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, Failing
20/101 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. Find 100 Geocaches (13/100)
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 Completed 25 Nov 2009
13. Then get a manicure (depends on #12)
14. Only healthy snacks for a month!! (what was i thinking)
* 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 (8/33)
22. Paint my toenails every Sunday (11/143)
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 Completed 31 Jan 2010, (Published 27 Feb 2010)
29. Get a LBD Completed 29 November 2009
For the arts & crafty me
30. Trade 300 postcards through Postcrossing
* Sent (61/300)
* Received (55/300)
31. Make a Real Wall for received postcards Completed 5 November 2009
32. Learn a new craft Completed 1 March 2010
33. Finish knitting my blokkieskombers
* Includes finishing blocks
* Sewing together
* Crocheting a border
34. Sew 3 items for Amelia (3/3) 1 Completed 14 November 2009, 2 Completed 29 March 2010, 3 Completed 29 June 2010
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 Completed 7 May 2010
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 (1/3) 1 Completed 19 November 2009
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 Completed August 2010; Published 08 Nov 2010
49. Make Christmas Lunch from scratch Completed 25 Dec 2009; Published 4 Jan 2010
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 Completed 30 November 2009
51. Make an online friend Completed 31 January 2010
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) Completed 13 September 2010
54. Find, follow and link 10 other blogs ranging in content (10/10)
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 Completed 27 Feb 2010
57. Update Amelia’s blog once a week (7/143)
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 Completed 13 December 2009
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
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 (8/9)
69. Get an actual bookcase
70. See Final Destination in 3D
71. Read at least 5 memoirs or biographies (3/5) 1 Completed 26 March 2010
* 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 Completed 27 May2010
74. Update my will
75. Update Life policy Completed 6 November 2009
76. Have annual Christmas photo shoot with Henk and Amelia(1/3) 1 Completed 22 December 2009
77. Send real snail mail Christmas Cards to family and friends each year (1/3) 1 Completed 2 Januray 2010
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 Completed 31 January 2010
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 (1/6) 1 Completed 23 Feb 2010
91. Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com (12 000/100 000)
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!
64. Revise and update your 101 list – not all of it is realtive anymore
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Hey, I like your Sookie Stackhouse goal! I just finished reading book 1 for my 101 and am onto book to. Am enjoy it so far. Goodluck with all your goals!
Rachel
http://rachiex.wordpress.com/
Thanx! My aim is to read outside my comfort zone. Going to order the box set next month! Just have to decide where to get it from, looks like take2.co.za is cheaper though.
Nice list, nothing’s left out… (I think)…. good luck to our goals…. 🙂
Thank you ButterflyEffect!
I think I finally got my list to work. Not happy wit the look of it, but it’ll do.
This is very impressive, I might have to create a list for myself!
You forgot to say: Eat more (Decent) Chinese food, drink (some) OBS-only if accompanied by avo and dressing), and find more Boerewors Roll stands that are Kosher AND Halaal!!!