my life list.

January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

+ FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
01. Visit my grandparents once a week and consistently!
02. Take my baby brother to Disneyland. ++ completed 1/26.09
03. Visit my cousin’s grave and bring her flowers. ++ completed.
04. Make a new friend.
05. Make a quality friend.
06. Find a wife my older brother. 😉
07. Spend a week with my mom.
08. Get engaged ++ completed 11/6/2009
09. Plan a wedding.
10. Get married.
11. Plan a special ‘just because’ outing with nicholas.
12. Get in contact with my best friend from high school ++ completed.
13. Spend a day with my cousins.
14. Play W.O.W with nicholas. ++ completed 11/23/08
15. Go on a date a month for 6 months with nicholas. (0/6)
16. Visit Sarah-anne in whatever city she is in at the time.

+ CREATIVE & LEARN
17. Redesign my website. ++ completed 11/10/08
18. Create something on canvas.
19. Design new business cards. ++ completed 10/31/08
20. Update my portfolio.
21. Take piano lessons.
22. Learn Flash. ++ completed 6/3/09
23. Take a pottery class.
24. Actually sign up for a class at community college. ++ completed 6/3/09
25. Get a custom emboss stamp made.
26. Visit the library, check out some good books.
27. Blog on design-friends for a month straight. 
28. Take a language class. (Spanish or chinese?)
29. Take a photo a day for 6 months and make a coffee table book.

+ ENTERTAINMENT & TRAVEL
30. Visit Israel.
31. Live in another city.
32. Go to Seattle. ++ completed 11/6/2009 
33. Visit a wonder of the world.
34. Ride a train to an entirely new city or state.
35. Go cherry picking. ++ completed 5/26/09
36. Take a weekend trip to a different city.
37. Go tree house camping.

+ ORGANIZE
38. Clear out my inbox and keep emails organized.
39. Clean out my garage.
40. Clean up my apartment.
41. Redesign my room ++ goal completed 11/22/08
42. Organize my computer files, transfer files from old computer.
43. Buy a hard drive (and do the next goal below) ++ goal completed 11/30/08
44. Get around to backing up my computer because time machine is awesome and I have it.
45. Organize my bookmarks. and share the good ones!

+ FOR MYSELF
46. Start a workout, get healthy or stay in shape.
47. Not eat out for 2 months straight. (0/60)
48. Make my bed for a month. (0/30)
49. Encourage someone to make a list!
50. Plant a time capsule.
51. Keep a prayer journal.
52. Start a list with nicholas.
53. Try a new haircut that I have never had. ++ goal completed 1/28/09
54. Go to a movie by myself.
55. Enter myself into a competition.
56. Write down 5 good things a day for a month straight (or longer) (0/30)
57. Put aside $50 a month for 6 months and then go on a shopping spree. (0/6)
58. Write a “if anything ever happens to me” letter.

+ FOR OTHERS
59. Volunteer at sunday school with the kids.
60. Surprise someone. (with a visit, flowers, something nice)
61. Write 10 handwritten letters (0/10)
62. Send some fun mail to 5 friends. (0/5)
63. Invest my time in someone, be intentional.
64. Find a organization or missionary to support consistently.
65. Put together 5 Christmas shoeboxes. (3/5)
66. Donate 5 bags of clothing. (0/5)
67. Donate $500. (0/$500)
68. Donate 101 items. (0/101)
69. Treat a friend out to tea and scones. (i love tea!)
70. Pray for someone for a month straight. repeat.

+ FUN
71. Make gourmet cupcakes.
72. Build a snowman.
73. Get a nice flat screen tv. ++ goal completed 11/07/08
74. Go on a picnic with my boyfriend.
75. Talk a walk in the rain.
76. Use my annual pass and go to Universal Studios && Sea World.
77. Snag a treasury. ++ goal completed 11/02/08
78. Host a swap party with friends.
79. Host a giveaway at my blog. ++ goal completed 12/18/08
80. Attend a gameshow, talkshow, or something tv-related. ++ goalcompleted 11/22/08
81. Blog daily for 30 consecutive days (0/30)
82. Win something, anything! I never win things. hehe.
83. Go to the beach and relax .. and build a sandcastle.
85. Send a message in a bottle.
86. Host a crepe party with my roommate.
87. Watch Star Wars…maybe. (I’ve never seen it, but it’s funny to see people’s reactions when I tell them)

+ BUSINESS & CAREER & MONEY
88. Add 10 new items to my shop other than jewelry. (0/10)
89. Start up my supply shop. ++ goal completed 12/27/08
90. Do a craft show! ++ goal completed 11/9 & 11/16.
91. Start another shop, design-related.
92. Apply at anthropologie and free people (after number 20).
93. Get my finances in order.
94. Invest my money in something and start saving!
95. See if I can live off my own income through my shop(s).
96. Put away $200 a month for 6 months straight. (0/6)
97. Pay off debts.
98. Start and stick to a budget.
99. Cut coupons and try to save some $ for 3 months. (0/3)
100. Do not buy anything for myself for one whole month.
101. At the end of the 1001 days, put aside $25 in savings for each task completed.






Now that I’ve shared my old life list, I’d like to share my new life list….apparently some of my goals have changed.


1. Make a quilt.
2. Host a fancy dinner party.
3. Go to Griffith Park Observatory where my parents met.
4. Have kids.
5. See Virginia in the fall.
6. Climb a mountain.
7. Truly change someone’s life.
8. Learn another language fluently.
9. Ride an elephant.
10. Camp on the beach.
11. Wash my hair in the rain.
12. Own a real piece of art.
13. See a Broadway musical.
14. Have a bay window to curl up and read in.
15. Read the entire Bible.
16.

So…back in high school I wrote up a “Life List” in the front of one of my journals.  I found this journal the other day.  Some of these are kinda lame and things I definitely don’t have any desire to do now, so I think I’m going to make a “New Life List”, but before I do, I thought I’d share the old one.  Here’s what was on my list:  (things I’ve crossed off are in red).

1. Get married.
2. Own a diamond.
3. Learn how to knit. (did it…but I sucked and gave it up)
4. Make a quilt.
5. Teach someone about Jesus.
6. Host a fancy dinner party with multiple courses.
7. Pump my own gas.
8. Play in a fountain.
9. Dance in a random public place.
10. Go skinny dipping.
11. Go to Griffith Park Observatory where my parents met.
12. Have kids.
13. Go on a missions trip.
14. Backpack through Europe.
15. Own fancy china.
16. Have matching plates, cups and utensils.
17. Go sky diving.
18. Own my own home. (preferably a log cabin)
19. Have a red front door.
20. Camp in the “real” wilderness.
21. Hike at Yosemite.
22. See Virginia in the fall.
23. Stand/swim underneath a waterfall.
24. Do a snoboarding trick.
25. Go surfing.
26. Climb a mountain.
27. Go to Bora Bora and stay in a grass hut.
29. Kiss in a gondola in Italy.
30. Snowboard at Whistler.
31. Graduate from college with honors.
32. Truly change someone’s life.
33. Be someone’s boss.
34. Learn to drive a stick shift (I still suck and can’t really drive one, but I technically learned)
35. Change my own oil.
36. Learn to tie a tie.
37. Change my own tire.
38. Learn to drive in the snow
39. Learn to play an instrument.
40. Get a tattoo.
41. Learn another language fluently.
42. Ride an elephant.
43. Ride a horse on the beach.
44. Camp on the beach.
45. Sleep outside…sans tent.
46. Wash my hair in the rain.
47. Own a piece of art.
48. See a Broadway musical.
49. Learn a ballroom dance.
50. Work with orphans.
51. Have a bay window to curl up and read in.
52. Have my own garden.
53. Kiss in the rain.
54. Paint a canvas.
55. Swim in Crater Lake
56. Ask for a raise.
57. Swim with dolphins.
58. Read through the entire Bible.
59. Jump in a pile of leaves.
60. Spit off the top of the Empire State building.
61. Sleep in my car.
62. Smoke a cigar.
63. Go to the Crayola crayon company
64. Hold a snake on my neck.
65. Drive a tractor.
66. Be a bridesmaid. (4x!)
67. Ride the subway.
68. Climb a tree.
69. Go on a roadtrip.
70. Build something.
71. Learn the rules of football.
72. Fly first class.
73. Decorate my very own Christmas tree in my very own home.
74. Go to a planetarium.
75. Do a totally random act of kindness.
76. Play flag football in Reser Stadium.
77. Steal a lawn gnome.

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