Goals: 101 in 1001

Here's an attempt to set some specific, measurable goals for myself. Hopefully by the time the end rolls around, I can be proud of what I've accomplished, and pleased with where I am.

Start date:
September 15, 2011

End date:
June 15, 2014

Goals in progress are italicized, goals completed are bolded.

Beautiful: (6)
Get makeup professionally done: December 2012
Reassess wardrobe and get rid of all ugly/unflattering clothing: January 2012
Create a new and complete wardrobe
Learn how to style my hair in at least one style
Buy myself a pearl necklace: December 2013
Do skin treatment morning and night for one month (1/30)

(Self) Disciplinary: (4)
Go to bed by midnight, for two weeks
One hour or less of Internet use per day, for two weeks
Make my bed first thing in the morning, for two weeks
Create a daily/weekly schedule, and stick to it

Explorations Abroad: (8)
Visit Bali: October 2011
Go to Japan again and go to a rabbit-themed attraction: January 2013, January 2014
Go to Italy again
Go to Australia
Visit Bagan: April 2014
Visit Borobudur: July 2013
Visit Malaysia: October 2011, March 2012, April 2012, May 2012, September 2012
Go to the jungle and look for wild orangutans: September 2013

Explorations at Home: (10)
Go on the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo: September 2011
Visit all the museums in Singapore: click here for list to-date
Take a river cruise: May 2012
Ride the Singapore Flyer: September 2011
Day trip to Pulau Ubin: March 2012
Have a Singapore Sling at the Long Bar, Raffles Hotel: May 2012
Visit Haw Par Villa: December 2011, August 2012
Go to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve during migration season: January 2012
Tour the Goat Farm: September 2012
Attend a concert at the Esplanade: December 2012

Familial: (8)
Decide definitely whether to have another child; if yes, start working on it!: November 2013
Take a family vacation with my parents (May 2012: Malacca, Hong Kong) and sister
Get a rabbit
Get a dog
Help my cousin visit me in Singapore
Visit family in California (4/5): December 2011, June 2012, December 2012, December 2013
Send family cards via mail, either for a reason or no reason (1/15)
Take a family photo once a month (7/33)

Financial: (13)
Pay off all credit cards
Pay off my student loan debt: November 2012
Pay off B's student loan debt: November 2012
Save $30,000 as a backup fund for emergencies etc: April 2013
Open a retirement account/Roth IRA
Save 10% of income, every month, in retirement account
Start a savings account for college fund
Buy life insurance for B (at least $1 million)
Donate $1000 to charity in 2012
Donate $1500 to charity in 2013
Donate $2000 to charity in 2014
Visit a financial planner
Hire a professional to do our taxes: March 2012

Healthful: (10)
Lose 15 pounds (weigh 125 pounds): May 2013
Hire a personal trainer for ten sessions
Exercise five days a week for a month: April 2013
Climb a mountain
Take a picture of everything I eat for two weeks
See a doctor for my heartburn: June 2012
Do yoga every day for a month
Dessert/sweets no more than three times/week, for three weeks
Drink 8 glasses of water every day for two weeks (1/14)
Floss my teeth every night for two months (1/60)

Indulgent: (7)
Have an all-day spa session: April 2014
Have an Indonesian massage: October 2011
Have a Swedish massage: December 2011
Have a Thai massage: June 2013
Get periodic pedicures: April 2014
Get a facial: January 2012
Blog every day, unless I am without internet access or really sick

Intellectual: (8)
Work my way through beginning Mandarin (Book 1)
Work my way through intermediate Mandarin (Book 2)
Take and complete a Mandarin class
Work my way through beginning Japanese book
Learn hiragana and katakana alphabets
Take a Chinese calligraphy class
Read 300 books (189/300)
Participate in a book group: April 2012

Organizational: (7)
Enter everyone's birthday/anniversary into Google Calendar
Declutter our possessions: get rid of everything neither useful nor beautiful
Write wills for me and B: select guardians for little R
Get new driver's license: December 2012
Change address on credit cards, student loans, with post office, IRS, DMV, for voting
Get antique scroll rematted: May 2012
Sort, reorganize and store files

Parental: (10)
Take swim classes with little R: May 2012
Take a music class with little R: November 2013
Take an art class with little R, when she's old enough to create
Attend a playgroup: September 2012
Take Mandarin class with little R: May 2012
Create a library of 100 quality children's books for little R: May 2012
Go on a beach vacation with little R: March 2012 (Pulau Tioman)
Bake cookies with little R, when she's old enough to help: December 2013
Complete photo album of little R's first year: May 2012
Complete photo album of little R's second and third years

Social: (5)
Make five real friends in Singapore: February 2013
Volunteer my time at a nonprofit I like (0/33)
Host a dinner party
Do random acts of kindness for non-family members (6/10)
Attend mothers' group once a month: March 2013

Spousal: (5)
Date night with B at least twice a month (20/66)
Overnight trip for anniversary, 2012
Overnight trip for anniversary, 2013: December 2013
Go on an all-day bike ride with B
Make list of 50 things and do them with B (2/50)