101 Things: Update Month One
The Project: complete 101 things in 1001 days. Finish by Sunday, October 12, 2014.
The update details:
- I reserve the right to edit the list if circumstances demand a change or two. If I change something, I’ll note it in a monthly update.
- Activities in progress are in italics.
- Activities completed are
struck through. - Recurring activities are updated with a countdown and/or a bullet list below them of what I’ve done.
- When I write about a particular activity, I’ll link to it on the list.
The Update
1. Monthly culture–visit a site, go to a concert, see an exhibit, go on an art walk, etc. (1/33)
- My Valentine’s gift from Paul: an evening out to see Red followed by dinner & dessert.
17. Extend a micro-loan through Kiva or a similar organization; make it an ongoing loan that goes out again once I’ve been repaid.
- Loan 1: to Chang in Cambodia, where she farms rice and potatoes; to rent additional farmland with the goal of eventually buying more plots
33. Try a new food (or a food I’ve been saying I don’t like) once a month. (1/33)
Beets (yum!) ·
36. Get a piggy bank. Use it to save spending money for an upcoming vacation.
37. Pay off my credit card.
40. Watch a TED video or listen to an an iTunes U lecture once a month. In other words, learn something new. (1/33)
- Brene Brown on the power of vulnerability. Watch it.
42. Get into the habit of using a calendar/planner and to-do lists to plan and organize my days.
58. Make it a habit to start my day with a decent breakfast.
72. Make it a habit to cook healthy, balanced meals for dinner at least five nights a week (except when I’m on the road; then I’ll buy healthy, balanced meals). Note: I still need to work on the healthy meals while traveling; somehow it’s much harder to eat a healthy meal when the restaurant offers such unhealthy yumminess. That said, tonight I got soup and a salad (of course, I did have beef jerky & peanut M&Ms for lunch).
94. Explore street art on a monthly basis. There are a couple places in the city where people paint pretty regularly; it’ll be fun to track the changes. (1/33)
- Month 1: No changes to the street art at 3rd South just west of 2nd East, but there was a kinda cool bike on the side of Nobrow Coffee.
96. Memorize one poem a month. It’s kind of old school, but I like the idea of memorizing poetry. When I did it before, it was a good way to be thinking regularly about a particular poem and how it works. (1/33)
- “This Paper Boat” by Ted Kooser, a Valentine shared with Paul
