101 in 1001

I've decided to undertake the 101 in 1001 challenge. Let's see how this goes!
I'm organizing my lists like Randa has, because I like how hers is set up.

Start date: October 12th, 2010
End date: July 9th, 2013


Key:
"Normal typeface": A goal that has not been touched.
"Bold typeface": A goal currently in progress
"Striked out": A goal that's completed, hooraaayy!
"Italicized typeface"": A goal that I'm having trouble with and need help.


Me
1. Complete an entire crossword puzzle book.
2. Learn how to make a dish in every popular ethnic culture.
3. Visit a huge flea market, besides Rodgers, Ohio.
4. Swim naked.
5. Design a room in someone else's house.
6. Be on national TV (HGTV, MTV, etc).
7. Read three (3) classical books.
8. Take a painting / arts class.
9. Paint canvases for other people, mostly to those who inspire me.
10. Believe in myself, 100%.
11. Discover something knew about myself.
12. Learn how to kayak.
13. Write more!

Academics / Career
1. Get into graduate school.
2. Get a 4.0 GPA, at least one semester.
3. Graduate undergraduate in the top 20% of my class/department/"school".
4. Tutor an underclassman/undergraduate.
5. Get hired and work somewhere interesting.
6. Network with really important people in my field.
7. Get elected into an executive position in one of my clubs.
8. Get to know as many people that go to RMU as possible (you never know who will hire you in the future..)
9. Become a mentor.
10. Get accepted into an honors society.
11. Study for 12+ hours straight.
12. Make Dean's list.

Relationships / Love
1. Find a decent boyfriend.
2. Fall in true love.
3. Get engaged.
4. Get married.
5. Start a family.
6. Visit my grandparents, both maternal and paternal, more often.
7. Help my parents out around our house more.
8. Don't lose any good friends.
9. Meet new friends.
10. Disconnect from the internet and life and reconnect with family and friends for two weeks.
11. Hug everyone I know at least once every time I see them and tell them I love them.
12. Never let a day go by where I don't think about everyone I love.

Money
1. Save $5,000 just for the sake of saving.
2. Save at least $3,000 for a down payment on a car.
3. Save for a down payment on a house.
4. Merge finances with future husband.
5. Buy a car and house.
6. Pay down student loans.
7. Pay off credit card.
8. Limit spending/shopping trips.
9. Start a retirement fund.
10. Invest in stocks and bonds.
11. Pay my parents back as much as I can for everything they've done/bought for me.
12. Allow myself to buy an outfit that costs more than $1,000 - excluding the purse.
13. Save for my wedding.

Travel
1. Go to Europe.
2. Go to Asia.
3. Go to Australia.
4. Visit California.
5. Hike the Grand Canyon.
6. Drive somewhere pretty far away... anywhere (within reason).
7. Go to the NYC Museum of Modern Art.
8. Travel to more places within Pittsburgh and its suburbs.
9. Take a nice honeymoon somewhere random.
10. Treat my family to a vacation.
11. Go to a Philadelphia Flyers game with a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey on. :P :)
12. Go back to Savannah, Georgia.
13. Go to the island in Greece where my ancestors are from.

Health
1. Lose 40 pounds.
2. Keep that 40 pounds off.
3. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
4. Drink water more.
5. Go to the gym 3 times a week.
6. Go to the dentist regularly.
7. Go to the doctors regularly.
8. Run a marathon.
9. Try MMA.
10. Become healthy overall.
11. Reduce my bra size by 2 cups (surgery might be needed).
12. Wear a size 8.
13. Take my multivitamin every morning.

Random / Fun
1. Study a famous person's life.
2. People watch at a mall at least once a month every so often for at least two hours.
3. Skydive.
4. Visit The Container Store.
5. Buy outfits from Goodwill and redesign/resew them into new clothes.
6. Make a t-shirt quilt.
7. Get a spray tan.
8. Do someone's makeup professionally (get paid for it).
9. Become a bridsmaid and/or maid of honor.
10. Host a baby shower.
11. Climb a really tall tree.
12. Take as many pictures as possible.
13. Make someone a random gift.

Service
1. Donate more clothes to the homeless/less fortunate.
2. Volunteer at a Humane Society or animal shelter.
3. Make more people recycle (friends, family, coworkers).
4. Give money to homeless people on the street.
5. Buy flowers from the man that always stands on the busy highway and sells them.
6. Volunteer at a VA hospital.
7. Write about breast cancer patients stories.
8. Volunteer at Children's Hospital.
9. Babysit for a needy couple free of charge.
10. Help someone with their 101 in 1001 list.
11. Clean up a bad neighborhood and give hope to those that live there.
12. Help put a stop to animal cruelty.