Day Zero
Start date: March 1, 2010
End date: November 26, 2012
academic and professional
1 get my MFA (completed 6.11.10)
2 add five new pieces to my digital portfolio (4/5)
3 get through chapter 15 in the organic chemistry textbook
4 attend a conference of some sort (AWP, 4.7.10 through 4.10.10)
5 join a professional organization
6 add an editing piece to my digital portfolio (4 Willow Springs pieces added)
7 apply to a job that seems like a long shot
8 have an unasked-for opinion about a poem in a Willow Springs meeting (completed 4.2.10)
9 find a job in my desired career field (or closely related)
10 apply for a PhD or another Masters
11 read at Voiceover (completed 5.21.10)
writing and creative
12 enter a contest (completed 3.11)
13 finish my novel
14 publish a short story in a print journal
15 write 101 new blog posts (completed 4.1.11)
16 read 50 new novels (17/50)
17 do 15 different design tutorials (2/15)
18 make my own computer desktop background
19 read 5 books of poetry
20 go to a book signing
21 play my French horn or a mellophone at least five times (1/5)
22 submit three stories for publication (2/3)
23 learn a new song on the guitar
24 read Lord of the Rings with the companion guides
25 reread 10 books from my childhood (1/10)
26 resubmit something that’s been rejected (completed 3.13.10)
27 reevaluate 3 books that I hated the first time around (The Awakening)
fitness and well being
28 take a day (or half day) at the spa
29 join a soccer team (completed December 2010)
30 run a race
31 play a game of tennis
32 be able to do 30 pushups without stopping
33 play kickball
34 lose five pounds; get down to 115
35 be able to touch my toes
36 take a yoga class
37 get 10 massages (completed 3.1.10, 3.8.10, 3.18.10, 3.25.10, 4.15.10, 4.22.10, 4.29.10, 5.7.10, 5.14.10, 5.27.10)
38 remove suture from my ankle
39 go two weeks without a headache (completed 3.18.10 to 4.3.10)
food and cooking
40 try a new ice cream flavor
41 go to a wine tasting (completed 1.21.11)
42 try five new foods (zucchini, avocado)
43 make a nice dinner and eat with a nice bottle of wine
44 visit a farmers market (completed summer 2010)
45 have fondue (completed summer 2010)
46 host a wine and cheese party
47 try 15 new recipes (garlic chicken and orzo, chicken with herbes de provence)
48 make a fancy dessert
49 cook a turkey
50 take my parents out to dinner (completed 1.7.11)
51 eat dinner by candlelight
travel and language
52 finish book of French verb review
53 finish HP2 in French
54 order a meal completely in French (completed summer 2010)
55 go to New York
56 take a trip to visit friends who live out of state (completed 4.12.11 to 4.18.11)
57 visit 3 museums (The Louvre)
58 go to a national park
59 explore Paris (completed summer 2010)
60 ride a train (completed summer 2010)
money and material things
61 learn my credit score
62 save $1,500 (completed April 2011)
63 buy and wear a cute summer sun dress (completed summer 2010)
64 buy a nice set of sheets
65 get rid of 101 items (in progress)
66 buy a pair of jeans that aren’t Silvers
67 play poker at a casino
68 own a flat screen television
69 pay off credit card (completed 12.31.11)
70 make more than the minimum payment on my student loans at least three times (1/3)
71 buy 25 books from independent booksellers (13/25)
making the world a better place
72 donate to three causes/organizations that I care about (MSU fund, 3.13.10, MSU 8.11)
73 find out my blood type (completed 6.10)
74 speak up when I find something offensive
75 donate off of a giving tree at Christmas
just for fun
78 go horseback riding
77 see a Broadway musical (completed 12.4.10)
78 ride in my dad’s plane
79 cross stitch 5 times
80 bowl a score of 150 (completed 1.14.10)
81 go to a Detroit sporting event
82 build a snowman
83 learn how to tie a tie
84 shoot under par at a putt putt course (completed 7.17.10)
85 go swimming in a lake
86 go sledding
87 carve a pumpkin
88 see live meerkats (completed summer 2010)
89 send out Christmas cards
90 go to a midnight premiere of a movie (completed 11.19.10)
91 decorate a Christmas tree (completed December 2010)
92 decorate Christmas cookies
93 tailgate for Spartan football (completed fall 2010)
94 get dressed up all fancy for a date night
95 dye Easter eggs
96 get my ears re-pierced (completed 5.14.10)
97 go ice skating
98 eat lunch along the Red Cedar
99 ride a new roller coaster (completed 4.15.11)
100 watch the A&E Pride and Prejudice with my mom (completed July 2010)
101 throw a frisbee (completed summer 2010)
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