Writing Letters to Myself (Part One)

    7. Write letter to myself to open at end of 1,001 Days

    Writing yourself a letter is just weird. For the next item crossed off of my Day Zero List, I went with writing myself a letter to open when this list is done. It's even weirder when you're in a bout of depression, and you write yourself a letter to open nearly three years in the future.

    What's in the letter isn't that important, and I'm sure it won't be important then. Depression is a horrible thing. I don't have the means to get therapy. I don't have the means to get medicine. It's all my own fault, so I don't expect pity. I'm just not the man I'm supposed to be. I'm working on getting my income where it needs to be, though it may take a little while to get there. Maybe when I get my income right, I'll get the help I need. Maybe I need to put THAT on the list.

August Goals

While I have a Day Zero list, I've never been great at short-term goals. Who am I kidding, I've never been great at ANY goals. My first Day Zero list could tell you that, if lists could talk. I'm sorry Original Day Zero List. Anyway, so for August, I've decided to make a list of goals I'd like to try to accomplish, or at least work on, and things I'd really like to buy, or save for.

I've also put $5 into the Day Zero fund since I made a page for the list. And I watched one movie I haven't seen yet. I'll write about that once I watch maybe five I haven't seen, so I can fill up a blog post about it.

Day Zero Items:

• Make some Top 10 Lists
• Find a picture challenge to attempt
• Write letter to myself to open at end of this list
• Write letter to myself at 50 (10 years)
• Write letter to my future Grandchildren (if I have any)
• Work on '101 things I've achieved' list
• Work on '101 Memories' list
• Come up with recipes to put in a personal cookbook
• Write letter to Clayton Sage Johnson
• Work on Halloween blogs
• Watch some movies I've never seen
• Read some books I haven't read
• Work on my weight loss
• 31 Days only water (July 31st was 15 days)
• Eat at a new restaurant
• Try some new recipes
• Have a Lemonade Stand with my daughter
• Send some autograph requests
• Pay some on my debt
• Start a scrapbook
• Work on my music folder

Things not on my Day Zero list, but I want to accomplish or buy in August:

• Start my website
• Continue learning HTML/CSS & JavaScript (DON'T GIVE UP!!)
• Portable monitor for my laptop
• PS4
• Learn how to make a banner for my website in Gimp
• Buy (and workout with) DDP Yoga
• Look at Treehouse for my coding/site
• Take blood pressure every day before breakfast and going bed

What are your goals for the month, for the rest of the year, or your Day Zero list?