Goals, goals, goals.

What can I learn and accomplish in one year? To kill my post-grad degree stagnation I'm launching this blog with 52 goals to kick off a year of continuous learning and enrichment, beginning on June 6, 2011.

1. Successfully cater a formal dinner party  

2. Milk a goat or cow

3. Learn how to make soap

4. Learn how to make cheese 3/10/12

5. Take a yoga class 

6. Run a 5k

7. Learn to play 3 singable songs well on an acoustic guitar.

8. Learn how to make and bottle my own wine 

9. Complete a beginners language course 11/17/11

10. Learn to sail

11. Volunteer for at least one Bangor committee

12. Learn to waltz

13. Join a CSA  3/11/12

14. Start a blog 6/6/11

15. Eat Raw for one week  4/17/12

16. Learn the geographical location and capitals of all the countries in the world

17. Volunteer for a day at a food pantry

18. Learn to dehydrate and store my own food 10/15/11

19. Learn how to make and can mom's mustard pickles

20. Become well-versed in the history of Bangor

21. Hike to Gulf Hagas

22. Photograph a sunset from Cadillac Mountain in Acadia 10/08/11

23. Sell my greeting cards in a local store

24. Learn how to make yogurt 2/7/12

25. Start a worm composting bin

26. Visit a local museum 6/16/11

27. Kayak 3 new bodies of water in Maine 

28. Ride in a glider

29. Donate blood

30. Complete one knitting project

31. Take a skiing lesson

32. Write a children's book

33. Visit at least one new city

34. Take a cooking class

35. Cook 3 items from Julia Child's cookbook

36. Complete the knife skills lessons in my culinary textbook

37. Complete an 8 month emergency fund

38. Start a Roth IRA

39. Learn how to make corn and flour tortillas from scratch

40. Review all muscle and bone anatomy flashcards

41. Taste foie gras

42. Share a meal with at least one new, interesting person

43. Plant a harvestable garden plot

44. Learn how to decorate a cake

45. Learn how to properly tie a necktie

46. Make a piece of jewelry

47. Bake a lemon meringue pie

48. Learn how to make chocolate truffles

49. Taste truffle mushrooms and/or truffle oil

50. Eat duck October '11

51. Make an album of creative shots of every-day things

52. Learn to shoot a pistol 10/30/11