This is my 100 in 1001 list of goals. I’m not really following that timeline, and these are more general goals, but it has been fun typing them up. I’m stuck, though, on #56; any suggestions anybody?
1. Study the bible every day; including reading 1 psalm a day.
2. Have a meaningful prayer time once in the day.
3. Spend at least 10 minutes with each kid everyday, including petting Homer for 5
4. Have a 15 minute real conversation with Mom and Dad everyday.
5. Email grandparents once a week.
6. Email my cousin once a week.
7. Write a blog post at least once a week.
8. Stretch for 20 minutes everyday.
9. Cook something specially for the kids at least once in the day.
10. Get outside for 30 minutes everyday.
11. Write a poem once a month.
12. Write a paper/essay once a month.
13. Read a fictional book every 2 weeks.
14. Read a theology book every 2 weeks.
15. Listen to one classical song a day.
16. Play the piano for 10 minutes a day; that will add up to 70 minutes a week.
17. Memorize a poem a week.
18. Do Jujustu once a week with Pieter.
19. Go running once a week with Pieter.
20. Go camping at least 3 times.
21. Go hiking 2 times.
22. Learn how to swim, including learning how to dive.
23. Buy a roadbike and equipment.
24. Learn how to shoot a gun.
25. Get my license.
26. Earn $100 dollars a month.
27. Run 6 miles in 70 minutes.
28. Sing 1 song a day.
29. Start and maintain a vegetable/flower garden.
30. Climb a mountain.
31. Complete 3 quilts.
32. Teach William how to read proficiently.
33. Become friends with everybody at church. Spend time with a different person each week.
35. Draw in my nature journal once a day.
36. Go Salsa dancing with the boys 4 times.
37. Learn how to play poker well.
38. Take 1 picture with the camera everyday.
39. Go skiing or snowboarding once.
40. Work on 1 Heidelberg Catechism question and answer a week.
41. Spend 5 nights under the stars.
42. Give a birthday present to every member of my family when their birthday comes around.
43. Learn how to say a few phrases in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Irish.
44. Spend only an hour a day on the internet.
45. Make my days 16 hour days: 5 a.m.–9 p.m.
46. Eat a decadent desert just once a month.
47. Give up something, small or big, once a month, but not permanently. I.e. eating ice cream once a day, listening to my ipod or wearing makeup.
48. Act in at least one dramatic presentation.
49. Give $50 dollars a year to Persecution Project.
50. Learn how to play basketball, football, baseball and soccer.
51. Buy 100 books a year.
52. Be in charge of having someone over every holiday.
53. Be in charge of organizing a trip as a family, to a lake, or a museum, or both.
54. Participate in 2 races with Ben.
55. Have a mini-trip with just the girls.
56. Buy the same camera Hans has.
57. Learn to play basic guitar.
58. Learn how to sing harmony.
59. Learn a different handcraft every 3 months.
60. Camp in the backyard once with each little boy.
61. Tutor a different child each month in cooking.
62. Start and finish a home movie by next summer.
63. Cook one dinner a month from a new recipe.
Help?
Gracie
