And So it Begins

A couple weeks ago when I was sitting in the airport waiting to fly home from Vegas, I checked my email and saw a few of my friends had started these 101 things in 1001 days blogs. I immediately was intrigued by what they were doing and thought what a cute idea. I thought maybe I could do something like that and then I A.D.D'ed it to the back of my brain. A few days after I returned, I got word that my aunt Janie's boyfriend, who had been suffering from Leukemia, had taken a turn for the worst. Michael had been sick on and off for four years and I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that this was the last time I'd be saying good-bye. My feeling was right. During the time that Michael was sick, I kept coming back to Amy, Erin and Kimmy's blogs and thinking, this is the perfect time to do something like this. When I lose a loved one, I immediately am reminded of how short life is, the importance of family and how unhealthy I allow myself to be. So the Monday after Michael passed I began my list of 101 things.



So begins my journey of 101 things that could change my life. When that movie "Bucket List" came out and people started really talking about their "Bucket List" it occurred to me that I could be the only person that had a "Bucket List" for things to do before I was 30. With my 30th birthday approaching and that list no where to be found, this came up just in time. Although the deadline will be after my 32 birthday, I still will be doing things within a reasonable amount of time. My list is comprised of things I've never done but always wanted to, like going to the Newport Folk Festival and going to a Bruins game, things I don't do because I don't like to like going fishing and camping and things that would further my jewelery business, like taking a silversmithing course and buying a torch. Then there are things that I feel I should be doing that I don't, like volunteering, going to mass and donating to a food pantry, things that will make me healthier like working out and eating healthy, and things that will bring me closer to my family like putting aside time to spend with extended family and taking a class with my mother. Don't get me wrong there are things on there that are completely selfish, but at 29 years old, I've learned that you HAVE to be selfish sometimes.



In any event, this should be an interesting project to say the least, I will blog about each of my tasks and try and take pictures of them (within reason). My #86 is to keep a daily journal, so I plan on keeping an online journal, so I'll post the link to that on here. I hope you follow along with me on my journey.