About 101 in 1001

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.

Find out more here: Day Zero Project

101 in 1001: The Master List

101 in 1001 Project
Official Start: March 17th, 2010
End Date: December 12th, 2012
Updated: September 15th, 2010
Key: Still needs to be done, In progress, Completed

Knowledge is Power
001. Read 50 books starting 1/1/10 [22/50] View Books
002. Learn another language
003. Take a photography class
004. Cook 15 new dishes [11/15] View Recipes
005. Maintain a reading list for the duration of this challenge View Reading Blog
006. Take a cooking class
007. Make fifteen non alcoholic/alcoholic drinks [1/15] View Drinks
008. Learn how to ride a dirt bike
009. Buy Pioneer Woman's Cookbook View Post
010. Learn how to change a tire
011. Read the news at work [50/50]
012. Find 50 quotes that I love [13/50] View Quotes
013. Go to the Farmer's Market
014. Try a new food (completed 4/13/10)
015. Finish the Harry Potter series [4/7] View Books FAIL.


Be Healthy
016. Start a small herb garden (completed 4/21/10 update: it died!)
017. Lose 5 pounds
018. Lose 10 pounds
019. Lose 15 pounds
020. Lose 20 pounds
021. Go bike riding 5 times [0/5]
022. Try Hot Yoga again
023. Participate in another 5k
024. Use up my Crest Whitening Strips
025. Take a class at 24 Hour Fitness
026. Go on 50 evening walks with Chris [5/50]
027. Take a weekend break from the internet
028. Wake up before 8am every morning for 365 days [175/365]
029. Track calorie intake for 6 months (started 6/1/10)
030. Do sit-ups and push-ups before bed
031. Weigh in weekly till at least December 20th, 2010


Give Back
032. Donate blood
033. Donate clothing
034. Donate food
035. Donate books
036. Send a postcard through 'Post Crossing'
037. Compliment a stranger
038. Submit a post-it to 'Operation Beautiful'
039. Run a 5k for charity
040. Start a 'pay it forward' chain at Starbucks
041. Buy my boss lunch (completed 6/4/10)
042. Donate $5 to a random blogger
043. Send 10 cards/postcards to friends or family [0/10]
044. Purchase something from Etsy. (completed 4/15/10)


Travel
045. Go to Paris View Plans (updated 6/9/10)
046. Go to Italy
047. Go all-inclusive in Mexico
048. Leave the country at least three times in the next three years [0/3]
049. Go on a road trip See post here
050. Go to Las Vegas
051. Go to Disneyland or Disneyworld
052. Visit Pike Place Market
053. Spend a day at the beach
054. Go camping (completed 5/29/10)
055. Take a picture in front of the Eiffel Tower
056. Attend 2 Everett Silvertips games [0/3]
057. Attend 2 Seattle Seahawks games [1/3]
058. Visit 3 other states [1/3]
059. Take a tour in Seattle
060. Go hiking five times [0/5]


Have Fun
061. Watch 10 movies in the theater [5/10]
062. Go dancing
063. Go to the casino
064. Go on a road trip with girlfriend(s)
065. Hang out with friends twenty times in one year [20/20] (completed 5/29/10)
066. Have a photo shoot with someone
067. Go horseback riding
068. Watch 101 movies at home [45/101]
069. Have a girls night with my sister in law and mother in law
070. Watch a movie from the year I was born (1987) (completed 4/18/10)
071. Go out/or cook dinner with friends [15/20]
072. Go to Cupcake Royale with Delainey (completed 6/4/10)
073. Have a girls night out
074. Go to “The Rock” with Delainey (completed 3/27/10)
075. Get five manicure and pedicures with Nanny and Mom [1/5]


For Us
076. Get a second tattoo Done! Here is a glimpse.
077. Get a third tattoo
078. Put $5 in savings for every task completed [$0/$505]
079. Pay off our credit card debt entirely
080. Start a savings or CD account (completed 4/14/10)
081. Buy a house
082. Learn a song on Chris's guitar
083. Buy a new P&S digital camera
084. Get a safe for all important papers (completed 3/17/10)
085. Frame vacation pictures
086. Have a date night once a month [10/33]
087. Eat at 25 new places [4/25] View Restaurants
088. Spend a weekend in a cabin See post here
089. Celebrate 3rd wedding anniversary - December 21st, 2010
090. Celebrate 4th wedding anniversary - December 21st, 2011
091. Buy a new couch (completed 3/31/10)
092. Evaluate our situation and decipher when it's time to start a family
093. Take 10 day trips [1/10] View Day Trip #1
094. Go to Sonics
095. Go white water rafting See post here

Everything Else
096. Take a weekly picture for a 52 weeks [20/52] View Pictures
097. Back up both computers and reformat
098. Go somewhere haunted
099. Develop the 'swimming with turtles in Barbados' camera (completed 4/1/10)
100. Organize the bill pile
101. Clean out the Honda