100 things to do in 1000 days

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!