The List of Resolutions

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January 2, 2009

A small group of us wrote down our most ambitious resolutions. Then, we organized them and kept getting more and more. Here are some of our favorites:

get Bubble Tea with Barack Obama
join Mensa
become a Go master
get accepted to Yale
become a Kabbalah expert
get invited to speak at TED
eat breakfast with a published author or artist
become a full-time writer for the Colbert Report

THE FULL LIST

AMAZING EXPERIENCES (Travel, etc)

take a pilgrimage
take an exotic trip
1. take a train across Siberia in winter
2. go to Forks, Wa, or maybe just Washington
3. go the the Schemerhorn Symphony Center
4. go to Venice
5. take a 15-hour one-way trip
6. go to a state/country I’ve never been to
7. move out of the country
8. go to the ocean for a week
9. do one of these for free
10. Go to Ireland
11. Get a job and earn enough money for a ticket to Japan.
12. Save enough money and buy a house in Chiba prefecture and get a job as a Japanese speaking English language teacher.
enjoy a different culture
Live to see the next millennium
have 52 memorable Tuesdays
Float in a boat to a quiet Kentucky Lake beach.
Camp in the Great Smokey Mountains again.
Make memories for my grandchildren that share memories my grandparents made for me.

WRITING, PUBLISHING & PROMOTING

write and promote a book
write and promote the greatest album of all time
write a blog and promote it to the top 100
get in Paste Magazine
get in Pitchfork

CAMPAIGNS, GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS TO START

start a coffeeshop and bookstore
start a cohort, a posse
start a tshirt company
start an online magazine

CULTURE, PURPOSE, and MIND

read 100 books this year
spend the day in Powell Bookstore
work toward stuff that matters long-term
become more cultured
finish reading a book series
watch only public television for a week
don’t watch TV for the year
read a book at least every week

ACHIEVE SOMETHING CRAZY

get accepted to Yale
join Mensa
become a full-time writer for the Colbert Report
get invited to speak at TED
dominate the slam poetry meeting
show @ the Biennial in Denver
join the ranks of UFC and work up to heavyweight
make Dave the next great rapper
become a celebrity
retire in a year
Save the world
start working at some fancy store in Green Hills, and don’t be awkward, and enjoy it for at least one month
get all my 3 years’ procrastination list caught up!
Get into college.
Create something that no one else has though of but wishes they had.

DO SOMETHING CRAZY

ride a Segway
eat a Vegemite sandwich
walk in snow-shoes
go hang-gliding
go to the zoo, take pictures of people looking amused by the animals
go to a Civil War reenactment dressed in full costume
wear a Yankee’s hat in downtown Nashville
play in the Redding Brothers band - (”just one chance guys!”)
get a song written about me (but not from a stalker perspective)
play Musical Catchphrase that works!

SKILLS TO GAIN

learn to stand up from lying down - like in the action movies
become a Go master
become a Kabbalah expert
become a card shark, only don’t gamble
learn to play 2 songs on the guitar
learn how to fly (an airplane!)
Become fluent in German, Japanese, Celtic/Gaelic

MEETING PEOPLE

eat breakfast with a published author or artist
1. Philip Pullman
2. Tim King
3. Kevin Beck
4. Frank Tipler
5. Anselm Keifer
Drink Bubble Tea with Barack Obama
Drink Bubble Tea with my governor (Phil Bredesen)
Drink Bubble Tea with my mayor (Karl Dean)
Drink Bubble Tea with my council-member (district 32, Sam Coleman)

RELATIONSHIPS (People, friends, etc)

meet 25 new friends and keep in touch with them
be myself to new people I meet
become good friends with a Greek person
smoke a cigar with Ryan and Isaac
call a random person every day for a month
invite the random person to a game of skip-bo or dominoes
find peace in my home (amidst 8 kids!)
get my friends to admit I’m not a double-heretic
become someone’s hero

FITNESS, HEALTH, PHYSICAL STRENGTH

benchpress 250 pounds
do 100 pushups
be able to run on an exercise machine for 1 hour
being able to talk & run at the same time
be healthier - eat better, exercise, etc
1. eat only raw foods
2. be a vegetarian
3. lose 30 pounds

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()@#~~~~~ (by Anya)

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About The Resolution Begins

This is about the greatest New Year’s resolutions of all time - a list that began with a small group of people at the end of 2008, and continues to grow and spread.

Unlike most resolutions, which shoot too low, and are thus forgotten - these are resolutions that have power precisely because they are ridiculously ambitious.

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An Introduction, New Resolutions, and Updates… a month and a half in

Hello :) I am Anna and new to the site. Right now I live in Nashville (new to the area), and I'm a stay at home mom to my baby who is 7 months old. I recently got married (New Years Eve), and just trying to get involved and meet new people! Even though we're halfway through February (wow time flies!) I'll post what my New Years Resolutions were... though I've already failed miserably at a couple. Number One-Blog/Journal at least once a week. I want to write here at least once a week. I think I'll start something private too because writing has always been therapeutic for me, but I have yet to begin. UPDATE: I'm doing it (and actually writing two now)! Success :). I am new to the blogging world and just loving it. For anyone who is curious, my blogs can be found at annakauz.blogspot.com and ourvoyagetofinancialfreedom.blogspot.com Number Two-Brush my teeth well. I know it sounds silly, but I have fallen into the habit of brushing my teeth once a day for about 30 seconds. I've decided I'm going to actually spend the time, twice a day, to brush them for about 2 minutes. Who knows, maybe next year I'll start flossing! UPDATE: Well I'm brushing well at least once a day (gross I know), and about every other day I am in the morning. I need to make a pretty sign and put it on the mirror or something. With nowhere to go in the mornings (like school, work, etc.), I just forget! Number Three-Exercise at least 3 times a week. I got a Wii Fit for Christmas (YAY!) and I'm hoping to use it for at least 1/2 hour three times a week. I really need to work off this baby fat, and sitting around, doing nothing isn't helping. UPDATE: Of course, I failed! I actually did really well, but couldn't stand being weighed every day. Then I got sick, and quit for a week, and never started again. With the nice weather last weekend, I walked for a couple of days with the baby, but that trail hasn't seen me since! Number Four-PORTION SIZES! Phil and I eat pretty well, but we eat WAY WAY WAY to much! So, I've started cooking for two, or if I do cook more (for leftovers), I make sure we have leftovers. We kind of started this one before the New Year too, but not seriously. I mean we had a wedding and all with a buffet I wanted to enjoy! I've been doing a little reading on the subject and definitely need to do more. I think I'm going to invest in a couple healthy eating cookbooks. UPDATE: We've been doing really well! I just dish out our food so that you get what you get! I haven't done any reading yet... I think I'll add it to the list for my next library trip. I've also added one more resolution... I guess you could call it that. We're going to be DEBT FREE! We have started Dave Ramsey's program, took his class (FPU) in the fall, and are working on our debt snowball! I am blogging about the experience at ourvoyagetofinancialfreedom.blogspot.com. I don't think this is really one we can fail at... we've gotten rid of credit cards and aren't getting any more debt, so I'm very hopeful and optimistic!

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