#1001 things

Harry H. Harrison Jr

ALL-NEW GOALS:

Some things I thought of as the list was continuing - things that haven’t come from getting rid of old goals. This is where I’m going to explain what those goals are and why I want to do them.

The new list is a lot more focused on comics and games stuff because that part of the list is important to me but I was finding it hard to move ahead with - perhaps partly because there were lots of intermediate steps that weren’t included on my list.

Since I haven't completed a item off of my list since I began this so I will tell you a little story about one of the more recent ones.

# 162 - Finish my journal

Completed:8/31/12

Ever since I was a little girl, journaling has been an incredibly important and helpful constant in my life. Some of my first journal entrees started off as, "Dear Diary, Today we wore jeans to school. It was awesome. Your friend, Dana." I don't even now what got me started with journaling. My Mom never journaled, nobody I knew ever wrote their thoughts down, so I guess I just picked it up on my own.

I am completely addicted to it. My journal is something that has tracked my thoughts since I was a little girl, growing up to be a teenager (and all of the drama that comes with that), entering high school, and then now, throughout college and growing into an adult. One of my favorite things to do is sit down with a old journal and read about my life back when I was in 9th grade. Most of the time I laugh and think, "What the hell was I thinking?!" They always bring up great memories but sometimes, not so great memories. However, everything that has happened in my life has made me become the person I am today.

In addition to featuring my "1001 Things to Do" completions on here, I will also add in posts about my life such as fitness and health or travelling (something I plan to do more of) or food or movies or whatever else happens on a day to day basis.

And that will beginnnnnnnns.....NOW!!!

So I have the most brilliant Christmas present idea for everyone that I work with. I've decided to be especially crafty this year, making about 50% of the gifts SO I thought it would be perfect if I made something for everyone at work, too. I usually buy them all something but since there are about 20 of them, it gets reallllly expensive. I know Christmas is all about giving and yadda yadda but come on! I'm a poor college student for heaven's sake!

I found the idea on Pinterest, however, I'm not sure where the idea originated from so I can't really give credit to anyone specifically, but the idea is to take a round, glass ornament....modge podge the crap out of it.....stick pieces of paper torn from a Christmas book to it.....sprinkle with glitter...and voila! A beautiful, hand-made-with-love Christmas ornament.

With almost a month left of 2012, I have come to the conclusion that I need to start living my life. 

2012 was a year of firsts for me. I did my first solo trip to visit a friend in Boston. I lost 30 pounds. And above all, I turned 21. 21 years of my life are gone. In 21 years, I will be 42 years old.

As Christmas and eventually 2013 sets in, I have decided that I need to take chances with my life. This is where my list of "1001 Things to Do Before I Die" comes in. Throughout the past 3 years, I have completed some of the items on the list. At the beginning of every year, I told myself that I would complete at least one item a month. Well...that my friend, has not happened. Work, school, family...normal (boring) life has gotten in the way of completing things that I so desperately want to do in life.

My list has everything from asking a guy out on a date (I am panicking just thinking about that one) to drinking authentic hot chocolate in Spain (I am very excited for that one!).