So I recently found out about this project, 101 things in 1001 days and I’m really excited to give this a try. I’m usually really horrid at (read: lazy, procrastinating, unmotivated, or forgetful of) keeping New Year’s resolutions, and I’ve usually lost the list or given up by about January 10th. I’m going to make this list different though; its longer, and these are going to be important life goals, not the petty or cliche things that people usually make resolutions about. Well, most of them won’t anyway. I figure since I’m turning 20 soon, I might as well start acting like a semi-adult…sometimes.

As I’m writing this, I realize how hefty of a list this is. Thinking up 101 things is a lot harder than I thought it was, and will most likely be a lot harder to accomplish than it is to write! I’m going to do my absolute best to finish this whole list in 1001 days, but some of them might be even longer-term goals. We’ll see.

So, without further ado, The List. currently in progress
(November 8, 2007- August 5, 2010)

1. Visit Ireland (13 June-20 June 2008 )
2. Visit England again
3. Go abroad with school
4. Visit Toronto
5. Figure out what major I want (13 November 2007. Sociology!)
6. Learn to knit again (27 January 2008 )
7. Learn to screen print
8. Crochet a hat (28 March 2008 )
9. See The Decemberists again in concert (7 November 2008 )
10. Get a new digital camera (26 December 2007)
11. Get new lenses for my old Olympus
12. Visit the art museum in Philly (1 June 2008 )
13. Participate in a flashmob event
14. See a play at Hedgerow again
15. Get a new and better job that I enjoy (during college)
16. Pay off my car loan
17. Buy a bike, and use it
18. Shave my head
19. Sing at a coffee house
20. Finish learning Russian
21. Publish a story in the New Yorker
22. Get a tattoo
23. Learn to make gazpacho soup
24. Host a tea party
25. Go on a road trip
26. Visit Amsterdam
27. Protest a cause I really believe in
28. Lose weight
29. Make home made sushi
30. Attend an opera
31. Learn to change a tire
32. Have a star named after me
33. Plant an herb garden
34. Kiss someone/be kissed on New Years (1 January 2009!)
35. Learn to drive stick
36. Create an extensive tea collection
37. Take a homeless person out to lunch
38. Kiss someone under mistletoe
39. Make a pinhole camera
40. Own a Venus Fly Trap
41. Live on a houseboat
42. Make out on a train
43. Take a spontaneous trip somewhere
44. Dye my hair pink
45. Attend a film festival
46. Learn to make soap
47. Attend a ceilidh
48. Have dinner with Tom (21 November 2007)
49. Get a real job I like after college
50. Mail in a secret to Post Secret
51. Put change in someone’s expired parking meter (16 August 2008 )
52. Live on Tangier Island
53. Thoroughly clean out my room and get rid of ALL the junk I don’t need
54. Have a picnic on the island at Lamppost Ln.
55. Take Bree and Sean (separately) on sibling dates at least once every school year (0/6)
56. Visit Montauk, New York with someone who loves Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
57. Start a meaningful conversation with a stranger
58. Buy a pair of cute wellies
59. Donate at least 2,000,000 grains of rice via FreeRice (5,060/2,000,000)
60. Buy two new pairs of knee socks 2/2 (13 December 2007, 21 December 2007)
61. Kiss in the rain (25 October 2008 )
62. Get a copy of American Astronaut (23 January 2008 )
63. Get a micro dermal anchor
64. Live in Newfoundland
65. Send a message in a bottle
66. Reach goal size of 0g
67. Visit Chinatown in Philly (17 January 2009)
68. Start selling my crochet/knit items, make at least $75 from it
69. Try all cupcake designs in “Hello, Cupcake” book