June 2013 ~ 100 goals in 1369 days

The List:

1) Come up with 100 goals

2) Find an articling job

3) Graduate law school

4) Write an academic paper I am proud of

5) Volunteer at least 1 year for an organization or cause that I care about

6) Grow my hair down to the middle of my back

7) Call my parents every other day for a year and tell them I love them

8) Go to Central America - hike a volcano

9) Go on exchange to Hong Kong or Singapore

10) Participate in a moot

11) Do a yoga challenge

12) Run a half marathon

13) Rock climb outside - real rocks!

14) Grow a vegetable from seed to harvest (tomatoes!)

15) Make jam to give as gifts

16) Go to Japan

17) Go to Belgium with G so he can visit all the breweries he dreams about

18) Learn to play a new sport (squash, golf...)

19) Hike a mountain a minimum of once a year

20) Go to a different music festival or concert every year

21) Go skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing at least once every winter

22) Be able to do 40 push ups in a row and hold a plank for 15 min

23) Do not eat out for a whole month straight (not even coffee)

24) Buy a house or apartment - stop renting

25) Take a roadtrip - camping involves (weekend trips don't count)

26) Go to California DONE!

27) Learn to make Lava Cake DONE!

28) Learn to make Hallacas

29) Learn to ice skate

30) Become a Canadian citizen

31) Get call to the bar - become a full licensed lawyer

32) Get my "G" driver's license

33) Collect 60 recipes that I love to make and actually cook them all

34) Read at least 2 novels every summer

35) Reach a Dostoyevsky novel - and finish it!

36) Go to Chicago - eat deep dish pizza

37) Bike from Brockville to Gananoque or the whole Wolfe Island Circuit

38) Have a dinner party and cook a lobster feast!

39) Make my own veggie burgers DONE!

40) Celebrate my 5th wedding anniversary on a fabulous getaway

41) Inspire 10 people to make their own goal list

42) Go to Montreal at least once per summer

43) Learn how to do a real manicure on myself

44) Kayak in the thousand islands

45) See Beyonce live

46) Go whitewater rafting on the Ottawa River

47) Go to Boldt Castle for a day DONE!

48) Start an Outdoors Club at Queen's Law

49) Take a photography course so I can finally learn how to use my DSLR

50) Do a headstand in yoga

51) Start a home design blog

52) Make my own granola

53) Participate in the Toronto City Chase

54) Learn how to sew (basic)

55) Return to a pescetarian diet

56) Have a keepsake from our last summer together as students

57) Do a bicycle wine tour DONE!

58) Learn how to sew (basic)

59) Decorate my next home so nicely that it could be featured on DesignSponge

60) Go to the Dali Museum in Florida

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Recipe 3 (Goal #33) - Kebabs and Zucchini Corn Picadillo

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So it appears that I am a keener at accomplishing goals that entail eating but I swear I am working on other ones too. I bought tickets to Osheaga (goal #20), I have been doing planks and push ups everyday (up to 20 in a row!) and I am making all sorts weekend plans, the problem is that work, weddings and socializing get in the way (trivia...

Recipe 2 (Goal #33) - Cornish Hens

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Cornish hens were always a mystery to me, are they chickens? hens? a small duck? I had no idea even after I purchased them. I had always seen them featured in menus at fancy restaurants and since I started shopping at Farm Boy I always saw them in the poultry fridge. One day I was browsing my favourite cooking book - Nigella Express (the best!!)...

Day 1 and Giveaway Winner!

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Today is the first day of the challenge and I am super excited to begin this journey and have the support of family and friends. I already started working on many of my goals (running, cooking and planning trips). The winner of the 18 month Moleskine day-planner is Jessica Rosenbaum! Thank you everyone that participated it, it really meant...

Lava Cake

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First Goal Accomplished! Goal # 27! This lava cake was the "sweetest" way to kick off the challenge! It was so so easy to make , just melt chocolate and 1/2 a cup of butter, 2 eggs and 2 yolks, 6 spoons of flour and a cup of sugar blend it all in a mixer and bake it in separate ramekins at 425F for 13 min. I added my homemade berry jam...

Countdown Start Day Giveaway!

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It has been so wonderful to receive support from so many friends around the world! I am SO excited for the start date and I have already made some progress with some of my goals so I can have a few post ready for the grand day! As a sign of appreciation I wanted to officially launch the blog with a prize giveaway. The winner will receive a Moleskine...

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Grades - do they make it in the list?

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Today was a very anticipated day for me and all my classmates, we finally received grades for our 1st year law classes. Like everyone else I was anxious because everyone knows (and tells you) how important grades are for starting your career. Now after knowing my grades and after having more than 6 weeks to think about it I can say that grades...

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Why am I doing this?!

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Well for many reasons actually: 1) I love making lists, it gives me directions and helps with my tendencies to procrastinate. I make lists daily, for what I am doing that morning, groceries, books.. you name it I have probably made a list. 2) I have this self conscious fear of not accomplishing things, but sometimes that fears is irrational because...

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