The Niner Project

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I'm on a crazy mission to complete 
99 goals in 999 days. 
Come along for the ride!
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Just joining me? You can read all about my Niner Project and the ridiculous adventures that come along with it by following the links below. In short, on September 9th, 2009 (09.09.09), my 28th birthday, I set out on a mission to accomplish 99 goals in 999 days. 


KEY:
Items in RED = in progress
Items crossed out = completed
Items highlighted = need to blog


KNOWLEDGE/LEARNING THINGS
1.  Reupolster a chair
2.  Complete a Yoga Teacher Training course (200-hr program)-December 2010
3.  Learn how to rock climb with SOP
4.  Learn to sew a button
5.  Complete a sewing project
6.  Take a sewing lesson from Peggy Sue
7.  Refinish five pieces of furniture (2/5)
8.  Learn how to change a bike tire
9.  Read "Getting Things Done


CAREER/FINANCIAL THINGS
10.  Max out my Roth IRA every year
11.  Start/Write a study abroad blog – Inside Study Abroad
12.  Create a professional website
13.  Read a leadership book for women
14.  Open a Charles Schwab or Fidelity checking account
15.  Roll over my retirement money from South Dakota


ACTIVITIES/LOCAL THINGS
16.  Run a 5k
17.  Run a 10k
18.  Eat at and rank the best brunch places in Fort Collins (Snooze, Luciles, SilverGrill, Choice City, Rainbow, and Cafe Vino)
19.  Complete the Margarita Ride (15 miles)
21.  Go "thrifting" for the day in Fort Collins
22.  Ride Takota
23.  Bike up Horsetooth
24.  Try Zumba
25.  Go on a Fort Collins brewery crawl: New Belgium, Odells, Equinox, Fort Collins Brewing Co., and Budweiser
26.  Throw a Wizard of Oz-themed 30th birthday party for moi :) 


TRAVEL THINGS
27.  Visit Seattle & the Keys
28.  Travel Tales – write ten (10) posts about past travel adventures (3/10)
29.  Visit a new country (Philippines)
30.  Visit another new country (Portugal, September 2011)
31.  Go to Vegas, Baby!
32.  Spend a weekend in NYC
33.  Visit Martha's Vineyard
34. Visit five new US states! [From the following: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Maine, Louisiana, Delaware, Wisconsin, North Dakota] (4/5)
35.  Visit Vancouver (May 2011)


SHOPPING THINGS
36.  Buy all new underwear
38.  Buy an external hard drive
39.  Start Netflix (in order to accomplish #43)
40.  Buy a sparkly dress...and wear it in public
42.  BUY A HOUSE!!! (Yep. This one totally deserves three exclamation points.)


VIEWING/READING THINGS
44.  Read a book I already own
45.  Go see a play
46.  Host a "dinner and a movie" night with friends
47.  Go to a concert with a friend


FOODIE THINGS
49.   Eat like a caveman for one week
50.   Make 15 new recipes (4/15)
51.   Finish one salt water cleanse
52.   No caffeine for one month
54.   Make something in the Crockpot


HOMEY THINGS
56.   Organize all old floppies/CDs/external hard drive documents
57.   Inventory and sell/give away books
58.   Have a garage sale (summer 2010)
59.   Refinish Ken's old dresser
60.   Refinish Grandma/Grandpa Smith's old world globe
61.   Sell my New Kids on the Block stuff (all original!)
62.   Paint Brent's old desk
63.   Create a “how-to” video


RELATIONSHIP THINGS
64.   Organize a game night with friends
65.   Call a different friend every week [starting January 16, 2012] (0/20)
66.   Visit my grad school friends
67.   Write five letters to five people who changed my life
68.   Spend a weekend with my family
69.   Go visit my South Dakota friends in Portland (coming March 2012!)


PROJECT/TASKY THINGS
70.   Create a college photo book
71.   Create a grad school photo book
72.   Create a China photo book
73.   Create a photo book for 2007
74.   Create a photo book for 2008+SAS
75.   Create a photo book for 2009
76.   Create a photo book for 2010
77.   Sell my 35mm camera
78.   Try on all my clothes and donate 25%+


GOODWILL THINGS
79.   Write a college prep blog post for small town kids
80.   Make some treats for my colleagues
82.   Surprise a friend
83.   Donate $10 for every goal completed; donate $20 for every goal not completed
84.   Launch The New Dorothy Study Abroad Scholarship


PERSONAL THINGS
86.   No social media for one week (facebook/twitter/youtube)
87.   Do the 20 days of free yoga at Elan
88.   Take a sick day to go play
90.   Lose 15 pounds - reach goal weight 115 lbs
91.   Go to bed at 9pm for one week
92.   Join a gym
93.   Get a Brazilian
94.   Workout before work for one week


MISCELLANEOUS THINGS
95.   Film, edit, and publish a travel video
97.   Find out if blondes have more fun ;) 
98.   Get a massage
99.   Find contentment


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