Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the List
Getting something started is always hard, a blog no less so than anything else in life. What to talk about? How to segue between multiple obsessions and fascinating life experiences? Do I focus on just one passion or blog about my life? So many little decisions to paralyze you. But the hardest step is the first one. Just doing it.
Recently I embarked upon 101 goals in 1001 days. I posted my listed on Friday January 14th 2011. And goal number 77 was start a blog. So here it is scratch that puppy off the list! Productivity tastes so good!
- Make a corset dress
- Make a button down shirt
- Make a pair of pants
- Make a pencil skirt
- Finish a Victorian dress
- Make a fish tail skirt
- Make a tailored jacket
- Embroider something
- Make a plunge corset
- Do a water color painting
- Make a quilt
- Tumble a batch of rocks
- Make a wire brooch
- Drill a piece of sea glass
- Make a wire wrap ring
- Complete a steampunk costume
- Draw a still life
- Do a fashion drawing
- Make an article of clothing for someone else
- Make something for Avery
- Make something for Abbi
- Make something for Amber
- Make something for Matthew
- Make something for Mom
- Make something for Dad
- Make something for Janelle
- Make something for Gary
- Finish a cross-stitch
- Make a hair piece
- Finish the argyle scarf
- Learn to knit lace
- Learn to tat
- Go on a real vacation
- Visit ohio
- Visit Tennessee
- Visit hospital cay
- Attend dragon con
- Visit a Caribbean island
- Read something by Joseph Campbell
- Read the Annotated Alice in Wonderland
- Read Stephen Hawking’s Universe in a Nutshell
- Read a book on palm reading
- Read a book on tarot
- Re-read the Mercy Thompson series
- Re-read the Dresden Files
- Read something steampunk
- Read about a conspiracy theory (Currently reading 12th planet)
- Get new glasses (appointment made with optometrist)
- Try contacts (appointment made with optometrist)
- Get prescription sunglasses (appointment made with optometrist)
- Lose 20 lbs
- Hike the full length of ridgeline trail
- Start learning Spanish
- Organize the craftroom
- Establish an exercise routine you can maintain
- Study geology
- Clean out closet and be realistic
- Exercise 30 minutes 3x’s a week for a month
- Talk to a doctor about crunchy knees
- Attend an exercise class once a week for a month
- Drink 1 glass of plain water everyday for a month
- Alternate between white and wheat bread
- Reduce chocolaty desert to one serving a day
- Complete a fun run/ walk
- Organize my desk
- Learn to glide
- Learn to pop and lock
- Learn to Charleston
- Go see a movie
- Take an online learning course
- Attempt guided meditation
- Try homemade salsa
- Make homemade pizza
- Make bread from scratch
- Make a pineapple rum cake
- Try 3 recipes from the boozy baker cookbook
Start a blog- Post to the blog at least once a month
- Try 5 new recipes
- Get dressed up
- Get dressed up for no discernible reason
- Go on 4 guided kayak trips
- Cajole Brandon into getting his captain’s license
- Rent a Boat
- Go bird watching at sunrise
- Get a half scale dress form
- Get a walking foot for my sewing machine
- Buy a stand mixer
- Buy a serger
- Save three months of income
- Pay off a debt completely
- Create a trip to japan nest egg
Create a budget- Stick to the budget for at least 3 months
- Make a list of job hunting cities
- Update my resume
- Apply for 20 jobs before leaving cuba
- Attend a credit management class
- Attend training course for work
- Make a profit off of a hobby
- Get a step increase if not a pay grade increase
So this is where you can come to listen to me pat myself on the back, celebrate my crafter victories, and mourn my crafter defeats, and laugh at me everytime some of the wildlife makes me scream like a little girl.
Enjoy.
Ohhh I like the slide show on this.
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