101 goals in 1001 days
Ok, so I’ve seen on a few sites [Day Zero & Workingwith.me.uk] a list of 101 tasks/goals to complete in 1001 days. I thought this might be a cool way of getting myself motivated to do a few things that I’ve always wanted to do or that I should have probably done already. I think I might have even convinced my friends Heather and Melissa to do it with me. So anyway, I’m going to start Thursday, May 1st, 2008 so my “completion date” is going to be Thursday, January 27th, 2011. So to get myself ready for May 1st, I am going to start with coming up with 101 goals for my list. Which, is going to be my first goal by the way: Come up with 101 goals for this list. My 101st goal is going to be complete all goals on this list.
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.
Important Dates
Start date : May 1st, 2008
End date : January 27th, 2011
Key
Not yet started
In progress
Complete - I will also list the date completed and if I blogged about it, a link to that blog.
My List
- Come up with 101 goals for this list. [5.1.08]
- Get 5 people to create a list with me. [3/5]
- Melissa
- Heather
- Danielle
- Lose 10 lbs.[6.2.08]
- Lose 10 more lbs. [total: 20lbs]
- Lose 10 more lbs. [total: 30lbs]
- Buy myself a nice outfit when I reach my goal weight.
- Buy myself a new two piece bathing suit when I reach my goal weight!
- Be able to do 50 perfect pushups.
- Get my brown belt.
- Become a black belt candidate.
- Get my first degree black belt.
- Improve my Spanish.
- Cook something new for dinner each month for (a minimum of) 6 months (I will list what month and what I learned to cook here). [1/6]
- Chicken fried rice
- Chicken fried rice
- Surprise Lance with a candlelight dinner.
- Have a baby (or at least conceive).
- Buy a new (can be used but new to me) car. [3.15.10]
- Buy our first home.[7.25.08]
- Go through all of my clothes and get rid of (donate) what I don’t wear anymore.
- Go white water rafting.
- Learn to ski or snowboard.
- Buy a color/photo printer.
- Start/finish a karate scrapbook.
- Start/finish a honeymoon scrapbook.
- Finish my scrapbook from my bachelorette party.
- Take a photography class.
- Get a promotion at work. [week of 4.28.08-5.2.08]
- Put $25-$50 every paycheck in my savings account every month for this entire time. [½/32]
- Host a game night.
- Host a dinner party.
- Read The DaVinci Code.
- Read a book that Lance recommends.
- Give Blood.
- Find out what my blood type is AGAIN from my parents but this time write it down. [5.11.08]
- O+
- Learn to drive manual (where I’m comfortable driving alone).
- Go ice skating.
- Get a tattoo.
- Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election.
- Do not swear for one full day.
- Do not complain for one full day.
- Visit at least 3 states that I’ve never been to. [0/3]
- Make 5 new friends. [0/5]
- Pay off my (our) credit cards. [0/6]
- Donate money to the annual fund of my alma mater.
- Donate money to a charity.
- Get my teeth whitened.
- Watch all 6 Star Wars movies (Lance will be very happy about this one). [0/6]
- Complete 100_snapshots. [0/100]
- Visit Japan with Lance.
- Have a girls-only night.
- Sell some stuff (collectibles I don’t collect anymore etc.) on ebay.
- Finally sell the organ.
- Read a new book once a month. [2/32]
- May ‘08: A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity by Kathleen Gilles Seidel
- June ‘08: Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
- Go wine tasting.
- Get Lance a new digital camera.
- Re-read 10 books that I loved as a child. (ie: Where the Sidewalk ends etc.) [0/10]
- Go to my 10 year high school reunion.
- Try at least 5 new foods (I’m a very picky eater so 5 is a lot for me, it’s a start). [0/5]
- Read 3 books that will help me in my career. [0/3]
- Drive a manual car all day alone.
- Organize my office (including the closet).
- Organize the basement {garage}.
- Go to a spa
- Watch a sunrise and sunset on the beach.
- Draw a portrait of someone.
- Frame the above portrait and give it to them.
- Take a dance class (style not decided yet).
- Try to look beyond first impressions and befriend someone I didn’t necessarily like.
- Design at least 3 websites for other people. [0/3]
- Send a snail mail letter to my Grandma.
- Call my Grandma more, at least once a week, every week.
- Raise my bowling average to at least 160 (from a 143).
- Beat my all time high score of 234.
- Go golfing with my Dad.
- Take my mom to a concert (most likely American Idol related).
- Sell my Ipod Nano.
- Buy an Itouch to replace it. [12.25.08 - iPhone!]
- Go to church at least once a month. [1/32]
- 5.11.08
- Learn some guitar basics from Lance.
- Take a hot air balloon ride.
- Take a picture in front of a waterfall.
- Visit Niagara Falls.
- Go to Six Flags in NJ.
- Increase my flexibility.
- Go to another NY Yankees game.
- Visit Washington D.C.
- Do 50 crunches every morning 5 days a week every week.
- See Blast! live.
- Figure out combo to safe… again (and write it down somewhere this time).
- Finish and frame my oriental cross stitch that I started over a year ago.
- Finish and frame my Celtic cross stitch that I started over a year ago.
- Make a cross stitch for someone as a gift.
- Create and stitch my own cross stitch design.
- Write 20 poems. [0/20]
- Write 10 Japanese Haikus (that make sense). [0/10]
- Learn some Japanese.
- Purchase Barron’s Mastering Japanese to help with above.
- Play the Powerball once a month. [0/32]
- Get a pedicure. [5.14.08]
- Complete an entire Sudoku book for once (don’t skip on the ones I think are *hard* and if I mess up, erase and start over).
- Create a new list to start February 1st, 2011.
- Complete every goal on this list.[EDIT] This goal is not complete but I am changing it. Instead of having my last goal be to finish the entire list, it is going to be: For every goal not completed, do 5 pushups. [/EDIT]
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