New 101 by 1001

It seems like only yesterday I began my challenge of 101 Goals in 1001 Days (Completed in 2008).  In the last 3 years since I've worked toward acheiving other goals that hadn't yet been set or accomplished in the first round.  I uprooted life once again to Boston for grad school and as I come into my last year of school, I think about life after this is all over.  Where do I want to be?  What do I want to do?  Because that is always where my mind goes - is into the future.  I forget to focus on the now - the present- and live in the moment.  I had a moment a few weeks ago when I was watching NKOTBSB in Fenway Park (no other venue quite like it) and realized that I am exactly where I need to be at this time.  And so I decided to begin again on the 101 in 1001 (the Day Zero Project).  It's amazing to see how 2 1/2 years later things have changed in terms of priority and importance and how some of it has not. 

Without further ado, here is the list:

101 by 1001

Start Date: July 5, 2011

End Date: March 29, 2014

Professional Me:

1. Graduate from Masters

2. Present at a professional/academic conference

3. Acquire a full or part time job at a cheese store/Winery

4. Receive my CSW Certification

5. Receive my CSS Certification

6. Renew SWE Membership every year

7. Review WEST Certifications/Classes

8. Make a list of 5 jobs that I would like to do (to figure out what I want to do)

9. Get TIPS Certified (Keep it up)

Healthy/Spiritual/Financial Me:

10. Do the 10 Day Whole Living Exercise from June Magazine

11. Get cholesterol lowered to the 200 mark

     a. Starting point: 221
     b. Test this at least once a year in order to maintain

12. Lose 45 pounds by end of 2011

     a. Starting Weight: 221 lbs
     b. Maintain

13. Finish a 5K in 31:30 minutes (10:30 mile pace)

14. Finish a ½ marathon in 2 hours 30 minutes (11:30 – 11:45 pace)

15. Wave 1 of Sonoma Diet to wean off caloric intake

16. Try Yoga

17. Read Dali Lama

18. Finish Reading the Bible for Food/Wine References

19. Identify 100 Things that Make me Happy

20. Make a list of 10 Things I Deserve

21. Pay off my Car

22. Consolidate Student Loans once finished with grad school

23. Change VISA to better rewards system

24. See if I can lock in better interest rates for credit card(s)

Cooking/Wine-Loving Me:

25. Organize recipes for Tastebooks

26. Purchase 3 Tastebooks (with 100 recipes in each)

27. Learn to Filet Fish – Do it all by myself without flinching 

28. Help my Mom can/jam for a season

29. Try my hand at growing a vegetable garden (either in a yard or urban)

30. Make home-made vinegar

31. Try my hand at home-brewing

32. Schedule another session of Food Photography/Styling

33. Try Ethiopian Food

34. Make Dessert Once a Month

35. Buy an Expensive Champagne

36. Look into Beer Courses/Certifications

37. Keep trying Different Liquors each month to make different cocktails

38. Visit 10 Craft Breweries

39. Visit 10 Creameries

40. Make a Croissant from Scratch

Adventurous Me:

41. Get my Passport

42. Fly First Class on a Long Trip

43. Travel to at least 5 new wine regions in the US

44. Visit at least 10 countries in Europe

45. Sky-Dive or Scuba Dive

46. Visit 5 Michigan Sites to Reconnect with my State 

47. Travel to at least one Spanish speaking country in Central or Latin America

48. Stay in Haunted House

49. Attend a sporting event in Boston while still here

50. Go Winter Sporting

51. Learn a different sport/dance

52. Try Water Skiing or Parasailing

53. Bourbon Trail in Kentucky or Tennessee

54. Attend a Horse Race

55. Tie a Note to a Balloon and Let It Go

56. Attend a food festival in another country

57. Travel to 10 historical places I have never been

Creative Me:

58. Consolidate Blogs
     a. Update at least every other week (please please)

59. Write about wine regions I have visited in the US (Mass, RI, VA, MO, MI, Sonoma, Napa)

60. Scrapbook Senior Year of College

61. Put all others into Albums

62. Shadowbox ½ Marathons

63. Do Amanda Dinkel’s 30 Day of Photos Project

64. Finish Last Two Cork Trays

65. Scrapbook 1st 101

66. Scrapbook NYC with Cris and Aline

67. Compile Pictures for Other People (see who I owe CDs to)

68. Send Handwritten Correspondence once a month to someone random in my address book
Improving Me:

69. Reconnect with 5 friends from childhood and/or college

70. Read 30 Fiction Books from List

71. Book 30 Non Fiction Books from List

72. Have an Entire Conversation in Spanish with Native Speaker

73. Re Learn French

74. Watch 50 movies from List

75. Learn how to sew a button

76. Do something nice for a perfect stranger once a month

77. Read 5 Feminist Books (The Feminine Mystique, Our Bodies, Our Selves, etc)

78. Read 3 Shakespeare Plays

79. Genealogy Research on my Dad’s Side (Springfield MA)

80. Buy a Pair of Rain Boots

81. Buy a GOOD pair of winter boots

82. Find a GOOD pair of walking shoes/sandals

83. Try to Donate Blood Once Again

84. Read about politics at least once a week

85. Write to my Congressman about at least 3 issues important to me (CARP ENTERING GREAT LAKES, ETC)

Fun for Me:

86. Move back to Michigan for a year or two

87. Go Camping with the Family

88. Get Ethel Detailed and Buffed

89. Get Pedicures at least once a month

90. Buy Star Wars Set

91. Own I Love Lucy (Seasons 5 and 6)

92. Own all of Gilmore Girls (Seasons 3 and on)

93. Watch an Opera

94. Attend Shakespeare Theater or Festival

95. Attend 5 Theater Shows (Broadway, National, Off, Community, etc)

96. Have Themed Movie Weekends Once a Month

97. Learn 10 Constellations and Go Stargazing

98. Ride a Gondola in Venice

99. Take my niece and nephew to a full week of Alpenfest

100. Attend film festival

101. Learn 5 Poems or Sonnets by heart