Day Zero

My Day Zero Project, August 11, 2023 through May 11, 2026

Health

1. Reach my goal weight (225)
2. A1C back to normal levels
3. Go three months without a migraine (goal date 11/14/23)
4. 10 pushups with solid form
5. Play tennis 3 times
6. Don’t complain for one week
7. Don’t swear for one week
8. Exercise 45 minutes each day except Sundays for a month
9. Complete the Walk to Mordor Challenge
10. Meditate for 5 minutes for 30 consecutive days 
11. Stay off social media for a week
12. Finish an adult anxiety-reducing coloring book
13. Soak in the tub

Professional

14. Accepted to National Board Certification Program
15. Get 450 professional development clock hours
16.  Work on GCDEA Bargaining Team again
17. Keep CV updated
18. Hang Battle of Four Lakes map in classroom
19. Organize a fundraiser for the LGBTQ Club
20. Organize a fundraiser for the wrestling team
21. Add two Comic Book store wall art pieces to classroom
22. Clean out behind classroom whiteboards
23. Surplus old dictionaries in classroom
24. Clean Junior High Mat Room
25. Buy a Lake Roosevelt hoodie for Raider Gear Fridays
26. Buy an EWU tee for college gear Wednesdays

Travel

27. Go to Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle
28. Go to Dry Falls, Coulee City
29. Go to see the geologic timeline at CWU Geology Department, Ellensberg
30. Go see Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park 
31. Visit the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center, Coulee Dam
32. Watch the Grand Coulee Dam Laser Light Show, Coulee Dam
33. Visit the Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane
34. Watch an MMA fight live with Joey
35. Buy something from Cured, Leavenworth
36. Visit Ocean Shores
37. Drive to the top of Mt. Spokane
38. Visit Steptoe Butte
39. Get a passport
40. Drive the Coulee Dam-Tonasket-Republic loop
41. Drive the North Star Loop Road for old times sake
42. Visit Colville Tribal Museum, Coulee Dam
43. Visit a farmer’s market

Arts 

44. Publish 75 blog posts
45. Draw 20 Illustrations 
46. Submit 1 Illustration somewhere
47. Write 5 Poems
48. Submit 1 Poem somewhere
49. Write 2 Short Stories
50. Submit 1 short story somewhere
51. Complete NaNoWriMo
52. Read 30 Books 
53. Read War and Peace
54. Read The Hobbit
55. Read The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 
56. Give Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss) another try now that I am more mellow
57. Give Catcher in the rye another chance now that I’m probably a phony
58. Buy 15 books from independent bookstores
59. Get a tattoo
60. Pick a second tattoo
61. Watch 30 new movies I haven’t seen before
62. Read 100 nonfiction articles
63. Complete a 90-day photo challenge
64. Find the Matt Dillon recording of On the Road by Jack Keroac

Politics

65. Support Cascadia Department Of Bioregion by buying a tee shirt
66. Support Bernie Sanders by buying his book
67. Read a book by Robert Reich
68. Read a book by Bell Hooks
69. Buy GCDEA Member Tee
70. Buy GCDEA Member Hoodie
71. Read a book by Angela Davis
72. Read the book The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
73. Write 2 letters to the editor
74. Join DSA, Spokane Chapter
75. Donate money to 5 causes that I care about

Cooking and Eating

76. Cook a brisket
77. Make Steak tips, gravy and rice
78. Eat vegan for one week
79. Make wings for dinner
80. Bake a cake from scratch
81. Eat sushi
82. Eat at Spencers Steaks and Chops, Spokane
83. Eat at Indigenous Eats, Spokane (done, 08/16/23)
84. Bring kids to Northern Quest buffet
85. Make your first stop in Spokane the Rocket Bakery 3 times.
86. Bake bread

Household

87. Start Christmas Village for holidays
88. Payoff car
89. Save $1000 for an emergency fund
90. Clear off deck
91. Clear out garage
92. Cut down all tall brush and weeds
93. Clear back of dead branches
94. Clear out basement
95. Clear out entryway
96. Have truck towed
97. Pics of all the pets on Google Photos
98. Organize and back up all photos to Google Photos
99. Order a photo album with printed pics 
100. Buy a new laptop
101. Return old EWU book that I borrowed ages ago