. Identify 43 things I want to be good at or to know more about
40. Write for publication about my first year of motherhood.
41. Create and maintain a goals calendar
42. Create a standard grocery shopping list
43. Create 28 days worth of dinner and 14 days worth of lunch menus to simplify planning
44. Create a reasonable (monthly) grocery budget and stick to it (0/33)
45. Build retaining wall behind yard
46. Repair/replace/remove the back fence
47. Organize kitchen pantry
48. Get outside and walk every day it's possible (3/1001)
49. Re-do powder room (sometime in 2010)
50. Before then -- save up for powder room re-do
51.
52.
53. Get new cellular blind for M's room
54. " " for master bedroom
55. Redecorate guest room
56. Get water filter installed under kitchen sink
57. Install my special towel bar in Master bath (& toilet paper holder, too)
58. Keep adding to this list til I get to 101
59. Read at least 20 pages/day (25/1001)
60.
62. Get estimate for installing ceiling fans
63. Get ceiling fans
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Date: 2008-05-09 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 11:39 pm (UTC)inspired...
Date: 2008-05-20 03:28 pm (UTC)Re: inspired...
Date: 2008-05-20 07:19 pm (UTC)Thanks for letting me know. It's so gratifying to know that something I intended to do pretty much entirely for myself has touched and inspired someone else. I'll be adding your blog to my feeds to keep up with your progress.
Re: inspired...
Date: 2008-05-20 07:27 pm (UTC)Also I wanted to add that I use Joe's Goals to keep track of things I am trying to do often, like reading daily or using re-useable grocery bags on trips to the store. You might like it, too.
http://www.joesgoals.com/index.cfm