End Date: April 12, 2013
Athletic/Active Goals:
- Run a marathon
- Run a marathon in another country
- Qualify for the Boston Marathon
- Complete a half-ironman
Get paid for teaching a yoga class- Complete RYT certification
- Complete the 30 Day Shred challenge
- Complete P90X
- Go on a yoga retreat
- Go snowshoeing
- Do a fitness competition
- Get certified as a group fitness instructor
- Learn to rock climb
- Take a skiing/snowboarding lesson
- Go to a Zumba class
- Take a dance class
- Stick to a race training plan from start to finish
- Go salsa dancing (not a class)
- Go hiking in 3 different states
- Go snorkeling for real
Travel Goals:
- Move to a new city
- Go to Europe
- Go on a cruise
- Go on a multiple-winery tour
- Go to Mexico
- Take a solo weekend trip
- Visit a new city for a weekend
- Go on a train trip (where train is the primary mode of transportation)
- Plan an anniversary trip
- Take a ferry
- Visit the San Juan Islands
- Go to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth
- Plan a family vacation for my immediate family
- Go to a professional football game
- Go to an MLS game
Continuing Education Goals:
- Learn to stamp metal
- Apply to PhD programs
- Learn to knit
- Make jam
- Take a nutrition course
- Learn to make sushi
- Learn a new language
- Take a photography class
- Learn to quilt
- Take a cooking class
- Study for (and retake) the GREs
- Read all books on the Time Best 100 Novels list
Money/Purchasing Goals:
- Buy a house
- Buy a bike
- Pay off my truck
- Pay off my student loans
- Carry a zero balance on all credit cards for a year
- Max out 401k contributions for a year
- Buy a sewing machine
- Stick to monthly budget for 6 months
Creative Goals:
Sell something on Etsy.comPublish a piece of writing in print- Go to a professional book/poetry reading
- Attend a major music festival
- Cook 100 recipes out of Joy of Cooking (5/100)
- Send a secret to PostSecret
- Maintain an active blog for 1 year
- Send a message in a bottle
- Mak ea meal entirely of hand-made/hand-grown food
- Win NaNoWriMo
- Send out Christmas cards
- Make an apron for someone else
- Complete a quilt
Complete the wedding scrapbook
Social Goals:
- Throw a dress-up dinner party
- Host a family holiday
- Participate in a neighborhood council meeting
- Plan a surprise party for someone
- Throw a holiday party for friends
- Join or start a book club
- Set up a weekly volunteer activity
- Go on a silent retreat
Goals Over a Length of Time:
- Eat dinner at the dining room table for a week
- Write Matt a love letter every day for a month
- Keep the truck clean for a month
- Turn off facebook for a week
- Bake a treat every week for 3 months
- Turn off the tv for a week
- Write a positive affirmations journal for a month
- Take a photo every day for a year
- Go vegan for 2 weeks
- Drink 1 liter of water daily for a month
- Wear business casual clothes to work every day for a month
- Eat in every day for a month
Random Other Goals:
- Get a tattoo
- Do apartment therapy's home cure
- Watch every movie nominated for Best Picture before the Oscars
- Eat at 5 new restaurants
- Get business cards
- Send 10 hand-written letters to friends
- See a Shakespearean play
- Buy season tickets to an artistic company (ballet, theater, symphony, etc.)
- Grow usable herbs in the kitchen
- Go to a county fair
End of List Goals:
- Donate $10 to charity for every item not completed on this list
- Make a 30 Before 30 list