I thought Karsh’s 101 in 1001 was a good idea, so I decided to do something similar. I have never made a resolution — at least that I remember — but I figured why not? It’s (gonna be) 2005. I feel a little extra guidance couldn’t hurt. Enter 51 in 501.
The Mission: Complete 51 preset tasks in a period of 501 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e., no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e., represent some amount of work on your part).
This list was completed on 30 December 2004, so 501 days from now would be 14 May 2006. I’m sure I’ll be graduating around then, so the timeframe is perfect. That is, if I did the math right.
- Help Jewell learn how to ride a bike
- Get a job with a local coffee shop, bookstore, or __
- Better the relationship with my mother
- Stop getting caught up on straight boys that I can’t have…
- …And find a queer one that I can
- Finish 1984, Body of Secrets, Codes, Crypto, Snow Crash and The Code Book
- Once I’ve read those, finish books within a reasonable amount of time
- Master Photoshop, graphic design, and CSS so I could make my own CRUNK layouts
- I’m sure a 4.0 is pushing it, so I’ll settle for a 3.5
- Transform the gibberish that’s in my thought book into more or less coherent essays, prose, slam poetry, or what have you…
- Convert iWish into iHave
- Actually do something in GSA
- Take a culinary class, or better yet, have Shawn teach me
- Follow through with my study of Albanian
- Learn how to develop film
- Practice drawing and painting, and the use of oil pastels
- Get serious about IB Art? IB in general?
- Make time for myself to do stuff I enjoy
- Further consider going/go organic
- Throw a party (togas and wrestling in KY jelly sound like fun…)
- Go to MoKaBe’s trivia night for once
- Check out more of the local/indie music/film/theatre scene
- On a further note, check out the scene in general
- Make Crazy Bowls a frequent affair
- Find more of my own favorite places
- Save money in percentages devoted to something
- Understand how cancer, radiation, etc., can be so powerful and deadly
- Learn to drive
- Get my permit, license, and a car?
- Buy software as opposed to using warez
- Better prepare for the ACT/SAT
- Be accepted by Columbia (NY), Chicago, or some Canadian school
- Try to avoid detachment/isolation from people
- Work out regularly, “train” for cross country?
- Dance like a crazy foo
- Take the lack of reservation in my writing and apply it to vocalizing
- Write more notes just for the hell of it
- Surprise someone
- Confide in someone, and not in my journal
- Pay off debts to the library (less than a dollar) and never incur a late fee again
- Communicate ideas more clearly
- Be less cynical
- Figure out what my fears are
- See a neuropsychologist
- Go out for lunch with people individually
- Start a band called Rosetta Stoned
- Buy something from mushycat
- Backpack across Saint Louis with good friends
- Tszuj something, my locker maybe… it needs another shelf
- Order prints online
- Break my routines