1001 Things
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.
Inspired by Triplux.com
End Date:
Thursday, May 28, 2008- Finish this list & track these accomplishments on the web
Entertainment
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Get a subscription to Real Simple magazine10.06 - Read twenty books from the Modern Library's 100 best novels list (ten from board, ten from reader's)
- To see all AFI top 100 movies
- To see all movies that appeal to me on IMDB top 250
- Complete a personal top 100 films list
- Own all the films on my top 100 list
- Go to at least twelve movies by myself
- Watch all the DVD's I own at least once, including special features
- Buy one fun book a month and read it, preferably in a book club I've created
- Organize my CD collection into MP3 compilations
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Go through all my clothes & donate to Goodwill9.19.05 -
Clean out my storage area04.13.06 -
Throw out all old shoes I would never wear again9.20.05 - Obtain DVD copies of my VHS movies and donate the VHS to a local library
- Compile all of my backup CDs onto a few DVDs
- Make backup disks of all of my pictures
- Catalog all of my books, CDs and DVDs
Organization
- Visit the Philadelphia Art Museum
- Stay overnight in Atlantic City
- Visit the Renaissance Faire
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Get a manicure and a pedicure09.03.05 - Try five new foods
- Get a bikini/Brazilian wax
- Eat at White Castle
- Get a massage
- Send a message in a bottle
- Get a fish
- Buy a 1000 piece puzzle and put it together
- Buy a coloring book and color in every page
- Cook a batch of spaghetti using my Grandmother's recipe
- Calculate my car's gas mileage three tanks in a row and compare it to the computers
- Throw a theme party
- Throw a dinner/cocktail party
- Play the lottery and win more than $20
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Carve a jack-o-lantern for Halloween10.06 - Shop at Goodwill once a month
Experiences
- Call or IM at least one friend a week for a chat
- Email my mother every day
- Pay for the person behind me at a drive thru
- Send my mom flowers just because
- Send four postcards to friends and family per month
- Send two handwritten letters to my grandparents per month
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Visit my grandparents & take pictures with them12.05/06 - Update my address book, including anniversaries and birthdays
- Write three letters of thanks for good products/customer service
- Write three letters of complaints for bad products/customer service
- Comment on one or two interesting blog posts a day
Relationships
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Find a new job04.17.06 - Learn not to say yes when I really mean no
- Learn to stop apologizing for things that aren�t my fault
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Revise my resume10.20.05 - Go forty-eight hours without using a computer
- Stop gossiping and learn to keep quiet
- Take a bubble bath soak once every two weeks for six weeks straight
- Begin to learn Italian - enough to hold a simple conversation
- Improve my office wardrobe - stop buying more casual clothes
- Give a bill donation to one of the Salvation Army Santas each season of this project
- Post to my blog every day for one month straight
Self-Improvement
- Take a multivitamin every day for a month
- Walk three times a week for at least three weeks
- Do Pilates three times a week for at least three weeks
- Lose thirty pounds
- Stop smoking
- Cut caffeine out of my diet for two weeks *one month if I make it two weeks
- Drink only water & a glass of milk before bed for two weeks
Health
- Paint the walls of my apartment
- Keep a consistently clean apartment for a month
- Redecorate and reorganize my apartment
- Pay off two credit cards
- Drop all my spare change at the end of the day into a jar every day for six months
- Make a household inventory, including pictures and serial numbers, for insurance
- Plan menus for two week blocks for eight weeks straight
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Go through bill holder & black three drawer unit04.06 - Cook five full meals for a week (no prepared food)
- Pay all my bills on time for one month
- Save $1000
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Build a new desk with places to organize my paperwork better04.06 - bought new one! - Take family pictures for both sides, enlarge them and hang them up
Household
- Build my Deviant Art vector portfolio
- Complete five 26 Things challenges
- Put my designs for t-shirts onto CafePress
- Decorate my walls with artwork I created
- Make my own Christmas cards for one season
- Make my family's Christmas gifts one season
- Create two mix tapes a year commemorating something important from those times
- Use my camcorder for something fun (other than four-wheeling) - like a video diary
- Update online photo album regularly
- Update my webcam every day for a month
Creativity
- Tint the windows in my car
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Buy a new digital camera12.25.05 -
Buy an Ipod12.31.05 -
Get TiVo or some form of DVR09.06 - Buy a new VCR to transfer movies
- Buy a pair of cowboy boots
- Buy a real Coach bag
- Buy two comfortable pairs of high heels
- Buy a nice frame for my degree
- Get portraits taken of either myself or myself & Steve
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Set my printer back up and buy ink for it (new ink & spare tanks)11.28.05
Materialism
- Create another list for the next one hundred and one days