I was inspired by my friend's blog to do the following exercise - come up with a list of 1001 things I hope to accomplish in 1001 days.
By Saturday, May 3, 2014, I hope to have accomplished the following 1001 things:
(in no particular order):
1. Run a 5k
2. Finish reading all the Harry Potter books
3. See all the Harry Potter Movies
4. Walk the Camino de Santiago
5. Go on a Pilgrimage to Lourdes
6. Go on a Pilgrimage to Fatima
7. Go on a Pilgrimage to Montreal to see St. Andre Bessette and Saint Joseph’s Oratory.
8. Get Certified as a Pastoral Associate in the Archdiocese of Chicago
9. Get a Black Belt in Tang Soo Do
10. Purchase a new car.
11 Build up my savings to $5,000.
12. Make pysanky for all my relatives for Christmas
13. Travel to the Northwest USA
14. Volunteer for an Animal Welfare organization
15. Become a Big Sister through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program
16. Sponsor a child through World Vision or Food for the Poor
17. Get involved with Communion & Liberation
18. Smoke Hookah
19. Write a book on (Divine) Love.
20 Become carbon neutral
21. Take a yoga class.
22. Help a friend of mine go on a date.
23. Start working on a degree in counseling.
24. Become fluent in a foreign language (either Italian, German or Arabic - since I've already worked on them!)
25. Study French.
26. Get a Massage.
27. Get a secret published on PostSecret.
28. Study non-violence.
29. Read through the entire Bible.
30. Re-read the Confessions of Augustine.
31. Re-read the Odyssey.
32. Read the Desert Fathers & Mothers of the Church (selections)
33. Read the Fathers of the Church (selections)
34. Get a Spiritual Director.
35. Learn to make a great curry.
36. Learn to knit something other than scarves.
37. Go through all my belongings and donate 35 items.
38. Donate blood 5x.
39. Send Christmas cards to all my friends.
40. host a fancy dinner party for other catholic single young adults.
41. Try Ethiopian food.
42. Read or watch the news daily for a month.
43. Get a Netflix subscription.
44. Get a Wii- and get the Just Dance game!
45. Go on a silent retreat.
46. Exercise 2x a week - every week.
47. Attend an adult Summer Conference at Franciscan University.
48. Go to a Taize gathering.
49. Write my autobiography.
50. Clean my bathroom at least once every two weeks (don't judge!)
51. Practice meditation.
52. Study spanish.
53. Visit Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Mexico City.
54. Get a pet (cat or dog!)
55. Have my immediate family visit me in Chicago.
56. Get engaged.
57. Go skiing.
58. Earn enough frequent flyer miles to get a free flight.
59. Get something cool from my credit card rewards program.
60. Master the art of Extreme Couponing.
61. Go out 2x a week - be more social!
62. Get married.
63. Get a pedicure.
64. Read the Brothers Karamazov
65. Remain 120 lbs.
66. Dye my hair.
67. Bring Communion to the homebound.
68. Befriend a homeless person.
69. Pay off my graduate school loan ($8500).
70. Make a new best friend.
71. Commission Anne Marie to write me an Icon of the Holy Family
72. Write a Parent Newsletter for the CCD program each month.
73. Welcome 10 people into the Church through RCIA.
74. Read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
75. Read 3 books by Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger).
76. Go see a dermatologist.
78. Bike ride to work whenever the weather is nice.
79. Register "my" car under my name.
80. Switch my driver's license to Illinois.
81. Register to vote in Illinois.
82. Vote in every election.
83. Become more politically active / involved in my community.
84. Meet Cardinal George.
85. Write a book on the culture war / polarization in the Church.
86. Reduce my grocery bill to 65$ a week.
87. Plant a tree.
88. Give everyone I buy gifts for for Christmas - something from the Heifer project or Ten Thousand Villages.
89. Wake up early to watch the sunrise.
90. Learn how our government system actually works (I never took civics!)
91. Go to a concert.
92. Go to a Sox vs. Cubs game.
93. Sell 15 of my old books on Amazon.com
94. Travel to visit my college friends.
95. Write to my nun friends.
97. Join the adult kickball league here in Chicago (WAKA).
98. Take a cooking class.
99. Bake a Key Lime Pie from scratch.
100. Run the Holy Half Marathon at Notre Dame.
101. Be intentional about having a real Sabbath day each week.
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