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).
Legend:
To be completed.
In progress.
Completed.
Health and Fitness
1. Prepare all meals at home for one month (no restaurants).
2. Run a marathon.
3. Keep a food journal for one month.
4. Workout six days a week for 4 weeks.
5. Make a new drink with juicer once a week for a month.
6. Complete P90X from start to finish.
7. Do 100 sit-ups in a row.
8. Eat a new fruit or vegetable.
9. Eat 5 fruits or vegetables everyday for one month.
10. Do 50 pushups in a row.
11. Drink only water for two weeks.
Self
12. Take my camera everywhere for one week.
13. Wear makeup everyday for a month.
14. Watch a sunrise.
15. Watch a sunset on the beach.
16. Stay away from the computer (outside of work) for one week.
17. Avoid TV for one week.
18. Spend 30 minutes a day outside for 30 days.
19. Catch up on my magazines.
20. Get 3 facials in 4 months.
21. Bake yeast bread.
22. Buy produce from Farmer’s Market one week.
23. Can something new.
24. Go fruit (strawberry, blueberry, cherry, etc) picking.
25. Create an organized address and important date’s collection.
26. Send Christmas cards.
27. Make an article of clothing.
28. Buy a really sexy outfit.
29. Buy something on Etsy.
30. Whiten my teeth.
31. Get my wedding dress cleaned.
32. Create my own holiday and celebrate it.
33. Take photos of 100 things that make me happy and make an album with them.
34. Organize my recipes.
35. Try 10 new recipes. (4/10)
36. Get my tattoo touched up.
37. Get out of debt (other than mortgage).
38. Save $5000.
39. Sell some Advocare.
Family
40. Make a romantic dinner for Mark.
41. Teach Simcoe a new trick.
42. Give Mark a 30 minute back massage.
43. Take Simcoe for a walk once a day for two weeks.
44. Go on 50 dates with Mark. (1/50)
45. Take a romantic weekend vacation with Mark.
46. Make Mark breakfast in bed.
47. Have a baby.
48. Take Simcoe to a dog park.
49. Help Mark make beer (without falling asleep).
Social
50. Introduce myself to a neighbor.
51. Hang out with a friend once a week for a month.
52. Write 5 letters to people I love.
53. Make a new friend.
54. Reconnect with an old friend.
55. Send postcards to 5 people.
56. Throw a dinner party.
God
57. Have devotions everyday for 3 months.
58. Finish reading the Bible.
59. Pray for 15 minutes a day for 2 months.
60. Start a thankfulness journal and write in it for 30 days in a row.
Home
61. Plant and care for vegetables and herbs at the new house.
62. Wash the car (inside and out) once a month for four months.
63. Have fresh flowers in the house for a month.
64. Finish the landscaping/flower garden around the house.
Travel
65. Renew passport.
66. Visit a winery.
67. Visit two new states.
68. Visit another country.
Entertainment
69. Fly a kite.
70. Go on a picnic.
71. Go to a concert.
72. Go sledding.
73. Go (snow) skiing.
74. Go to a drive in movie.
75. Go fishing.
76. Go ice skating.
77. See a play/musical.
78. Visit the zoo.
79. Go through a corn maze.
80. Visit a museum.
Goodness
81. Get rid of 20 things I don’t use anymore.
82. Volunteer.
83. Randomly pickup trash five times. (0/5)
84. Buy someone flowers.
85. Pay for the person behind me in a drive thru line.
86. Buy a random gift for someone else.
87. Give blood (for real this time).
88. Crochet or knit something for someone else.
Learning
89. Get CPR certified.
90. Learn to drive a stick shift.
91. Learn to knit.
92. Spend time studying Spanish everyday for a month.
93. Take a craft class
94. Read 50 books. (2/50)
95. Complete a jigsaw puzzle.
96. Take some dance classes.
97. Practice playing the piano everyday for a month.
98. Beat Guitar Hero (on easy is fine).
99. Learn more about the stock market and invest some money (outside of 401k).
100. Start a fire (as in camp fire).
101. Research a subject I know little about.
aaron would love to help you out on the entertainment section
By: katrina on December 15, 2008
at 7:29 pm
number 35 you can add say in progress to because you made 3 new bread recipes
By: katrina on December 30, 2008
at 9:33 am
#31 – call us first, we can do a styling Trash the Dress shoot! Water photos optional, artsy and fun mandatory.
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Eric & Sara
By: ericbucholtz on January 24, 2009
at 3:03 pm
Want to learn the paper craft of quilling? Or we could play some Guitar Hero. And what kinds of books are you into. I’ve really become addicted to reading in the last couple years. I enjoy young adult lit. I’d recommend the Twilight Saga, His Dark Materials, The Books of Ember, The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, and now I’m reading the Inkheart series.
By: Shel on January 25, 2009
at 11:47 am
Great list!! I really should add “get CPR certified” to my next list.
I’m adding you to my fellow 101 links page. I hope that’s ok.
A fellow 101er and I started an online community for people doing 101 in 1001. We’d love for you to join! You can find it at: http://www.dayzero.ning.com
Good luck with your list!
Tara
By: Tara on August 7, 2009
at 2:49 pm
Your 101 List has really inspired me! I have been in a bla mood… feeling like most of the fun things in my life are over. Now I look forward every day to accomplishing the things that make me happy! I am a confirmed list maker but did not have a plan for the rest of my retirement life . I felt like I was suspended in time, doing about the same things that I could do in a nursing home….not much. My youthful joy of life was waning and your list has revived it. Thank you for giving me “me” again.
By: Grandma on August 17, 2009
at 10:41 am