• [This goal redacted to avoid over-sharing.]
  • Add benefit time accrual functionality to Kronos system
  • Add vine and flower embroidery to my Aes Sedai shawl (started)
  • Attend and work at 10 church work days (6/10 as of 8/30/2014)
  • Attend ten religious services
  • Attend to foundation problems at the house
  • Back five kickstarter projects - (5/5: Heroine,The Gospel of Sarah, Thou Art But a Warrior, Ego Altar, Torment)
  • Be on a boat (boat drinks optional)
  • Bench press 100 lbs (85/100. Stretch goal: Bench press body weight)
  • Cause church t-shirts to happen
  • Clear closet of unwanted clothing
  • Come up with five more meatless meals to add to the rotation (3/5: Tomato Barley Soups, Falafel and Peppers, Lentil/pumpkin salad)
  • Cull bookshelves and give away or sell excess books
  • Destash: sell off unwanted jewelry-making stuff (actually ended up giving it to a maker's club, but hey, it's gone.)
  • Do a month-long photo challenge/scavenger hunt
  • Do unassisted pull-ups
  • Drive the remains of Old Route 66
  • Experiment with an organizational method
  • Find out how to get a notary license in MO
  • Find someone else to be in charge of stewardship committee
  • Finish 100 Things About Travel journal posts (8/100)
  • Finish an origficbingo month
  • Finish S's mala
  • Finish the Bag End to Mount Doom route (Walk 1779 miles) (397.5/1779)
  • Finish writing a novel-length piece
  • Fix home network so it's not all kludged together and stupid
  • Get a short story in print (Stretch goal: and get paid for it)
  • Get new tattoo
  • Give blood five times
  • GM superhero pickup games
  • Go to a concert
  • Go to a tech demo/workshop at Hammerspace
  • Go to Pcon
  • Go to the gym 100+ times (57/100, as of 3/1/15)
  • Go to the Iowa State Fair
  • Hang art in the den
  • Have a completely Kronos-enabled payroll run at work
  • Have wisdom teeth removed
  • Help get Brittanis up and running
  • Implement a regular housework procedure
  • Learn 100 new words in Spanish
  • Learn about Norse mythology
  • Learn three new "lifeboat" skills (2/3, I am now CPR and First Aid certified through Red Cross)
  • Learn three new card games to play with a regular pack of cards
  • Learn to pour layered drinks
  • Learn to shoot a gun
  • Learn to weld/take a metalworking class
  • Make a double-crust pie
  • Make a habit of daily practice
  • Make a list of the "I can't believe you've never seen that!" movies, and watch at least three (3/3 - Topkapi, Willow, Big Trouble in Little China)
  • Make an item of clothing for non-costume purposes
  • Make an under-bust corset
  • Make at least one blog/journal post a week for 52 weeks running
  • Make moussaka
  • Make pesto
  • Make sul'dam dress and a'dam for JordanCon 2013
  • Make tamales
  • Organize craft/costume room
  • Organize OSGD group
  • Paint basement counter top
  • Plant something in the empty flowerbeds in front of the house
  • Play Polaris
  • Play with Coursera or other online education systems
  • Publish and market a board or card game
  • Put more pictures on church website
  • Read A Memory of Light
  • Read Gödel, Escher, Bach all the way to the end
  • Read Lugus thesis from U of C
  • Read three classic novels (2/3: Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, Jane Eyre)
  • Reconstitute clinics/round-tables (maybe quarterly)
  • Re-engage with good happiness tech: guidelines, tolerances, etc.
  • Repair and paint bannister
  • Repair the dog house
  • Repair/replace the old fence line
  • Replace crappy broken desk at office
  • Replace crappy broken keyboard at office
  • Replace crappy chair at office that isn't really meant to be used as a typing chair
  • Replace winter coat (boo.)
  • Return all the borrowed books currently at the house (as of 10/31/2012)
  • Return to the tribe of people who track their income and expenses
  • Run a mile
  • Run or play Dogs in the Vineyard
  • See ten movies on the big screen (10/10 - Looper, Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, Iron Man 3, Now You See Me, Pacific Rim, RED 2, Thor 2, Winter's Tale, Captain America 2)
  • See the Pacific ocean
  • Sell old fine jewelry
  • Send holiday cards on at least one holiday
  • Set up adaptable guest room in the second basement room
  • Solve the persistent mail piling up problem
  • (Stolen goal!) For each goal not completed, donate $10 to charity before 12/31/2015.
  • Take a digital photography class (or research technique independently enough to feel proficient)
  • Travel by train
  • Travel outside the US
  • Try ten new restaurants in the metro (10/10 - El Sahara, Em Chamas, Gram & Dun, Murray's, Stuey McBrew's, Nica's, Freebird, Westport Cafe and Bar, Fiesta Azteca, El Pueblito)
  • Unsubscribe from useless email lists
  • Visit All Souls UUC
  • Visit five museums (4/5 - Museum of Contemporary Craft [Portland OR], Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art [Kansas City, MO], Minnesota Science Center [St. Paul, MN], Bakken Museum of Electricity [Minneapolis, MN], British Museum [London, UK])
  • Write five letters (not e-mails, real letters on paper) and mail them

New Goals switched in 1/1/2014:

  • Take a weekend trip.
  • Decorate for a holiday.
  • Get a new job.
  • Finish Desire Map.

Replaced Goals:

  • Earn a fitocracy badge for something actually exercise-related
  • Write a StoryNexus game
  • Learn about SQL
  • Finish EiR overhaul
dec 27 2012 ∞
jan 6 2016 +