Why I'm Doing This

The moment I heard about the Day Zero Project I knew it was something I wanted to do.

For one thing, if you couldn't gather from the title of this blog, I am in love with lists. I make them for everything - at work, for the grocery store, errands I want to run on weekends, vacation preparation, etc. Excel spreadsheets almost make me giddy. Therefore, it seems natural that I would be attracted to a project that is fundamentally a really, really long list.

It goes beyond that, though. I am looking for a sense of empowerment. How often in life do we say, "Oh, if I had more time I would do that" or "Someday I'm going to do this." We mentally collect ideas of all the things we'll do "someday," but then we never actually do them. I decided that it's finally time to start doing them. In 2008 I completed the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer - I walked 39.3 miles in 2 days, and raised $3,000 for breast cancer research and support. The feeling of empowerment and accomplishment was incredible. I'm want to re-create that feeling, but in my day-to-day life.

Some of the items on my list are significant projects (like taking the GMAT), and some of them are small. But, they all represent things that I want to do, and in some way I feel will help to make me a slightly better (or at least more interesting) person.

I chose September 22 as my start date because it is September Equinox - the first day of fall. It seemed appropriate to start this journey at the beginning of a new season.

I can't wait to begin!