31 Flavors

I didn't make any resolutions this year because I can barely make and complete daily goals, let alone goals that I will have to stick to for an entire year. Fifteen days into my resolutions I would quit the whole thing and then feel guilty for not sticking to my plan and it's not nice to make ourselves feel that way.

I noticed that Zandria made up a list of 101 Things in 1001 Days and it looked so cool that I was on the verge on putting 101 things together myself until I did the math and realized that 1001 days was, like, almost three years away and the only thing I will be interested in at that time will be sleeping and graduating from law school.

Instead, I am going to make one month's worth of small goals, 31 things that I will complete this month. At the end of the month I will revisit and we can see just how many things I completed. Or maybe I will totally forget about the whole project and this post will get buried in the archives (which? new archive page!) and we'll all pretend that it never happened. Real Simple has a 31 Ideas for 31 Days article from which I am stealing a few ideas.

The list is after the jump, because it is really boring.

1. Make contact with wedding photo people. Note: we had the photos taken August 2003.
2. Drink some Pink! Champagne.
3. Finish False Impression.
4. Send five care packages.
5. Finish up all application crap.
6. Buy a great new pair of shoes.
7. Make soup for dad.
8. Read Black Dogs.
9. Send Katie's birthday gift.
10. Find Anthony's address.
11. Finish eating all the Dream Dinners.
12. Send thank you note to Jose.
13. Call Cathy.
14. Finish reception program.
15. Jog one mile at least twice.
16. Burn new cds for Will's car.
17. Empty email box.
18. Put away Christmas decoration. Because we still have the tree up.
19. Design 2007 Valentine cards.
20. Turn in Robotics receipts.
21. Watch God is Great, and I'm Not.
22. Update Book Log.
23. Call about Nordstrom order.
24. Give Jose his Christmas present.
25. Book flights to Philly, Sacramento, and LA.
26. Donnie's birthday.
27. Send Anniversary card to G&S.
28. Beat Will at UNO.
29. Buy a change purse.
30. Update Our Favorites and Masthead pages.
31. Finish Living Trust stuff.

So there it is. It is already five days into January so I am already five days behind! Same old story.

Comments

[Lissa]

I tried one new years resolution last year and that was to stop cursing and damn it to hell I lost that bet with myself by 12:15.

Good Luck!

[Pink Chihuahua Princess]

Pink Champagne sounds fun to me.

[Zandria]

Yay! I was an inspiration! I don't care if it's only for 31 days; I just like to hear that someone is in on the whole goal-thing with me. :)

(Oh, and you have a completely understandable reason for not making 101 long-term goals. Helllloooo, law school! Wow.)

Are Philly, Sacramento, and L.A. the places you're applying to law school? Is that why you're booking flights there? Or is it something robotics-related?

Oh, and the wedding photo thing? 2003? I hope the photographer maintains his archives! :)

[Laura]

What a great idea. I need to do #1 too! But I beat you - my pictures are a year older. Let's see who gets them ordered first...

I'll also add #6 and #29 to my list. Those are must-haves for me right now :)

[bloggadocio]

I live in Philly - let me know if you need restaurant rec's!

[ally bean]

This is a good list. You are a better person than I just for putting together a list that suggests the possibility that goals might be accomplished in a timely fashion. I'm in awe.