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My 126/2192, or Things to Do Before I'm Thirty
I gave myself a few more since I'm giving myself more than twice as long. I thought about doubling so it would really be fair but I had a lot of trouble coming up with the last ten as it was, lol.

Start Date: Tuesday, 25 March, 2008
Due Date: Tuesday, 25 March, 2014
Done: 15
In Progress: 36
To Do: 111

___Health and Beauty
1. Lose all the weight I need to lose ~248 pounds
2. Walk every day for 10 minutes
3. Eat healthy, home-cooked food at least one meal a day for three months (3/3)
4. Drink only water for increasing number of days (initial goal 1 day, then doubled each try) (complete after 1 week, though will continue increasing) 1, 2, 4, 7
5. Gain flexibility
6. Develop good posture
7. Improve personal hygiene (brush teeth, floss, lotion, shower every day even when on vacation) (completed after 6 weeks, will continue afterward)
8. Buy 3 sets of matching bra/undies (0/3)
9. Buy a nice suit
10. Put together 5 outfits that look and feel good, and don't involve polo shirts (0/5)
11. Have a spa weekend
12. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy (0/100)
13. Make a list of 10 things I like about myself physically (0/10)
14. Make a list of 25 things I like about myself mentally (0/25)
15. Make a book to inspire me when I get down and put 12-14 inside
16. Get a massage once a month, every month
17. Go one month without dining out in any fashion
18. Go one month without buying anything from convenience stores with the exception of gas when absolutely necessary
19. Eat nothing after 9 pm for inceasing number of days (initial goal 1 week, then doubled each try) (complete after 1 month, though will continue increasing)
20. Expand my wardrobe and keep it up-to-date as I lose weight
21. Spend 1 week off the computer
22. Gather enough strong tote bags for grocery shopping (3/15)
23. Watch a sunset
24. Make a serious effort to find edible vegetables
25. Fix ingrown toenail
26. Take a dance class to completion
27. When #2 is completed, the same, only jogging
28. Feed ducks
29. Fix my dry feet
30. Shave my legs once a week for three months (0/12)
31. Retrain yourself to look at the bright side
32. Donate hair to charity (donated to beauty school, for dyeing practice)
33. Stop peeling my nails
34. Throw the rune spread you can only throw once in a lifetime
35. Purchase a nice bike and ride it
36. Take necessary meds properly, if meds are necessary

___Entertainment
37. Write 500 words a day for one month, 3 times (0/3)
38. Participate in Project 365 for a whole year (0/365)
39. Read 60 new books of any kind (1/60)
40. Read 3 new classic novels or plays outside of the 60 books (0/3)
41. Read 3 new nonfiction books outside of the 60 books and not pertaining to Queen Elizabeth II (1/3)
42. Watch a sunrise
43. Post in my personal blog every Sunday for six months (0/24)
44. Send a message in a bottle
45. Ride a horse again
46. See Equus
47. Have at least 1 page of notes on each of the monarchs of Britain (from Egbert Bretwalda) (0/45-46)
48. Start doing the beading thing
49. Have a Harry Potter weekend when Movie 7 is released
50. Go to Sea World
51. Take a hot-air balloon ride
52. Visit a museum
53. Bake homemade bread
54. Save $2192 [If I complete 75% (95) of the tasks I get something spectacular! If not, it goes to charity] (0/2192)
55. Stay in a hotel and order room service
56. Go sledding
57. Learn archery

___Career
58. Be hired for a boarding school job
59. Go into work every day for 5 months (5/5)

___Home and Car Maintenance
60. Find a place for everything and just once put it all in its place
61. Do the dishes every day for three weeks, twice (0/42)
62. Bathroom and bedroom once a week
63. Do my laundry every Saturday
64. Bring dishes back to the kitchen when finished eating for 1 week
65. Get oil changed in my car when recommended
66. Rotate tires when recommended

___Social
67. Make one new friend
68. Write in my 'diary' every day for one full year
69. Call N every Saturday for three months, even just to say hi (12/12)
70. Visit family in NE
71. Meet Yare
72. Write letters to everyone I care about, seal the letters in an envelope, and label it In Case of Death (0/15)
73. Try to find something good in everyone you meet
74. Look people in the eye when speaking to them

___Humanity
75. Donate 200,000 grains of rice at Free Rice (25,000/200,000)
76. Leave someone a 100% tip
77. Leave a dollar tucked in a book where one wouldn't expect to find a book
78. Donate $1 for every item not completed by the deadline; Donate $2 for every completed item!
79. Compliment 10 random strangers (1/10)
80. Do 10 anonymous good deeds (0/10)
81. Give blood five times, successfully (0/5)
82. Write a letter of praise

___Organisational
83. Get my Librarything up to date and keep it that way
84. Create a new 101 list in 2014
85. Catalogue stuff on mythings.com

___Financial
86. Pay off my debt
87. Give $10 per month to a charity for at least a year (0/12)
88. Put it back instead of buying it 25 times (3/25)
89. Give a dollar 25 times (0/25)
90. Track spending and saving down to the penny for two months (0/62)
91. Build a 6-month cash reserve (0/18000)
92. Move out of my parent's house
93. Donate my violin
94. Open a Roth IRA and contribute the maximum every year
95. Open an etsy shop with at least #48
96. Don't overdraft bank account for 6 months (0/6)
97. Pay my late fees at the library
98. Buy nothing except gas for 1 month

___Travel
99. Go to Hawaii
100. Spend three weeks touring England
101. Visit Amy in California
102. Save to go up to see Equus with the girls without borrowing anything
103. Celebrate my 30th birthday in another country
104. Go on a road trip
105. Take a photography course

___Personal Goals
106. Lose my virginity (even if must resort to hiring out)
107. Get my tattoo
108. Sleep without a light on for increasing number of nights (initial goal 1 day, then +1 each try) (complete after 1 week, though will continue increasing)
109. Finish the entire list even if I don't make the deadline (15/126)
110. Swim in the ocean
111. Get a reading from a real psychic
112. Take deep breaths and count when I start to get frustrated
113. Learn 3 poems I love by heart (1/3) (Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost)
114. Pass on knowledge or experience to 1 person (0/1)

___Things to Buy
115. Buy the really nice silver set
116. Buy the complete BTVS DVD series
117. Buy an iPhone
118. Buy one Louis Vuitton handbag
119. Own an evening gown I feel like a princess in
120. Splurge on Vosges once
122. Buy silk sheets
123. Buy velvet towels

___Spiritual
123. Be able to reasonably explain what I believe, on demand
124. Get involved again in my spirituality, and commit
125. Write daily gratitude journal for 2 months (0/62)
126. Sleep outside in a field at least once, without a tent