2 weeks in

I can't believe it's already been two weeks since I started Graduate School and a new Day Zero Project. Classes are really time consuming, but I can tell I've already learned so much! I'm being challenged to think in new ways and I am learning all sorts of roles that school counselors have, especially in terms of social justice and advocacy. Despite all this school work, I have still managed to work on several of my goals. So far 9 of them are underway. Here are some updates on my progress!

In Progress
43. Try 20 new restaurants- This past Friday I went to Taqueria Del Sol with several members of my cohort. I've passed by it several times, and have even attempted to go there are multiple occasions, but the line was always out the door. I ordered the chicken tender taco per Nick's suggestion, with a side of queso, and it was so good! Especially when you put the queso on the taco. It was also very affordable. One to definitely try again. Then later that night, I hung out with Brandon and Jaques and they wanted to go to a late dinner. We went to The Globe downtown and I ordered the Guinness Chocolate Cake with Bailey's Frosting- it was a little dry, but the flavor was amazing. I looked through the menu at their  entrees, and I want to go back and eat a real meal. But I get to count it since I actually ordered a food item. 2/20

47. Try every cupcake from Silver Lining- see post here  1/30

65. Read 15 of BBC's Big Read- I started The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. I'm only a few chapters in since I have so much school work to read, but it's something to take with me when I go to the gym since I got it for free on my Kindle.

71. Read through an entire letter in my topical Bible- I choose the letter P, because out of the longer letters, it had the most categories that I wanted to study- Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Power, Praise, Prayer, Predestination, Pride, Prophecy, Purification, among others

72. Mail 20 letters- I wrote two thank you notes to members of my family for graduation cards and sent one to my friend Neal working at camp 3/20

80. Listen to every song on my computer- this has been quite an adventure, listening to songs that I haven't heard in years. I've already deleted many, but I still have so much to go through. My current strategy is just to put it on shuffle (sometimes within an artist or genre) and if I can't listen to the song the entire way through, I have to delete it. The only time I can skip is if I've already listened to it once. Sometimes I will deliberately choose a song though, but it's more entertaining when I leave it up to shuffle.  625/5056

81. Watch every episode of Friends- I borrowed all ten seasons from Stephen and am going through all the episodes in order. I'm on the second disc of Season One but I'm counting the ones I've already seen prior to starting this list. Needless to say, I still have a lot left 42/238

Task #47- Try every Cupcake from Silver Lining

Cupcake #1/30- Cinnamon Roll

Today after finishing my first week of graduate school, I decided to treat myself to a Cupcake from Silver Lining. This is one of the best cupcakes I have ever tried before- brown sugar cinnamon cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and a cinnamon sprinkle on top. It was everything good about a cinnabon but it wasn't sticky or too sweet. There was a little more icing on it than Silver Lining usually uses, but it was still delicious. It was definitely a great way to end a slightly overwhelming week and a good beginning step in accomplishing this tasty goal.

Starting Fresh!

So I am starting another attempt at the Day Zero project. My first blog was here. Wordpress was frustrating so I switched over here. Technically I still have until June 11 to complete my original list, but I wanted to start my new one the same day I begin the next chapter of my life- Graduate School for my Master's in Education- Professional Counseling at the University of Georgia. My program started today, June 4, and 1001 days from that date is my 25th birthday, March 2, 2015. I think it is really cool how that worked out. Most of the goals on my list were not things that I really wanted to do anymore. They were very trivial, and others were so unrealistic, or had to happen in a certain time frame. I ended up accomplishing 61 goals, which I still think is a feat in and of itself. I decided to make a new list and try to be more deliberate with my goals. Some of them are pretty easy and simple. A lot are one time actions, which will make them achievable (I won't have to do the same thing multiple times in order to cross it off) I've spent several months creating the list, and I think each item is something that I truly want to do and accomplish. There are a lot of travel goals, and a lot that are related to my schooling and professional life. I am excited to begin this new chapter. I'm not quite sure how I want to document my in-progress and completed goals (obviously on this blog, but I don't know if I should update by tasks, weeks, months, etc) I guess it depends on how much time I will have to blog as well as how productive I've been. Obviously I won't make progress everyday- I mean that would be awesome and ideal but so not realistic, especially with the busyness of Graduate School, but I guess we shall see what happens. I'm really excited for the new adventures that will be coming my way in the next 1001 days!!