101 Things In 1001 Days: Update

I jumped on the bangwagon at the beginning of the year to accomplish 101 goals in 1001 days. I actually haven’t listed 101 things yet because I can’t think of any more, but as they come to me I will add them.

This is a general update of goals I am in the process of completing, some of which will never technically be complete because they are the sort that are never ending, e.g. believing in myself and what I can do — I imagine I will still be reminding myself at 70 that, yes, I can make awesome pastry and…I dunno, knitted scarves. Actually, at around 70-75, I plan on taking up drugs.

But, I digress, so here is my actual update!

Get my learner driver license.
I was supposed to have gone for my test at the beginning of this month, but I had a depressive moment in January and haven’t studied much since then. Bad Sam, I know. It’s not that hard to study for, really, I just have to memorise the answers and Bob’s your uncle, but I’ve been lazy. However, I will make the effort from now on to study and thus take the test at the beginning of March. Either way, I want to have done it before my 21^st birthday because I don’t want to be the dork who can’t legally drive on the road at 21 for shit’s sake. Not that other people who don’t drive at that age are dorks. Just I would consider myself one.

Gain more confidence.
This has gone downhill since the beginning of the year, actually. I’m really terrible at being my own cheerleader. I’m the sort of person that can be highly anxious and then I freak out over everything and want to huddle in a corner. I haven’t really learned how to see my fears as obstacles I can overcome, and that once over the other side of those mountains I’ll likely look back and think it wasn’t that hard. Theoretically I know all this, but practically I don’t believe it.

Nurture my self-belief.
Not going very well with this, either. If I didn’t have this problem, which is a big one, then I wouldn’t have the above problem as much either. Funny that. I’m not trying very hard, to be honest. I know I don’t really suck that much, but again, in practise I am not good at remembering it, and life is all about reality and what you put into practise, not what you know by theory. Theory doesn’t get you anywhere if you can’t do.

Continue with being vegan.
This is going well. I have the food thing down and I’m using up the rest of my non-vegan cosmetics, cleaners, etc. before I buy vegan ones. It’s surprising how much is actually available when you look into it. Now I can go to the chemist and buy a whole range of vegan-friendly cleansers, moisturisers, shampoo and stuff. The other upside to many vegan-friendly products is that they are also made with all-natural ingredients so are free from icky chemicals and such.

Please excuse me while I go and hug a tree for a sec.

Continue writing in my journal at least three times a week.
I’m going alright with this, but the truth is that I don’t write as much and am not inclined to write as often if I’m not in a bad mood/stressed/depressed. I’m just not that good at being cheery in my paper-journal. It’s all whining and crap, which is awfully boring. The truth is that I write my journals with the forethought of never destroying them and leaving them as a record of my life for future generations of my currently non-existent offspring. I think I do that because it’s the sort of thing I would love to read and so I assume at least one of my children or grandchildren might inherit my love of past times and think reading about me is The Shit and so on. But I have nothing interesting to write about. I don’t have a scandalously fascinating love-life or anything (not that I’d really want one, really; so much hassle). I do write about my feelings and the stuff I don’t talking about in my blog or with other people, so I supposed that will lend itself nicely to reading if I never tell anyone. They might be surprised by things.

Make an effort to stop procrastinating.
This isn’t going so well, either. It’s my biggest flaw.

Watch 100 films I’ve never seen before.
I think this goal is inhibiting my progress with the above goal… I am doing quite well on the film watching front, though I still need to join a video store to accomplish it fully. I would like some recommendations though, so if you have any, fire away.

Read 50 books I’ve never read before, not including ones I have to read for school.
Also going well, though I have lulled in the last few days with my reading. I’m still on ‘Tropic of Cancer’ by Henry Miller which I should have finished by now. It’s not necessarily the easiest book for me to read because I have to be in a certain mood to make the most of it and enjoy it properly.

See at least four live bands every year during 101 in 1001 days
So far I’ve seen one out of twelve. Nine Inch Nails was the first for this year and the second will be Kings of Leon. I need to start seeking out local bands though (because they’re more affordable, ).

Save for my overseas trip.
I put money in every week, so it’s slowly growing! Hooray!

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