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So, my friend Elizabeth creates what she calls an Überlist every year. It’s not so much a New Year’s Resolution type of thing, but more just a list of stuff that she wants to get done. In that vein, I decided to create my own. I was trying to get to 100 items, but only made it to the mid-90s. Without further ado, we have the list
Professionally
1. Double current weekly revenue totals by the end of FY05 Q1 for Latitude48
2. Quadruple current weekly revenue totals by the end of FY05 Q3 for Latitude48
3. Add two large companies with repeat business as clients every month for Latitude48
4. Localize trans48.com into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese
5. Participate in at least 3 conferences in a sales capacity for Latitude48
6. Attend the ATA conference (in Seattle!) in November
7. Complete 6 paid website projects for our yet-to-be-named web design firm
8. Establish 3-4 viable and reciprocating partnerships for both Latitude48 and web design firm
9. Join as many networking organizations as possible; attend networking events
10. Test out google ads for advertising Latitude48 services
Photography
11. Apply to a minimum of 5 art shows
12. Get into at least one juried art show
13. Have 3 stores selling my cards, calendars and maybe prints
14. Complete katography website redesign and start selling photography online
15. Enter 6 photography contests
16. Take a photography class to learn how to take something besides flower pictures
17. Create portfolio books
18. Scan and archive all old photography negatives (pre-digital)
Health and Fitness
19. Lose 20 pounds by the end of March
20. Lose an additional 20 pounds by the end of August
21. Lose yet an additional 20 pounds by the end of December
(note: 2006 will have an entry entitled “Maintain weight loss for whole year”)
22. Have all the fillings in my teeth replaced
23. Have a thorough physical for the first time in forever
24. Walk at least 3 times a week, every week
25. Go hiking at least once a week
26. Bag my first real peak in Washington State
27. Kayak parts of Lake Washington
28. Drink 8 glasses of water every day
29. Floss three times a week
30. Find someplace to swim and do it regularly
31. Limit myself to no more than 2 diet pepsis per day
Making
32. Knit an entire sweater (no quitting in the middle!)
33. Have all Christmas presents made by October 1
34. If I get into any of the art fairs, built a display booth
35. Build a display booth for Latitude48
36. Build a website for Heidi’s basketry
37. Finish Rainer’s website
38. Design and build a new bed frame
39. Make backup CDs of all photographs
40. Build the Modular dwelling for the backyard
Organizing and Improving
41. Clean the basement/garage
42. Clean out the office closet, office bookshelf and printer hutch
43. Give to charity all the clothes that don’t fit or I don’t like anymore
44. Better organize all the important paperwork (buy a fireproof box or safe)
45. Wash the outside house windows
46. Sand the porch table and stain
47. Trim the lilac bush, the dogwood tree and the cherry tree
48. Review and update all addresses in my Outlook Contacts and business card folio
49. Vacuum the stairs
50. Weed through magazine archives, save some, throw away the rest
51. Make a list of all credit/bank card numbers, passports etc and way to cancel/renew should they ever get stolen; save securely but accessibly
Retailing
52. Buy a new laptop
53. Buy a nice new color laser printer
54. Buy another bookshelf
55. Buy a whiteboard for the office
56. Buy a blue KitchenAid stand mixer
57. Buy a Vespa, maybe
58. Buy a new pair of glasses
59. Buy a new coffee maker
The Rest
60. Stop chewing my fingernails
61. Take at least one trip out of the country
62. Plan New Zealand trip for early 2006
63. Have the garden planted by May 1, weather permitting
64. Have Sedgwick and Sidney have annual checkup in June
65. Have a BBQ party
66. Visit the Oregon Coast sometime in January-March
67. Remember everyone’s birthdays
68. Get a haircut every 3 months
69. Thoroughly clean the kitchen, top to bottom
70. Give Matt and Audrey a wedding present
71. Replace all the dead or dying houseplants
72. De-cathair the entire house once a month
73. Visit 3 places in the Pacific Northwest that I haven’t seen before
74. Have all Christmas presents to Europe mailed by November 1, to New England by December 1
75. Read 12 books
76. Learn how to drive a stick-shift
77. Perfect 3 new baking recipes
78. Write more regularly to my aunt who has no email
79. Clean the bathroom and vacuum every week
80. Steam clean the carpets
81. Organize an outdoor movie Monty Python-athon
82. Renew Costco card
83. Change the batteries in the smoke detectors
84. Try more recipes from our copious amounts of cookbooks
85. Paint the trim of the closet door in the office
86. Redesign suletzki.com
87. Stop using so much paper
88. Watch lots and lots of tennis
89. Exchange Birkenstocks
90. Renew pet insurance in February
91. Wash my coffee mug (no comment)
92. Make new über-list for 2006
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PS -- My aunt gave me a book called Yoga Für Katzen (Yoga for Cats) for Christmas. I just loved this picture so much I scanned it to share with you. |
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