Somewhere out there, there is a meme for 100 goals in 3 years – some of my goals are so enormous though, that I decided to forget the tradition of the meme, and set my own list of ridiculous goals with a ridiculous timeline to fulfill them in. I hope you’ll all cheer for me, and remind me of this article by Ashley Lebedev about how to beat creative block when I get stuck and stumble.
As you may be able to tell, there are still plenty of goals for me to come up with – if you have any suggestions, please let me know. I figure though, that as the years roll by, I will probably have new ideas and goals that I will want to set myself anyway. To start with though, I do at least have over 100 goals – it’s a nice feeling. Achieving them will make me feel like I’m being productive!
I’ll strike them out as I achieve them starting from the 1st of January 2010, and I’ll add more as I think of them! ^-^
EDIT:
You know, I’ve had people tell me before that I’m crazy for always setting myself insane goals. Usually I just laugh. Never before today, have I ever had anyone tell me not to do it. I’ve in part explained in this post here, why it is that I do these things. I personally don’t feel that I should have to explain any further than that, but I’m still being discouraged. I know the person doesn’t mean ill by it, but it’s frustrating. There are still other reasons I do this, but a big one is that this is one of the things that helps me keep my depression and anxiety at bay: writing lists – organising my mind and what it is that I want in life. I’m someone who is timeless, so I need time frames for these lists. So this is just another one of my projects to keep my mind busy – discouraging it doesn’t help at all.
Sorry to have put this here, I hope my list makes you roll your eyes and laugh at my insanity.
xx
200 Goals:
001 Focus more on what I believe – spirituality is important
002 Learn to be more assertive and stand up for what I believe in
003 Write in my handwritten journal at least twice a week for a year
004 Buy my own house, with plenty of land for a big garden for my photography
005 Buy a digital SLR camera
006 Take a short course in photography
007 Start photographing weddings for a little extra cash on the side
008 Take a short course in how to make underwear
009 Buy my own sewing machine
010 Buy a new car – love my bomb, but it would be nice to have something newer
011 Start learning to speak Japanese
012 Start learning to speak French
013 Start learning to speak Swedish
014 Re-learn the Indonesian language
015 Re-learn to play the clarinet
016 Sit a minimum of the Grade 6 clarinet exam
017 Learn to play piano
018 Learn to play guitar
019 Buy my own guitar so I’m not nicking off with dad’s
020 Make more time to read
021 Read the entire Jane Austen collection
022 Go to more concerts (I’ve only ever been to two)
023 Go and see a theatre production
024 Learn to cook a greater variety of things
025 Learn to overcome my fear of trying new things
026 Stop being so anti-social – go and hang out more often with my friends
027 Check out new and different art galleries and exhibitions
028 Learn more about gardening
029 Learn more about the environment
030 Lose all my excess weight safely, and keep it off
031 Learn to have more trust in my instincts
032 Don’t buy any clothing for at least one year, if I want it – I have to make it myself (obviously this doesn’t include shoes – and probably doesn’t include underwear)
033 Start selling things I hand-make online
034 Watch 10 movies I have never seen before, each year.
035 Go to England for at least a holiday, if not to live and work
036 Travel to New Zealand
037 Travel to Canada
038 Travel to France
039 Travel to Sweden
040 Travel to Germany
041 Travel to Scotland
042 Travel to Wales
043 Travel to Ireland
044 Travel to Japan
045 Travel to China
046 Start selling my art online, and taking commissions
047 Grow my hair out nice and long again
048 Remember The Princess Code
049 Have completed my From the Ashes series
050 Have completed my novel Shadow of Doubt
051 Write a short story inspired by a photograph taken by someone else
052 Learn to be more organised
053 Send out my writing to agents/publishers etc. – “No-one can call themselves a true author until they can wallpaper their home with rejection letters” – Talea
054 Stop giving up on my dreams
055 Start saving money so that I have something to fall back on
056 Make new friends
057 Do more with my life – I need to stop being lazy and afraid of the big bad world
058 Be my own boss or be working toward it
059 Travel to Perth to meet up with my friend, Kat
060 Go on a shopping and beach adventure with my Sydney friend, Kerri
061 Successfully complete Writing Year at least 3 times
062 Watch people in public places and write stories about how I imagine their lives
063 Replace my old pair of knee-high boots
064 Write myself a letter to read at the end of the 10 years
065 Take lots more photos to improve and inspire
066 Put together a presentable art folio – should I decide I’d like to go back and try studying design again
067 Go on an adventure without any sort of map and get lost
068 Write more lyrics
069 Study a short course in Interior Design
070 Study a short course in Make-up
071 Donate at least 100 grains of rice a day via FreeRice.org for at least a year
072 Learn to clean out wardrobe frequently and get rid of anything I don’t want or wear anymore
073 Launch the Australian based creative project I have planned with some of my NaNo friends
074 Buy a toy chest – I love all my soft toys and don’t want to part with them! However, I don’t really want them on display
075 Collect more Little Golden Books
076 Buy some Mr Men and Little Miss books
077 Buy some Grug books
078 Go on a trip around Australia
079 Create (with some help from you guys) an inspiration book, like The Drifter and the Gypsy’s “I HEART” project
080 Take a short course in Creative writing
081 Learn more about Autism so that I can do a better job of my job
082 Take better care of myself
083 Learn to manage my anger issues – I didn’t used to be an angry person, I need to go back to being a more placid, tolerable, person
084 Fall in love – for once please let it be returned!
085 Listen to more music and have more of an open-mind (crazy given I will already listen to something at least once – but music is something that is always evolving)
086 Improve my memory – once upon a time I had a good memory, these days it is less than weak
087 Go on a big day out with my friend Lulu and check out op shops and the like for pretty things to surround myself with
088 Go to bed at a reasonable hour whenever it is possible!
089 Learn more in general – I’m sick of feeling like an uneducated potato in comparison to my super intelligent friends
090 Deal with the issues and memories that prevent me from sleeping, and give me nightmares when I do sleep
091 Find a way to manage my apparently near-unmanagable asthma (without having to take more asthma meds) so that I don’t end up in the same trouble I frequently find myself in – I enjoy being able to breathe
092 Help my Aunt’s research illnesses in our family history so that we can find preventions – otherwise I am going to be a cripple before the 10 years is up and I really don’t want that
093 Learn from the past, but equally learn to leave it where it belongs: the past
094 Dance in the rain as often as I can – it makes me smile
095 Go to the snow – I haven’t been since I was a child!
096 If a miracle occurs and I find a requited love – or it finds me – I’d love to get married and start a family. The later that is left, the more complications there are for both mother and child – I already have enough health problems and I would really love the chance to have children! – of course, this is certainly more of a dream than a goal :/
097 Learn how to change a car tyre
098 Buy new bed-linen, I’m starting to get a little over my bed being so dark
099 Keep on top of reading the blogs of my friends
100 Start having givaways on my blog
101 Before the 10 years is up, have 1,000 followers on my Google Friend Connect *is hopeful*
102 Learn to better express my thoughts
103 Make it one year, to a NaNoWriMo launch and/or write-in
104 Write a short story or even a novel (if I can come up with enough connections and ideas) of my friend Kerri’s dreams – they’re super awesome and weird
105 Figure out what it is that inspires me
106 Have an investment property
107 Practice (learn if required!) swimming
108 Get diving liscence
109 Take photos of things underwater
110 Buy a water-proof/resistant camera
111 Buy a Diana Mini
112 Buy a Nintendo DS and games
113 Finally finish playing Donkey Kong Country on the Super Nintendo
114 Buy my own decks of Killer Bunnies cards and other bits and bobs required to play the game
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199 Put aside $10 for every goal I accomplish so that I can buy myself something nice to remember and reflect on when I’m finished the ten years
200 Complete all of the above goals
034 Watch 10 movies I have never seen before, each year.
2010; Empire Records, Son of Rambow, Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton)
Tags: 200 goals for 10 years
I totally get why you did it and why it helps you.
For me, I don’t have the attention span to make a list that will last me a MONTH, let alone TEN YEARS! So I have to approach things a little differently.
Good luck with your goals – I’m sure you’ll do great!
Thanks Janna
My fingers are crossed anyway!
It’s taken a lot of hard work and dedication to even get this list as far as it is, but I think that if I drive myself enough – like I should anyway – I could probably achieve most of those goals
As a side note: I’m now following your blog
xx
I’m sure you can do it!
One of my goals is to start updating that blog regularly, so hopefully there will soon be new entries to read!
Thank you! ♥ Also, excellent! I look forward to checking them out
xx
You go girl, I have complete faith in you, in fact, I have even more then that from you, I have inspiration from you as well. If I can help in any way, let me know (I would love to get lost with you, that is something that we planned once, and it is still very high on my goals) You have inspired me in so many ways, and now I am going to start writing my ‘200 goals in 10 years’ list. Know that I will always have faith in you to achieve whatever you set yourself to do, and know that I will be beside you every step of the way, helping you up the hill as you help me up!
A friend will bail you out of gaol, a true friend will be in there right beside you! – Unknown
When I take you on your late birthday present (XD) we’ll probably get lost – I doubt I’ll have any maps with me, we could explore the Yarra Valley! Mind, honestly I’m probably more likely to get lost in the city than I am in the country, hehe. Let me see your 200 goals – perhaps you should start a blogger account specifically for keeping track of it publicly
I intend on not going to gaol, thanks
xx