d_day‘s 101 Goals in 1001 Days inspired me to write my own list. Tell me if you’re interested in being involved in/assisting with any of them!
101 Goals for 1001 Days (by January 17 2010)
1. Write 101 Goals list
Experiences
1. Visit Prague
2. Go to Burning Man
3. Rock climb on a mountain
4. Go boating on the Charles
5. Volunteer in another country
6. Bike across Massachusetts
7. Ice skate
8. Attend a multiple-day meditation retreat
9. Attend 5 different religions’ services
10. Spend a day at a sauna or spa
11. Live alone outside society for 4 days
12. Live 4 days each without a basic function (sight, hearing, touch, taste/smell, speech, right hand)
13. Attend a large music festival (e.g., Bonnaroo)
14. Read 6 books (I haven’t already read) from the 100 most banned book list
15. Watch 12 movies from AFI’s top 100 list
16. Visit 3 of Australia, South America, Africa, and Asia
17. Try 10 new natural foods (e.g., fruits and vegetables)
18. Try 6 new restaurants
19. Try MDMA or MDA
20. Go to the Boston ICA
Social and Sexual
1. Write 20 letters (at least 5 friends, 5 family, 5 political)
2. Write a mass-mailed Christmas letter
3. Call mom every week for 2 months
4. Get a friend of every Myers-Briggs type
5. Get a friend from each of 20 countries
6. Say “hi” to 5 strangers a day for two weeks
7. Create a persona (a la Sacha Cohen)
8. Go on a camping trip with friends
9. Learn wedding dancing
10. Get a girlfriend (at least 1 month)
11. Fool around with a guy
12. Have 3 things stuck up my anus
13. Try 5 new sexual positions
14. Host a Rocky non-after party
15. Organize a 100+ person event
Projects
1. Hire an employee
2. Write an academic paper
3. Write a short story
4. Construct a piece of music
5. Draw a painting
6. Complete a general A.I. program
7. Build technology for my apartment
8. Document 100 projects on my projects site
9. Build a piece of furniture (e.g. bean bag chair, carpentry project)
10. Sell something of my own making
11. Design new programming language or theory of physics
12. Publish “Reals”, “Refs”, and “Agents” PHP systems
13. Publish book (e.g., DSPFirst Commentary, D&D Modifications, Written Language, Social Guide)
14. Make fine garb for SCA
15. Make a time capsule
16. Write a 30 page biography (include interests, projects, activities)
17. Take a class outside of MIT
18. Teach a class outside of MIT
19. “Produce” a project that I’ve already finished (e.g., Grading System, System Predictor)
20. Choose a death row “final meal”, and cook it
21. Prepare 25 new recipes
22. Participate in a political campaign
23. Start a business
24. Form a project support collective (writer’s group)
25. Start or join a secret society
26. Create a gift from my skill set (e.g., a robot)
27. Convince ESG to experiment with basic class structure
28. Write up results from By Mice and Men
Life Situation
1. Get a fully outfitted kitchen
2. Switch to a new bank
3. Move or catalogue and reorganize stuff at parents’
4. Get all books on shelves or get rid of them
5. Get good speakers
6. Get eye contacts
7. Get a pet
8. Legally own or rip from friends half of favorite 500 songs
9. Catalogue 1000 of my books
10. Get a friend to help me buy a new wardrobe ($250 worth)
11. Buy stock or real estate (at least $500 worth)
12. Pay off expensive student loan
13. Live principles from Your Money or Your Life for 1 month
14. Learn to drive and get a license
15. Write death wishes (funeral service and legal will)
16. Reorganize every room in apartment
17. Paint apartment walls
Health and Fitness
1. Give blood
2. Bench press 200 pounds
3. Run a 10 minute mile
4. Rid my toes of fungus
5. Do a detox diet for 10 days
6. Gain 20 pounds
7. Give up chocolate and caffeine for a month
8. Get CPR certified
9. Exercise 8 times a month for 3 months in a row
Personal Improvement
1. Learn to whistle tunes
2. Give a speech for at least 50 people
3. Learn lucid dreaming
4. Memorize “Howl”
5. Read “Hamlet”
6. Learn the constellations and their stories
7. Learn German well enough to converse
8. Learn to make Spanish Tortillas
9. Learn A-List celebrities (names, achievements, connections)
10. Learn to play 5 new songs on the piano or harp
11. Learn to tie 10 new knots
I’m going to keep track of my progress on my site.