101 in 1001
Start date: 02/07/2006
End date: 11/04/2008
Grown Up Things
1. Get a teaching job with benefits
2. Move out
3. Invest in IRA or 401k
4. Go to grad school
5. Be in a serious romantic relationship
6. Pay off my credit cards
7. Have 1/3 of my student loans paid off
8. Get healthcare
9. Improve my credit score
Entertainment
10. See U2 in concert
11. Throw a surprise party
12. See a Broadway play/musical
13. Go to a Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Hawks, Wolves, and Bears game
14. Sing Karaoke by myself
15. Test drive a mini cooper
16. See a live taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
17. See a live taping of The Colbert Report
18. See a live taping of The Late Show with David Letterman
19. Go out every weekend for a month
20. Visit all of the Chicago museums
21. Go wine tasting
22. Play in a community band
23. Spend New Year’s downtown
Travel
24. Visit one of the 13 colonies I haven’t been to
25. Go to Europe for 2 or more weeks
26. Go to Mexico
27. Go to Disneyland/World for my birthday
28. Go on a trip by myself
29. See the Northern Lights
30. Go to Washington D.C.
31. Take a trip on the train
32. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
33. Go to Ellis Island
34. Go to Boston
35. Visit a Civil War Battlefield that I haven’t been to
Learn
36. Learn a ballroom dance
37. Learn to play guitar
38. Take an art class
39. Take piano lessons again
40. Take a martial arts class
Food
41. Learn how to cook Grandma’s food
42. Be a vegetarian for a week
43. Perfect making a birthday cake from scratch
44. Start and keep an herb garden
45. Make my own ice cream
46. Have a sandwich named after me
Family
47. Have a conversation with my grandparents in Spanish
48. Take my grandma somewhere for lunch
49. Go downtown and have lunch with my dad
50. Throw my parents an anniversary party
Techie Things
51. Design a personal and professional website
52. Copy all my CDs onto my computer
53. Make a digital scrapbook
54. Keep a video journal
Health and Beauty
55. Get a facial
56. Learn to wear makeup well and regularly
57. Get new glasses
58. Buy a hybrid car (oops – this one is supposed to be in Shopping list)
59. Run a 5K
60. Reach my goal weight
61. Get a massage
62. Have a day of beauty at the spa
63. Find a doctor that I really like
64. Get laser hair removal
65. Find a skincare system that works for me
Shopping List
66. Buy a French Horn
67. Get a new desk
68. Buy and nice suit
69. Buy and use cloth bags for groceries
70. Buy dress and wear it to work
71. Get a good cell phone battery
Friends
72. Send a gift to a friend I haven’t seen in a while
73. Make dinner for my friends
74. Have my photo taken professionally with my friends
Just Do It
75. Write a short story
76. Sew my own outfit
77. Write a history paper/book
78. Knit a sweater
79. Write a letter to the editor
80. Complete my scrapbook about college
81. Read 2 Jane Austin books
82. Paint something on canvas
83. Go to lunch with Mr. Leighly
84. Get a small tattoo
85. Get a book signed by the author
Spirit
86. Adopt a pet
87. Tell someone what I really think of them
88. Don’t procrastinate at work for a week
89. Let go of my childhood
90. Take an adult Catechism class
91. Read parts of the Koran
92. Attend a service at the Baha’i Temple
Community
93. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
94. Write a letter to Senator Obama
95. Participate in an electoral campaign
96. Volunteer with the Girl Scouts
97. Play on an intramural sports team
98. Walk in a walk for charity
99. Volunteer for an environmental group
100. Organize a community event
Misc.
101. Start a new 101 in 1001 on November 5, 2008