I started a 101 in 1001 list a while back but it fell by the wayside and, upon examination, I realized that the best way for me to start over was to, well, start over. So here is the new list, maintained here instead of at my LiveJournal.
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).
Start Date: May 16, 2010
End Date: February 11, 2013
Progress: http://sonria.org/project/101-in-1001
I’ve divided these into categories to make it look a little less daunting, but many of these items could arguably fit in more than one category.
Crossed-out items are complete; grayed-out items are abandoned.
Crafts & Photography (7 items)
- Complete one themed photoshoot per month for 12 consecutive months. Current: 0/12
- Complete Project 365.
- Complete two original cross-stitch samplers. Current: 0/2
- Design someone else’s web site.
- Make all my Christmas presents one year.
- Re-learn calligraphy.
- Start making friendship bracelets again.
Exercise & Health (12 items)
- Complete 100 push-ups.
- Complete 200 sit-ups.
- Complete 200 squats.
- Drink only water for a week.
- Find one geocache per month for 12 consecutive months. Current: 0/12
- Get laser eye surgery.
- Hike the entire short trail at Providence Canyon.
- Lose the wattle.
- Not bite my nails at all for six consecutive weeks. Current: 0/6
- Ride a bicycle.
- Swim 25 consecutive laps. Current: 0/25
- Walk a half-marathon.
Faith & Attitude (5 items)
- Attend Mass every week, without a miss, for 39 consecutive weeks. Current: 0/39
- Complete and post a three-item thankful list every day for 180 consecutive days. Current: 13/180
- Identify 101 things that make me happy and write them down. Current: 0/101
- Make a list of things that I am proud to have accomplished.
- Walk a labyrinth.
Food & Cooking (6 items)
- Don’t eat out for an entire month.
- Find my own recipe for eastern NC barbecue.
- Plant a garden.
- Prepare an entire meal from scratch.
- Visit a farmer’s market 15 times. Current: 1/15
- Visit a pick-your-own orchard or field.
Friends & Family (6 items)
Ask a guy out on a date.Completed 31-Aug-2010- Go out with friends/acquaintances twice a month for 6 consecutive months. Current: 0/6
- Make five new friends. Current: 0/5
- Send a postcrossing card every week for 52 consecutive weeks. Current: 0/52
- Send holiday cards each year. Current: 0/3
- Write a real letter, sent through postal mail, each month for 12 consecutive months. Current: 2/12
Home & Finance (6 items)
- Buy a sewing machine and use it.
- Completely furnish and decorate my residence.
- Create and implement a second source of income.
- Get a television
and a regular DVD player. - Keep the house in “15 minute warning” status for 39 consecutive weeks. Current: 0/39
- Reduce book collection to two bookcases.
Learn (13 items)
- Complete CFA Agility Ringmaster certification.
- Complete a certificate in technical communication.
- Learn five origami shapes. Current: 0/5
- Learn Tai Chi.
- Learn to dance.
- Learn to identify 15 passenger airplane types on sight. Current: 0/15
- Learn to play the guitar.
- Learn to read Ecclesiastical Latin.
- Pass a course in calculus.
- Recertify in CPR and first aid and maintain it.
- Regain Spanish fluency.
- Study for, take and pass at least five CEBS exams. Current: 0/5
Take a photography class.Completed 17-Aug-2010
Relax & Enjoy (17 items)
- Complete a coloring book.
- Fly a kite.
- Get a massage.
- Get a tattoo.
- Go out on New Year’s Eve at least twice. Current: 0/2
- Go to a fan-run convention that isn’t Dragon*Con.
- Go to Dragon*Con at least once.
- Go to two concerts. Current: 0/2
- Learn to play two new card games. Current: 0/2
- Regularly attend a season of baseball for a local team.
- See five movies at the theater. Current: 0/5
- See ten classic movies I’ve never seen. Current: 0/10
- See two live shows at a theater (excludes concerts in #63). Current: 0/2
- Sing in public with other people around.
- Spend a day at an amusement park.
- Track the weather every day for a month.
Watch the sun rise and set on the same day.Completed 25-Dec-2010
Travel (9 items)
- Explore thirty new places in my local area. Current: 0/30
- Get my passport.
- Spend seven consecutive days outside the United States.
- Take a long road trip (one overnight stay in two different locations on the same trip).
- Take an overnight train trip.
Visit a butterfly garden.Completed 20-May-2011- Visit five states I’ve never visited before. Current: 1/5 (Wisconsin)
- Visit the beach on Christmas Day each year. Current: 1/3
Visit the Tennessee Aquarium.Completed 20-May-2011
Volunteer & Donate (6 items)
- Adopt a feral cat colony.
- Donate 100,000 grains of rice at FreeRice.com. Current: 11,000/100,000
- Donate money to charity in someone else’s name ten times. Current: 0/10
- Make three medium-to-large size non-money donations to charity. Current: 0/3
- Pay for someone else’s food behind me in the drive-through.
- Volunteer five hours a month for six consecutive months. Current: 0/6
Writing (12 items)
- Adopt two Wikipedia articles. Current: 1/2
- Answer the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind. Current: 15/50
- Complete NaNoWriMo.
- Complete one Yuletide or New Year’s Resolutions fic each year. Current: 0/3
- Find a place to “camp out” and do so twice a month for six consecutive months. Current: 0/6
- Finish at least one of the One Hundred Situations projects.
- Finish the Nine Angel/Circle of Seasons project.
- Finish the Seventeen Months project.
- Finish the Voyager Collection project.
- Make one substantive blog post per week for 26 consecutive weeks. Current: 0/26
- Review twenty-five books. Current: 1/25
- Write three original short stories. Current: 0/3
Meta (2 items)
- Donate $5 to the American Diabetes Association for every item not completed on this list.
- Post progress each Saturday.