101 Things in 1001 Days

I saw this on Annette’s blog and thought it was a great idea. She encouraged everyone to give it a try, so I’m on board. I will eventually make a separate page for this which will make it easier to strike things off the list as they are completed, but I’m posting it here for now.

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 your part).

Begin Date: April 15, 2006
End Date: January 10, 2009

Personal/Health

1 - Get below 200 pounds
2 - Get below 175 pounds
3 - Get below 150 pounds and become a Lifetime member of Weight Watchers
4 - Take a multi-vitamin every day for 1 month (should be a habit then)
5 - Exercise 5x per week for 1 month
6 - Go one week without soda
7 - Go one week without coffee (definitely not the same week)
8 - Go one week without eating a bedtime snack
9 - Finish the online class in which I am currently enrolled by July 15, 2006
10 - Keep a gratitude journal for 1 month by listing 5 things for which I am grateful on a daily basis
11 - Try a new recipe at least once each month
12 - Post a recipe to my Bunny Food blog at least once per month
13 - Finish a half marathon
14 - Have someone over for dinner
15 - Dress up for work at least once per month
16 - Give blood at least 4 times per year
17 - Go one month without eating out
18 - Run a 5k with no walk breaks

Blogging

19 - Blog at least 3 times per week for 1 month here
20 - Blog daily for 3 months in my Bunny Food blog
21 - Comment in the blogs of at least 3 different people weekly for 3 months
22 - Create a separate webpage for this list and link to it in this blog
23 - Post at least 2 non-stitching related pics in my blog each month

Fun

24 - Learn to ride a bicycle
25 - Solve a Samurai Sudoku puzzle
26 - Email one new person each week for 3 months just to say “Hi”
27 - Mail at least one person a handmade greeting card each month
28 - Finish my “WOW” scrapbook
29 - Go to at least 2 Anaheim Angel baseball games per year
30 - Go to a Lakers basketball game
31 - Go to a Ducks hockey game
32 - Get a henna tattoo
33 - Go walking along the beach at least 4 times per year
34 - Take a French language refresher course
35 - Have a spa day (massage/facial/manicure/pedicure)
36 - Go to Disneyland with my stitching buddies
37 - Go to a taping of the Real Time with Bill Maher show
38 - Pay for the car behind me at a drive-thru window
39 - Pick apples in an orchard
40 - Go to a wine tasting

Stitching

41 - Finish Rosemarkie
42 - Finish Celtic Christmas
43 - Frame a stitched piece and keep it for myself
44 - Learn at least two new finishing techniques
45 - Stitch at least 4 Christmas Ornaments per year
46 - Inventory my chart stash
47 - Inventory my fabric stash
48 - Go through all of my WIPs and retire those I know I’ll never finish
49 - Try hand-dying some fabric
50 - Post daily on the Legacy BB (barring lack of access) for one month
51 - Post daily on the Rotation BB (barring lack of access) for one month
52 - Post daily on the Shepherd’s Bush BB (barring lack of access) for one month
53 - Post daily on the Wagon BB (barring lack of access) for one month
54 - Send a RAK every 3 months (even if it is just a card)
55 - Participate in at least two stitching exchanges each year
56 - Take a class by Merry Cox (tentatively scheduled for July 2006)
57 - Learn how to do Hardanger
58 - Mail all 9 rounds of my Quaker RR on time
59 - Join a stitching guild

Home

60 - Hang the curtains I bought for my bedroom
61 - Buy a dresser for my bedroom
62 - Buy bedside tables for my bedroom
63 - Buy a new patio set
64 - Purchase a fine art reproduction print and hang it in my home
65 - Buy at least 2 plants for my home
66 - Buy fresh cut flowers weekly for 1 month
67 - Finish putting pictures in my collage frame and hang it in my home

Technical/Professional

68 - Obtain a profressional certification
69 - Take at least 2 technicial training classes (one scheduled for later this month)
70 - Update my resume at least once per year
71 - Join a professional organization and attend at least 3 meetings
72 - Be on time for work every day for 1 month (barring major L.A. traffic jams)

Cultural

73 - Visit a museum once per year
74 - Visit the San Diego Zoo once per year
75 - Go to the symphony or ballet
76 - Go to the theater
77 - Go to a concert
78 - Go see a movie at the theater at least 4 times per year

Charitable

79 - Volunteer once per quarter at Habitat for Humanity
80 - Volunteer once per quarter at Second Harvest Food Bank
81 - Sponsor a second child in India through Children International
82 - Sponsor at least 4 people for charity walks, rides, etc.

Literary

83 - Average reading 1 book per month (12/year)
84 - Maintain a list of books read each year on my website
85 - Subscribe to a new magazine

Financial

86 - Contribute $50 monthly to my savings account
87 - Other than my car payment, remain debt-free
88 - Sign up for the VA/AP plan at work (supplemental retirement plan)
89 - Correct 2 errors I found on my credit report
90 - Update my will
91 - Set aside $1 every day of this challenge to donate to charity at the end

Travel

92 - Go to Paris (tentatively schedule for May 2007)
93 - Go to Hawaii
94 - Go to Nashville to visit my friends and old haunts
95 - Go to Portland, OR and hike to the top of Multnomah Falls again
96 - Go to the Grand Canyon
97 - Go whale watching
98 - Spend a weekend at a lake house with friend (tentatively scheduled for August 2006)
99 - Go to Catalina

Administrative

100 - Update this list a minimum of once per month
101 - When 1001 days are up, update this list and make a new list

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