Getting Closer!
Friday, August 22, 2008
The Challenge
1. Complete a list of 101 things
2. Barring major life changes, only change 20 of the tasks
3. Donate $5 to charity for every goal I don't complete
4. Inspire someone outside of MLW to do the challenge
Health
5. Exercise 3 times a week
6. Find a Family Doctor and Dentist in Chicago, and again if we move
7. Take my vitamins! (0/1001)
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Wealth
11. Put $5000 each year into each Roth IRA account
12. Invest the money we have in the IRA accounts
13. Invest the other money we have saved
14. Determine an outline of our financial plans. Write them down.
15. Make a will
16. Make a budget and stick to it
17. Budget money for a honeymoon
18. Use coupons to try to reduce grocery bills
19. Pay bills the day they come in the mail!
20. Find out our credit score.
21. Determine if we can save money on our cable bill
Work
22. Get rid of the clutter around my desk.
23. Finish the website project; make sure the person after me makes it part of their job
24. Negotiate my schedule so that I can leave early on Fridays in the winter for Shabbat
25. Learn Quark for work
Education
26. Tour schools in New York (Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, NYU, Columbia)
27. Investigate the possibility of Brandeis
28. Take the GMAT and/or GRE
29. Talk to Aliza about the different programs that are available
30. Apply to graduate school
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Nesting
32.. Clean up the living room and dining room before bed
33. Clean out my closet and donate clothes
34. Frame the three pictures Raif wants framed and hang them
35. Frame and hang the bamboo picture
36. Select pictures from Israel to print and hang up; get frames for them and hang over the desk
37. Select 2 more pictures for the tops of the bookcase and get frames for them.
38. Put the butterfly wire art back up.
39. Work out a schedule for cleaning the bathroom
40. Vacuum at least once every two weeks (1/66)
41. Choose a few wedding pictures, frame and hang.
42. Get Raif to fix the holes made in the wall by our shelf falling :(
43. Set up the VCR/DVD player in the bedroom
44. Get the maintenance guy to fix the faucet in the shower
45. Burn my digital photos to disks
46. Use cloth grocery bags for shopping
Cooking/Baking
47. Learn to make challah with the bread machine
48. Try two new recipes a month from our cookbooks or online (0/66)
49. Make peach chutney with Raif
50. Learn a good oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe
51. Make dinner for us once every two weeks (0/66)
52. Learn to make pecan pie
53. Create our recipe book
Creativity
56. Make the photo albums from Israel
57. Make our wedding photo albums
58. Make a challah cover for the holidays
59. Take an art class (painting or drawing)
60. Go on a photo session in the Loop
61. Do 10 Photoshop tutorials
62. Make our wedding scrapbook
63. Write a yearly recap at our anniversary (0/2)
64. Write a yearly recap on my birthday (0/2)
65. Design my own stationary and print it
66. Do a paint by number
67. Decorate cakes for our anniversary and birthdays
68. Knit a scarf
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Religion/Spirituality
71. Read Megillah for Purim (0/2)
72. Learn to lead Shacharit
Fun
Travel
73. Go on a honeymoon with my husband
74. Visit Denver
75. Visit Toronto
Responsibility
76. Write a will
Relationships
77. Send Rosh Hashanah Cards
78. Send Christmas cards
August 24, 2008 at 3:43 PM
What? You know people outside of MLW??
J/K. Your list is really shaping up! Good luck!
August 24, 2008 at 11:36 PM
I know, right?
I do...they're in the Jewish community. That's about it though.
August 25, 2008 at 5:10 PM
it looks good J, but you have make a will twice! not to be picky or anything! ;)
August 26, 2008 at 12:49 AM
i think that the denver goal needs to have disclaimer that visiting for a wedding does not count ;)
August 26, 2008 at 12:50 AM
That means that your visit to Chicago doesn't count...so you haven't visited us yet either!!!