101 in 1001
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).
From: Friday, December 7, 2007
To: Friday, September 3, 2010
Italics means the item is In Progress
Strikethrough means the item has been Completed
My 101 in 1001
1. Make a stuffed toy I can be proud of
2. Do one embroidery a week
3. Pay off bank loan
4. Read a book a month
5. Watch one new movie each month
6. Get a part time job
7. Take a French course
8. Make Xmas presents for everyone one year
9. Take a yoga class
10. Get my restricted driver’s license so I can drive alone
11. Institute Computer Free Friday
12. Have “Date Night” with Dave once a month
13. Learn to crochet
14. Moisturise every morning and evening for a month
15. Take a class in anything I want to learn
16. Drink nothing but water for 2 weeks
17. Learn to play piano
18. Wear something less scruffy on a daily basis.
19. Do a driving tour of the South Island
20. Move to a bigger house
21. Get a kitchen table
22. Get pregnant begun adoption process
23. Get a flat tummy first!!
24. Lose 10kg first
25. Open an online store done Oct 07
26. Reorganise my craft desk/drawers
27. Have a facial
28. Choose an affirmation and say it 20 times each day for a month
29. Have 3 professional manicures (0/3)
30. Go on a hike
31. Stop biting my lip
32. Shave my legs every other day for a month.
33. Make something out of Johns BDU’s
34. Touch my toes with out bending my knees
35. Identify 100 things that make me happy
36. Do one swap every month (Dec 07 done)
37. Make 20 catnip toys for the cat shelter every 6 months (0/5)
38. Donate something to Womans Refuge
39. List stuff on Etsy at least once a week for 3 months
40. Sell something
41. Be stocked in a store
42. Have my fortune read
43. Have $1001.00 in the bank. (00.00/1001.00)
43. Sew 5 bags (1/5)
45. Sew 5 baby dresses (0/5)
46. Sew 5 pairs of baby trousers (0/5)
47. Cook a full roast dinner
48. Read my unread books - sell/donate them
49. Get a chest/trunk
50. Keep eyebrows maintained for a month
51. Get engaged
52. Get new glasses
53. Get up to date on dental work
54. Learn to can and then can something
55. Grow a veggie garden for one full summer - pots count
56. Bake something every month
57. Learn to attach bias binding
58. Learn to knit competently
59. Knit a scarf
60. Buy a homeless person a meal
61. Impliment 10 eco changes to our lives (2/10) (spray cleaner, dishwashing liquid)
62. Have 3 massages (0/3)
63. Be able to do the splits
64. Start paying student loan off
65. Get a pedicure
66. Only check email twice a day for one week
67. Take out health insurance
68. Re-read Harry Potter back to back (7/7)
69. Make a habit of making daily To Do lists (complete once done for 30 days in a row)
70. Backup computer once every 3 months (April 0 
71. One random act of kindness a month
72. Get first aid cert for childcare - April 08
73. Have a smear test
74. Make something I can wear and then wear it
75. Get real business cards printed
76. Get MOO cards
77. Get labels printed
78. Get another stamp in my passport before it expires
79. Have a stall at a craft fair - Craft 2.0 Dec 16th 2007
80. Sew a zip into a pouch
81. Make a quilt
82. Make every effort to buy a house
83. Clean out music files on my PC
84. See Dad once - changed to: learn to control my temper
85. Learn sign language
86. Work at home through Barnados - done Monday 28th April 08
87. Have a fully stocked out kitchen
88. Get a shelving unit for my craft stuff
89. Get a wooden bookshelf unit for our books
90. Iron my hair every week for 4 weeks (0/4)
91. Start the coin jar again
92. Live somewhere where the washing machine isn’t in the kitchen or bathroom
93. Send a care package to a soldier
94. Replace all my old undies
95. Organize my financial data
96. Pay for the purchases of the person behind me in a queue
97. Make two cat beds for the kittys - changed to ??
98. No takeaways for 7 days in a row (0/7)
99. Have a letter published in Gardener magazine - January 08 issue!
100. Donate $1 to charity for every thing not finished on day 1001
101. On Day 1001, publish a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list
3 Comments
December 8, 2007 at 10:45 am
Cool list
Ill be praying you achieve your goals
December 8, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Good luck with you goals. I particularly like that getting engaged comes after getting pregnant. There’s nothing wrong in that…that’s how I did it. :o)
May 9, 2008 at 4:16 am
I think I’m going to have to attempt something like this. Very cool list of things!
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