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Trying to be productive here!
About Me
- Elaine
- Vancouver, BC
- Twenty-something university graduate, trying to keep herself organized.
Blog Archive
- April 2008 (1)
- October 2007 (1)
- September 2007 (1)
- July 2007 (2)
- June 2007 (15)
The Goals
1. Write a will
2. Race in an alleycat; win something
3. Finish writing church website; get it online
4. Make 10 beaded items
5. Make one new career-related contact each week for one month
6. Update résumé
7. Donate hair to locks of love
8. Register as an organ donor
9. Have a picnic
10. Make soy yogurt from scratch
11. Make tofu entirely from scratch
12. Have a temporary corset piercing at a formal event
13. Make and post energy labels for St. Oswald’s
14. Schedule a church retrofit consultation
15. Drink 8 glasses of water each day for 2 weeks
16. Digitize CD collection
17. Visit the Museum of Anthropology at UBC
18. Attend an opera, symphony, or ballet performance
19. File tax return by June 31st
20. Teach someone to knit
21. Go sailing twice
22. Surprise James with something romantic
23. Conduct an inventory of my possessions, sell/donate as needed
24. By a Macbook in about January 2008
25. Pay off student loans by Dec. 31st, 2007
26. Develop an emergency fund with $1500
27. Take a camping trip to Oregon; save $500 for camping gear
28. Visit my immediate family at least twice, and extended family at least once by July 2008
29. Become employed in any of the following fields: linguistics, social science, fibre arts, environmental or charitable work
30. Develop and implement an environmental stewardship program at St. Oswald’s
31. Finish Learn to Ride and Learn to Race
32. Grow a garden and harvest something edible from each patch
33. Go in with some friends on buying/picking local produce in bulk, and preserve it
34. Obtain at least 50% of my food from within 200 miles
35. Limit computer/TV time to 7 hrs/week
36. Practice mediation for one half hour, three times a week
37. Practice writing regularly
38. Read all the books currently on my shelf or the 100-best list that I have not read yet
39. Knit a sweater
40. Have a Buy Nothing Christmas
41. Save $100 a month to buy a digital SLR
42. Go snowboarding at least three times during the 07-08 season; learn to carve
43. Spend 5 days working with Habitat for Humanity
44. Choose a social scene to study and begin participant observation/research
45. Knit something with yarn I’ve handspun on a spinning wheel
46. Run 10 km.
47. Bike 150 km.
48. Practice taking pictures on a weekly basis; have 5 prints made
49. Sew one whole outfit for myself
50. Learn to dirtjump
51. Practice stretching 15 minutes a day for one month
52. Take a beginner open water scuba diving course; save $35 a month for it
53. Go rock climbing three times; become certified to belay
54. Spend twenty evenings playing board games
55. Have one meal per week with all ingredients from within 200 miles
56. Do the Master Cleanse for 10 days
57. Eat everything in my freezer
58. Use stash yarn for every other project I start; do not buy new yarn unless ready to cast on with it
59. Limit dining out to 15% of food spending
60. Make laundry detergent, glass cleaner, and shampoo
61. Compile a cookbook
62. Take a yoga class at a gym or community centre
63. Vote in every election I’m eligible to
64. Develop an investment portfolio
65. Keep a monthly budget
66. Clear Nicole’s Trail at Burnaby Mountain
67. Do a collaborative painting with James
68. Get bike- and knitting-related tattoos
69. Attend knitting group four times a month
70. Learn to do nose wheelie pivots
71. Change working hours from 9-5 to 8-4
72. Get insurance settlement taken care of
73. Renew passports
74. Get a driver’s license
75. Do an outdoor suspension in summer 2007
76. Donate 10% of my income to a church or charity of my choice
77. Have half-hour spiritual reflection time three times a week
78. Bake all my own bread, except for fancy occasion bread
79. Find a church in Vancouver
80. Develop a crafting space
81. Watch all the Oscar Best Picture winners
82. Make wine
83. Reduce carbon emissions by 90% (from the average North American level)
84. Go on a week-long bike or canoe camping trip
85. Take a pilgrimage
86. Through-hike the Appalachian Trail
87. Begin a master’s degree in Linguistics
88. Get my legs tattooed
89. Grow hair out to waist length
90. Take the train across Canada
91. Increase net worth by 20% in 2009
92. Spend 6-8 weeks in East Africa doing humanitarian work of a linguistic nature
93. Become familiar with the real estate market
94. Learn to skid (on my fixed-gear bike)
95. Complete 5 random acts of kindness
96. Attend a taping of A Prairie Home Companion or The Vinyl Café
97. Audition for Jeopardy
98. Have a raw-food-only week
99. Learn to dance with a partner (swing, waltz, salsa, whichever!)
100. Get CPR certified
3. Finish writing church website; get it online
4. Make 10 beaded items
5. Make one new career-related contact each week for one month
6. Update résumé
7. Donate hair to locks of love
10. Make soy yogurt from scratch
11. Make tofu entirely from scratch
12. Have a temporary corset piercing at a formal event
13. Make and post energy labels for St. Oswald’s
16. Digitize CD collection
20. Teach someone to knit
21. Go sailing twice
23. Conduct an inventory of my possessions, sell/donate as needed
24. By a Macbook in about January 2008
28. Visit my immediate family at least twice, and extended family at least once by July 2008
29. Become employed in any of the following fields: linguistics, social science, fibre arts, environmental or charitable work
30. Develop and implement an environmental stewardship program at St. Oswald’s
35. Limit computer/TV time to 7 hrs/week
36. Practice mediation for one half hour, three times a week
37. Practice writing regularly
38. Read all the books currently on my shelf or the 100-best list that I have not read yet
40. Have a Buy Nothing Christmas
41. Save $100 a month to buy a digital SLR
43. Spend 5 days working with Habitat for Humanity
44. Choose a social scene to study and begin participant observation/research
45. Knit something with yarn I’ve handspun on a spinning wheel
47. Bike 150 km.
48. Practice taking pictures on a weekly basis; have 5 prints made
49. Sew one whole outfit for myself
50. Learn to dirtjump
51. Practice stretching 15 minutes a day for one month
52. Take a beginner open water scuba diving course; save $35 a month for it
53. Go rock climbing three times; become certified to belay
54. Spend twenty evenings playing board games
56. Do the Master Cleanse for 10 days
58. Use stash yarn for every other project I start; do not buy new yarn unless ready to cast on with it
59. Limit dining out to 15% of food spending
60. Make laundry detergent, glass cleaner, and shampoo
63. Vote in every election I’m eligible to
64. Develop an investment portfolio
67. Do a collaborative painting with James
68. Get bike- and knitting-related tattoos
69. Attend knitting group four times a month
70. Learn to do nose wheelie pivots
73. Renew passports
75. Do an outdoor suspension in summer 2007
77. Have half-hour spiritual reflection time three times a week
78. Bake all my own bread, except for fancy occasion bread
79. Find a church in Vancouver
80. Develop a crafting space
81. Watch all the Oscar Best Picture winners
82. Make wine
83. Reduce carbon emissions by 90% (from the average North American level)
84. Go on a week-long bike or canoe camping trip
85. Take a pilgrimage
86. Through-hike the Appalachian Trail
87. Begin a master’s degree in Linguistics
88. Get my legs tattooed
89. Grow hair out to waist length
90. Take the train across Canada
91. Increase net worth by 20% in 2009
92. Spend 6-8 weeks in East Africa doing humanitarian work of a linguistic nature
93. Become familiar with the real estate market
94. Learn to skid (on my fixed-gear bike)
95. Complete 5 random acts of kindness
96. Attend a taping of A Prairie Home Companion or The Vinyl Café
97. Audition for Jeopardy
98. Have a raw-food-only week
99. Learn to dance with a partner (swing, waltz, salsa, whichever!)
100. Get CPR certified
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