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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Start Date: Monday, 6th July, 2009.
End Date: Monday, 2nd April, 2012.
Personal/Relationship
1. Get pregnant
2. Surprise Matt with something nice and unexpected 5 times (0/5)
3. Pay off all of my personal debt
4. Get a puppy
5. Do something special for our anniversaries (0/2)
Health/Fitness
6. Get back down to 50kg and maintain it for 3 months
7. Complete my dental treatment
8. Get some new glasses
9. Be able to run 1km (0/1000m)
10. Go to the gym 3 times a week for four consecutive weeks (0/4)
11. Find out my blood type
12. Do 10,000 situps
13. Be able to do 25 pushups consecutively (0/25)
14. Do 1,000 pushups
15. Get a professional massage
16. Remember to take Multivitamin every day for one month (0/31)
17. Get laser eye surgery (very costly – may not be achievable)
18. Attend a group fitness class at least 10 times (0/10)
Travel
19. Go on a road trip with no defined destination
20. Go on a spontaneous trip
21. Visit Melbourne
Family
22. Camp out in a tent in the backyard with my little brother
23. Have a day with my Mum and little brother 5 times per year (0/15)
Personal Growth/Learning
24. Get a new tattoo
25. Have a ‘me’ day once every month, where I do only whatever I feel I most want to do and to hell with the rest of the world
26. Learn 10 new skills (0/10)
27. Go to a dance class
28. Buy myself flowers
29. Have a bubble bath with candles around me
30. Complete a TAFE certificate/equivalent
Home/Food
31. Send out Christmas Cards
32. Grow a vege/herb garden
33. Get an outdoor setting
34. Get a BBQ
35. Bake a cake
36. Try 10 new foods (0/10)
37. Try bubble tea
38. Get a worm farm
Social/Friends
39. Catch up with 5 old friends (0/5)
40. Organise a movie marathon day/night with friends at my house
41. Write a letter to at least 5 people – handwritten, not emailed (0/5)
42. Have a board game day/night with friends
Being a good person
43. Donate 10,000 grains of rice (630/10,000)
44. Donate $5 for every item I don’t complete
45. Plant a tree
46. Actually remember to use my reusable shopping bags
47. Attend a dawn service on ANZAC day
48. Participate in 2 charity/fundraising events (0/2)
49. Pay for the coffee/lunch/small purchase of the person in front/behind me in line
50. Help a complete stranger
51. Send an anonymous gift/flowers
52. Give blood
53. Give at least $5 to a homeless person three times (0/3)
Internet/Computer
54. Buy a new computer
55. Organise all pre-digital photos – get them all bulk scanned and organized
56. Give WoW a try (someone else’s account/computer)
57. Join Post Crossing and send 5 postcards (1/5)
58. Complete a 26 Things project entry
59. Participate in Gimme Your Stuff
Acquire
60. Buy a waterproof digital camera and go snorkelling with it
61. Buy rollerblades
62. Buy a video camera
63. Buy a pair of Birkenstocks
Places to Go
64. Visit the WA Museum
65. Go to the zoo
66. Go to a library
67. Visit a national park
68. Go on a picnic
69. Visit 5 places I’ve never been (sights, towns, anything)
Movies/Music/Books/Entertainment
70. Go to the cinema to watch 10 different films (0/10)
71. See a movie on my own
72. Track down and read (re-read) all of Elizabeth Wurtzel's books (0/4)
73. Catalogue all of my dvd's and books
74. Reread 5 books from my childhood (0/5)
75. Bowl a score of 150
76. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (0/26)
77. Go to the drive ins
78. See 5 concerts (0/5)
79. Read 100 books (0/100)
80. Read the Harry Potter series (0/7)
81. Go to 3 footy games (0/3)
Things to Do/Random Stuff
82. Go geocaching
83. Learn to knit
84. Knit a funky scarf
85. Try Pilates
86. Get a penpal in another country
87. Laugh so hard that I almost cry and pee simultaneously
88. Write in my journal at least once a month for a year (0/12) 89. Get a helium filled balloon, insert a letter with my address details and let it go
90. Devote an entire day to travelling on trains, buses, ferries and document it through words, photos and video
91. Hem all of my pants (new and old) to the correct length
92. Make a piece of simple beaded jewellery
93. Get a PO Box (for Post Crossing)
94. Sew a piece of clothing for myself
95. Fly a kite
96. Do a jigsaw puzzle
97. Introduce the 100\1001 idea to 5 people (3/5)
98. Go Rollerblading
99. Ride on a horse
100. Complete a scrapbook
101. Write a new “101 in 1001” list
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