Conversations with myself…
You know those nights…normally late ones when you have to be
up early & you’re laying in bed, knowing you should be asleep but thinking
of this great life plan you have for yourself, and all the things you’re going
to do and this amazing person you are going to become…and then, you eventually
fall asleep, wake up and you’re the same person as you went to sleep and either
totally forgot about what you were thinking the night before, or pushed it back
into your head because you have a “real life” to deal with??? Yeah-I know , me
too!
I’ve made many failed attempts at “making a change”.
Sometimes I can’t even get up the courage to start the change. And then I was
watching “The Conversation” on lifetime…I know, it’s lifetime-but I promise,
it’s a great show! It’s a talk show that interviews successful women from all
around the world about real life issues. When answering a question about her
success, one interviewee responded saying “I didn’t know what I wanted to do,
but I knew what kind of woman I wanted to be, I just took it from there”
This, along with my late night self conversations got me
thinking about human natures way of always thinking you have to do something
huge to make a change in yourself or your surroundings, and then being intimidated
by that idea and in turn doing nothing at all. After this thought, I had a
thought about doing an experiment and documenting it on my blog to stay
accountable…
The experiment is to make a list of 100 things to do in 1000
days. Please join me J
This can include tiny things like “Watch The Gladiator” ß(that’s
on my list) or bigger goals like “Start my own business” ßalso
on my list ;) The list does not have to be descriptive, but just enough so that
you know what you are talking about. When documenting your progress (which I am
going to do on my blog, but you can do this privately) be specific of what you
wanted to accomplish when you set out this goal, and what you ended up
accomplishing…or you can simply just cross it off the list as done! Whatever
you prefer.
So here goes… not necessarily in this order…but in the
timeframe. My list is in progress…
1.
Complete my list of 100 things
2.
Inspire someone else to write 100 things in 1000
days
3.
Make a piece of my own furniture
4.
Learn how to kite board
5.
Send 50 handwritten notes
6.
Buy a new racing bike
7.
Complete 5 triathlons (Including the conchman in
Freeport)
8.
Compete in Marathon Bahamas
9.
Paint a mural
10. Sell
my artwork
11. Start
my own business
12. Clean
out my closet of all the things I haven’t worn in the past year
13. Create
my ‘new look’ and redefine my wardrobe
14. Finish
my thesis
15. Graduate
with my Ph.D
16. Publish
my first article
17. Do
research for the Ministry of Tourism
18. Watch
The Gladiator
19. Read
“Roots”
20. Watch
“Roots” (After you read it)
21. Buy
my parents a new TV
22. See
a Broadway show
23. Visit
all the Family Islands of The Bahamas
24. Visit
Cuba
25. Learn
Spanish
26. Find
good shampoo & conditioner
27. Trim
my hair at least every 3 months
28. Find
my favorite wine
29. Compete
in a salsa dancing competition
30. Subscribe
to Oprah (since I always buy it at full price anyway)
31. Create
a pin board
32. Buy
a meditation chair
33. Meditate
every day for one month
34. Make
homemade croissants
35. Make
homemade patties
36. Make
lemon meringue pie (successfully)
37. Buy
a nice camera
38. Frame
all of my artwork
39. Grow
my toenails
40. Visit
Katie in LA
41. Paint
a picture for Lionel
42. Be
a vegetarian for one month
43. Eat
less meat
44. Be
technology free for one week
45. Help
someone cross the road
46. Organize
Swim to Empower
47. Run
a volunteer tourism Swim to Empower camp in 2 family islands
48. Organize
swimming lessons for minorities in Auburn
49. Complete a swim safety clinic in Long Island
50. Do a Clinic with young Bahamian swimmers (doing one this summer! :)
51. Make Yoga a part of your daily life!
