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Amanda ([personal profile] street_symphony) wrote2010-10-01 12:01 am

101 in 1001 Goal List

The Challenge:
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).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a 'Bucket List'. 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, study semesters, or outdoor activities.


Start Date: Friday, October 1, 2010
End Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013

Completed Tasks: 19

Task completed.
In progress.
Not done yet.

Health/Body
001. Exercise 4 times a week for 2 months (Completed March 4, 2011)
002. Do yoga 5 times a week for 2 months
003. Floss every day for 2 months (Completed March 14, 2011)
004. Moisturize every night for 2 months
005. No fast food for a month (Completed June 30, 2011)
006. Go a month without eating pizza
007. Go a month without drinking soda
008. Get new contact lenses (Completed December 18, 2010)
009. Whiten my teeth Completed December 2, 2011)
010. No food after 8 p.m. for two weeks
011. Dye my hair again (Completed December 18, 2010)
012. Paint my nails (Completed June 21, 2012)

Mind
013. Choose a master's program (Completed Spring 2012)
014. Review each chapter of my first French textbook (0/17)
015. Read at least 2 books in French (0/2)
016. Finish a book of crossword puzzles
017. Complete 25 logic puzzles (4/25)
018. Learn a poem by heart

Writing
019. Write a diary entry every day for 3 months (Completed November 30, 2011)
020. Write a song
021. Write a poem every month (18/33) - Not Completed
022. Write 5 short stories (0/5)
023. Think of a book idea and start writing it
024. Update LiveJournal once a week - Not completed
025. Write at least 2 blog entries a week (26/286) - Not completed
026. Update my music blog once a week - Not completed
027. Enter a writing contest

Creativity
028. Complete a coloring book
029. Paint something
030. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home décor
031. Start a travel scrapbook
032. Use my pastels
033. Get out my camera and use it
034. Start learning to play guitar

Media
035. Read 100 books I haven't read (64/100)
036. Read 100 poems I haven't read (12/100)
037. Watch 100 movies I haven’t seen (62/100)
038. Listen to every song in my iTunes library at least once
039. Listen to 26 bands I’ve never listened to starting with each letter of the alphabet (3/26)
040. Listen to 50 albums I’ve never heard (50/50) (Completed July 1, 2012)
041. Listen to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (30/500)
042. Add 25 CDs to my collection (25/25) (Completed January 6, 2012)
043. Complete my Bon Jovi album collection
044. Back up everything on iTunes
045. Go to 5 concerts (2/5)
046. See a musical that is not Wicked

Food
047. Learn to cook
048. Start a recipe box and collect at least 30 recipes (0/30)
049. Bake bread from scratch
050. Make ice cream from scratch
051. Make a lemon meringue pie from scratch
052. Make at least 50 bento lunches (1/50)
053. Try 5 new foods (1/5)
054. Learn to use chopsticks
055. Try sushi
056. Go vegetarian for a month
057. Go vegan for a week

Purchases
058. Buy a new bathing suit (Completed July 1, 2011)
059. Buy a digital camera (Completed November 29, 2010)
060. Buy a bento box (Completed November 28, 2010)
061. Buy a guitar
062. Buy a little black dress
063. Buy a new CD rack

Declutter/Organize
064. Go through all of my boxes
065. Clean all of my shelves
066. Clean all of the nooks and crannies
067. Sort paper documents
068. Delete unused applications on my Facebook (Completed June 28, 2012)
069. Update my portfolio (Completed October 10, 2011)

Personal Growth
070. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of the 1001 days (Completed October 1, 2010)
071. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
072. Identify 101 things that make me happy
073. Write a list of 50 things I like about myself
074. Buy a Wreck This Journal and finish it – Not completed, changed my mind
075. Make 2 new friends (0/2)
076. Get an address book and use it (Completed December 19, 2010)
077. Wake up before 9 a.m. on the weekends for a month (0/4)
078. Research living in a new area (Completed Spring 2011)
079. Find a full-time job
080. Move into my own place
081. Stop biting my nails
082. Don’t swear for a week
083. Write all my bad memories on paper and burn this paper afterward

For Others
084. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
085. Donate my hair
086. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice (8,320/1,000,000)
087. Send a care package to a soldier
088. Participate in a March of Dimes walk

To-Do
089. Leave at least 50 comments on other blogs (9/50)
090. Go without the internet for a weekend
091. Get my driver’s license
092. Open a savings account
093. Get a domain

For Fun
094. Make a snow angel
095. Build a snowman
096. Make a wish on a star
097. Go on a picnic
098. Get a kitten
099. Visit a state I haven’t been to yet
100. Visit California again
101. Take a relaxing bubble bath

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