Here are mine. I looked at other people's lists for inspiration and stole some items. Some I already had on here and found them on lots of other people's lists as well. (Everyone wants to take a cooking class, for some reason. And get a facial.) Several of these are long shots, but that's okay.
If I start today, I should be done by August 29, 2007.
Final update: Accomplished 58. That's more than half, at least. Some of the items moved way down in the priority list over time.
Update (9/4/06): 55 down, 46 to go! (But #95 makes a few of the others improbable.)
Additional update (7/1/05): Made two changes to replace wrist-intensive goals.
Things to learn
- Learn to juggle.
- Learn to salsa dance.
- Take a cooking class. [Complete as of 2/07]
- Take an adult ed class of some sort. (Maybe in acting or writing?)
- Learn five fiddle tunes well enough to play outside the house.
- Learn to locate all 50 U.S. states on a map. [Complete as of 12/15/04]
- Learn to locate major countries on a map.
- Make my own holiday cards.
- Learn all the words to all the songs on Extreme Honey.
- Beat my husband at Trivial Pursuit.
- Convince him to grow a beard.
- Make an iPod playlist with all my favorite songs. [Complete as of 1/1/05]
- Participate in a book club.
- Find the contents of my web site from college. Put at least the dogs vs. zombies story back on the web. [I tried, but it's gone.]
- Be in a play. (This is unlikely.)
- Buy Christmas presents in advance. [Complete as of 12/17/04]
- Run sub-10 minute miles for at least two miles in a row. [Complete as of 1/30/05]
- Write a description of our wedding as a resource for other interfaith couples.
- Complete web site for mother-in-law's business. [Complete, with ongoing work, as of 9/05]
- Donate clothes to charity. [Completed 7/20/05]
- Give blood.
- Improve my Spanish.
- Ride a bike someplace other than around the block.
- Practice violin consistently for at least two weeks.
- Participate in some activity involving local politics. [Complete as of 5/15/05]
- Make a mix CD for a friend. [Complete as of 12/15/04]
- Send a package to a friend I've been out of touch with.
- Write someone a thank-you letter, but not for a present (e.g., old teacher, author of a book I read). [Complete as of 4/14/05]
- Meet somebody online and keep in touch with them for more than a year. [Complete as of 7/1/05]
- Make something for my best friend.
- Learn two jokes that are actually funny. [Completed 1/20/05... I think]
- Go to an amusement park. (Butter Country!) [Completed as of 2/10/05]
- Go to a street fair or parade in Boston. [Completed 1/1/05]
- Go to a pub trivia night.
- Have a picnic outside. [Completed 7/23/05]
- Go to a free summer concert. [Completed 8/18/06]
- Go to a non-mandatory lecture or seminar. [Complete as of 4/10/05]
- Go to a service at the Unitarian church.
- Go to an orchestra concert.[Completed 8/18/06]
- Take my husband skiing.
- Spend a day, or a morning, going to garage sales. [Complete as of 6/18/05]
- See more standup comedy. (Comedy Central doesn't count.) [Done, if improv counts.]
- Build a snowman.
- Go to the MFA. [Completed 12/12/04]
- Go to the Gardner Museum. [Completed 7/07]
- Go to the Museum of Bad Art. [Completed 7/16/05. It wasn't that exciting.]
- Go to Arnold Arboretum. [Completed 8/05]
- Go to the DeCordova Museum.
- Go hiking at Blue Hills.
- See a game at Fenway. [Completed 7/06]
- Take a tour of America's Test Kitchen.
- Go to Las Vegas.
- Spend a weekend in Vermont. [Completed 8/24/06]
- Go to New Zealand.
- Read: all of Diana Wynne Jones's books that I can find; the rest of the Lemony Snicket books that I haven't read yet; and at least one book that my husband wants me to read. [Completed 3/06]
- Read: A Civil Action and Bramble Bush, before law school starts. [Completed 8/05]
- Watch: Gone With the Wind, Roman Holiday, Dr. Strangelove, Iron Giant, The Godfather Parts 2 and 3, all the Lord of the Rings movies (again).
- Put up curtains. [Completed 7/06]
- Get the patio door replaced. [Completed 9/05]
- Clean the bathroom window and replace the curtain. [More or less completed as of 7/20/05]
- Have a garage sale.
- Plant something in the yard. [Completed 6/06]
- Call a landscaper about our horrible gigantic hedges. [Technically completed as of 7/27/05; HGH will be gone by September.]
- Organize my dresser. [Completed 1/27/05]
- Get rid of the extra washing machine.[Completed 3/07]
- Get a law-related job. [Completed 5/06]
- Fill out financial aid forms for law school. [Completed 3/15/05]
- Enjoy work for one day. [Completed 6/06]
- Cut down on tutoring A. Either get a new person to tutor or a different volunteer position. [Completed as of 6/12/05]
- Call at least one person from alumni network for an informational interview. [Completed 11/05]
- Transfer my IRA and actually pay attention to what I invest in. [Completed 3/15/05]
- Do my taxes in January. [Completed 1/28/05]
- Start law school. [Completed 9/1/05!]
- Make (for dessert) : a really good lime pie; flan; ice cream of some sort, preferably with alcohol.
- Make (for a meal) : that thing that's layers of stuff wrapped in pastry. And find out what it's called, and get a recipe. And invite friends over to eat it.
- Make and package candy for Christmas, including toffee and marshmallows. [Complete as of 12/20]
- Cook my way through an entire magazine or cookbook. (Good recipes only.)
- Eat at: No. 9 Park for lunch, Sabur and the Chocolate Bar for brunch. [I'll say this is complete as of 8/06 because I no longer want to go to the Chocolate Bar.]
- Eat a deep-fried Twinkie or Snickers bar.
- Order groceries online.
- Host a blind tasting of something. Or maybe multiple things.
- Come up with a reliable way to avoid falling asleep in meetings.
- Drive with both hands on the wheel. [Complete as of 12/15/04]
- Sort the mail when it comes in, instead of letting it accumulate into a huge pile first. [Completed as of 1/29/05]
- Take a multivitamin every day for a week. [Complete as of 4/26/05]
- Learn how to wear makeup.
- Get a facial.
- Get a really good pair of jeans. [Complete as of 9/06]
- Do a hot oil hair treatment. [Complete as of 1/3/05]
- Go to the dentist. [Complete as of 6/12/05]
- Get my eyes checked.
- Use those teeth whitening strips and finish the pack.
- Lift weights regularly. [Complete as of 9/06]
- Find out all the family birthdays, anniversaries, and email addresses. Write on calendar and circulate.
- Get pregnant. [Completed 5/06!]
- Surprise my husband with a candlelit dinner.
- Surprise him with some other stuff. [Completed 6/06]
- Do something good for our anniversary. [Completed 8/06]
- Get his grandmother set up with an email account that she knows how to use. [Completed as of 1/24/05]
- Visit my parents' new house in Florida. [Completed as of 2/28/05]
- Cook dinner for my parents. (Thanksgiving doesn't count.) [Completed as of 2/28/05]
