101 Goals
by Carrie Hall
1. Days out in the UK
1.1. Go on a traditional picnic
1.2. Visit Stonehenge
1.3. Visit York
1.4. Have a curry on curry mile
1.5. Do a tour of London sights
1.6. Sail on a canal boat
1.7. Plant a tree
1.8. Go to Warner Bros London for Harry Potter Tour
1.9. Do a murder mystery weekend
2. Financial milestones
2.1. Pay off credit card and overdrafts
2.2. Start repaying student loan
2.3. Pay off parents
2.4. Set aside £10 for every goal completed
3. Books
3.1. Read five books about different cultures by foreign writers
3.2. Read Freakonomics and Super freakonomics
3.3. Read ten of the Short Introduction books
3.4. Read (or listen to with Audible) five biographies or auto-biographies
3.5. Read the top 100 books in the BBC Big Read (making sure to re-read any that I’ve already read and don’t remember clearly)
3.6. Read all unread books before buying new ones
4. Things to create
4.1. Write a book for National Novel Writing Month
4.2. Do a cookery class
4.3. Make my own pasta
4.4. Grow a bonsai tree
4.5. Make my own pizza from scratch
4.6. Make a random recipe from a cookbook every day for a week
4.7. Bake 5 different kinds of bread
4.8. Make 5 different types of ice-cream
4.9. Make a gingerbread house
4.10. Carve something out of wood
4.11. Make Mexican chilli sauces
5. Arts
5.1. Go to a music festival outside of the UK
5.2. Go to the Edinburgh Fringe for a week
5.3. See a play in the West End starring Kevin Spacey
5.4. Go to Carnival in Cologne
5.5. See an orchestra
5.6. See a Disney musical theatre production
6. Qualifications
6.1. First aid certification
6.2. BSL Level 1 qualification
7. Do for other people
7.1. Donate blood
7.2. Volunteer in a local community
7.3. Raise £150 for charity
7.4. Lend $250 in Kiva loans
7.5. Have someone couchsurf at my house
7.6. Be complaint-free for 21 days (acomplaintfreeworld.org)
7.7. Buy a meal for a homeless person
7.8. Participate in Donate a Day project
7.9. Volunteer at a hospice
7.10. Become a 'yes man' for a week
7.11. Help another person complete a 101 project goal
8. Meta-goals
8.1. Do 100 day updates
9. List-related goals
9.1. Make a list of 101 things I love
10. Friends & Family
10.1. Take Mum on safari
10.2. Take Mum to Latin America
10.3. Take Dad to Recanati, Italy
10.4. Travel with Tom and Petra
10.5. Stay in a castle with the whole family
10.6. Host a poker game (not online)
10.7. Cook a 3-course meal for 5 friends
11. Things to learn
11.1. Learn Spanish to a conversational level
11.2. Learn to juggle three balls
11.3. Learn a new programming language to the level at which I would be happy applying for a job using it
11.4. Learn sign language (either BSL or ASL)
11.5. Do a wine tasting course
11.6. Do course in public speaking
12. Foreign places to visit
12.1. Barcelona
12.2. Prague
12.3. Scandinavia
12.4. Africa
12.5. Berlin
13. Outdoor adventure
13.1. Live in a foreign country for five months
13.2. Take a trapeze class
13.3. Go sphereing
13.4. Fly in a hot air balloon
13.5. Hire a car in a foreign country
13.6. Go white water rafting
13.7. Climb one of the seven summits
13.8. Climb an active volcano
13.9. Go on safari
13.10. Go on a sailing trip
13.11. Watch a total eclipse
13.12. See the Aurora Borealis
13.13. Spend New Year away from my hometown
13.14. Couch-surf in a foreign country
14. Health
14.1. Do yoga or pilates every day for a month
14.2. Go swimming twice a week on average for three months
14.3. Go jogging twice a week on average for three months
14.4. Do a self defense class
14.5. Try a different kind of yoga
15. I.T
15.1. Create a portfolio website
15.2. Find a googlewhack
16. Scuba diving
16.1. Complete Rescue Diver course
16.2. Complete 5 specialities
16.3. Complete Divemaster course
16.4. Cenote diving in Mexico
16.5. Dive in Cozumel
17. Animals
17.1. Swim or dive with sharks in the wild
17.2. Swim with dolphins in the wild
17.3. Swim or dive with whales in the wild
17.4. See a turtle in the wild
17.5. Ride an elephant
17.6. Release baby turtles
