The first day of the new year is supposed to be amazing, right? How amazing can New Year's Day be on the couch, watching Football, shoving copious amounts of junk food into our mouths while nursing a wicked hangover?
Wasn't the countdown to 2011 supposed to kick off a new year of exciting, ambitious plans and lots of renewed, healthy habits? Well, then what's with the lump of hungover, junk-food-inhaling flab lounging on the couch?
New Year's Eve 2010 was not about a rockin' party for me this time around. It was about change. Change doesn't always come in neat, little packages tied up with bows and ribbons, but it can be beneficial nonetheless.
Change can bring amazing life experiences and personal growth. This year will bring me substantial change and excitement, which led me to create my HOT 100 CHALLENGE! I borrowed this idea from another adventurer who started his new year with the 1 Year, 1000 Things Challenge. What an inspiration!!
The HOT 100 CHALLENGE is slightly less ambitious than the 1 Year, 1000 Things Challenge and contains 100 tasks that either come from me or people I know. I didn't want to call it a Bucket List because these are things I want to challenge myself to do, not things I would do when faced with impending expiration. All tasks have to be things I have never done and must be completed this year.
A few fun facts:
*I'm a HUGE dog lover
*My mother was born and raised in Scotland
*My dad is a writer
*I have an fear of being in the Ocean
*I bought my home when I was 27
*I have been an active volunteer since the age of 14
*I have played soccer for 26 years
*I hate the Lakers
*I LOVE Music & Soccer
*I have travelled to 11 countries
*I have been to Vegas more than 50 times
*I wish I had taken more time to learn about my grandparents' lives
*I'm an athlete
*I coached youth soccer for 10 years
*I live for Bangers and Mash, Meat Pies and Mushy Peas (Consult a Brit on this one)
*I have freakishly large blue eyes
This list is a compilation of tasks I want to try because of fear, curiosity or excitement. This is a partial list, so please send suggestions to complete it!!
HOT 100 CHALLENGE LIST (THUS FAR):
1. Start a company and grow it to $50K in revenue
2. Learn how to write HTML
3. Compete in a body building contest - scheduled for March
4. Swim in the Ocean (eeeeek)
5. Run 1 Mile without stopping
6. Run 2 Miles without stopping
7. Run a 5K without stopping
8. Go on a date with a Brit (mom would be proud)
9. Get my BFF Jen on a treadmill
10. Sing Karaoke in a crowded bar
11. Have a sober New Year's Eve - DONE 12/31/2010
12. Be a Designated Driver
13. Adopt a Dog
14. Learn how to Tie a Tie
15. Take a picture with a celebrity
16. Learn how to fold a fitted sheet
17. Zipline
18. Compete in the Camp Pendleton Mud Run - scheduled for June
19. Rockclimb
20. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
21. Give a homeless person all the cash in my wallet
22. Pay for the parking/bridge toll of the car behind me
23. Wax my legs
24. Wax my eyebrows
25. Do a biking wine tasting tour
26. Write a book about my Dad
27. Publish said book
28. Gain 100 followers on this Blog
29. Get in an elevator and introduce myself instead of staring at the door
30. Heckle a comedian
31. Ride a motorcycle
32. Eat Thai food
33. Ride a dirt bike
34. Learn a foreign language
35. Visit family in Scotland
36. Read to a toddler
37. Write a children's book
38. Publish said book
39. Wash my car by hand
40. Change my own oil
41. Study another religion
42. Go to Church
43. Sing in a Church choir
44. Wear pajamas to the grocery store
45. Go 1 week without any makeup
46. Confess a crush to the crushee
47. Attend a techie conference
48. Bartend
49. Speak at an elementary school
50. Visit a nursing home
51. High-five a stranger
52. Somersault the entire length of a football field
53. Learn the rules of Rugby
54. Document 5 generations of my family tree
55. Needlepoint a pillow
56. Knit a scarf
57. Write a song
58. Drive a bus
59. Grill a steak
60. Shake hands with 25 people in one day
WHAT ELSE????
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