101 Things to Do in 1,001 Days

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"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 organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities."

So, with no further ado or explanation, my list of 101 Things to Do in 1,001 Days!

Start Date: Jan. 1, 2009
Finish Date: Sept. 29, 2011

Items that have yet to be started
Items in progress
Completed items

1) Pass my French Praxis
2) Pass the PLT
3) Learn how to salsa dance
4) Finish my giant quilt
5) Design and sew 3 complete outfits (0/3)
6) Own a pair of day shoes in every color (minus orange since it's really a funny color for shoes) (2/10 colors - red, pink, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, brown, bone/ivory)
7) Travel internationally at least twice (0/2)
8) Be admitted into grad school for linguistics
9) Submit my fiction at least 250 times (0/250)
10) Watch every single episode of Hogan’s Heroes (14/27 DVDs)
11) Review and study my Japanese to a third-semester level
12) Finish at least one self-study book in Arabic (perhaps Arabic for Dummies?)
13) Learn the Hindi alphabet
14) Maintain and improve my French
15) Learn as much Amharic as I can
16) Cook/eat 101 things I’ve never had before (0/101)
17) Convert my garden to 100% heirloom and 100% organic
18) Learn how to save seeds from the garden and start seed swaps
19) Learn how to ice skate
20) Visit Chicago
21) Visit NYC
22) Camp in the backcountry at 11 Mile Reservoir
23) Save $3,000 for my future house
24) Read every Hugo winning novel (5/55)
25) Read every Nebula winning novel (4/54)
26) Practice until I can run 8 miles without stopping (0/8 miles)
27) Participate in at least two charity runs (0/2)
28) Write 1,725,000 words of original fiction (0/1,725,000)
29) Practice my archery at least once a week for a year (0/52)
30) Go fishing at least 5 times (0/5)
31) Design and make a RenFest costume
32) Make a bow
33) Finish 3 knitting projects (0/3)
34) Finish 5 cross-stitch projects (0/5)
35) Beat Tale of Genji and FFX
36) Learn some basic German, including at least three verbs (0/3 verbs)
37) Learn 101 kanji and their Japanese/Chinese readings
38) Get my language website up and running with at least 5 language specific lesson pages (0/5)
39) Organize, maintain, and expand my library
40) Hit at least one 50k day
41) Get my hair done at least once every four months (0/9)
42) Start a container herb garden
43) Grow an apple tree from seed
44) Participate in Post Crossing
45) Take my medicine every day (1/1001)
46) Make something from my Jam, Jellies, and Preserves cookbook
47) Visit a cave
48) Take 101 pictures of me and my boyfriend (0/101)
49) Read Tale of Genji
50) Find the local U-Picks and visit them at least once
51) Learn how to make hard candy
52) Learn to identify and use at least three medicinal herbs
53) Learn how to can veggies from the garden
54) Make tomato sauce from garden tomatoes
55) Make bread from scratch at least five times (0/5)
56) Make pizza instead of getting delivery
57) Adopt at least one bird from the World Bird Sanctuary
58) Go to RenFest every year (0/3)
59) Make at least one scarf for Knit Your Bit
60) Learn how to read a knitting pattern
61) Learn how to purl
62) Learn how to make something cool from origami
63) Practice Punto in Aria
64) Purge my wardrobe of everything that doesn't fit my body or my life.
65) Buy flowers just for me
66) Visit granddad’s grave at least once a year (0/3)
67) Journal daily for at least a year (0/365)
68) Visit the zoo
69) Give three just-because gifts (0/3)
70) Give $20 or more to a random person
71) Practice chess once a week (0/143)
72) Buy something at a garage sale
73) Take my boyfriend to see the ocean
74) Visit the farmer’s market
75) Make a homemade dinner every night for two weeks (0/14)
76) Go antiquing
77) See the redwoods
78) Learn to identify three species of trees
79) Own a cast-iron skillet
80) Buy something pretty for the sake of it
81) Watch all the LotR movies back to back to back
82) Finish at least one embroidery project
83) Get my new filing cabinet set up and maintain it
84) Grow snapdragons from seed
85) Submit to onesentence.org
86) Sell something I made online (etsy, perhaps?)
87) Paint my nails once every month or so (0/33)
88) Take my boyfriend on an actual date – not sitting at home watching TV – at least once a month (0/33)
89) Visit the Nelson-Atkins museum
90) Visit the Louvre
91) Go to the Shakespeare Festival
92) Go on a Plaza carriage ride during the holidays (at night, while the lights are on)
93) Climb a tree
94) Read Les Misérables and/or watch it again
95) Buy at least two new hats, just because I love them.
96) Do the laundry on a halfway regular basis (once a week, every week by the end of the 1,001 days)
97) Go on a hike
98) Make fresh salsa from tomatoes I grew
99) Bake a killer spice cake from scratch
100) Learn how to make spaetzle
101) Eat breakfast at home instead of in the car for a whole month (0/30-31 days)