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101 Things To Do In 1001 Days
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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Some common goal setting tips:
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Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
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Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
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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.
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Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
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Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.
Start Date: Tuesday November 18th, 2008
End Date: Tuesday August 16th, 2011
Number of Items Completed: 14/101
Red Bold Text = Finished with Completion Date
Green Bold Text = In Progress
The List
- Dye my hair (1/1) [6th April 2009]
- Get a manicure (0/1)
- Identify 100 things that make me happy (51/100)
- Clean my room. Properly
- Learn how to make 5 desserts (3/5)
- Learn how to make 5 asian style meals (4/5)
- Get my Ps
- No MSN for 7 days in a row (0/7)
- Finish my cross stitching
- Go for 30 days without coffee (30/30) [6 April 2009]
- See 10 foreign films (must be in another language other than english) (2/10)
- Read Anna Karenina and finish it (156/817 pages)
- Swim 2km in one go (rests are permitted)
- To play all the movements in Beethovens Pathetique Sonata
- Finish FF8
- Go to rooftop/drive in movie
- Write and send snailmail to 5 different people (0/5)
- Take photostickers with 10 other people (0/10)
- Listen to 10 artist’s entire body of work (0/10)
- Try 50 new restaurants (21/50)
- Watch a sporting event live
- Go to a ballet
- Watch a broadway musical
- Go to 5 live music concerts (3/5)
- Sleep at 11:00pm for 31 days (0/31)
- Read all the books in the Bible (8/66)
- Go to a cooking class
- Eat no meat for 7 days (7/7) [sometime in March]
- Read 100 books (must be at least 200 pages) (36/100)
- Knit 3 scarves and give them to people (3/3) [9 May 09]
- Donate clothes to Salvation Army
- Graduate from Pharmacy Degree
- Get first class honours for Pharmacy Degree
- Get a massage [15 July 09]
- Write 101 reasons why i love God (36/101)
- Host a movie marathon
- Volunteer to help out an organisation or event for charity
- Visit USA
- Document a day with photos
- Go on a road trip [24 - 27Nov 2008]
- Do a run/jog/walk for charity
- Take a photo everyday for 31 days (0/31)
- Defragment my laptop [20 Nov 2008]
- Complete a jigsaw puzzle and frame
- Try 5 different types of tea (3/5)
- Fill up money box with spare change
- Take all my spare change to the bank
- Do something nice for 10 strangers (1/10)
- Get a wax of some sort
- Try 5 different types of coffee (5/5) [24 June 2009]
- Do a visual food journal for 31 days (doesn’t have to be in a row) (1/31)
- Attend an opera
- No Facebook for 14 days (0/14)
- Drink just water for 7 days (0/7)
- Make bread from scratch
- Compile a mix-cd for 10 people that I know (2/10)
- Try 5 cocktails (no need to finish, just need to try them) (3/5)
- Do a bartending/drink making course
- Colour a whole colouring book (8/80 pictures)
- Buy a car
- Bring lunch from home for at least a month (31/31) [18 May 2009]
- Buy something from the Oxfam Shop
- Buy a camera (those professional looking ones, not the normal digital cameras)
- Pay for dinner with bf 10 times (5/10)
- Donate 1,000,000 grains on the Free Rice Challenge (111890/1,000,000)
- Go on a picnic [31st December, 2008]
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen/giving food to homeless people thing
- Go to a historical site in melbourne that i’ve never been to before
- Go on that Ferris Wheel in melbourne with bf
- Visit Sydney
- Pass all my university units first time round (18/37 i think)
- Buy flowers for someone else
- Organise or participate in a Pot Luck Dinner (14th December 2008)
- See a live play [14 Aug 09]
- Make 5 new friends (4/5)
- Try a sport i’ve never played before
- Buy a swimsuit [19th November 2008]
- Buy a new pair of jeans [2 April 2009]
- Buy a pair of Birkenstock sandals
- Attend 3 uni social events (1/3)
- Go to 3 of those Global Friendship Night events (1/3)
- Finish using my Ralph Cool perfume
- Buy a new alarmclock
- Participate in Earth Hour at least once [28 March 2009]
- Kiss in the rain
- Make a birthday cake for someone
- Get in the habit of unplugging/turning off power from the main [7 April 2009]
- Aim to have 500 showers that are less than 4 minutes (132/500)
- Go to the snow
- Spend 30 days not watching TV
- Go to a club [25 July 09]
- Bring 5 friends to church (1/5)
- Watch 25 of the top 250 movies on IMBD (7/25)
- Participate in a group exercise thing for 10 days (not in a row of course) (0/10)
- Get rid of 101 things that i dont need (27/101)
- Get 3 people do to 101 in 1001 (1/3)
- Take a multivitamin every day for 30 days (0/30)
- Watch a movie by myself again
- Go and have an experimental music session with friend
- Do 25 unselfish things (10/25)
- Document my 101 things (17/101)
Great List Kay. I am going to make a list for myself also. I think that it is a great idea. Things that need doing, want to do and a time frame to complete them.
Mike
Good progress with your goals ! GL with the rest of them