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"To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead." ~Og Mandino

Friday, December 12

101 Things to Do...

UPDATED: 20.06.09

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

The Key:
Not Started
In Progress
Accomplished (with the date)
Not Accomplished

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The List:
1 Lose 30lbs (1/30)
2 Maintain new weight for 6 months (0/6)
3 Create and maintain beauty routine for skin, hair, teeth etc. for 6 months (0/6)
4 Have a Spa day just for me
5 Get a pedicure at least 5 times (0/5)
6 Be in bed before midnight every week-day for a year (0/260)
7 Get up at 8.30am every day for a 6 months (0/6)

8 Exercise 3hrs a week for 6 months (0/72 hrs)
9 Do Yoga 3 times a week for 6 months (0/72)
10 Get a bike and ride it for 3 hours ever week for a month (0/12)
11 Complete the couch to 5K Running Plan
12 Walk Lillee about 4 times a week day for a total of 500 days (25/500)

13 Be more self confident
14 Identify 100 things that make me happy (1/100)
15 Identify 25 things I like about myself (0/25)
16 List one thing I am grateful for, every day for a year (44/365)
17 Learn more about my spiritual path
18 Meditate 30 min daily for 90 days (0/90)
19 Do something to celebrate each of the Sabbats over the course of the 1001 Days (3/22)

20 No candy or excess of sugar for 3 months (0/3)
21 Cook/Bake 100 things I've never tried making before (2/100)
22 Create a recipe book of my favorite things

23 Do laundry at least once a week for a year (26/52)
24 Put laundry away immediately for a year (0/52)
25 Make bed every day for 90 days (0/90)
26 Do dishes every day for 101 days (0/101)
27 Plant and maintain a herb garden – use the herbs in cooking and healing teas

28 Have $2000 in my savings account by the end of the 1001 Days
29 Pay off past medical bills and keep up with new ones coming in
30 Buy nothing outside of usual items for 3 months (0/3)

31 Write 100,000 words of fiction (0/100,000)
32 Do writing exercises 2-3 times a week (0/286)
33 Write a love letter (to someone else or myself)
34 Send 101 cards/postcards (24/101)
35 Participate in 20 postcrossings (29/20) (23.04.09 - still doing this. I have 29 so far and send about 1 out a week. I LOVE this one. It's so much fun to get postcards from around the world. I've gotten about 1 a week.)

36 Update Live Journal and Blog at least once a week (26/143)
37 Participate in 12 NaBloPoMo (2/12)
38 Write 101 comments on other people’s blogs/livejournals (31/101)
39 E-Mail friends at least once a week (22/143)
40 Learn how to create a web site on my own
41 Learn how to create icons and banners with photo programs

42 Enroll into school and go 3 consecutive semesters (0/3) (enrolled into school and plan on registering for classes this fall)
43 Learn Italian
44 Learn German
45 Learn American Sign Language
46 Learn more about Celtic Mythology
47 Learn more about Greek Mythology
48 Learn one new word a week and use it (0/143)

49 Read 100 Poems I've never read before (0/100)
50 Read/Re-Read or "listen to" 200 Books, including 40 Non-Fiction Books, 35 books from the Modern Library's 100 Best list, and 25 books from the Forbidden Library (13/100 fiction) (1/40 non-fiction) (0/35 from list) (0/25 forbidden)
51 Go 24 hours without TV (either on the actual TV, or on the computer) once a week (14/143)
52 Get Netflix list down to under 100 movies/tv shows twice. (0/2)
53 Watch/Re-Watch 500 Movies (67/500)
54 Watch 100 Documentaries (28/100)
55 Pick 30 TV shows/Mini-Series I like and re-watch every episode (9/30)
56 Take 100 Photographs I like enough to print, and store in a photo album (0/100)
57 Take a picture of myself twice a month for the time period (2/66)
58 Listen to 100 songs/pieces of music by a singer/band/composer I've never heard before. (6/100)

59 De-clutter my life – get rid of (give away/sell/donate/throw out) 101 items – e.g. clothes, books, ornaments etc... (0/101)
60 Be more organized

61 Find a way to better organize craft supplies.
62 Learn how to bead and make jewelry for friends and family.
63 Crochet a blanket for myself
64 Learn how to make, and crochet, a amigurumi
65 Knit a pair of socks
66 Knit a sweater

67 Give all handmade gifts for 2 Christmas' (0/2)
68 Buy 5 "just because gifts" (0/5)
69 Send flowers to 3 different people for no reason (0/3)
70 Spend under $10 on a meal and give a $10 tip (28.01.09 - went out to lunch with mom. My meal was under $10.00 and I left a $10.85 tip. *grins* it felt good to be able to do that.)

71 Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice (50,000/1,000,000)
72 Visit clicktogive (at bottom of blog) at least once a week (18/143)
73 Donate old clothes/books etc. to charity shops
74 Regularly donate time/money to a charity of my choice
75 Participate in eMOM
76 Participate in I Am Powerful

77 Recycle! Recycle! Recycle!
78 Incorporate more eco-friendly/animal friendly household products into the household
79 Incorporate more eco-friendly/animal friendly personal hygiene products into the household
80 Learn about 5 other ways of 'going green' and implement at least 3 of them (0/3)

81 Make an effort to go somewhere (museum, shopping, dinner) at once a month (3/36)
82 Do 5 "tourist-y" things in my city (0/5)
83 Go to Gay Pride
84 Go to a Stargate Con
85 Go to a Broadway musical (not necessarily on Broadway, but preferably)
86 See a production by Cirque de Soleil
87 Visit the set of a TV show
88 Learn to scuba dive (if health permits and allowed to because of lung issues)
89 Travel somewhere in first class (plane/train/ship whatever, as long as I'm in first class)
90 Go to Egypt and climb a Pyramid
91 Visit Europe
92 Visit the UK
93 Travel to 3 states I’ve never been to before. (0/3)
94 Go to the Grand Canyon
95 Go to at least 2 RQ Con's (0/2)

96 Get back in touch with someone I've lost contact with (13.01.09 - found a couple old friends on facebook and have been e-mailing them.)
97 Have a "girls' night" 10 times (0/10)
98 Compliment a complete stranger 10 times (1/10)

99 Purchase a PDA and use it.
100 Calculate how many hours I spend on the computer in a week
101 For six months spend half that amount of time on the computer (0/6)

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