The List

We all know I love lists, so it just makes sense that I would have a 101 things list. There aren’t nearly 101 things here yet, but I’ll keep adding. Though a lot of these could be in several categories, I’ve organized it as best I can on - based on some concepts in The Joy Equation. 

If you haven’t gone to Day Zero Project – go check it out, it’s pretty neat. If you haven’t heard about the Joy Equation go check it out too – Molly is amazing and the program is awesome.

Things I've completed are in blue - underlined means link to a post
Things in progress are in green
Things yet to be started are in orange

Growth – to expand my mind

Learn 10 new recipes
- Gallo Pinto
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Ginger Beef
- Khatchapuri (Georgian bread stuffed with cheese)
- Badrijani (eggplant stuffed with walnut paste)
Learn Spanish (to a conversational level)
Learn to surf
Learn to salsa
Visit 5 museums
- Museum of Natural History, Las Vegas
- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
- Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi
- Museum Templo Mayor, Mexico City
Finish the Joy Equation
Read 100 books
Read 3 books written in French
- Un pont sur l'infini - Richard Bach
Read 3 books written in Spanish
Listen to 26 random bands I’ve never heard (one for each letter of the alphabet)
Make 5 great new friends

Joy – to make me happy

Climb a volcano 
Cerra Negro, Leon, Nicaragua - December 2010
Bathe under a waterfall
- Montezuma, Costa Rica - January 2011
Go on a brewery tour
Spend a day relaxing at the beach
- I'm ecstatic to say this was a regular occurrence in 2010/2011
Go to a yoga class
Go white water rafting
- Rio Pacuare, Costa Rica, January 2011
Go cliff-jumping
Find 10 great restaurants – eat at each and photograph
Spend a rainy day watching movies in my PJ’s
- Have done this a few times now! 
Get a massage
- Hot stone massage, Honduras - December 2010
Collect 101 postcards
- 20 as of July 14th, 2011 

Beauty – to appreciate my surroundings

Take a picture every day for a month
30 days of photographs (photo Fridays)
Get professional black & white boudoir photos done
Buy a canvas and paint a piece of artwork
Watch a lunar eclipse
- Honduras, December 20th, 2010 
Spend a day in an art gallery

Freedom – to live my life

Live in a new country for at least 6 months
- Costa Rica - January 2011 - July 2011
Visit 10 National Parks
- Zion National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Valley of Fire State Park
- Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
- Death Valley National Park
- Red Rock Canyon
- Banff National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Mojave National Preserve
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Visit 10 new cities
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Oaxaca, Mexico 
- Puerto Escondido, Mexico
- Panajachel, Guatemala
- Roatan, Honduras
- Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Grenada, Nicaragua
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Bocas del Toro, Panama
Visit 10 new countries
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
- Poland
- The Republic of Georgia
- Armenia
- Turkey 

Creativity – to express myself

Draw a self portrait
Learn to use my camera beyond point & shoot (still learning!)
Buy a proper DSLR camera
Find a poem that means something to me and learn it by heart
Write down 100 things that make me happy
Write a letter to myself to open after 1,001 days
Write down every dream I have for a week
Redesign my web page

Love – to get lost in a feeling

Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
Fall in love
Pay for the person behind me at a drive-thru
Kiss someone on New Years Eve

Authenticity – to be my best self

Go see a movie by myself
Meditate every day for at least a week
Have a picnic in a park or on a mountain
Say "Yes!" to everything for a week
Do one Video-log per month

Accomplishment – to feel a sense of pride

Get an EFL teaching job
Go one week without using the internet
Compile a recipe book
Ask 10 friends to each suggest one book, and read them all
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
- Ishmael 
- Guns, Germs, and Steel
- Shantaram
Get an article published in a magazine
Put away $25 for each goal completed (to be used for traveling!)