Goal i (pre-goal)

Feeling as though I may have been a touch hasty with announcing the blog.  Goal i - a pre-goal, because I refuse to count it toward my total - is to think of 101 things I want to do.  Have you ever realized how difficult it is to think of 101 things you want to do?  I mean realistically.  Not "Marry Orlando Bloom" - which would definitely make the top ten of my 101 goals were I not committed to creating realistic, attainable, specific goals...dammit. 

So I've started a tentative list of categories for goals, which I'm hoping will keep the brain wheels well oiled - like a body-builder.  Without  the steroids.  I actually searched Google for an image to go with that thought, but 86'd it when I threw up in the back of my mouth a little bit. 

Without further ado, my tentative categories are:

Places to visit
Physical/Fitness goals
Skills to learn
Things to own
Financial milestones
Risks to take
Content to consume
Things to create
Relationship changes
Acts of philanthropy 

I have a couple of fun ideas percolating in the brain box.  Including "complete a walk to Mordor."  I love nerds.  Someone estimated that the hobbits walked 1,779 miles.  But, since one simply does not walk into Mordor...(oh, yeah - I went there), the idea is to simply walk 1,779 miles within the given time period.  I am contemplating spicing this one up by completing a walk to Mordor while dressed as a hobbit. 

I mean, it doesn't look as though it would be too hard to scare up a reasonable facsimile of hobbit couture.  Big cape, linen shirt with puffy sleeves, maybe a vest - rub dirt all over my face.  The trick, of course, will be getting Misha to come anywhere with me in public while I'm dressed as a hobbit.  But one problem at a time, I'm getting ahead of myself...

One goal down - 100 to go.