One Hundred Goals: long-term

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

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Category 4: Long-term goals

I can guarantee these will not be accomplished in 1001 days, but I thought I'd include them for fun. They are:

1. Buy some property; and
2. Farm it.

Next step - rewording my big huge list and quantifying everything!

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Category 4: Long-term goals