So Much to Do, So Little Time: #20

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

20 - Purchase Starbucks for the person in line behind me

A couple of weeks ago when I made my daily stop at Starbucks, this finally happened! (Although I cannot take credit for initiating it)

As I pulled up to the drive through window to pick up my latest favorite Starbucks drink, a dirty Chai Latte, the barista shared with me that the person in line ahead of me purchased my beverage! He also shared that the person in line in front of that person, purchased their drink for them. So in the true spirit of giving, I decided to purchase the drink for the person behind me.

As I pulled away, I wondered how long the drink purchasing for others would last...

So Much to Do, So Little Time

Start Date: November 17, 2009

Finish Date: August 14, 2012

Tasks In Progress

COMPLETED TASKS

1. Donate blood

2. Take a cooking class

3. Take a yoga class

4. Fall in love

5. Travel overseas

6. Organize my digital photo collection

7. Complete the 5,000 question survey

8. Fly first class - Completed December 2009

9. Organize my iTunes library

10. Take a digital photography class

11. Become an active member of the North Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

12. Walk a marathon

13. Participate in NaBloPoMo

14. Volunteer at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving Day

15. Develop a closer relationship with my goddaughter

16. Lose 50 pounds (0/50)

17. Complete my Associate in Claims (AIC) designation - REMOVED

18. Savings account at $XXK minimum

19. Call my parents and sister at least once per week

20. Purchase Starbucks for the person in line behind me

21. Create a will

22. Purchase a car

23. Take a hot air balloon ride

24. Expand my wardrobe to include 'wardrobe basics'

25. Take vitamins/supplements everyday for 30 days

26. 30 random acts of kindness (2/30)

27. Do 5 Dallas area attractions

28. Get a colonic

29. Purchase 10 Sid Dickens tiles and display my collection

30. Take my mother on a trip

31. Mend my relationship with my best friend

32. No purchases from QVC for 30 days - COMPLETED

33. Read one leadership/professional development book per month (0/27)

34. Take in local attractions when I am on a work assignment

35. Make a new 101 in 1001 days list

36. Go to The Atlantis in the Bahamas

37. Start my master's degree - IN PROGRESS

38. Decorate my home for Christmas

39. Take a weekend vacation by myself

40. Develop a healthy eating lifestyle

41. Watch CNN each morning for 30 days

42. Call 3 friends each Sunday

43. Visit the downtown area where I live at

44. For 30 days get up in the morning like I am going to work (weekends off!) (0/30)

45. Watch 10 movies from the IMDb top 250 movie list (0/10)

46. Track my spending for 30 days

47. Read the 'I just gotta have it' books that I purchased but have not read

48. Clean my closets and drawers once a quarter to donate or throw away items (2/11)

49. Invite my girlfriends to my home for a get together

50. Print and frame pictures of family and friends

51. Look up words that I do not know the meaning of

52. Find a church home and attend regularly

53. Maintain 'Shannon's World' blog by posting at least once per week

54. See 3 Cirque Du Soleil shows (1/3)

55. Go to a pottery studio and paint a piece of pottery

56. Compile current 101 Things in 1001 Days list by January 1, 2010 - COMPLETED!

57. Furnish and decorate my second guest bedroom

58. Attend a car show

59. Re-do my budget (reviewing monthly expenses and savings)

60. When I travel home to Michigan get together with 3 people other than my family (0/3)

61. Make 10 new meals at home (0/10)

62. Create blog for 101 Things in 1001 Days list - COMPLETED!

63. Have professional personal photographs taken

64. Get a new tattoo to cover up the old one on my shoulder

65. Do something with someone that I normally would not do

66. Make Christmas cookies and give them as gifts

67. Visit my friend Tarrance who lives in California

68. Donate $5 to the Susan G. Komen foundation for each completed task/goal

69. Go to Chicago and do the tourist things

70. Find a new paint color for the rooms in my home

71. Make better use of my time when I am not on a work assignment

72. Make 12 new cupcake recipes (0/12)

73. Drink 8 glasses of water per day

74. Bring Kanji back home

75. Ride the DART and get off at various stops to see what there is to see

76. Purchase the new curtains for my living room one panel at a time (0/6)

77. Plan a romantic getaway

78. No sweets (cookies, cakes, pie ice cream, candy, etc.) for one week (0/7)

79. Get a fountain for my backyard

80. Complete the Sudoku and Ken-Ken books that I have

81. Learn more about tequila

82. Fill my loose change bottle, roll the contents and purchase something for someone

83. Finish my charm bracelet

84. Do something different with my hair once per quarter (0/11)

85. Get a facial 4 times per year (0/11)

86. Create a list of 365 things that I love about someone & then give it to them as a gift

87. Payoff my student loan

88. Get a home saltwater aquarium

89. Stay in contact with 1 non-immediate family member each month

90. Try a new type of cuisine

91. Use the recycle bags that I have purchased

92. Recycle my plastic containers

93. Continue walking at least 3 times per week

94. Visit 5 new states (1/5)

95. Do my own pedicure and manicure for a change

96. Purchase fresh flowers for me once a week while on a work assignment

97. Complete 20 things from 'We Are What We Do'

98. Look into a small business idea to make additional income

99. Initiate a difficult conversation with someone

100. Adopt a family in need at Thanksgiving or Christmas

101. Learn more about my family ancestry