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The New Years 100
Jan. 4th, 2010 05:21 pmMy New Year's Resolution List (which I was not going to make this year, but let's be honest - I'm not going to shirk an opportunity to make a list) revolves around the number 100. It started with one hundred books and just snowballed from there.
1. Read 100 books that I've never read before. When I was cleaning my office yesterday, I counted the number of books on my shelves that I haven't read. If I read nothing but those books this year, I will more than meet this goal. Given my current minimalist phase, I am quite uncomfortable with so many things that I don't even know if I like or not taking up space in my home. That should be a nice motivation.
2. Make 100 improvements to my apartment. Basic maintenance/cleaning does not count. No points for taking out the trash or recycling (although I will count taking a carload to Goodwill, as that means that things that were previously taking up more space than their use merited are now purged from the house). But I have a lot of things that I want to do there, and that list just keeps growing. Time to whittle it down a little.
3. Run 100 miles. The knee injury will delay this one a bit. I'm not even going to think about starting up again until March. I mean, I probably could run now if I wrapped it and wore the brace and only ran on the track, but I'm just not willing to risk it yet. Even starting in March gives me ten months - so ten miles a month - which is still taking it pretty leisurely.
4. Have 100 firsts. I often find myself complaining that I am living the same year over and over, just with different people. It's like I'm stuck in the movie Groundhog Day, except in my version, at the end of each day the rest of the cast gets to go on with their lives, like normal people do, and I find myself waking up the next morning to the same thing, only with an all-new cast. And about the time I start to feel connected to them, the day ends, they move on, and I get sucked back into the repeat. The purpose of this resolution is either to prove to myself that this is not true or to make it not be true. Each first can be as simple as trying a new restaurant or as lavish as taking a vacation to a place I've never been before. The first first on my list - getting highlights. Copper highlights, to be exact. They're so shiny!
5. Update my lj 100 times. This keeps me writing something (even if it's not the best quality writing) on a regular basis, which is good for my soul. Also, I just miss you. I miss knowing what's going on in your lives (or at least in your fandoms), and I miss having you in mine.
6. Try 100 new recipes. I have to stop eating out so much. It is bad for my budget and my health. The reason I do it so often (well, other than convenience and I just like to) is that I get bored with the few dozen things that I know how to make. So I'm expanding my repetoire, and I am open to suggestions (preferably vegetarian ones - I don't cook with a lot of meat).
It's a pretty simple list, actually. The most daunting thing about it is finding the best way to keep track of six different lists that eventually will total 100 items apiece. The most obvious answer is a spreadsheet, but I'm not sure I want to be that nerdy about it. I'll probably just do an lj post updating my progress on a weekly or monthly basis. I'm on the fence about whether these posts will count toward my 100. It's tempting, but it also seems a little cheaty. We'll see.
1. Read 100 books that I've never read before. When I was cleaning my office yesterday, I counted the number of books on my shelves that I haven't read. If I read nothing but those books this year, I will more than meet this goal. Given my current minimalist phase, I am quite uncomfortable with so many things that I don't even know if I like or not taking up space in my home. That should be a nice motivation.
2. Make 100 improvements to my apartment. Basic maintenance/cleaning does not count. No points for taking out the trash or recycling (although I will count taking a carload to Goodwill, as that means that things that were previously taking up more space than their use merited are now purged from the house). But I have a lot of things that I want to do there, and that list just keeps growing. Time to whittle it down a little.
3. Run 100 miles. The knee injury will delay this one a bit. I'm not even going to think about starting up again until March. I mean, I probably could run now if I wrapped it and wore the brace and only ran on the track, but I'm just not willing to risk it yet. Even starting in March gives me ten months - so ten miles a month - which is still taking it pretty leisurely.
4. Have 100 firsts. I often find myself complaining that I am living the same year over and over, just with different people. It's like I'm stuck in the movie Groundhog Day, except in my version, at the end of each day the rest of the cast gets to go on with their lives, like normal people do, and I find myself waking up the next morning to the same thing, only with an all-new cast. And about the time I start to feel connected to them, the day ends, they move on, and I get sucked back into the repeat. The purpose of this resolution is either to prove to myself that this is not true or to make it not be true. Each first can be as simple as trying a new restaurant or as lavish as taking a vacation to a place I've never been before. The first first on my list - getting highlights. Copper highlights, to be exact. They're so shiny!
5. Update my lj 100 times. This keeps me writing something (even if it's not the best quality writing) on a regular basis, which is good for my soul. Also, I just miss you. I miss knowing what's going on in your lives (or at least in your fandoms), and I miss having you in mine.
6. Try 100 new recipes. I have to stop eating out so much. It is bad for my budget and my health. The reason I do it so often (well, other than convenience and I just like to) is that I get bored with the few dozen things that I know how to make. So I'm expanding my repetoire, and I am open to suggestions (preferably vegetarian ones - I don't cook with a lot of meat).
It's a pretty simple list, actually. The most daunting thing about it is finding the best way to keep track of six different lists that eventually will total 100 items apiece. The most obvious answer is a spreadsheet, but I'm not sure I want to be that nerdy about it. I'll probably just do an lj post updating my progress on a weekly or monthly basis. I'm on the fence about whether these posts will count toward my 100. It's tempting, but it also seems a little cheaty. We'll see.
