Day Zero Project

Here is my Day Zero Project list:

Goal
In progress
Completed

Education Goals:

  1. Organize O&M reference notebooks
  2. Complete blindfolded business drop-off for certification eligibility
    1. Completed in 25 minutes on 04/07/12 in downtown Raleigh.
  3. Complete 2 different projects of personal interest within O&M field [0/2]
  4. Do a poster session at the NC Conference on Visual Impairment and Blindness
  5. Complete internship
  6. Complete Master's degree- graduate
  7. Update my resume
  8. Take a photography class
  9. Learn how to sew
  10. Learn how to shoot a gun
  11. Learn a new language
  12. Personal goal
  13. Read 25 new books [4/25]
    1. Keeping Faith- Jodi Picoult- 03/ 15/12
    2. Self-esteem and adjusting with blindness- Tuttle & Tuttle- 04/15/12
    3. Girl with a Pearl Earring- 05/04/12
    4. The Book of Bright Ideas- Sandra Kring- 05/21/12
  14. Make an educated vote for the presidential election
Financial Goals:

  1. Secure a salary job in desired field
  2. Pay off current debts
  3. Take over car payments
  4. Double current savings account
  5. Save for and buy a professional camera
  6. Go a month without buying anything that isn't a necessity
  7. Save $5 for every goal I complete [0/101]
  8. Sell something on eBay or Craigslist
  9. Get renter's insurance
  10. Go an entire month without buying coffee (homemade only)

Health Goals:

  1. Go to the dentist
  2. Go to the eye doctor annually [1/2]
  3. Run a 5k race
    1. Completed 03/24/2012
  4. Get a manicure/pedicure
  5. Get my hair cut
  6. Go an entire week without biting/picking at my nails [7/7]
  7. Take a yoga class
  8. Go vegetarian for a week
  9. Wake up early every day for a week and go for a run [7/7]
    1. Completed between 02/20- 03/02/12
  10. Attend a minimum of 20 cycling classes [4/20]
Places to go:

  1. Travel to another country
  2. Go to a zoo
  3. Go on a cruise
  4. Travel to a US state I have never been
  5. Go to a hot air balloon festival
  6. Go on 20 day trips or quick getaways with my husband [1/20]
    1. Pepsi-Cola Birthplace: New Bern, NC- 01/09/11
  7. Go to an amusement park
  8. Go to an art museum
  9. Visit New York City when it is warm
Social Goals:

  1. Make 10 new friends [0/10]
  2. Join Postcrossing and send 25+ postcards [0/25]
  3. Compliment 25 strangers [2/25]
  4. Visit an old friend
  5. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
  6. Leave a 100% tip
  7. Send flowers to someone
  8. Host a major holiday meal
  9. Host an oyster roast
  10. Have a fondue party
Goals to live better:

  1. Write a list of 101 things that make me happy 
  2. Grow an herb garden
  3. Spend a weekend "unplugged" from technology
  4. Organize and de-clutter a minimum of one thing/area a month for a year [3/12]
    1. Bookcase
    2. Bedroom (spring clothes)
    3. Mail drop area
  5. Make a mirror mosaic from broken china
  6. Make crayon canvas art
  7. Go/shop at the farmers market
  8. Plant a tree
  9. Watch a sunrise
  10. Watch a sunset
  11. Make 5 different things from Pinterest [2/5]
    1. Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies- delicious!
    2. Freezer meals (12 meals- 6 recipes, all hanging out in my freezer)
  12. Go one week without makeup [0/7]
  13. Donate two trash bags worth of items [0/2]
  14. Celebrate a new holiday
  15. Have a candle lit dinner
    1. Valentine's Day 02/13/2012 (we celebrate a day early)- Apples and Brie, steak, shrimp skewers, fresh green beans, loaded baked potato, cheesecake with homemade raspberry sauce. 
  16. Say "yes" to something I would not normally do
  17. Start a new tradition
Need to do- goals:

  1. Get a new passport
  2. Make a custom recipe book
  3. Buy an external hard drive
  4. Make an album for wedding pictures
  5. Send Christmas cards to family/friends 
  6. Take my cat to the vet
Cooking Goals:
    1. Try a new recipe every month for a year [2/12]
      1. Crab Bisque- 1/09/12
      2. Crockpot chicken and homemade dumplings, 02/12/2012
      3. Ricotta Gnocchi- 04/22/12
    2. Make and decorate a gingerbread house
    3. Make homemade ice cream
      1. Banana Nutella ice cream- only two ingredients! 01/28/2012
    4. Make homemade pasta
      1. Spaghetti with a lemon butter sauce, 01/23/2012
    5. Bake something for a friend
    6. Make homemade sushi
    7. Bake and decorate a Birthday cake for someone
    8. Make a Thai dish
    9. Cook a three course meal
    Fun Goals:

    1. Watch 10 movies of my husband's choosing [3/10]
      1. American History X- 01/09/2012
      2. The Shawshank Redemption- 01/19/2012
      3. The Neverending Story- 02/20/2012
    2. Go on a picnic
    3. Go to a concert
    4. Go rock climbing
    5. Go horseback riding
    6. Buy a lottery ticket
    7. Go parasailing
    8. Go to a sporting event
    9. Sing karaoke
    10. Jump in a pile of leaves
    11. Go see a play
    12. Feed giraffes at the zoo
    13. Go zip-lining
    14. Go for a hike
    15. Go bowling and not come in last
    16. Write a new list of 101 things for the next 1001 days
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