My 101 List

101 Things in 1001 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.

Due Date of completion : Thursday, July 5, 2012

Key: Not Yet, Busy with it, Completed

6/101 completed

For a Greener me

1.    Grow a vegetable from a seed and eat it

          * Will lead to a veggie garden

2.    Plant a tree

3.    Start a compost heap and use it to fertilise garden

4.    Install and use a rainwater tank

          * At new house, assuming house is built

5.    Recycle household waste glass, metal, paper, organic. Keep it up for 3 months (0/3)

          * Aims towards habit

6.    Holiday at the Kruger National Park

7.    Visit Augrabiese Watervalle

8.    Get Amelia some Sea Monkeys

9.    Make a fully stocked emergency kit for home

10.    Get an emergency kit for the car

11.    Recycle old magazines to doctor’s or dentist offices, or schools etc

For a Healthier, Happier me

12.   Control my dishydrosis for a month

13.   Then get a manicure (depends on #12)

14.   Only healthy snacks for a month

          * No chocolate, no soda, no chips, no sweets

15.   Drink 2 litres of water every day

16.   Get a bathroom scale

17.   Lose 5kg

18.   Lose 5kg more

19.   Go to church every Sunday for 2 months – only exception is for call out

20.   Walk the dogs once a week for 3 months (0/36)

21.   Take a bubble bath once a month (1/33)

22.   Paint my toenails every Sunday (2/143)

23.   Learn how to change a tyre

24.   Get a massage

25.   Get eyebrows shaped properly and maintain for 6 moths (0/6)

26.   See a show at ArtsCape

27.   Get a dishwasher!!

28.   Have a picnic by the sea

29.   Get a LBD

For the arts & crafty me

30.   Trade 300 postcards through Postcrossing

31.    Make a Real Wall for received postcards Completed 5 November 2009

          * Sent (10/300)

          * Received (6/300)

32.    Learn a new craft

33.    Finish knitting my blokkieskombers

          * Includes finishing blocks

          * Sewing together

          * Crocheting a border

34.    Sew 3 items for Amelia (1/3)

35.    Paint my ‘Vietnamese ladies by the river’ cards on canvas

36.    Print pictures for Amelia’s wall and put them up Completed 3 Nov 2009

37.    Organise a craft workbench/area

38.    Finish Wedding scrap book

39.    Finish Amelia’s first year book

          * Get a proper memory box

40.    Build a 1000 piece puzzle

For the Cook in me

41.    Learn to make 3 different types of jams (0/3)

42.    Learn to bake a soufflé —> Got recipe

43.    Learn to make REAL Crème brulé

44.    Learn to make REAL Tiramisu

45.    Make some Boboti

46.    Bake 10 different type of cookies (0/10)

47.    Bake a Christmas Cake

48.    Bake Amelia’s Second Birthday Cake

49.    Make Christmas Lunch from scratch

Cause I seriously like Blogging (even if I suck at it)

50.    Blog everyday for a month, attempt this November for extra brownie points – NaBloPoMo

51.    Make an online friend

52.    Start a Sims blog for Sims 2 + 3 (or even 1) Atgnat plays Sims Completed 13 Oct 2009

53.    Tweet every day for 2 months (0/2)

54.    Find, follow and link 10 other blogs ranging in content (3/10)

55.    Blog about Postcrossing – scanning in every received card and posting it on site (link to # 30)

56.    Update Amelia’s pics on her blog

57.    Update Amelia’s blog once a week (4/143)

58.    Learn CSS + html to customise blogs

59.    Send a secret to PostSecret

For the Gamer in me

60.    Somehow update my expressims site without internet access at home, nor FTP access at work

61.    Finish Legacy Challenge 1-10 Gen and blog about it (link to # 52)

          * Gen1, Gen 2

62.    Finish VMTB as Tremere clan

          * Get a patch first that fixes the Tremere haven

63.    Finish VMTB as another clan

64.    Finish Rise of Legends The Vinci — first campaign

For the Med Tech in me

65.    Attend the next MedTech congress

          * Next one is in 2011

66.    Do a Lab Management course

67.    Take a first aid course

For the Bookworm/Geek Film fan in me

68.    Collect Sookie Stackhouse series – 9 books in series so far (7/9)

69.    Get an actual bookcase

70.    See Final Destination in 3D

71.    Read at least 5 memoirs or biographies (1/5)

          * Cause I mostly read fiction, science fiction, and Terry Prachett (He’s a genre on his own). And when it comes to Afrikaans books, I only read Deon Meyer

Family and Friends

72.    2/7 for 3 (0/24)

73.    Try for Baby #2

74.    Update my will

75.    Update Life policy  Completed 6 November 2009

76.    Have annual Christmas photo shoot with Henk and Amelia(0/3)

77.    Send real snail mail Christmas Cards to family and friends each year (0/3)

78.    Watch a sunrise with Henk and Amelia

79.    Watch a sunset with Henk and Amelia

80.    Build a sandcastle with Amelia

81.    Go camping

82.    Get rid of 5 boxes (standard wine box) worth of clutter (0/5)

83.    Play paintball

          * Henk has been nagging for years now

84.    Visit a Zoo

          * A soon as Amelia get the hang of walking

85.    Send 30 Real snail mail Birthday cards to friends and family (2/30)

86.    Make a new friend

87.    Get in touch with R and M

88.    Start and use my Birthday calendar Completed 4 Nov 2009

For Others

89.    Donate to a charity each month for 6 months (0/6)

90.    Buy 6 original Local South African Band CD’s (0/6)           * And I don’t mean the Afrikaans pop scene

          * I mean Freshly Ground, Gian Groen, Prime Circle, Zebra and Giraffe, Chris Chameleon etc

          * Maybe even a kwaito one – need good references — ask Anitta

91.    Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (6000/100 000)

92.    Invest in Local Artist – 3 paintings (0/3)

          * At Ou Hout Meubels

93.    Buy 1 item of non-perishable food each week to donate to(0/143)

          * find local charity food drive

94.    Donate blood 5 times

          * Used to be a regular donor, but with breast feeding Amelia, I wasn’t allowed to donate.Also, have you tried to donate with a tired haven’t-seen-mommy-all-day peuter!!!??! Even being able to donate 1 unit will be amazing — ask Heleen to swap-watch the kids

The Fiscal side of it

95.    Pay off 1 credit card

96.    Pay off personal loan

97.    Clip more coupons

98.    Keep record of all spending for 3 months (0/3)

The List

99.    Write the actual list with 101 things on and blog about it. Completed 27 October 2009

100.    Donate R10 for every item not completed by day 1001

101.    Celebrate on day 1001 regardless!