I found this and thought it was cool so I’m doing it. You can do it too, I’m gonna post my list in the side bar for updating and stuff. If you do it let me see your list – I’d love to know what you really want to do!
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.
Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
2. Stay Focussed. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.
- Start an herb garden
- Paint on canvas
- Buy a digital SLR camera
- Visit another country
- Redesign blaquepen website or build photography website
- Biek ride at least twice a week
- Take an actual yoga class
- Furnish our home
- Start saving money for retirement again
- Make a book i.e. hand bind my poetry
- write letters to friends
- get a passport
- Make attending soulard market a part of my regular routine
- Make a substantial dent in our family debt
- Enter a photography contest
- Write a short story (and complete it!)
- Weight around 180 lbs
- Eat at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
- Try 10 new restaurants
- try a round of golf
- Buy that original piece of art that I loved in Memphis if still avalible
- Go camping
- play poker in Vegas
- Get plant for the house
- go camping
- Ride my bike to work for thirty days
- purchase 25 CD’s or LP’s
- buy a record player
- Throw a theme party
- Get the dog back into training
- go to the movies 10 times
- clean my credit,
- go to the dentist
- but a light kit for my photography
- purchase lawn care equipment and use it
- paint most of the house over
- scrapbook 1 page a day for thirty days
- have another baby
- turn off t.v twice a week and spend all that time with Cammy
- Get a bonsai tree
- have a game night
- write a new PERFORMANCE POEM AND PERFORM IT
- work on a job I could enjoy
- go to Hawaii
- teach Cammy to ride a bike
- stop biting my nails
- Read three books I would have never picked up
- organize the bookshelves in the dining room
- Remove the wall paper from the bathroom walls
- get the kitchen cabinets fixed
- finish the back hallway painting
- make five new local real life mom friends
- make sure jerry has more time to write
- become less of a techno geek
- get a new computer
- get a new TV
- make a firm decision on house renovations
- go horse back riding
- be more patient
- do a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle
- use the chocolate fountain at least three times
- draft a legal will
- take inventory for insurance purposes
- Sort the mail as it arrives, rather than let it accumulate into a huge pile
- Go on a dress-up date with Jerry
- go paintball fight
- water balloon fight
- document Grandma Vorece’s memories
- have a pool party at my house
- do a newborn photo shoot
- hang out all night like I’m still in college
- make homemade ice cream
- buy a black cocktail dress and heels
- cook one recipe for each cook book in my house
- go to the batting cages
- make sushi at home
- see someone who I would normally only see at a poetry reading outside of a poetry reading
- meet 13 and the say it ain’t lucky in person
- meet Gretchen (Sarah’s sister) in person
- potty train Cammy
- binky break Cammy
- Get Cammy into New city school
- Go to the new Stadium for a game
- release my poetry CD
- learn the words to Rock the Kasbah
- take boxing/sparring lessons
- make my bed everyday
- pray for at least a half hour daily – longer if necessary
- go to church at least twice a month
- finish learning how to knit
- get wireless headphones and ergonomic keyboard for work
- build kitchen kit for culinary class
- spend more time with my mom
- spend more time with my dad
- sit with my husband and talk more often
- take dancing lessons with Jerry
- take a rail America trip
- have dinner at a Missouri winery
- be happier
- buy myself an outfit I wouldn’t normally wear
- ride a roller coaster with Jerry
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