Things I Want to Accomplish
March 27, 2008 by jamilynnfitz
1. Bike to work every day for 1 week
2. Bike to work every day for 1 month
3. Bike to work every month for 1 season
4. Bike to work every month for 1 year
5. Get rid of my car (almost! I listed it for sale last night, 4/22/08), cancel car insurance
6. Convince boyfriend to fix up his bike, so he can go on rides with me
7. Meet up at Whole Foods once a month for Wednesday night knit night
8. Go on the Taco rides in the summer on Thursday nights
9. Complete BRAN
10. Complete RAGBRAI
11. Learn how to fix my own bike
12. Learn how to fall off my bike safely
13. Go to United Bike Institute and learn how to be a pro bike mechanic. (Not gonna happen)
14. Go to United Bike Institute and learn how to build bike frames. (Not gonna happen)
15. Visit my mom in Vegas
16. Forgive myself
17. Hire a maid (haha, her name is the same as mine! Oh, wait…
18. Follow the primal diet consistently
19. Design knitting patterns
20. Learn how to self-publish books
21. Publish knitting patterns in a book
22. Get involved in bike advocacy in Omaha
23. Try oil washing for 1 month
24. Complete a century ride
25. Learn how to fix a flate tire on my bike
26. Only buy my books used
29. Get a bike basket for Loki
30. Teach Loki how to ride in bike basket
31. Knit a comfy, cozy, padded liner for Loki’s bike basket
32. Get My Pet DMV tags for pets
33. Finish Carleen’s knitted Octopus
34. Finish Mom’s knitted hanky
35. Finish spinning the silk for my shawl
36. Design knitted shawl
37. Knit shawl
38. Finish knitted shawl
39. Pay off all debt
40. Save 10% of every pay check
41. Get an Xtracycle for bike and learn how to use it safely
42. Get a rack and panniers (does a milk crate count?) for bike so I can stop using messenger bag for heavy loads
43. Buy a spinning wheel
44. Spin yarn for selling on etsy
45. Dye homespun yarn for selling on etsy
46. Put together spinning and dyeing kits for selling on etsy
47. Make all of my patterns into PDFs so I can sell individual patterns as well as my book on etsy.
48. Get a tattoo
49. Get my nose pierced
50. Learn how to bike on ice and snow
51. Finish bleaching hair
52. Dye hair pink (Does a bad red dye-job count?);)
53. Bike 1000 miles in a year
54. Bike 1500 miles in a year
55. Bike 2000 miles in a year
56. Actively compete in a biking event
57. Take both dogs for a walk every morning before breakfast, and every afternoon as soon as I get home from work, or before dinner on the weekends.
58. Make a budget that I can stick with.
59. Get a trailer for my bike that is made for kids to ride in.
60. Teach dogs to ride in trailer (it will be like a sidecar for a bike…)
61. Use trailer to take dogs on errands.
62. Learn how to ride the BMW motorcycle.
63. Get class M on my License
64. Get a passport
65. Buy a Harley Sportster 883L in 2010
66. Build a cob firepit/bench/bread oven
67. Use boyfriends bike to learn how to build a bike from the frame up