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April 7th, 2010

34 for 34

by Tarable
34/366

Day 34 of my 2008 Project 366 challenge

My birthday has come and gone. But I started this list a few weeks ago and, as a sucker for accountability, I wanted to be sure to post it. 1

I made a similar list last year and while I didn’t complete everything on it, I learned a few lessons. Like don’t make your goals vague and unattainable. And if you do, at least call them resolutions.

In no particular order, except numerical, here are 34 things I want to do this year:

1.   see a movie at the Boulder Outdoor Cinema

2.   take the hubby to the Denver Botanic Gardens

3.   summit another 14′er

4.   learn to swim with Mimi

5.   ride the old coasters at Lakeside Amusement park

6.   visit the downtown Denver aquarium

7.   see another play at the Curious Theater

8.   start a one-sentence journal (hat-tip to Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project for this one)

9.   do an unassisted pull-up

10. visit a state I’ve never been to 2

11. nurture my humor writing

12. soak in the Conundrum Hot Springs

13. bag Boulder’s triple crown: summit Bear, South Boulder and Green Mountain peaks all in one trip

14. check out Mesa Verde

15. attempt to produce and edit a video

16. try gluten-free baking

17. show up 3

18. continue to say yes 4

19. get 8-9 hours of sleep a night 5

20. run a new race

21. run an old race…faster

22. declutter

23. give more clothes away to Goodwill

24. update address book (consider a digital version)

25. update RSS reader

26. write another piece for HuffPo

27. pay off another credit card

28. eat at Frasca…finally

29. open a joint banking account with the hubby

30. undertake a photography challenge

31. make some art

32. watch Lawrence of Arabia…finally

33. secret wish #1

34. secret wish #2 6

Don’t worry my loveys. I shall keep you updated on the progress of my little hope-to-do list. And if any of you would like to join me in completing any of the above, please let me know. 7

  1. Not for you necessarily, but definitely for me. Like just about everything else on this blog. ↩
  2. New Mexico, I’m looking at you! ↩
  3. Another one I stole from Gretchen Rubin. ↩
  4. Unless saying yes prevents #19 from happening… ↩
  5. Oh, how I value my sleep! ↩
  6. See how unfair that was! Including secret wishes on a very public list. How could I? Easily, it turns out. ↩
  7. Residence in Boulder or Denver is preferred but not mandatory. ↩

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October 25th, 2009

Shots on Goal

by Tarable

Oh hai list of goals that I wanted to accomplish for this year. Long time, no see.

Enter snowy day and the perfect time to sit down and revisit said list. After blowing dust off the blog post, I spent some time thinking about what I’ve accomplished. 1

With the hopes of keeping myself accountable, here’s how I’ve been progressing:

#2. run another marathon.

timberline

This was one of those goals that got slightly amended. I did not have time to train for a marathon, but I did have time to run a different half-marathon in a new state. So that’s what I did instead. (Perhaps before I’m 40 I’ll get another notch in my marathon belt.)

#3. elope.

Done. And done well.

elopement

#4. work on improving my green thumb by growing beans and helping with the community garden.

With the help of my ever-loving  and most patient husband, our garden was bountiful and prosperous.

#5. pay down credit card debt.

Two cards down, a few more to go.

#6. write more letters.

Do thank-you notes count? 2

#10. play another season of Ultimate Frisbee.

It wasn’t a championship season like last year, but we had a lot of spirit. 3

#11. do more push-ups.

The ladies of the Lijit office do (almost) daily push-ups together. Nothing beats a little muscle pump in the afternoon.

#14. roller derby!

rollerderby

Saw my first bout last month and although I’m still undecided on whether or not I should try out, I’m a big fan.

#16. get scuba certified.

Thanks to Weaver’s Dive Center, I’m all set. Belize, here I come!

#24. throw a kickass wedding party.

How about not one, but two kickass wedding parties?

#29. put money in my savings account every month.

So far, so good. 4

The results are a little rough, dear readers.  I’m almost two-thirds of the way through the year and I an only done with one-third of my list.

However, to make myself feel better, I will rationalize that a full third of the list are all goals that are in progress, which means that they will be crossed off at some point:

#1. more yoga.

#8. incorporate strength training into my workout routine.

#9. reach out to my old friends.

#13. give more bodywork

#17. blog more. 5

#20. get rid of unnecessary stuff.

#21. say yes more.

#22. reach outside of my comfort zone.

#23. swim.

#27. be sure my loved ones know how I feel about them.

#28. dance more.

#30. acknowledge gratitude daily.

So, what about that pesky last third of the list? For one reason or another, these goals are the ones that will probably need some adjusting 6 in order to accomplish.

These represent the worst kind of to-do’s–easy to type but much too broad and vague to actually do:

#31.  practice compassion.

#32. forgive and forget.

And then some goals are difficult to achieve because of the money involved:

#19. buy more vintage clothing.

#26. get the tattoo on my ankle redone.

Not to mention, there are the things left that I keep meaning to do…

#7. perform stand-up at least once a month.

#12. explore new parts of Colorado.

#15. experiment with video

#18. learn basics of Photoshop.

#25. volunteer my time with a cause close to my heart.

#33. learn how to juggle.

but that take up more time or energy than I had realized when first creating this list. But I’m figuring it out as I go…and my progress reflects that fact.

It’s just a shame that rocking the footnote plugin wasn’t on the list. 7


  1. Don’t worry. It’s not much. ↩
  2. If you’re reading this and you haven’t received your thank-you note yet, it’s because we’re planning something extra special for you. ↩
  3. That means we wrote good cheers, brought baked goods to games and only one won game. ↩
  4. Of course, in addition to going in, it also comes out some months. ↩
  5. Hey, I’m trying… ↩
  6. Massaging, tweaking, shifting ↩
  7. Because once I start, I just can’t stop… ↩

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March 5th, 2009

33 for 33

by Tarable

the-scene

Ummm…mic check, one, two, one two…

So, right, sorry about my silence. Honestly though, things were a little crazy in February, with less days and my birthday and a comedic presentation and a blogging conference.

There are no good excuses to be made about the blog neglect. But hey, I’m back and attempting to be better than ever. And? I’m getting married tomorrow.

That being said, why in the hell am I writing a blog post on the eve of my elopement? Basically, I am a week overdue in posting my birthday list of what I want to do this year. By sharing it now,  I can cross at least one thing off the list the day after tomorrow. (And if you know me at all, then you know how much I really love crossing things off lists.)

  1. more yoga
  2. run another marathon
  3. elope
  4. work on improving my green thumb by growing beans and helping with the community garden
  5. pay down credit card debt
  6. write more letters
  7. perform stand-up at least once a month
  8. incorporate strength training into my workout routine
  9. reach out to my old friends
  10. play another season of Ultimate Frisbee
  11. do more push-ups
  12. explore new parts of Colorado
  13. give more bodywork
  14. roller derby!
  15. experiment with video
  16. get scuba certified
  17. blog more
  18. learn basics of Photoshop
  19. buy more vintage clothing
  20. get rid of unnecessary stuff
  21. say yes more
  22. reach outside of my comfort zone
  23. swim
  24. throw a kickass wedding party
  25. volunteer my time with a cause close to my heart
  26. get the tattoo on my ankle redone
  27. be sure my loved ones know how I feel about them
  28. dance more
  29. put money in my savings account every month
  30. acknowledge gratitude daily
  31. practice compassion
  32. forgive and forget
  33. learn how to juggle

Let’s see how I do. I promise it will not be another month until my next post. Especially since I’ll have rad pictures of a mod wedding dress to share very soon. (If that’s not a teaser, I don’t know what is…)

*Thanks to Caroline for being a constant source of inspiration and for sharing her own list.

**Somewhat interesting tidbit…Caroline and I have six things in common on our lists (almost twenty percent), which helps to illustrate why we’re friends in the first place.

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