"A goal without a deadline is just a dream"

I've been wanting to share this for a while. The kids are asleep and I'm wide awake so looks like its the right time. I came across the 101 in 1001 project off a friends Facebook. I read this friends list and felt inspired. I've gone through so much crap in my life and have been so... down for so long. Most days I feel like I'm treading water and on the verge of drowning. Not a nice feeling. And when I came across this concept I felt like I had "woken up". I've gotta change. I've gotta get out of this funk and DO SOMETHING! I've always had so many dreams but never knew when I'd do them, if ever. At my old high school we had goal cards for each week and at the bottom of the card was a quote: "A goal without a deadline is just a dream." That really used to irritate me. I hated those goal cards and having someone tell me what I had to do. Then I realized that wasn't the case. It was pushing me to do more for myself. Pushing me to want to complete more. I want so much out of life but I'm never going to get it unless I push myself to see all the amazing things I can do. So here goes!

The idea is to make a list of 101 goals to complete in 1001 days. And the goals need to be pretty specific, nothing super vague. So here's mine :) (In no particular order)

Start date: July 1, 2012
End date: March 29, 2015

1- Get a job Completed! Started at Dollar General 9/1/2012

2- Get my license ( I know, I know, sadly, I don't have mine)

3- Buy an elliptical

4- Lose 10 lbs

5- Lose 20 lbs

6-  Lose 30 lbs

7- Lose 40 lbs

8- Take a picture at each 10 lbs lost

9- Have $300 in Savings for a month

10- Have $500 in  Savings for a month

11- Have $1,000 in Savings for a month

12- Have $1,500 in Savings for a month

13- Have $2,000 in Savings for a month

14- Buy a car

15- Learn to drive a standard

16- Join a gym

17- Whiten teeth

18- Get a facial

19- Start a college fund for my kids

20- Go back to college

21- Finalize my divorce

22- Go to divorce recovery classes (I've signed up, just don't start till September)

23- Buy a whole new wardrobe

24- Wear a bikini without shame

25- After buying a car: Have $300 in Saving for a month

26- Have $600 in Savings for a month

27- Have $1,000 in Savings for a month

28- Have $2,000 in Savings for a month

29- Have $3,000 in Savings for a month

30- Get my own place

31- Buy a gun

32- Do my hair everyday for a week

33- Do my makeup everyday for a week

34- Eat fruit everyday for a week

35- Eat vegetables everyday for a week

36- Leave a 100% tip

37- Buy a strangers meal

38- Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years

39- Write a letter to my kids for them to open in 18 years

40- Have an entire day of fun with my son doing whatever he wants

41- Have an entire day of fun with my daughter doing whatever she wants

42- Drive a go-cart

43- Sing karaoke

44- Go to a club

45- Get drunk on my birthday

46- Learn to two-step

47- Learn to waltz

48- Don't eat out for a month

49- Save $5 for each goal completed

50- Find a penpal and write a letter every month for a year

51- Find one alcoholic drink I like

52- Leave 50 Operation Beautiful notes

53- Go paintballing

54- Complete a 1,000 piece puzzle

55- Volunteer at a homeless shelter

56- Volunteer at an animal shelter

57- Become penpals with a deployed soldier

58- Ride a roller coaster

59- Leave an inspirational quote in a book for a stranger to find

60- Donate blood

61- Watch 26 movies I haven't seen starting with each letter of the alphabet

62- Buy a lottery ticket

63- Take voice lessons

64- Join a choir

65- Host a dinner party

66- Go blonde

67- Don't cuss for a week

68- Go kayaking or canoeing

69- Floss everyday for a month

70- Go floating (most Texas people will know what I'm talking about)

71- Read 20 Dean Koontz books I haven't read yet

72- Learn to French Braid

73- Run a mile without feeling like I'm going to die

74- Change a tire by myself

75- Change the oil on a car by myself

76- Beat a video game by myself

77- Clean out my Gmail

78- Find a new church and GO!

79- Give up meat for a month

80- Visit my brother in Oregon

81- Go skydiving

82- Cook one new recipe a week for two months

83- Plant a garden and don't let it die!

84- Take and complete belly dancing classes

85- Wear a skirt in public without feeling nervous

86- Go to a Rangers game completed 8/29/2012 Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays

87- Start a journal  (I started this blog as my journal) completed 7/9/12

88- KEEP my house clean for a month

89- Go to Hurricane Harbor

90- Give a stranger a ride

91- Go to a strip club

92- Compliment someone everyday for 10 days straight

93- Take a photo of the same place every month for a year then turn it into a calender for the next year

94- Write down for my dreams for a month (That should be good lol)

95- Make an album of all my kids pictures I have laying around

96- Build a birdhouse

97- Get CPR certified

98- See a comedian live

99- Bake a cake and decorate it myself

100- Go to Concert in the Park

101- Make a new 101 in 1001 list




Whew! I can do this :)