Last week, I took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as part of my internship. It turns out that I have a personality type that is only found in 1% of people. This explains so much. Additionally, I am supposedly the same personality type as Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, Meryl Streep, and the Olsen twins. Part of the explanation of my type says that those with this personality persuasion are "often nontraditional" and may be misunderstood, because our thinking patterns are very different. We thrive on creativity, originality, and logic (Somewhat contradictory, but I guess that is why we are so difficult to understand). As I was reading the summary, it seemed very accurate. It also seemed to made sense with regards to my drive to complete an annual to do list. Variety, new experiences, and learning new things that others see as pointless are all parts of who I am as well and, in turn, why I choose to attempt to complete these lists.
Isn't psychology fun?
Have you taken the MBTI? Did the results seem to be accurate?
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I honestly have no idea what to title this post.
I have been realizing that my list this year is full of long-term tasks. Most of these have to be planned and executed over long periods of time. No instant gratification this year. Consequently, I have had to buckle down and get a rough idea of my time line. I have already thought of what I want to invent (#20) thanks to a rainy day yesterday. But more on that later. I don't want any of you stealing my idea and making a fortune on it. :)
Life has seemed like an episode of “The Twilight Zone” lately. A few days ago, I was approached by a modeling company. (I'm still trying to figure that one out...)
Modeling Rep: “Have you ever considered modeling? You are very tall.”
Me: “Actually, I’m really not. I’m not even 5’9”.”
Rep: “Well, you look like you are.”
Me: “But I’m not.”
If I were a model, I would more than likely get fired for being a smart aleck.
I have also sold half a dozen sheep’s brains now, but I don’t think that can count for any of this year’s tasks...
Task 48 is already a flop. But I have been taking more pictures than usual. I think maybe I’ll exchange that task for something else. Any ideas?
In other news, the house across the street from where I live caught on fire this morning. Nobody lived there, as it had been donated to the historical society to be renovated. Years and years of work and care had been put into that house. It was the oldest house in town, built in the 1840's, I think. I feel a bit like I have witnessed a death. There is something sadly poetic about watching a grandious Victorian house, full of almost 200 years of history, transform into a delapidated heap of smoke and ash within a matter of hours. It is all so exisitential and so very sad.
Life has seemed like an episode of “The Twilight Zone” lately. A few days ago, I was approached by a modeling company. (I'm still trying to figure that one out...)
Modeling Rep: “Have you ever considered modeling? You are very tall.”
Me: “Actually, I’m really not. I’m not even 5’9”.”
Rep: “Well, you look like you are.”
Me: “But I’m not.”
If I were a model, I would more than likely get fired for being a smart aleck.
I have also sold half a dozen sheep’s brains now, but I don’t think that can count for any of this year’s tasks...
Task 48 is already a flop. But I have been taking more pictures than usual. I think maybe I’ll exchange that task for something else. Any ideas?
In other news, the house across the street from where I live caught on fire this morning. Nobody lived there, as it had been donated to the historical society to be renovated. Years and years of work and care had been put into that house. It was the oldest house in town, built in the 1840's, I think. I feel a bit like I have witnessed a death. There is something sadly poetic about watching a grandious Victorian house, full of almost 200 years of history, transform into a delapidated heap of smoke and ash within a matter of hours. It is all so exisitential and so very sad.
Friday, January 14, 2011
100 Things I Want to Learn About: Part One (1-25)
1. The Branch Davidians
2. Kentucky Derby Etiquette and Protocol
3. Norse Mythology
4. Cryptozoology
5. Japanese Tea Ceremonies
6. History of Piracy
7. Ancient Egyptian literature
8. Catahoula Leopard Dogs
9. Norwegian Lundehunds
10. Secret Societies
11. Unusual Death Rituals
12. Anchoresses and Anchorites of the Middle Ages
13. Sumatran rabbits
14. History of makeup
15. Sumo Wrestling
16. Black Holes
17. Scandinavian Wedding Traditions
18. Caviar
19. Nazca (Nasca) Lines
20. Hildegard von Bingen
21. Sokushinbutsu monks in Japan (Beware the site of the link is a bit disturbing)
22. Strange Buildings Around the World
23. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
24. Zorbing in New Zealand
25. Echolocation in Humans
2. Kentucky Derby Etiquette and Protocol
3. Norse Mythology
4. Cryptozoology
5. Japanese Tea Ceremonies
6. History of Piracy
7. Ancient Egyptian literature
8. Catahoula Leopard Dogs
9. Norwegian Lundehunds
10. Secret Societies
11. Unusual Death Rituals
12. Anchoresses and Anchorites of the Middle Ages
13. Sumatran rabbits
14. History of makeup
15. Sumo Wrestling
16. Black Holes
17. Scandinavian Wedding Traditions
18. Caviar
19. Nazca (Nasca) Lines
20. Hildegard von Bingen
21. Sokushinbutsu monks in Japan (Beware the site of the link is a bit disturbing)
22. Strange Buildings Around the World
23. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
24. Zorbing in New Zealand
25. Echolocation in Humans
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The List
Things to do in 2011
1. Plant a tree.
2. Touch/pet/hold a tarantula.
3. Sing in the rain.
4. Bake a loaf of Challah bread.
5. Watch the sun rise and set within 24 hours.
6. Make a list of 100 things I want to learn about.
7. Go without fast food for 6 weeks. (Last year, it was 4 weeks)
8. Ride in a form of transportation I have never ridden in before.
9. Barter.
10. Spend the night in a castle/chateau/mansion.- Done! I had put this on my list before I knew I would be staying in a castle. Funny world.
11. See a "World's Biggest" something.
12. Graduate with a Master's degree.
13. Read a book in one month.
14. Attempt to break a Guiness World Record.
15. Visit a recording studio.
16. Learn how to perform a magic trick.
17. Kiss a llama or goat.
18. Solve the Rubik's cube (without cheating).
19. Shake hands with a politician.
20. Invent something.
21. Go to a motor racing event.
22. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
23. Enter a competition.
24. See a live platypus in person.
25. Try caviar.
26. Be silent for a day.
27. Make tiramisu.
28. Canada.
29. Climb a tree.
30. Go sans television/radio/movies/computer for one day each month.
31. Watch every John Hughes film.
32. Relax!
33. Be a vegetarian for a month (health-allowing).
33. Visit Tybee Island.
34. Try modelling.
35. Publish something.
36. Have an international dinner night. (Pick a random country and fix dishes from that country.)
37. Master a triple pirouette again.
38. Eat stuffed grape leaves.
39. Take a self-defense class.
40. Learn conversational Danish.
41. Attend a religious service that is different from mine.
42. Give a homeless person a meal.
43. Wear a flower/flowers in my hair.
44. Learn to play a new instrument.
45. Sing a solo in front of at least 100 people.
46. Mail a secret to PostSecret.
47. Learn how to pick a lock.
48. Take one picture every day for 365 days.
49. See Josh Groban in concert.
50. Watch (11?) movies from midnight to midnight without napping.
51. Meet another celebrity and try not to offend him/her this time.
52. Do something dangerous.
1 down. 51 to go.
1. Plant a tree.
2. Touch/pet/hold a tarantula.
3. Sing in the rain.
4. Bake a loaf of Challah bread.
5. Watch the sun rise and set within 24 hours.
6. Make a list of 100 things I want to learn about.
7. Go without fast food for 6 weeks. (Last year, it was 4 weeks)
8. Ride in a form of transportation I have never ridden in before.
9. Barter.
10. Spend the night in a castle/chateau/mansion.- Done! I had put this on my list before I knew I would be staying in a castle. Funny world.
11. See a "World's Biggest" something.
12. Graduate with a Master's degree.
13. Read a book in one month.
14. Attempt to break a Guiness World Record.
15. Visit a recording studio.
16. Learn how to perform a magic trick.
17. Kiss a llama or goat.
18. Solve the Rubik's cube (without cheating).
19. Shake hands with a politician.
20. Invent something.
21. Go to a motor racing event.
22. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
23. Enter a competition.
24. See a live platypus in person.
25. Try caviar.
26. Be silent for a day.
27. Make tiramisu.
28. Canada.
29. Climb a tree.
30. Go sans television/radio/movies/computer for one day each month.
31. Watch every John Hughes film.
32. Relax!
33. Be a vegetarian for a month (health-allowing).
33. Visit Tybee Island.
34. Try modelling.
35. Publish something.
36. Have an international dinner night. (Pick a random country and fix dishes from that country.)
37. Master a triple pirouette again.
38. Eat stuffed grape leaves.
39. Take a self-defense class.
40. Learn conversational Danish.
41. Attend a religious service that is different from mine.
42. Give a homeless person a meal.
43. Wear a flower/flowers in my hair.
44. Learn to play a new instrument.
45. Sing a solo in front of at least 100 people.
46. Mail a secret to PostSecret.
47. Learn how to pick a lock.
48. Take one picture every day for 365 days.
49. See Josh Groban in concert.
50. Watch (11?) movies from midnight to midnight without napping.
51. Meet another celebrity and try not to offend him/her this time.
52. Do something dangerous.
1 down. 51 to go.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Of castles, backgammon, and lessons learned
Happy 2011! I hope you all had an enjoyable New Year's. I know I did. I spent it in a castle. I met up with some dear friends I've known for years in a nearby metropolis to ring in the new year. And let me just say, when we pulled around a corner and saw the hotel/castle for the first time, our reaction was priceless.
"Oh. My. Word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding? No way! Nuh uh! What? This is INSANE!Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!"
Needless to say, we had a blast.
So, I've been working on finalizing my 2011 list. Thanks to some great suggestions from friends and various "Bucket List" websites, I have begun to assemble a working list. *Side note: I do not like to refer to my to-do lists as "bucket lists". They seem so negatively connotated, focusing on impending doom. But, I'm just sayin'...* And before I forget, I also completed one more task on my 2010 list on December 30. Thanks to a tutorial on my computer, I now know how to (poorly) play backgammon (Task 47). But alas, 2010 has come and gone. So, now it's time for the list for 2011, which will be revealed in my next post.
My goal with the 2011 list is similar to last year's goal in that I want to try new things and put myself in new and possibly uncomfortable situations. But what I really learned from attmepting to complete last year's list was that it takes effort to put ideas into action. Sure, it's easy to say, "I want to do such-and-such," but I found out it is a whole different ballgame to actually pursue it. For example, wanting to try a rutabaga is one thing. Buying it is another. After that, you can choose to let it sit on the counter and mold (which happened the first time) or you can grab a meat cleaver and hack it to pieces, fry it up, and actually eat it. This concept obviously also applies to things much larger than silly little to-do list tasks. Maybe that is what scares me the most about growing up. I'm on my own and it is now my own responsibility to make things happen. That excites and terrifies me at the same time. Sometimes, I wish I were back in preschool, waiting for my next juice box and naptime.
"Oh. My. Word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding? No way! Nuh uh! What? This is INSANE!Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!"
Needless to say, we had a blast.
So, I've been working on finalizing my 2011 list. Thanks to some great suggestions from friends and various "Bucket List" websites, I have begun to assemble a working list. *Side note: I do not like to refer to my to-do lists as "bucket lists". They seem so negatively connotated, focusing on impending doom. But, I'm just sayin'...* And before I forget, I also completed one more task on my 2010 list on December 30. Thanks to a tutorial on my computer, I now know how to (poorly) play backgammon (Task 47). But alas, 2010 has come and gone. So, now it's time for the list for 2011, which will be revealed in my next post.
My goal with the 2011 list is similar to last year's goal in that I want to try new things and put myself in new and possibly uncomfortable situations. But what I really learned from attmepting to complete last year's list was that it takes effort to put ideas into action. Sure, it's easy to say, "I want to do such-and-such," but I found out it is a whole different ballgame to actually pursue it. For example, wanting to try a rutabaga is one thing. Buying it is another. After that, you can choose to let it sit on the counter and mold (which happened the first time) or you can grab a meat cleaver and hack it to pieces, fry it up, and actually eat it. This concept obviously also applies to things much larger than silly little to-do list tasks. Maybe that is what scares me the most about growing up. I'm on my own and it is now my own responsibility to make things happen. That excites and terrifies me at the same time. Sometimes, I wish I were back in preschool, waiting for my next juice box and naptime.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Nostalgia
1. Go on a picnic.- Surprisingly, I never did this.
2. Eat a rutabaga.- I cooked it unconventionally by frying it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
3. Sing at a karaoke bar.- I dreaded, dreaded, dreaded this task. But, with the help of a friend, I completed it by singing “Lucky” by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.
4. Take a morning yoga class that meets before 10 AM for a month.- I could not find one of these. But I did take a Pilates class.
5. Read an entire book without skipping any pages in one week. (Must be over 150 pages).- I tried and failed at least twice. Thank you, grad school.
6. Meet a celebrity.- I met two and offended one. Sonny Shroyer (Enos from “Dukes of Hazzard”) and Gavin DeGraw
7. Go horseback riding (when cleared by doctor).- I decided it wasn’t a good idea just yet.
8. Memorize 99 Luftballoons (in German).- The farthest I got on this one was putting the English version on my blog and listening to the song a few times.
9. Introduce myself to a random stranger.- I introduced myself to the person sitting next to me on an airplane and it ended up being one of the most interesting and educational conversations I have ever had.
10. Go 1 month without eating any fast food.- It is amazing how much better you feel and how much thicker your wallet it if you kiss fast food goodbye.
11. Audition for something.- I auditioned for a play and got the role! (Nikki in “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940)
12. Create a work of art.- Would you count my Master’s Thesis as a work of art?
13. Smile at a stranger.- I was nervous about this one, but it was much easier than I expected.
14. Memorize how to say "hello" in ten languages (not including English, Spanish, French, or Pig-Latin).- Bengali and Welsh were two of my favorites.
15. Watch The Wizard of Oz to the Pink Floyd's" Dark Side of the Moon" album.- I never did this. Maybe this one will go on next year’s list.
16. Teach someone how to do something.- I taught a bunch of nondancers how to dance in this summer’s musical.
17. Learn how to play a new game.- A professor taught me and a classmate how to play Boccer Ball.
18. Go on a road trip.- My aunt and I went on a spontaneous road trip to Florida to buy health food.
19. Do something completely spontaneous that no one would ever expect me to do.- I hit on Josh Groban. Twice.
20. Secretly make someone's day brighter.- Completed.
21. Go on a good date.- Completed.
22. Eat an entire grape tomato.- Turns out, I still hate tomatoes.
23. Memorize the entire Animaniacs Country Song.- I got about 1/5 of the way through to Scandinavia, then got overwhelmed once again by my grad school duties.
24. Write a letter to a person in the military.- This was one of my favorite tasks. I went through a group/website called Cup of Joe for a Joe. I highly recommend this site, it lets you buy a cup of coffee for a soldier and send them a note of encouragement, as well.
25. Go two weeks without buying anything other than necessities.- I feel like I have been doing that since I have been on Christmas break, but as of yet it is technically not completed.
26. Have a jam session.- I played piano with a guest at the bed and breakfast where I live (who happened to be an amazing piano player) out of the blue one day.
27. Learn how to play chords on the piano.- I have been teaching myself this over the past few months.
28. Visit someone in a nursing home.- Sadly, this is incomplete. I really want to do this though. I’m thinking this one will show up on next year’s list as well.
29. Show someone appreciation by more than just saying "thank you."- Through the genius of a fellow castmate, out cast and crew said “thank you” to our director and musical director by singing “To Sir With Love” before the final show. You can see proof on my Facebook videos.
30. Make a loaf of Challah bread.- Incomplete.
31. Volunteer.- I volunteered as a judge’s assistant’s assistant for the International Folk Fair. I helped with the international youth inventor’s competition. Quite interesting, I must admit.
32. Win.- My uncle and I beat my grandmother and aunt at a card game.
33. Lose.- I lost to a Thumb War.
34. Tie.- I tied a game of Tic Tac Toe.
35. Tell someone the truth even though it is very difficult.- Completed.
36. Babysit.- Babysat three girls this summer.
37. Master the Moonlight Sonata. All of it. Up to speed.- In progress, thought the “up to speed” part has a LOOOONG way to go.
38. Perform (not including karaoke).- I performed in a play and in a musical.
39. Make myself look stupid on purpose.- I let the Navy embarrass me in front of hundreds of people.
40. Go somewhere secluded and yell at the top of my lungs.- Check.
41. Learn how to belly dance.- Thank you, FitTV.
42. Go to a rock concert. – Went to my fourth Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, but was the closest I had ever been (5th row!) with my mother.
43. Learn how to whistle.- Check. Apparently, it is not a genetic trait.
44. Go to a lecture on something other than psychology, dance, or the arts and stay awake for the whole thing.- Incomplete. Grad school owns me.
45. Go to bed before 10pm four nights in a row.- Incomplete.
46. Ride in a grocery cart.- Check! My friend pushed me around in the WalMart parking lot until we got in trouble by a cart attendant.
47. Learn how to play backgammon.- Incomplete. Does anyone know how to play backgammon? What exactly is backgammon?
48. Eat escargot.- It was not as gross as I expected, but it was difficult to keep myself from thinking, “Ew! I just ate a snail. Don’t gag.”
49. Eat a piece of sushi previously thought of as revolting.- I ate a rainbow roll with raw salmon on it and a caterpillar roll with eel in it. I liked the eel much more than the raw salmon.
50. Learn how to yodel.- I never fully accomplished this one, though I did watch a few instructional YouTube videos and practiced in my car on long trips.
51. Beat a video game.- I beat some computer game about a boat ride in South America.
52. Touch all the bordering (ocean-based) bodies of water in America within 6 months of each other.- I touched the Gulf in May and the Atlantic in July (I think?), but I never touched the Pacific. I was trying to find someone to bring me some Pacific water in a water bottle, but that was unsuccessful.
2. Eat a rutabaga.- I cooked it unconventionally by frying it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
3. Sing at a karaoke bar.- I dreaded, dreaded, dreaded this task. But, with the help of a friend, I completed it by singing “Lucky” by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.
4. Take a morning yoga class that meets before 10 AM for a month.- I could not find one of these. But I did take a Pilates class.
5. Read an entire book without skipping any pages in one week. (Must be over 150 pages).- I tried and failed at least twice. Thank you, grad school.
6. Meet a celebrity.- I met two and offended one. Sonny Shroyer (Enos from “Dukes of Hazzard”) and Gavin DeGraw
7. Go horseback riding (when cleared by doctor).- I decided it wasn’t a good idea just yet.
8. Memorize 99 Luftballoons (in German).- The farthest I got on this one was putting the English version on my blog and listening to the song a few times.
9. Introduce myself to a random stranger.- I introduced myself to the person sitting next to me on an airplane and it ended up being one of the most interesting and educational conversations I have ever had.
10. Go 1 month without eating any fast food.- It is amazing how much better you feel and how much thicker your wallet it if you kiss fast food goodbye.
11. Audition for something.- I auditioned for a play and got the role! (Nikki in “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940)
12. Create a work of art.- Would you count my Master’s Thesis as a work of art?
13. Smile at a stranger.- I was nervous about this one, but it was much easier than I expected.
14. Memorize how to say "hello" in ten languages (not including English, Spanish, French, or Pig-Latin).- Bengali and Welsh were two of my favorites.
15. Watch The Wizard of Oz to the Pink Floyd's" Dark Side of the Moon" album.- I never did this. Maybe this one will go on next year’s list.
16. Teach someone how to do something.- I taught a bunch of nondancers how to dance in this summer’s musical.
17. Learn how to play a new game.- A professor taught me and a classmate how to play Boccer Ball.
18. Go on a road trip.- My aunt and I went on a spontaneous road trip to Florida to buy health food.
19. Do something completely spontaneous that no one would ever expect me to do.- I hit on Josh Groban. Twice.
20. Secretly make someone's day brighter.- Completed.
21. Go on a good date.- Completed.
22. Eat an entire grape tomato.- Turns out, I still hate tomatoes.
23. Memorize the entire Animaniacs Country Song.- I got about 1/5 of the way through to Scandinavia, then got overwhelmed once again by my grad school duties.
24. Write a letter to a person in the military.- This was one of my favorite tasks. I went through a group/website called Cup of Joe for a Joe. I highly recommend this site, it lets you buy a cup of coffee for a soldier and send them a note of encouragement, as well.
25. Go two weeks without buying anything other than necessities.- I feel like I have been doing that since I have been on Christmas break, but as of yet it is technically not completed.
26. Have a jam session.- I played piano with a guest at the bed and breakfast where I live (who happened to be an amazing piano player) out of the blue one day.
27. Learn how to play chords on the piano.- I have been teaching myself this over the past few months.
28. Visit someone in a nursing home.- Sadly, this is incomplete. I really want to do this though. I’m thinking this one will show up on next year’s list as well.
29. Show someone appreciation by more than just saying "thank you."- Through the genius of a fellow castmate, out cast and crew said “thank you” to our director and musical director by singing “To Sir With Love” before the final show. You can see proof on my Facebook videos.
30. Make a loaf of Challah bread.- Incomplete.
31. Volunteer.- I volunteered as a judge’s assistant’s assistant for the International Folk Fair. I helped with the international youth inventor’s competition. Quite interesting, I must admit.
32. Win.- My uncle and I beat my grandmother and aunt at a card game.
33. Lose.- I lost to a Thumb War.
34. Tie.- I tied a game of Tic Tac Toe.
35. Tell someone the truth even though it is very difficult.- Completed.
36. Babysit.- Babysat three girls this summer.
37. Master the Moonlight Sonata. All of it. Up to speed.- In progress, thought the “up to speed” part has a LOOOONG way to go.
38. Perform (not including karaoke).- I performed in a play and in a musical.
39. Make myself look stupid on purpose.- I let the Navy embarrass me in front of hundreds of people.
40. Go somewhere secluded and yell at the top of my lungs.- Check.
41. Learn how to belly dance.- Thank you, FitTV.
42. Go to a rock concert. – Went to my fourth Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert, but was the closest I had ever been (5th row!) with my mother.
43. Learn how to whistle.- Check. Apparently, it is not a genetic trait.
44. Go to a lecture on something other than psychology, dance, or the arts and stay awake for the whole thing.- Incomplete. Grad school owns me.
45. Go to bed before 10pm four nights in a row.- Incomplete.
46. Ride in a grocery cart.- Check! My friend pushed me around in the WalMart parking lot until we got in trouble by a cart attendant.
47. Learn how to play backgammon.- Incomplete. Does anyone know how to play backgammon? What exactly is backgammon?
48. Eat escargot.- It was not as gross as I expected, but it was difficult to keep myself from thinking, “Ew! I just ate a snail. Don’t gag.”
49. Eat a piece of sushi previously thought of as revolting.- I ate a rainbow roll with raw salmon on it and a caterpillar roll with eel in it. I liked the eel much more than the raw salmon.
50. Learn how to yodel.- I never fully accomplished this one, though I did watch a few instructional YouTube videos and practiced in my car on long trips.
51. Beat a video game.- I beat some computer game about a boat ride in South America.
52. Touch all the bordering (ocean-based) bodies of water in America within 6 months of each other.- I touched the Gulf in May and the Atlantic in July (I think?), but I never touched the Pacific. I was trying to find someone to bring me some Pacific water in a water bottle, but that was unsuccessful.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
We'll drink a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.
The year is almost over. Where did it go? I've come to realize that the older I get, the faster time flies. Many friends have expressed the same realization. This year has been full of new experiences, both due to my to do list and completely separate from it. I feel like this was the year I grew up. To be completely honest, growing up scares me, but I have come to think of it almost like a task on my to do list. It's not a task of necessity as much as it is a task of new experience.
Speaking of my to do list, I successfully completed 33 of the 52 tasks. I partially completed about 8 tasks, which brings the total to 41. Not too shabby, if I may say so myself. The goal of this list was originally to try to accomplish all 52 tasks, but I began to realize that the attempt was more important to me than the actual completion. I can at least say I tried to yodel and I tried to touch all the bordering salt-based bodies of water along the continental US (I touched 2 out of 3-The Pacific was a little far away...).
Some tasks were simple, like eating a rutabaga or going on a road trip. And yet some tasks brought about great anxiety. Singing at a karaoke bar literally caused a stress response equivalent to undergoing major surgery. I learned a lot of new things, such as what it was like for someone to grow up in Ghana (#9), how to offend a celebrity (#6), and that smiling at a stranger is not as scary as it seems (#13).
It is officially 3 1/2 days until 2011, so I am trying to figure out my goal/to-do list for next year. Should I keep the same format, just with different tasks? Or should I try something different, such as blogging about something unexpected that happens to me each week? Thoughts? Comments? Angry words?
Speaking of my to do list, I successfully completed 33 of the 52 tasks. I partially completed about 8 tasks, which brings the total to 41. Not too shabby, if I may say so myself. The goal of this list was originally to try to accomplish all 52 tasks, but I began to realize that the attempt was more important to me than the actual completion. I can at least say I tried to yodel and I tried to touch all the bordering salt-based bodies of water along the continental US (I touched 2 out of 3-The Pacific was a little far away...).
Some tasks were simple, like eating a rutabaga or going on a road trip. And yet some tasks brought about great anxiety. Singing at a karaoke bar literally caused a stress response equivalent to undergoing major surgery. I learned a lot of new things, such as what it was like for someone to grow up in Ghana (#9), how to offend a celebrity (#6), and that smiling at a stranger is not as scary as it seems (#13).
It is officially 3 1/2 days until 2011, so I am trying to figure out my goal/to-do list for next year. Should I keep the same format, just with different tasks? Or should I try something different, such as blogging about something unexpected that happens to me each week? Thoughts? Comments? Angry words?
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