Smokkee's WORLD 101

Thursday, March 29, 2012

GOAL 0, THE RESET

Hello, WORLD! This whole blog has been hard to write in the first place but this post is by far the hardest. The whole goal of this SW101 blog is to document the most important goals I want to accomplish & how I go about completing them. Hopefully, my determination to complete them will motivate others to follow make goals & do the same. This post is about me eating crow, one of the only things I don't like eating. I have to reset this blog as well as my goals. Why? I got a few reasons:

1) The feedback: For the most part, people have been motivating me to complete these goals as much as my own determination is pushing me to complete them. The feedback hasn't had all positive vibes though. A few were tips that I will try to incorporate including the main issue that I have heard: building a little suspense. Duly noted.

2) Completed a goal? Prove it!: Some of the feedback I received had to do with how I can prove if I did this or not. Some of these goals, like getting to the top of the Sears Tower, are easily proven with pics. Some, like getting my tattoo covered up or biking the drive, can even by videoed. But some of the main ones I want to accomplish, like getting out of debt & watching my three youngest kids graduate, would be hard to photo, record on video, or even complete in a quick enough time to make this blog actually work.

3) Me, myself: As I said in my last blog post before this one, I got waaay more than just 101 goals. Thinking about some of the others, as well as the feedback from the first 101 run, some would make a way more interesting posts plus would probably be more fun to complete.

4) My REAL #1 Goal: I can't believe that I made this list with listing my #1 goal since I can remember. I still can't post it here because there is no way I can prove I've done it & even if I do succeed, I probably won't be alive to accomplish it. And that goal is.................. to be announced in the next post. Suspenseful enough? Told ya I'm learning, WORLD!! DUECES!!!!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Goal 102: ???????????????

Hello, WORLD! Smokkee Singleton here. I know probably you're going "Hey!! This blog is dedicated to you completing 101 Goals but this post's title is Goal 102. What gives?" Well, all of that is true. This is SMOKKEE'S WORLD 101 after all. With that said, based on the feedback I've gotten so far, there's a few things I need y'all to understand. This a blog about 101 goals that I've made for myself but don't think I've only got 101 goals. I got a million plus goals to be honest with you and I'll probably have more than that by the end of the year. There are a few very specific goals that I've gotten that I haven't listed on here because there is no way I can prove that I've accomplished them so they couldn't make the list. Just bec ause I haven't listed them doesn't mean they're any less of importance than the ones that are listed. I want to do a documentary on Chicago's rap music history. That's one of the more important ones that may get accomplished before a lot of the ones listed are. Well that's really all I wanted to add, WORLD. The next posts you'll see from this blog will be when I fill like I've completed a goal. You'll definitely be the first to know.

Friday, January 20, 2012

GOAL 101: TURN THIS BLOG INTO A BOOK

Welcome to Smokkee's WORLD 101. I am Smokkee Singleton if you haven't already guessed that by now. The purpose of this blog is to face my 101 goals head on and complete them. It's that simple. Eventually, I may try to organize them in some kind of order but I don't see it right now. I'm more concerned with trying to accomplish them anyway. Let's keep going down the list!****************************************

If I actually do complete 50 goals, ranging from simple to "well, I KNOW that took some working getting accomplished!", what kinda of inspirational value do you think this achievement would be? Yeah, my sentiments exactly. If I complete 50 goals, this blog will be in book form at a bookstore or on a Kindle near you. I promise, WORLD!

GOAL 100: Complete 50 Goals

Welcome to Smokkee's WORLD 101. I am Smokkee Singleton if you haven't already guessed that by now. The purpose of this blog is to face my 101 goals head on and complete them. It's that simple. Eventually, I may try to organize them in some kind of order but I don't see it right now. I'm more concerned with trying to accomplish them anyway. Let's keep going down the list!****************************************

I know, WORLD. A lot of y'all reading this probably thinking I'm just talking to talk. You know how I know this? One of my buddies checked oout my list a few days ago & said "I think you're only gonna do 4-5 of these & quit!" Funny part is he was dead ass serious. I'mma prove him, and you, both wrong! 50 is the half way mark but it's the second to last goal on this list. 100 down, 1 to go and that 1 is...........

GOALS 98-99: The FOUNDATIONS

Welcome to Smokkee's WORLD 101. I am Smokkee Singleton if you haven't already guessed that by now. The purpose of this blog is to face my 101 goals head on and complete them. It's that simple. Eventually, I may try to organize them in some kind of order but I don't see it right now. I'm more concerned with trying to accomplish them anyway. Let's keep going down the list!****************************************

If you're familiar with my 2nd & 3rd goals, you know how much my family's name, and it's continued existance, means to me. Goals 98 & 99 is to start 2 not for profit organizations dedictated to help children in the city of Chicago (at first) to honor both my mother (Goal 98: THE JEANETTE SINGLETON-THOMAS FOUNDATION) as well as my father & his father (GOAL 99: THE HARDY-STOKES FOUNDATION).