I am now at day 457 of my 101 in 1001 – nearly halfway done!  Looking at my list I found some things that need to be updated so this morning I armed myself with a favorite pen and went to work.

Removed

14. Review 10 pieces on PRX (0/10)

Great website but I don’t use it any more.

18. Make 10 new cookies/treats (0/10)

Managing cholesterol and sticks of butter don’t mix.

26. Take vitamins every day for a month (0/30)

Recent studies have shown that taking multi-vitamins don’t really improve your health.  As long as I eat healthy (leafy greens!  fruit!) I think I’ll get all the vitamins I need.

51. Write 10 bilingual blog posts

53. Write a letter to Ken’s grandmother

Both designed to keep my Japanese fresh when I wasn’t in Japan… not really a problem now.

55. Buy a rice cooker

There was one here in the apartment waiting for us!  Woo!

Six out, six in.

Added

107. Get 10,000 cards and 5,000 facts in Anki (my flashcard program)

108.  Get 2,000 kanji in Anki

New study goals.  Current counts – 4,172 cards, 2,076 facts, 1,186 kanji.

109. Buy a fashionable outfit for “going out”

My American wardrobe is woeful – 20 somethings don’t really do the t-shirt and jeans thing here.  That is, unless it’s a really hip t-shirt with really hip jeans and accessorized to the hilt.  I may not be hip but I want to look at least “with it” now and then.

110. Buy a bicycle

Freeeeedom…

111. Go to Okinawa

112. Go to Hokkaido

All the way South, all the way North.

When I was done I crunched some numbers.  If you count multiples like “try 20 new recipes” as 20 items I have 339 things on my list.  I have completed 124 of them, or 36%… not so great considering that nearly half of my time is up.  Time to get cracking!

There are a couple of things I can do right away to help.  I’ve been trying out new recipes (#17) but haven’t made them in big enough batches to freeze (#18).  I’ve been eating out (#71) but haven’t had many “me” lunches (#72).  I’m way behind on watching documentaries (#11) so I’m, uh, acquiring some right now.  To finish half of my items I’ll need to polish off 45 things in roughly 50 days.  It’s worth a shot.