Have you ever put together your 101 in 1001 list? Ever heard of it? You take the day you write down your 101 goals and figure out when 1001 days from then is (google it) and voila, there you have it! The premise is, given 1001 days (roughly 2 and ¾ years) you can accomplish all 101 goals for yourself. The goals must be MEASURABLE and SPECIFIC (none of that ambiguous stuff) Also, 1001 days is a longer time span then 1 year, giving you “many seasons” to organize and plan for some of the biggies on the list…….
By the way….. coming up with realistic, legitimate and cool things was pretty hard for me, I had to scour other peoples’ lists and see what they had. I realized I’ve done a lot of cool things in my life that I’ve taken for granted, I guess…. I’ve been to Disney a billion times, watched all the Harry Potters and Lord of the Rings marathon style countless times, swam with manatees and dolphin, I already garden, I make wine…. I don’t know, it was a challenge for me.
I watched this Awesome Video the other day about neurotransmitters- endorphins, dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin, and how we as a species rely on these hormones, where the fit in with the early homosapien lifestyles, etc. Brilliant stuff. During the dopamine section, the gent talked about how we are visual creatures (I mean look what all these T&A do to us- INSTANT gratification) and get surges of dopamine (the "fuck yeah I did it" feeling) when we physically cross things off our ToDo list. So here's my dopamine fix for a while-
My 101 in 1001: Maybe you'll learn a little about who I am by my goals.... (In no particular order)
1001 days from today is January 20, 2017. I'll have JUST turned 30 (And be in a midlife crisis I'm sure)
1. Run 10 5ks. 2) Run 10 Half Marathons 3)Lose 60#s 4)Become an RN (or be very close to graduating) 5) Paint a self-portrait 6)Learn to play the harmonica 7)Complete 2 Tough Mudders 8) Take a Photoshop Class 9) Get laser hair removal 10) Get 5 more tattoos. 11)Have sex in a cave 12) Have sex at a waterfall 13) Sing at Open Mic Night once. 14)Get my CCW 15) Complete a Sprint Triathalon 16) Swim to Kelley's Island. 17) Eat clean for (at least) 30 days 18) Be able to perform the Scorpion Pose 19) Start a local fitness/wellness group 20) Become a hopeful SG 21.) Write/Publish a short story 22.) Finish a crochet project 23.) Squirrel away $5000 (roughly $75 a paycheck) 24. Learn how to drive stick. 25) Take up Boxing 26.) Complete the MS Society Bike to the Bay 27.)Plant a garden for an elderly person 28.)write out my will 29.) Learn how to fillet a fish 30.) Have a 6 month stockpile of food, toiletries, etc. 31.) Update the Kitchen 32). Update the ELECTRIC 33)Finish the Upstairs bathroom. 34). Take a ballroom Dance class 35) Learn how to make sushi 36) Make a sundress 37) Get matching tats with my sisters 38)skydive 39.) Take a pole-dancing class 40.) Go scuba-diving 41.) See the Northern Lights 42) Make 30 recipes from the Ball Canning book 43) Shoot a deer with my bow. 44) Start up a photography biz 45.) Learn how to identify 15 trees by their leaves 46.) Have a booth at a farmers' market 47.) Go camping for a week 48.)See Hocking Hills 49.) Stop crossing my legs 50). Send out Handmade Christmas and Thank you cards 51.) Meet 5 suicide girls 52.) Attend Hell City Tat Convention in Columbus 53.) Make 20 pins off pintrest 54) Make and sell something on ETSY 55). Run a 5k with my dog 56.) Run a 5k with my husband 57) Run a 5k with my kid 58) Run a 5k with both my husband and my kid 59) Run a race with my sisters 60) Finish GTA 5 61.) Learn how to Mount Butterflies. 62) Hike the Colorado Mountains with our cousins 63) Visit NYC with my cousins 64) See North Carolina 65) Make Cheese 66) Make soap 67) Learn how to coupon and get kickass deals 68) Make another sex tape with my husband 69) Get boudoir pictures taken of the two of us 70) Dress as Katniss for the final Hunger Games Movies on Opening Night 71) Be able to do 20 pullups 72) See Foo Fighters in Concert. 73) See TOOL in concert 74) See Mumford and Sons in Concery 75) Go the the Morel Mushroom Festival 76) Go to Rock on the Range in Columbus 77) See a Hockey game 78) Go to a Ohio State/Michigan football game 79) Visit Florida 6 times 80)WAtch all the James Bond movies 81) Talk my parents into getting tattoos 82) Write in this blog once a week at least 83) Adopt a Wild Mustang 84) Publicly Protest something 85) Get 1000 followers on instagram 86) Learn to identify 15 constellations 87) Take my family to Kennedy Space Center 88) Catch a mahimahi offshore fishing 89) Learn to paddleboard 90) Become an inspiration to others 91) See the Lion King on stage 92) See the Trans Siberian Orchestra 93) take a hot yoga class 94) Be able to do a handstand 95) Have sex in 20 public places 96) Go maple-syruping 97) Do a backbend/walkover 98) Take a cupcake decorating class 99) Kayak around PIB in 2 hours 100) Complete P90X 3 times 101). Floss my teeth daily 30 days in a row 5 times over
Wow that was hard. Some of them are lame, but they are all things I want to do to better myself. What's your list??