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).
The Dates: March 30, 2011 to December 25, 2013
The List:
Key
Not Started
In Progress
Accomplished (with date)
Financial:
1. Have emergency fund of 6 months' worth of expenses
4. Go on a spending freeze for 1 month
12. Put 10 dollars in savings for every goal I accomplish
33. Pay off my car
70. Go 1 week without spending a dime
71. Secret goal
101. Donate 5 dollars to the Humane Society for every goal not completed
Home:
3. Throw a dinner party (a real one!)
19. Install IKEA closets
20. Buy new bedroom furniture
34. Plant an herb garden
Reading & Learning:
5. Read 10 classic novels
11. Get published again in a scientific journal
14. Learn how to sew
15. Become fluent in German
46. Re-learn how to knit
60. Learn the basics of photography
84. Read 100 books (not including romance novels) (3/100)
88. Donate 100,000 grains of rice (up to 2400!)
Health & Sports:
6. Go to the gym 4x a week for 1 month
22. Go to a Tennessee Vols or TItans football game
26. Run a 10K
30. Take a pole dancing class
37. Go kayaking or white-water rafting
75. Join an adult sports team
82. Floss everyday for a month
99. Do 100 crunches and 50 push-ups every day for 6 months
Love & Family:
49. Make a list of 50 things that make me happy
81. Have a baby
83. Secret goal
89. Send 10 "just because" cards to friends/family
90. Write a love letter to my husband
91. Send a card/note to my mom every month
Travel:
2. Visit Europe with my husband
8. Go on a cruise
9. Visit 5 places in the U.S. I've never visited
-Portland, OR (9.23.11)
- Spokane, WA (9.22.11)
-Portland, OR (9.23.11)
- Spokane, WA (9.22.11)
18. See the leaves change in the fall
24. Go camping
28. Visit New York City
40. Have a girls weekend away
42. Go on a road trip
44. Visit Washington D.C.
53. Visit Hawaii
64. Visit 3 U.S. states I've haven't been to
65. Visit San Francisco
Eat & Drink:
7. Drink 1 beer
21. Learn how to cook 10 new recipes
25. Take a cooking class
32. No fast food for a month
58. Invent a signature cocktail
59. Try 5 things I've never eaten before
61. Try 10 local restaurants I've never been to
73. Give up soda for 1 month (Started 12.27.11)
Personal Growth:
10. Take 1 month off of Facebook
13. Read through the Bible entirely
27. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
35. Donate to a food bank
36. Volunteer in my community
54. Participate in Operation Beautiful
56. Take a 1 week "Staycation"
Fashion & Beauty:
16. Do a 30x30 clothing remix
38. Buy a pair of Christian Leboutin heels
55. Wear my hair down and make-up for a week
76. Wear a dress or skirt everyday for 2 weeks
77. Take make-up application lessons
78. Get a tattoo
74. Get a massage once a month for 1 year (started December 2011)
79. Have a spa day
86. Get a pedicure once a month (started December 2011)
Miscellaneous:
17. Send a secret to Postsecret
23. Have a picnic
29. See a broadway show
31. Go to a shooting range and shoot guns
- Bush
- Manchester Orchestra
- Foster the People
- Young the Giant
- Sublime with Rome
41. Sleep under the stars
45. Sing karaoke at a bar
47. Secret goal
48. Go to the ballet
50. Complete a coloring book (preferably Little Mermaid)
52. Send 5 people flowers randomly
63. Watch 101 movies I've never seen
1. 30 Minutes or Less
1. 30 Minutes or Less
66. Don't watch T.V. for 1 week
67. Get professional pictures of Josh and I
68. Listen to "I'm on a boat" while on a boat
69. Listen to the Rolling Stones Top 100 for the year I was born
72. Go away for the weekend by myself
80. Finish my wedding scrapbook album
85. Answer the "50 Questions that will free your mind"
87. Buy a DSLR camera
92. Build a snowman
93. See Cirque du Soleil "Love" show in Las Vegas
95. Pay for a stranger's meal
96. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
97. Watch all the episodes of The X-Files
