I think I may have found heaven.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Berry Bliss!
I think I may have found heaven.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
"Makin Waves, Startin Fires"
Friday, April 1, 2011
Day Zero Project
The Challenge
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. My 1001 days ends on June 30, 2013.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching. It doesn’t have to be something you have never done, although most will be, others will just be done again within this time period.
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple challenges such as New Year’s resolutions or a ‘Bucket List’. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, study semesters, or outdoor activities.
My List
(bold = in progress, strikethrough = completed)
- Move out of my parents house
- Visit NYC Again
- Hike Old Rag Mountain, VA
- Go horseback riding
- Visit five more states (currently been to 20)
- Go bungee jumping
- Hot air balloon ride
- Visit Boston
- Go rock climbing
- Buy a road bike
- Make my own sushi
- Celebrate St Patrick’s day in Ireland or Boston
- Ride the To The Bottom And Back Bus
- Go to a winery
- Take a cooking class
- Buy a one way plane ticket
- Rafting in West Virginia
- Open myself up to being vunerable & be laid back
- Take the train somewhere
- Buy a condo
- Get a new digital SLR
- Visit Lani in England
- Visit Chicago
- Take a date to a bed and breakfast
- Volunteer
- Read 10 books
- Host a dinner party
Live on a mountain- Start my own business (styling/events/food
- Start a business blog
- Get a online portfolio
- Run a half marathon
- Attend a professional hockey game
- Have a picnic with blankets, pillows, bubbles & wine
- Make black and white cookies ( but healthy!)
- Dont eat sugar for a month
- Go on a roadtrip
- Go to Charlottesville for dinner and drinks
- Get Epic Swarm badge on Foursquare
- Influence a person to make a day zero list
- Don’t log into Facebook for a week
- Don’t drink alcohol for one month
- Visit Colorado
- Go to 30 shows
- Go to 10 networking events
- Go to First Friday (Richmond’s Art Tour)
- Visit Puerto Rico or the Dominican
- Get a massage
- Go camping
- Visit a flower market
- See sunrise/sunset in the same day/2 different cities
- Do a muddy buddy
- Do something for my parents that they wouldn’t expect
- Take a photo on the RVA Polar Bear statue
- Watch 26 classic movies I’ve never seen A-Z (View List)
- Take a pottery class
- Go to 5 different museums/galleries
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Find out my blood type
- Host a games night with friends
- Go to a professional soccer game
- Attend a festival out of state (music?)
- Collect all 50 state quarters
- Spend New Years in another state or country
- Take one photo a day for a year
- Climb something and take a picture
- Meet a stranger and get their phone number
- Make homemade almond milk
- Buy some sex lingerie
- Go to 101 restaurants I’ve never eaten in before (View List)
- Complete a Triathlon
- Cash in my change jar
- Attend a professional baseball game
- Donate $20 to charity for each task I don’t complete
- Send a hand written letter to someone
- Visit a country I’ve never been to before
- Go to a comedy show
- Cook a three course meal
- Go to a movie by myself (not like Pee-wee Herman though)
- Don’t eat chocolate for a week
- Dance in the rain with someone
- Go to the Picasso Exhibit at the VMFA
- Attend a polo match
- Read a book in a day
- Get a tablet
- Visit a Microbrewery
- Fly a kite
- Make my own ice cream
- Try a new (and possibly frightening) food
- Attend the midnight premiere of a movie
- Attend a professional basketball game
- Revisit all my old primary schools and take a photo with each sign
- Go tubing down the river
- Ask 5 friends to suggest one book and read them all
- Invest some money
- Learn Tumblr
- Go to a restaurant alone
- Buy a french press
- Design my own t-shirt for a bar crawl
- Finish writing another 101 things list by the end of 1001 days
- Keep WINNING!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Inspiration
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement speech is a must watch. I need to remind myself of these things more often.... especially right now.
These are some of my favorite quotes...
On Connecting the dots:
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path. That will make all the difference.”
On Love and Loss:
“I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
On Death:
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”