Awhile back a very very very dear friend of mine posted a list of 101 things she wanted to accomplish in 1,001 days. All the things on her list were for self-improvement, whether it was physical, mental, financial or other ways. This got me to thinking. How would I like to improve myself? Here's how.
1. Resume my photography.
2. Start writing again.
3. Send cards more often.
4. Get curtains for the house.
5. Get more decorative things for the home. DONE!!
6. Finish swamping out the kitchen.
7. Paint or wallpaper the upstairs landing
8. Clean out the spare bedrooms. 9. Get the holiday stuff organized!! 10. Learn sign language. 11. Clean out my books for Good Will. DONE!!! 12. Organize our wedding photos...finally. DONE!!!! 13. Wash my wedding gown and store it...finally. 14. Go through my clothes for Good Will...again. 15. Go through my DVDs and tapes for Good Will. 16. Get a door for the laundry room. 17. Get Gram's wedding ring set in a safety deposit box. 18. Clean off the sun porch. 19. Repair the sun porch. 20. Finish the walk in closet. DONE!! 21. Get our clothing hung and organized. DONE!! 22. Clean the cupboards inside and out. 23. Take the bookshelves out of the kitchen. 24. Spend less, save more. 25. Save money for Christmas 2010. 26. Curb my purse addiction. DONE!! 27. Get my Zoo Crew together. 28. Weed out my flower beds ASAP. 29. Spend more time with my family. 30. Build a snowman. 31. Watch a sunrise. 32. Walk in a cemetary on a misty morning. 33. Make a snow angel. DONE!! 34. Have a snowball fight! 35. Curl up on the couch and watch a snowstorm. 36. Light a candle and talk late into the night. 37. Be more positive! 38. Compliment people more.
39. Get the Taurus' title and register it!
40. Spend more time gardening.
41. Learn to knit.
42. Work on cross stitching.
43. Try painting.
44. Get the California king bed set up! DONE!!
45. Get rid of the beds upstairs.
46. Repaint the spare rooms.
47. Replace the light fixture at the top of the stairs.
48. Wash the windows inside and out.
49. Exercise more.
50. Get a stereo that works.
51. Learn to ballroom dance.
52. Send care packages. 53. Follow through with things I start!! 54. Go sliding! 55. Organize my receipes. 56. Get more receipes. 57. Use coupons more. 58. Be more financially consciencious. 59. Make a budget and stick to it! 60. Cook at home more. 61. Actually go grocery shopping. DONE!!! 62. Dust and clean my angel collection. 63. Get rid of the broken stereo. 64. Move stuff into the attic. 65. Get the attic organized! 66. Start collecting nice table cloths. 67. Get a new dishware set. DONE!! 68. Burn the brush pile. DONE!!! 69. Clean around my computer. DONE!!! 70. Get the computer fixed! DONE!! 71. Clean out the angel room of junk. 72. Finish the office. 73. Get Tj's baby things out of the attic. 74. Set up Tj's baby things in the bedroom once cleaned up. 75. Sell off or donate unwanted Beanies. 76. Keep updating pics around the house. 77. Get Chip's baby pic restored. 78. Get my baby pic restored. 79. Find more family pics and make an album. 80. Clean unnecessary stuff of my computer. DONE!! 81. Pay bills on time. 82. Do more with myself. 83. Care more about my appearance. 84. Get a real rack for bath towels!! DONE!! 85. Have steps made for the sun porch. 86. Dust the bedroom fan (yes seriously). DONE!! 87. Get Tj's hat collection under control. 88. Mop the kitchen floor...all of it! DONE!! 89. Travel to nowhere in particular. 90. See Phantom...AGAIN!!!
91. Get nice chairs for the angel room table.
92. Go to "the Hunt" again. DONE!!
93. Get a china cabinet.
94. Camp out on the coast!! (Bear? Amalia?)
95. Get a new area rug for the living room. DONE!!
96. Put up the wall sconces.
97. Get rid of the metal rack in the laundry room.
98. Clean the laundry room.
99. Gut and rebuild the laundry room after.
100. Get pregnant.
101. Appreciate things more.
1 comment:
Ooooh! Nice list. Can I help with #41 and #94?
My suggestion to you as someone who is in the middle of the list- pick ONE to work on right now. Get that one done then pick ONE more. Trying to do all 101 is too daunting. One is much easier!
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