101:1001

** This was inspired by Claire’s list**

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 Focused. 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.

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List
1. Finish this list
2. Inspire someone else to participate in 101 Things in 1,001 Days (LauraJ)

Travel
3. Go to Ireland
4. Go to the Caribbean
5. Visit my family in France
6. Go to Tobermory + hike part of the Bruce Trail
7. Spend more time in Paris
8. See Green Gables and the red sands
9. Go to the Whirlpool in Niagara
10. Go to Florida to see Hogwarts when the park opens in 2010.
11. Spend the day at Rondeau by myself
12. Go to a theme park
13. Go on a sun trip and don’t feel like I’m missing out without a significant other with me.
14. See the northern lights
15. Drive the Niagara Parkway

Self Improvement
16. Do an extreme sport (aka don’t let fear stop me – stop playing it safe) (Wall-climbing, snowboarding…)
17. Get a new pair of glasses (eye doctor said contacts would be better. ordered and on their way!)
18. Eyebrow waxing every month (6/12)
19. Arrive at appointments and events 5 minutes early instead of 5 minutes late.
20. Get tattoo #3
21. Learn to jog. (aka prove to myself that I am good to my word)
22. Visit chiropractor 6 times a year (3/6)
23. Get a massage (8/12)
24. book counselling session
25. Stop saying “like”
26. Stop picking at skin
27. Use non-plastic grocery bags.
28. Write in journal when feelings begin to whelm
29. Clean out dresser
30. Clean the house each week. (1/8 )
31. Stop gossiping

Fitness/Health
32. Take at least 2 dance classes a week
33. Have my own garden (Can be a window garden)
34. Stop eating bedtime snacks.
35. Learn a new dance style (ZUMBA!)
36. Three times a week, engage in 30 minutes of physical activity (maintain for 4 weeks straight)

Reading

46. Go to the library once a month and check out at least two books. (2/12)
47. Read twelve books about/based in Ireland before I leave (9/12)
48. Sort magazines and get rid of any that I won’t use
49. Make two projects from each craft book I have (0/8 )
50. Finish “It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken”
51. Purge books that I don’t consider quality reading.
52. Read manual for car!

Creativity
53. Redo Persephone’s Awakening website
54. Sew a dress for myself (using patterns I have already)
55. Finish Melissa’s Babette blanket
56. Finish my quilt
57. Make gift for Coralie
58. Add ten items to Etsy shop by end of November (10/10)
58. Make yule gifts for everyone, or buy handmade.
59. Finish 365 without missing anymore days
60. Take a photography course
61. Learn to knit
62. Join a challenge to use up craft stash (and complete challenge)
63. Join a craft club
64. Apply to ‘Artist in Community Education Program’ at Queens
65. Finish an afghan for me
66. Start + finish “Class with Daves”

Volunteerism
67. Participate in a volunteer program in Ireland.
68. Help at a special event in the community before leaving Chatham.

Cooking
69. Make cookies from scratch that don’t suck
70. Make cupcakes with pretty home-made icing. Photograph them for blog header.
71. Follow my meal plan from Sarah the Nutritionist.
72. Buy local – vegetables always from the farmer’s market.
73. Learn more ways to cook vegetables

Home & Finances
74. Pay off student loans (-800$)
75. Live somewhere for more than two years.
76. Finish decorating new apartment in first three months of living there
77. Pay off car
78. Maintain balance of <= 2000$ in bank account (chequing) at all times
79. ACTUALLY COMPOST!
80. Purchase a new mattress
81. Paint TV stand

Family & Friends
82. Send care packages to loved ones far away (2/5)
83. Make something for my parents
84. Write a letter to people in life that I feel have hurt me in some way. Do not send letter.
85. Let go of issues re: above people.
86. Maintain at least 60 days of no contact with my ex-boyfriend.
87. Visit grandparents bi-weekly
88. Track all important birthdays on my calendar
89. Send card or call on birthdays (or email if overseas)

Randomness
90. Maintain weight of 130 lbs. (I can cross this off if I am still this weight in a year).
91. Find out what type of liquor I like best.
92. Learn to make five cocktails (2/5)
93. Order a fish dish at a restaurant (not including sushi)
94. Try three different types of sushi (3/3)
95. Cut down Yule tree myself
96. Enter three Community Art Projects in Chatham. (3/3)
97. Make screen for bedroom closet
98. Don’t leave kitchen messy before bed.
99. Finish painting guest room
100. Wallpaper kitchen
101. Donate toile purse on etsy
102. Learn to speak conversational French.

My deadline is Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Wish me luck! (Find your date here, and let me know if you end up making a list!)

Number of items completed: 60

Non-finished: 4