I am getting a jump on the whole New Year’s resolution thing as I am finished with my classes, and I have some time to think about it. I looked at my 101 in 1001 list and decided that most of the items on the list did not or will not make a big difference in my life– I will either do them or I won’t. It would be great if I learned to be more fluent in Spanish or play the piano, but having it on a list doesn’t seem to inspire me in these areas. So my next list will be shorter and more about what I actually am inspired to work on, but lose track of sometimes. I am hoping the list will help to focus my efforts on the things I most want to accomplish in the next 3 years. I will do other things and continue to work on my 101 in 1001 list in order to complete my self-experiment, but I can’t wait to get started on this list. As you can see it is not finished—I never know what else I might want to reach for. But, at this point, these are the things I am most wanting to focus on. I probably do not even need a list, but I like lists and numbers and keeping track of things. The list is like an itinerary of my travels through life for the next 3 years; I’m sure there will be many diversions before I get there. I hope so the list is not supposed to be my life; it’s just there to remind me of where I thought I was going.
- Read or listen to 3000 poems.
- Read or listen to 1000 different poets.
- Read 50 volumes of poetry.
- Read 50 books of fiction.
- Read 50 books of non-fiction/non-poetry
- Write 150 poems.
- Publish 300 blog posts.
- Write 500,000 words that make sense together (fiction or non-fiction).
- Publish 10 written pieces in a place other than my blog.
- Finish 200 drawings.
- Mount and display 10 pieces of art.
- Finish a BA, AA or vocational training program that will help me with #13.
- Get a job I like that pays well.
- Move myself 2000 miles by my own muscles (walking, running, bicycling).
- This space open for new goals as they come up.