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I first heard of the day zero project over 10 years ago. I made my list, but I quickly abandoned it, and I can't tell you what was on it. But I can tell you that having daydreams and goals is vital to my mental health.

I started this list on July 13, 2023. Or, let's say I hit *play* on that day, but as of right now, on 7/28/23, I still do not have 101 goals listed. I want to make sure they're all meaningful to me, and that I will get at least something more than a dopamine hit from each item that I check off. On the other hand, a lot of the meaningful goals will take time to complete, so I would like some easier, shorter goals to work on along the way.

I'll update the list here as I add more goals, and continue adding updates as I go. I've tried to categorize things, but so many things fall into more than one category. I still stuck with this format, though. You could technically call the Community & Social category a sub-category of Mental & Spiritual Health, and Adventure & Travel could also fit in Just for Fun, as could at least a few from most other categories.

Adventure & Travel

1. Swim with manatees and snorkel in 3 Sisters Spring

2. Visit our friends in Oregon

3. Visit Cloudland Canyon

4. Visit Providence Canyon

5. Visit Cumberland Island

6. Visit Helen, GA

7. Visit 30 Atlas Obscura Places

8. Visit and learn about 30 Georgia State Historical Markers

9. Do the Athens Walk of Fame

10. Attend 3 Bigfoot-Related Events

11. Visit Congaree National Park

12. Visit the Grand Canyon

13. Visit friend in Rio

14. Observe an election in Eastern Europe

15. Go on a transatlantic cruise

16. Visit at least one additional National Park other than those listed

Brain Stuff

1. Get to level C2 in Spanish

2. Take violin lessons

3. Read 101 Books

4. Read Selected Writings of Mahatma Gandhi

Building Grit

1. Complete the 75 Hard Challenge

2. Limit social media use to 2 days per month

Community & Social Health

1. Make 30 New Friends IRL

2. Pack 500 Adventure Bags

3. Volunteer 101 hours

4. Lasagna Love: Make and deliver 30 lasagnas

5. Become a penpal to a senior citizen

6. Perform 303 Random Acts of Kindness for people I know

7. Perform 101 Random Acts of Kindness for strangers

8. Attend 50% of any parent social events for Firefly

Family

1. Eat dinner together at the table (or the lake) 6 days per week for 101 weeks

2. Make a family cookbook

3. Create seasonal family bucket lists and do as many things from the lists as we can each season (10 times)

4. Go on 30 pre-planned date nights (without the kids)

5. Go on 30 "dates" with each kid

6. Play Mini-Golf together

7. Learn 10 new card games together as a family (both learning new together and sharing ones we knew as kids with the new generation)

Just for Fun

1. Get three new tattoos

2. Go to Jeju

3. See the trolls at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

4. Watch a Bollywood film

5. Send something to Post Secret

6. Create an inspo board for this list Completed approx 7/20/23

7. Pierce my ears

8. Pull Tarot Cards for friends and include meaningful interpretations 10 times

9. Complete 30 1SE Months

10. Plant pretty plants around the mailbox Completed approx 7/25/23

11. Create a Board Game

12. Make a photo book of my 101 favorite photos

13. Brew my own Kombucha

14. Go Sky Diving

15. Go to a David Sedaris reading

Mental & Spiritual Health (see also: volunteer work)

1. List 2002 things I'm grateful for

2. Pull tarot cards and journal about them 30 times

3. Develop a meditation practice by day 101

4. Complete the Coursera Science of Wellbeing class

5. Have an Akashic record reading Completed 8/3/23

Nature Love

1. Observe 101 Species in iNat; submit research-grade photos

2. Care for a Bonsai

3. Watch a Solar Eclipse

4. Complete 30 Seek Challenges

5. Join a Community Garden

6. Have the yard certified as a Wildlife Habitat

Other things that fit nowhere else

1. Pay library fines

2. Take a First Aid class with the kids

Physical Health

1. Do 1001 Sun Salutations (cross-post to Mental & Spiritual Health)

2. Complete a 5K run

3. Complete 15 30-day challenges

4. Close my rings 500 times

5. Paddle Board 30 times

6. Maintain VO2 Max at above average for 101 days

7. Address medical concerns with a PCP

8. Complete Lupus Testing Completed on 7/20/23

9. [private goal]

10. [private goal]

11. Get a pap smear

12. Attend my teeth cleanings every time

13. Floss 909 Times

14. Get my teeth whitened

15. Develop a pedicure routine and follow it for 101 weeks

16. Create nighttime and daytime skincare routines and follow them for 909 days

Vocation & Creation

1. Complete the Coursera Write Your First Novel course

2. Write a book

3. Publish a short story

4. Apply to 3 Grad. programs

5. Create a positive and enjoyable learning experience in the co-op classes that I teach, measurable by observation of high and/or increased engagement

6. Complete The Artist's Way

7. Placeholder for a goal about my gardens

8. Finish & Send out Fall 2023 Syllabi Completed 8/23/23

9. Finish & Send out Spring 2024 Syllabi