100 things

I started doing this a few years ago at the suggestion of one of my best friends.  He did it his senior year of high school and then a year later his teacher mailed all of the lists back to his students.  I write mine in my journal and tape the pages together so I can't look at it for a year.  It's really neat to look at the list a year later and see what you've done and what you don't even want to do anymore.  Confused?  Here's the deal...

Make a list of 100 things you want to do in your life... not necessarily in the next year.  They don't have to be big things either... just things.  This is my list from 7/15/2010... I'm a year late in getting back to it, and that's okay... in this case it's actually kind of cool because when I finished this list, I had been in my relationship with Rob for less than 4 months.

1. Earn a degree
2. Go to Uncle Mark's Church
3. Take a trip alone
4. Buy diamonds for myself
5. Visit Mr. Mayo
6. Own a home
7. Audition for a show
8. Take singing lessons
9. Be in a show
10. Walk 10,000 miles
11. Get to goal size {175ish?}
12. Go sailing
13. Write a story/book
14. Walk in the Pacific Ocean
15. Pay my parents back
16. Pay off my student loans
17. Have an entire honest day
18. Pay for TI 
19. Sing Karaoke in public
20. Learn a new dance style
21. Stay at the Bellagio
22. Dance in the rain
23. Take a Mia Michaels class
24. Master fouettes
25. Take my kids to Disney
26. Take my family to TI
27. Visit Winchester Mystery House
28. Start a foundation
29. Travel outside the US
30. Master an aerial
31. Foster or adopt a child
32. Read Les Miserables
33. Get a massage
34. Have a selfless day
35. Judge a dance competition
36. Attend the Olympics
37. Get married
38. Donate blood
39. Fill a journal
40. Go to Radio City
41. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
42. Finish Purpose Driven Life
43. Make a scrapbook
44. Run a full marathon
45. See Les Miserables professionally
46. Have $10,000 in savings
47. Go to the Oprah show
48. Play the lottery
49. Go bungee jumping
50. Ride in a hot air balloon
51. Be a mentor/Big Sister
52. Volunteer at RMHC
53. Build a habitat house
54. Take a cooking class
55. Buy a little black dress
56. Clean out/detail my car
57. Forgive the family situation
58. Ride a mechanical bull
59. Attend the TONYs
60. Be in Times Square for New Year's Eve
61. Drive to CA
62. Get another tattoo
63. Really thank Marc
64. Sleep outside overnight
65. Stretch everyday for a month
66. Win an award for choreography
67. Read the bible
68. Choreograph 100 shows
69. See an original Broadway cast
70. Visit Harry Potter World
71. Go to a book signing
72. See a new concert
73. Buy a new car
74. Get another dog
75. Read 100 books
76. Tell Lindsay
77. Thanks John
78. Say "I love you" and mean it
79. Send out birthday cards for a year
80. Hire a new school for choreography
81. Try caviar
82. Visit a new state
83. Buy a chandelier
84. Buy designer shoes
85. Quit BN
86. Organize the JDSD office
87. Have a JDSD season without mistakes
88. Be in a relationship longer than 6 months
89. See Kristen Chenoweth live
90. Find a church I love
91. Run a half marathon
92. Run a 10k
93. Run a 5k
94. Workout daily
95. Stop procrastinating
96. Make a difference
97. Send someone flowers
98. Be promoted
99. Be a star consultant
100. Go on a cruise

 Then you take the list and check off the things you did {I made these things green}, and cross off the things you no longer feel you need to do - no matter what the reason.

1. Earn a degree
2. Go to Uncle Mark's Church
3. Take a trip alone
4. Buy diamonds for myself
5. Visit Mr. Mayo
6. Own a home
7. Audition for a show
8. Take singing lessons
9. Be in a show
10. Walk 10,000 miles
11. Get to goal size {175ish?}
12. Go sailing
13. Write a story/book
14. Walk in the Pacific Ocean
15. Pay my parents back
16. Pay off my student loans
17. Have an entire honest day
18. Pay for TI 
19. Sing Karaoke in public
20. Learn a new dance style
21. Stay at the Bellagio
22. Dance in the rain
23. Take a Mia Michaels class
24. Master fouettes
25. Take my kids to Disney
26. Take my family to TI
27. Visit Winchester Mystery House
28. Start a foundation
29. Travel outside the US
30. Master an aerial
31. Foster or adopt a child
32. Read Les Miserables
33. Get a massage
34. Have a selfless day
35. Judge a dance competition
36. Attend the Olympics
37. Get married
38. Donate blood
39. Fill a journal
40. Go to Radio City
41. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
42. Finish Purpose Driven Life
43. Make a scrapbook
44. Run a full marathon
45. See Les Miserables professionally
46. Have $10,000 in savings
47. Go to the Oprah show
48. Play the lottery
49. Go bungee jumping
50. Ride in a hot air balloon
51. Be a mentor/Big Sister
52. Volunteer at RMHC
53. Build a habitat house
54. Take a cooking class
55. Buy a little black dress
56. Clean out/detail my car
57. Forgive the family situation
58. Ride a mechanical bull
59. Attend the TONYs
60. Be in Times Square for New Year's Eve
61. Drive to CA
62. Get another tattoo
63. Really thank Marc
64. Sleep outside overnight
65. Stretch everyday for a month
66. Win an award for choreograph
67. Read the bible
68. Choreograph 100 shows
69. See an original Broadway cast
70. Visit Harry Potter World
71. Go to a book signing
72. See a new concert
73. Buy a new car
74. Get another dog
75. Read 100 books
76. Tell Lindsay
77. Thank John
78. Say "I love you" and mean it
79. Send out birthday cards for a year
80. Hire a new school for choreography
81. Try caviar
82. Visit a new state
83. Buy a chandelier
84. Buy designer shoes
85. Quit BN
86. Organize the JDSD office
87. Have a JDSD season without mistakes
88. Be in a relationship longer than 6 months
89. See Kristen Chenoweth live
90. Find a church I love
91. Run a half marathon
92. Run a 10k
93. Run a 5k
94. Workout daily
95. Stop procrastinating
96. Make a difference
97. Send someone flowers
98. Be promoted
99. Be a star consultant
100. Go on a cruise

Last, you fill in the things you checked off or crossed off and revisit the list in a year!  It's really a neat tool for reflection... Give it a try!

My 100 things - 8/18/2012

1. Earn a degree
2. Get engaged
3. Take Rob on a surprise trip
4. Convert to Judaism
5. Visit Mr. Mayo
6. Own a home
7. Start keeping Shabbatt
8. Weigh less than 200lbs
9. Take a tap class
10. Walk 10,000 miles
11. Get to goal size {175ish?}
12. Go sailing
13. Write a story/book
14. Walk in the Pacific Ocean
15. Pay my parents back
16. Pay off my student loans
17. Be a mom
18. Pay for TI 
19. Be a single digit size
20. Learn a new dance style
21. Stay at the Bellagio
22. Dance in the rain
23. Take a Mia Michaels class
24. Master fouettes
25. Take my kids to Disney
26. Take my family to TI
27. Visit Winchester Mystery House
28. Start a foundation
29. Travel outside the US
30. Master an aerial
31. Visit Israel
32. Read Les Miserables
33. Go see Razia in TX
34. Take flowers to Gram's grave
35. Send George a card
36. Attend the Olympics
37. Get married
38. Join Hevra Kedisha at TI {spelling is waaaay off, I know}
39. Fill a journal
40. Go to Radio City
41. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
42. Have perfect attendance at work {no unscheduled call offs}
43. Stick to a work out plan
44. Run a full marathon
45. Take Rob to see RENT
46. Have $10,000 in savings
47. Grow bonbon bigger
48. Go back to being a blonde
49. Go bungee jumping
50. Ride in a hot air balloon
51. Be a mentor/Big Sister
52. Volunteer at RMHC
53. Build a habitat house
54. Take a cooking class
55. Get the house completely clean
56. Clean out/detail my car
57. Make 10 recipes from the jeni's cookbook
58. Ride a mechanical bull
59. Attend the TONYs
60. Be in Times Square for New Year's Eve
61. Drive to CA
62. Get another tattoo
63. See a ballet at ABT
64. Sleep outside overnight
65. Stretch everyday for a month
66. Win an award for choreography
67. Go see a live taping of SYTYCD
68. Choreograph 100 shows
69. Take cupcakes to a neighbor
70. Visit Harry Potter World
71. Start recycling
72. See a new concert
73. Buy a new car
74. Get another dog
75. Read 100 books
76. Level all of my characters
77. Thank John
78. Eat at a new restaurant
79. Send out birthday cards for a year
80. Take a sisters trip
81. Complete the 300 ab challenge
82. Have 50 followers on my blog
83. Buy a chandelier
84. Buy designer shoes
85. Participate in Pelotonia
86. Finish year 2 of mine and Rob's scrapbook
87. Accept the fact that I need antidepressants to function
88. Take Rob to see Jason Mraz
89. See Kristen Chenoweth live
90. Run a half marathon
91. Run a 10k
92. Run a 5k
93. Stick to a workout plan
94. Be a Big Sister or mentor
95. Work on a Habitat House
96. Send someone flowers
97. Have 3 level 85 characters on WoW - I know, what a DORK
98. Donate to Locks for Love
99. Go on a cruise
100. Be a mom

So there you go... Here's my 100 things.  I'll re-visit the list a year from now and see what's going on with it... a lot can happen in a year!

*believe always*