Adventures of one quarterlife crisis and a year-long trip around the world.
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#72: Apartment Therapy | Week 3
By: poweredbytofu on: Sep 24,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, Apartment Therapy, Cooking, habits, home, lifeWeek 3 is all about de-cluttering the entryway in your home. The theory is that if you don’t let junk cross the barrier into your home it will stay cleaner! :) This week is super easy for me since my apartment is pretty small.
Week 3 - The Landing Strip
Vacuum, dust
Clean entrance/doorway area
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#56: 52 Books in 52 Weeks | Week 8 - Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
By: poweredbytofu on: Sep 21,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, 52 Books | 52 Weeks, Books, Reading, life, politicsThis week, I read Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate–The Essential Guide for Progressives by George Lakoff. It was written a few years ago (pre-’04 election), so it has that kind of “frame” around it. :) As a voter, I’m neither a democrat or republican, (although I lean a [...]
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At the farmer’s market, I learned that dahlias appreciate a good glass of lemonade. If you put sugar and lemon juice in their water, they last way longer. So after 3 -4 days, you just have to cut the stems again and replace the “lemonade.” It’s excellent! I love tips like that.
Who first discovered all [...]
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#72: Apartment Therapy | Week 2
By: poweredbytofu on: Sep 15,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, Apartment Therapy, home, lifeI did pretty good at Week 2 the first time around, so since this week is more of an introduction to the “Outbox” and finding your style, I’ll be focusing on refining my style that I wrote down previously and cleaning/outboxing the kitchen.
Week 2 - Clearing the path
Clean kitchen from top to bottom
Outbox
Buy fresh [...]
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#72: Apartment Therapy | Week 1
By: poweredbytofu on: Sep 9,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, Apartment Therapy, home, lifeThis is my second attempt at Apartment Therapy. This time I’m not skipping around (or going on vacation), so since I’ve already read the book, it will be more of an Apartment Therapy “refresher.” I’ll just be going through the weekly chapter and listing what I need to do for each week.
Week 1 - [...]
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#56: 52 Books in 52 Weeks | Week 6 - Apartment Therapy
By: poweredbytofu on: Sep 8,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, 52 Books | 52 Weeks, Apartment Therapy, Books, Reading, lifeThis week I finished Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan (the book, not the actual therapy). I started this book towards the beginning of the year, (and did Week 1 - 4), but I fell off the bandwagon. So I just re-read the book (I know, I know, it’s a no-no [...]
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#84: Take Care of My Nails for 1 Month, (See if it turns into a habit)
By: poweredbytofu on: Aug 29,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, beauty, habits, life, personal, shoppingAahhh… something shallow to cross off my list. :) I found the perfect nail polish for “nail polish haters”. It’s called Sally Hansen Natural Shine Nail Finish .4 oz. Pink Tint. It’s super light, so it doesn’t make your nails sweat; and gives your nails just enough shine, so you feel girly instead [...]
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Como se dice “fun”? :) What a cool place… I love Mexico! Now I just need to plan my next trip! :)
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#18: Learn the capitals and locations of all countries
By: poweredbytofu on: Aug 7,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, Travel, life, mapsI found the coolest free software for this! It’s not pretty, but it’s still really fun and I got 100% on the European countries game (finally)! It’s called Seterra. I like the maps version and the flags. Oh what fun! This will definitely be an on-going project of nerdiness.
The List:
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Australasia
*UPDATE: I found [...]
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#91: Clean up my old computer, backup, and get rid of
By: poweredbytofu on: Aug 6,2007 In: 101 Things in 1001 Days, computer, lifeI cleaned out 73% of my computer last week… so this isn’t officially finished. Now I just need to backup some of my files, get rid of the beast of a monitor, and possibly use it as a media PC of sorts… to be continued I suppose. :(
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About
Adventures of a twenty-something Pacific Northwester who ditched her marketing job and MBA for a year-long round the world trip. Call it a quarter-life crisis or just the travel bug; either way, this blog documents the adventure.
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101 Things in 1001 Days Project:
28.7% Complete
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2 Take pictures of all of my 101 in 1001
CAREER/FINANCIAL
3 Max out my 401k contribution every year
4 Increase my income to $XXk/yr.
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6 Update my personal .com site
7 Start a business
8 Make a conscious effort on what I wear to work: heels/flats for 2 weeks
9 Join a marketing networking group
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THINGS TO LEARN
11 Relearn Flash (learn post 2002 flash)
12 Learn to play poker
13 Relearn Spanish
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15 Start playing the piano again
16 Take a dance class
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18 Learn the capitals and locations of all countries
19 Go boogie boarding
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22 Learn to sail
ACTIVITIES/LOCAL
23 Run a marathon
24 Go wine tasting in Oregon
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27 Do Cycle Oregon or Hwy 101
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29 Play real golf (not a pitch/putt)
30 Walk to the grocery store
31 Ride bike to work for 1 week
32 Use public transportation for 1 week
SHOPPING
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35 Get a dog or cat
36 Get a new bed
37 Recycling Organizer system
TRAVEL
38 Travel South America
39 Go to NYC
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41 Visit Europe again
42 San Juan Islands
43 See New England in the fall
44 Ride Amtrak to Seattle
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46 Go on a backpacking trip
47 Do a bike ride in another country
48 Stay out of the US for 1 month (moving counts)
49 Go to Vegas
50 Go to Bumbershoot or ACL (again)
51 Visit Canada again
READ/WATCH
52 See the all time Top 100 Grossing Films
53 See Ebert's '102 Movies You Must See'
54 Re-read David Allen's 'Getting Things Done' start weekly review of GTD again
55 For one week, go to bed at 9 and read books
56 Do 52 Books in 52 Weeks, no cheating
57 Read Seth Godin books that I haven’t read
58 Read 10 classics that I’ve never read
59 Watch all five Best Picture nominees prior to the Oscars
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FOOD
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64 Don’t go to the same restaurant more than once for 1 month
65 Bring a packed lunch or go home for lunch for 1 month
66 Quit drinking coffee for 1 month (or the summer)
67 Go vegan for 1 month
68 Try doing a wine journal
69 Eat at every restaurant in my neighborhood
70 Go to restaurants on the Willamette Week Cheap Eats List
HOME
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73 Buy a house
74 Redecorate 1 room to perfection
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FRIENDS/RELATIONSHIPS
76 Date a guy who makes me swoon
77 Commit to someone, maybe… but not just anyone
78 Organize a Monthly Game Night
79 Host a dinner party
80 Make a new friend
PERSONAL
81 Other
82 Other
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86 Get a wax
87 Consciously Stop saying 'yeah' and 'like' for 1 week
88 For one week, get up two hours before work
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PROJECTS/DESIGN/TASKS
90 Design a calendar for family for 2008 or 2009 for Christmas presents
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93 Set up at least 10 useful playlists for my iPod
94 Make iTunes season mixes
95 Journal every day for 1 month
GOOD WILL
96 Become a Big Sister (volunteer)
97 Donate hair to Locks of Love (again)
MISC
98 Start going to church again
99 Go to my 10 year reunion
100 Start a new list of 101 Things on Sunday, March 28, 2010
101 Save $1 for every completed item. Donate $2 for every incomplete item.
Alternates:
Go to a concert outside of PDX area
Travel to another continent
Watch 100 classics movie list
Learn French
Learn German
Go SCUBA Diving
Apply for The Amazing Race
Finish visiting the 50 states
