My 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).


Start Date: January 13, 2011
End Date: October 10, 2013


in progress
completed

My List:

For the Project

001. Maintain blog throughout project
002. Take a picture for each task completed (1/101)
003. Put $5 in savings for each task completed($5/$505)

For Me
004. Dye my hair
005. Look put together for 7 days in a row (0/7)
006. Do WiiFit everyday for 30 days (0/30)
007. Do couch to 5k
008. Run a mile without stopping
009. Drink 1 glass of milk everyday for 2 weeks (0/14)
010. No soda for one month (30/30)
011. Be able to do 10 (real) push-ups without stopping
012. Drink 4 glasses of water a day for 2 weeks (0/14)
013. Improve my posture
014. Take a fitness class twice a week for one month (0/8)
015. Wake up at 7 AM everyday for 2 weeks (0/14)
016. Take a self defense class
017. Take a first aid class
018. Get CPR certified
019. Get halfway through my bachelor's degree
020. Answer 50 questions that will free your mind [completed 02/15/2011]
021. Get a tattoo
022. Arrive at work early (5/300)
023. Buy and wear a new dress
024. Treat myself to an expensive meal
025. Write a letter to myself on Futureme.org to read be read in 11 years [completed 01/13/2011]
026. Start and maintain a dream journal for 1 year
027. Moisturize every morning and night for a month (0/30)
028. Complain about bad service (to people who gave me bad service)

For Family
029. Treat my parents to dinner
030. Send a birthday card to everyone in the Avison family in 2012
031. Visit Uncle David in Massachusetts
032. Visit Jess in D.C.
033. Take Charlie on a walk once a week for 3 months (0/12)
034. Get family pictures done

For Others
035. Volunteer at VA Living Museum
036. Pay for someone else's toll 3 times (0/3)
037. Buy a $5 gift card to Starbucks and give it to the person in line behind me (0/3)

For Finances
038. Have $500 in savings (0/$500)
039. Pay off credit cards (0/3)
040. Start credit building program
041. Have $2500 in travel savings (0/$2500)
042. Open a savings account for Charlie
043. Put $20 per paycheck into Charlie's savings account for 1 year

For Creativity
044. Do Photography Scavenger Hunt on Flickr
045. Buy a sewing machine
046. Craft 2 baby gifts (2/2) [2/04/11- finished first gift][02/15/2011- finished second gift]
047. Knit argyle scarf
048. Craft 5 projects in 2011 (2/5) [2 baby gifts]
049. Take a photo of the same place every month for a year and make a calendar (0/12)
050. Make and list something on Etsy
051. Put all Christmas photos in frames to use as Christmas decorations
052. Finish Charlie's 1st year scrapbook
053. Make a Mario quilt
054. Color a whole coloring book
055. Take a cake decorating class
056. Complete Project 365

For Fun
057. Send a secret in to PostSecret
058. Send 50 postcards on Post Crossing
059. Cook 30 new recipes from my wedding cookbook (0/30)
060. Make 10 new desserts (1/10) [01. nutella-mallow pillow pockets from picky-palate.com]
061. Beat Mario Brothers Wii
062. Take a weekend getaway
063. Go Paintball
064. Go to the shooting range 3 times (0/3)
065. Go to 10 restaurants I've never been to (0/10)
066. Learn the Single Ladies Dance
067. Read a book (title) for each letter of the alphabet (1/26)
068. Read 10 books from All Time 100 Novels (Time Magazine) (0/10)
069. Have my fortune read
070. Get drinks at a restaurant (1/3) [1/20/11: chocolate martini at olive garden]
071. Get a full body massage
072. Get a pedicure once a month for a year (0/12)
073. Take a picture with Charlie once a week
074. Go to 3 museums (0/3)
075. Beat all Diner Dash games (for the computer)
076. Go snowboarding
077. Do 20 different things in local tourist area (0/20)
078. Watch IMDB's top 250 (66/250)
079. Play mini-golf
080. Buy something from the Farmer's Market
081. Watch all seasons of the Golden Girls
082. Be able to name all U.S. Presidents in order
083. Visit and stay overnight in 3 places in the U.S. that I've never visited (0/3)
084. Get scuba certified
085. Host a BBQ
086. Go Fishing
087. Watch a sunrise
088. Watch a sunset
089. Watch Oscar Nominations for Best Picture from the year I was born
090. Go out somewhere every Saturday for a month (0/4)

For my Home
091. Buy a piece of art
092. Buy a piece of furniture
093. Buy a new mattress
094. Buy a hammock
095. Decorate the bedroom
096. Buy a GPS
097. Prepare and emergency kit for the car
098. Get or make a first aid kit for the house

For Friends
099. See a friend once a week for a month (0/4)
100. Send postcards to my friends from the Azores once a month
101. Treat a friend to dinner