Update: 101 Steps For 2012

Just like last year, I have decided to make a simple to-do-list for this year, 2012. Since I can’t find (or create) a set of tasks, I”ll be re-posting some of the things I did last year (from my Navi Planner), but this time, I”ll put all of them here in this blog post.

Here are the following 101 steps:

1. Start a travel journal
2. Write a love letter
3. Take one photo a day
4. Learn to rock climb
5. Run a 20 minute 5k
6. Live abroad for a year (not likely to happen)
7. Host a dinner party
8. Invest in the stock market
9. Learn to play your favorite song on guitar
10. Create a 5-year plan
11. Read a book in one sitting
12. Actually get up when the alarm goes off
13. Learn how to meditate
14. Plan a one-week vacation
15. Actually go on that vacation
16. Sell a photo you took
17. Drink 3 liters of water a day
18. Go on the spur of the moment road trip
19. Take your vitamins
20. Laugh everyday
21. Send someone a postcard
22. Master the art of packing
23. Keep a blog
24. Be in two places at once
25. Start a band
26. Document your dreams
27. Become fluent in a foreign language
28. Redecorate your room
29. Spend less time online (not likely to happen)
30. Go fishing
31. Learn how to read a map
32. Know that you have everything you need
33. Find your perfect hairstyle
34. Learn one word a day
35. Ride a transcontinental train
36. Take dance classes
37. Get a pen pal
38. Buy a compass
39. Find yourself
40. Meet someone famous
41. Stop contradicting yourself
42. Speak up
43. Create a 2012 wish list
44. Go for regular massages
45. See your favorite band play
46. Get married (never gonna happen this year!)
47. Smile at someone you don’t know
48. Do something that matters to someone
49. Give up your seat
50. Learn to cook your favorite dish
51. Ride a gondola in Venice (not anytime soon)
52. Visit a flea market
53. Become a good listener
54. Get yourself a birthday present you’ve always wanted
55. Fly a kite
56. Learn how to use an analog camera
57. Create a playlist of your ultimate favorite songs
58. Drink tea
59. De-clutter your closet
60. Spend more time outdoors
61. Donate blood
62. Make your handwriting into a font
63. Ask for help
64. Let someone else win an argument
65. Tell the truth
66. Get lost in a foreign city
67. Go all out on your Christmas decorations
68. Start a new collection
69. Fall in love again
70. Get paid to travel
71. Practice the law of attraction
72. Sit up straight
73. Say no without being guilty about it
74. Keep track of all the places you have been
75. Own every album of your favorite band
76. Make something you will actually use
77. Allow yourself one lazy day a week
78. Pick a cause to support or volunteer for
79. Try out raw food
80. Set foot on every continent
81. Find a new favorite restaurant
82. Learn to surf
83. Help a stranger
84. Get along with your parents
85. Visit all Asian countries (not likely to happen soon)
86. Go back to school and learn something fun (I’m now a professor!)
87. Admit that you’re wrong
88. Become better at small talk
89. Save somebody’s life
90. Write your name in Japanese
91. Visit the dentist
92. Spend an entire day by yourself
93. Go camping
94. Win something
95. Visit a museum
96. Finish a sudoku puzzle
97. Make conversation with your seatmate on the plane
98. Dress for yourself
99. Go on a wine-tasting spree
100. Choose a certain thing to learn everything about
101. Play truth or dare and choose dare