101 Things — The Final List

Here's my final 101 Things list. I'm really excited about getting started! [Crossed out items are completed.]

Guitar & Songwriting
1. Finish recording 1st CD
2. Get CD mixed and mastered
3. Design CD sleeve
4. Get CD photographs taken
5. Get CD duplicated at Oasis
6. Plan a CD release party
7. Play at least six full gigs
8. Play at least 12 open mics
9. Sell at least 100 CDs
10. Program at least one drum track with keyboard/Reason
11. Finalize songs for 2nd CD
12. Write 15 new songs for 3rd CD [7]
13. Write a song in a different tuning (2/28/07)
14. Visit a Hudson Valley open mic
15. Attend a new songwriting camp
16. Attend NERFA
17. Get guitar professionally set up
18. Work through my set of voice lesson CDs
19. Build a proper personal Web site

Work
20. Update portfolio and get new case
21. Sort design samples in file cabinet
22. Find new job 2/19/08
23. Decorate new office
24. Buy a proper work wardrobe
25. Learn enough Flash to use in Web site
26. Get to work on time for two consecutive weeks

Fitness/Wellness
27. Visit YMCA at least 35 times in 3 months
28. Do weight-training 3x/wk. for 8 weeks straight
29. Lose at least 30 lbs. (started 1/1/07)
30. Keep the weight off for 6 months
31. Lose another 30 lbs.
32. Keep the weight off for 6 months
33. Run a 5K
34. Run a 10K
35. Get a comprehensive physical (1/26/07)
36. Take another yoga class
37. Try a spinning class
38. Get to bed by 11, up by 6:30, 14 straight days
39. Quit caffeine completely for 3 months
40. Floss every day for 14 days
41. No TV at all for a week

Family
42. Call Jim in California 3 times
43. Take Matt somewhere fun (NYC?)
44. Complete a recording of one of Matt’s songs
45. Do something special for Mom

Love & Friendship
46. Try speed dating
47. Join online dating site
48. Try Contemporary Singles (1/17/07)
49. Speak with Y
50. Find a girlfriend
51. Try Number 5
52. Have G&D over to my house
53. Have K&J over to my house
54. Host a songwriters’ get-together
55. Exchange visits w/RB, BW, JR

Home
56. Buy living room furniture
57. Fix (or get fixed) bathroom
58. Organize bedroom closet
59. Clean out kitchen cupboards/fridge
60. Sort and discard/sell old magazines
61. Get and use safe deposit box
62. Replace entertainment center/TV
63. Shampoo carpets
64. Repair and clean window treatments
65. Clean garage
66. Repair/reseal driveway
67. Trim hedges and mulch bushes
68. Remove flower garden
69. Fix and clean gutters
70. Touch-up paint front door
71. Get deck painted
72. Clean dryer vent
73. Sell, donate, or throw away 101 items [10]
74. Decorate the house for Christmas

Reading & Writing
75. Edit novel so I can show it to people
76. Find someone to read it
77. Write another NaNoNovel
78. Take a college writing class
79. Write three new short stories
80. Submit stories (or novel) to three publications
81. Find a good list of classic novels
82. Read 10 novels from that list
83. Read 101 books
84. Organize bookshelves

Finances
85. Reallocate 401k
86. Refinance or move
87. Go 14 straight days without eating out
88. Photograph my stuff for insurance purposes

Other
89. Go on vacation outside the Northeast
90. Walk Max for 20 minutes, 14 straight days
91. Take Max to a dog park
92. Take Max on a vacation
93. See a NY Jets football game
94. Spend a day visiting NYC museums
95. Buy a car
96. Volunteer for something

Computer
97. Organize iTunes completely
98. Overhaul backup system
99. Archive backups in safe deposit box
100. Keep track of progress on this list
101. Make a new list when this one ends