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posted 1 year ago

101 Goals In 1,001 Days

1. Drink nothing but water for one month.
2. Go camping, for real.
3. Send 10 postcards to 10 different people. (0/10)
4. Share my testimony.
5. Have a daily quiet time every day for one month.
6. Graduate as valedictorian of my senior class.
7. Graduate with a GPA of 5.4 (.5?) or higher.
8. Don’t pay with change for one year, save it all, and donate it to a charity.
9. Start a savings account.
10. Attend a coffee shop concert or performance.
11. Break 2200 on the SAT, possibly 2300 depending on how realistic that is.
12. Cook dinner with absolutely no outside assistance.
13. Photograph everything I eat for one week.
14. Finish a paper or major assignment at least one week before it’s due.
15. Floss every day for one month.
16. Make a mixed CD, and mail it to ten people as a surprise.
17. Compliment a stranger. (0/5)
18. Volunteer with the Special Olympics.
19. See a Broadway play.
20. Go downtown every day for one week.
21. Send a letter to the author of a book that really inspired me.
22. Send a secret to PostSecret.
23. Go one month without the Internet (with the exception of schoolwork).
24. Become pen pals with someone from another country.
25. Score a 5 on at least five AP exams. (0/5)
26. Get my nose pierced.
27. Participate in the St. Francis sponsored mud run.
28. Donate blood.
29. Drive more than 5 hours to a concert.
30. Pay for the person behind me in a drive-thru.
31. Bake something from scratch.
32. Have a conversation in fluent Spanish
33. Hike a 5 (or more) mile trail.
34. Go white water rafting.
35. Start and fill a devotion notebook.
36. Go an entire day without using the word “like.”
37. Pray with (and for) a complete stranger.
38. Spend an entire day using nothing but chopsticks to eat.
39. Post sticky notes on my favorite books in Barnes & Noble commenting on them and encouraging other people to read them. (0/15)
40. Tape a note card with scripture on it to someone’s locker anonymously. (0/10)
41. Try sushi.
42. Participate in a yoga class.
43. Wear my retainer every night for two weeks.
44. Have a bonfire towards the end of a school year with friends to burn our notes and to make s’mores over them.
45. Leave an inspirational note in each of my textbooks for someone to find the following year.
46. Go an entire week without saying anything negative.
47. Pray for at least 15 minutes a day for one week.
48. Have 4,000 (possibly 5,000?) songs in my iTunes library.
49. Go to Europe.
50. Successfully geocach. (0/5)
51. Write encouraging scripture on dollar bills. (0/50)
52. Scrapbook a major vacation.
53. Have the courage to say “no” to something the majority of people around me say “yes” to.
54. Spend the night on a trampoline.
55. Legitimately tan.
56. Influence someone to make a 101 goals list.
57. Attend Warped Tour.
58. Visit Ocha, actually buy something, and eat/drink all of it.
59. See John Mayer live.
60. Host a movie marathon.
61. Drive somewhere more than an hour away without the help of a navigation system or GPS (maps are allowed).
62. Dye a small section of my hair an unnatural color (purple!).
63. Eat some type of fruit every day for one month.
64. Enter Reflections at least once more before I graduate high school.
65. Read 30 new novels. (0/30)
66. Go without biting my nails for three months.
67. Photograph each of my achieved goals. (0/101)
68. Go on another mission trip.
69. Learn to ski or snowboard.
70. Refer to my mom as “mum” for one week.
71. Save up $200 dollars to donate to charity.
72. Go an entire week without texting.
73. Order something from Starbucks (other than hot chocolate), and drink all of it.
74. Buy a cookbook and cook at least 10 things from it. (0/10)
75. Try 10 new flavors of ice cream. (0/10)
76. Plan a semi-formal get together with my cousins without our parents being present.
77. Play capture the flag with a group of at least 20 people.
78. Lead a group devotion.
79. Buy a pair of TOMS.
80. Redo my bulletin board.
81. Clean out my closet.
82. Get my license.
83. Go an entire week without gossiping or talking negatively about anyone.
84. Spend an entire day downtown with someone significant.
85. Visit a museum or art gallery.
86. Send five hand written thank you letters.
87. Plant a large pot (of various flowers and plans) over the summer and successfully maintain it.
88. Own 20 rings. (0/20)
89. Buy a fish and keep him/her alive for at least 6 months.
90. Have a picnic lunch (Red checked blanket is a must!) in a secluded spot with friends or a significant other.
91. Send hand written letters to each of my grandmas. (0/3)
92. For one week, eat 5 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones.
93. Watch Saturday Night Live.
94. Choose a university to attend based on what God’s plan for my life is.
95. Become the president of a club or organization (i.e. Beta Club, NHS, SNHS).
96. Join a political club at school (i.e. YIG, Young Conservatives).
97. Go to the gym every day for two weeks.
98. Make a scrapbook for someone as a gift.
99. Declare a major.
100. Read 10 books of the bible. (0/10)
101. Make a new list of 101 goals to accomplish in 1,001 days.

posted 2 years ago

My List

Of 101 goals to accomplish in 1,001 days is coming along nicely.

Any Ideas?

posted 2 years ago