Not a memesheep... yet

[naath]

Lots of people seem to be doing the 101 things in 1001 days meme. I thought about it but I can't think of things!

Inspire me people! What things should I do in the medium-term future?

At the moment I have very short-term things (do laundry, pack for Kentwell, finish shift) and very long-term things (buy a house, visit every capital city in Europe) but very few medium term ones.

Comments

[jack]

Visit two or three capital cities in Europe, learn a new programming language, go to [some theatre/play/cultural event you feel like putting in the list], decide whether or not you want to buy a new bike, keep up regular [swimming]?

[naath]

One capital per year might be manageable (OK, in September we're off to Sicily via Paris and Rome but I do not think this counts as "visiting" either...).

"keep up this thing I do" seems a strange sort of target to me. Although maybe it could be a good one.

I want the bike... I just can't HAVE the bike... sulk sulk money sulk (#firstworldproblems)

[jack]

a strange sort of target

I thought the same, but I thought it would be nice to have at least a couple of things that were inside the comfort zone already, but genuinely good to say "I kept this up".

I want the bike... I just can't HAVE the bike... sulk sulk money sulk (#firstworldproblems)

Sympathy. Then... goal to stop worrying about it? :)

[nickys]

Achieve a specific exercise target (run a mile, do 20 press ups) or somesuch?
Read so many books in a year?

[naath]

I don't think my reading needs encouraging...
Perhaps if I put down "sew new kirtle" I will actually do so though.

An exercise target might be good. I'd quite like to try a 5 or 10k race; but silly running types all seem to like filthy MORNINGS. Ugh.

[supermouse]

Get a good pen. Write something with that pen every day. A diary, a shopping list, a book review, just something.

Think of twenty people you like or care about. Do one nice thing for each person. That's a fifth of your score.

Volunteer one unit of time at a dozen different places, one at a time. If you find one that you really like, go again.

Research and formulate the most decadent and/or utterly delicious main course or dessert you can possibly imagine. Make it. Eat it.

Find thirty different sorts of wildflower that grow within one mile of your home.

Take, draw, paint or find a picture of every single person you know.

Take a loooooooooong piece of string. Dye it one colour in ten cm blocks, so red/white/red/white or green/white/green/white. Get a clipboard. Go to just past the corner of a street, and ask someone if they will just hold this end of the string for you for a minute while you measure. Go around the corner, then the next corner, and ask someone if they will just hold this end of the string for you for a minute while you measure. Go back around the corner and vanish off in a third direction.

Cook and try one dish which you have always thought utterly disgusting, but have never actually tried.

Learn a new dance.

Find out how many endangered species your home town/city is host to.

Pick a celebrity you like and make an effort to go somewhere where you can meet them and get their autograph.

Paint one wall of the place where you live in a colour you like but would never dream of putting on walls.

[naath]

Some good ideas there, thanks.

(I already painted a wall of my bedroom in SPARKLY PURPLE...)

[supermouse]

That could make the wall challenge a bit difficult then.