Calling them goals seems too weighty, like I would have to work toward them. Some of them I will have to, including learning to cook creme brule and attend more poetry readings. Some will be lifestyle changes, in particular being more organized. And even with this start, I don't think I can cross 70 off the list yet. But I am starting!
MY 100
- Trek to
- Hike in
- Explore
- Be more organized.
- Finish projects regularly.
- Master Spanish.
- Meet Johnny Depp.
- Go in the Peace Corps or a similar international effort.
- Lessen my fear of heights.
- Be a better sailor.
- Learn sign language.
- Be a grandparent – a good one.
- Take a long bicycle trip.
- Retire.
- Be comfortable with my hair turning grey.
- Salvage and plant the vegetable garden.
- Grow more flowers.
- Know and apply interior design principles (and re-do the living room).
- Develop a skill more useful in developing societies – and use it.
- Better sewing – appliqué.
- Go up in a hot air balloon.
- Explore
- Go to
- Go to
- Learn to play the harmonica.
- Read (or listen to) the Bible.
- Be part of a neighborhood group.
- More kayaking (including an overnight).
- See a Broadway play on Broadway.
- Snorkel in
- Learn to make crème brulee.
- Explore
- Explore the Queen Charlottes.
- Learn more about Buddhism.
- Read the Qu’ran.
- Be on the board of a non-profit – other than EUUC.
- Be more involved in a political campaign.
- Eat more organically.
- Make 1000 paper cranes.
- Learn to make tamales.
- Participate in community-supported agriculture.
- Go to
- Go on a safari in
- Learn to play the piano better.
- Volunteer in some capacity with animals.
- Go to a spa.
- Volunteer with stream planting.
- Volunteer with trail maintenance.
- Volunteer tutoring.
- Teach a child to knit.
- Express appreciation more.
- Be more reflective.
- Try improv.
- Make more interesting clothing (quilted – wearable art).
- Do better embroidery.
- Go to a Vegas-type show.
- Go to
- Learn about digital photography.
- Learn to make bagels.
- Learn to make good saag paneer.
- Go to
- Enter a quilt in a show.
- Do something new with someone new every year.
- Learn Tai Chi.
- Go to a high school reunion – if they have any more.
- Learn about bicycle maintenance.
- Go to Cabo San Lucas/Gulf of
- Read more good magazines, e.g., at the library.
- Learn to make sock monkeys or other animals.
- Do a blog.
- Understand our personal finances.
- Learn to cross-country skate-ski.
- Visit the Burgess Shale.
- Learn to accessorize.
- Float down the Snake River and/or the
- Visit all 50 states (
- Grow an herb garden.
- Go to a Daily Show taping.
- Take a jewelry-making class.
- Take a glass art class.
- Never pass up an opportunity to ride a carousel.
- Learn to use free weights.
- Charter a sailboat somewhere else in the world.
- Learn more about World History (not from an American perspective.)
- Attend more poetry readings.
- Do the
- Write a credo or “This I Believe” statement.
- Learn continental knitting.
- Have a make-over.
- Lessen our global footprint.
- Buy no new yarn for a year.
- Write a “novel in November.”
- Read more prize-winning nonfiction (e.g., National Book Awards).
- Be more intentional in my/our charitable contributions.
- Go to more symphony performances.
- Ride a Segway.
- Learn more about geology.
- Bring more beauty into my life.
- Maintain a sense of wonder.
- Explore other peoples’ passions (e.g., Sunday suppers).
5 comments:
thoughts.
12: eek!
You might want to rewrite/clarify 20, 24, 42
What makes the grade for 68? Foreign Affairs?
Overall, I'd say you might want to make your goals more quantifiable. If it was my list, I'd clarify ones like 74 and 85.
I think some of them are intentionally vague. G and I have discussed whether they are goals, which to me should be quantifiable, or things I want to do, which can be annoyingly vague.
12 -- Does it also bother you that your sister wants to be an aunt? I could see myself "adopting" a family with young kids who do not have grandparents in the area. And I think this is part of why I don't call them goals: if I fail to accomplish something because you don't have kid(s), I would not want to feel like a failure.
I don't know if I will give you grandkids, but I will definately teach you how to make bagels... sometime next winter?
My aunt thing is similar to your grandma thing. I don't necessarily need to be related to the kid, but I would like there to be a child in my life that I am not all-the-time responsible for, but have a meaningful aunt-like relationship with. (Or I could always marry into nieces/nephews.)
I was just kidding about 12. I'm totally having a kid.
And what's the point of having a list if you're not going to know if you can check things off of it?
Well, #7, meet Johnny Depp is one I don't think I'll be able to mark off. But still it's fun to include it. And we were on the sailboat together...
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