101 Things
This seems to be running rampant across the web, so I thought “why the heck not”. It was much harder than I initially thought it would be to come up with 101 things to do. I had many more than 101. I also left out many things that would have been to easy and crossed off immediately (ie donating clothes etc. which I do already).
Here is a great site with all the info on getting started and calculating dates etc: Day Zero
From the Site:
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.
Completed Tasks will appear with a Strike Through them.
Here is my 101 Things to do in 1001 Days List
Start date: Sunday, January 11, 2009
Ending date: Sunday, October 9, 2011
Me/Health/Food/Home
01. Re-connect with what is important to me
02. Get Back to Letting My Fiery Persona Show.
03. Set Time Aside for Myself Weekly
04. Set Boundries w/ others & Stick to Them.
05. Revive My “on hold” Social Life w/ Old & New Friends.
06. Indetify 10 things I like about myself & Build on them
07. Indetify 10 things I don’t like about myself & change/work them
08. Learn a New Word Daily
09. Get Rid of Texting from my Phone Plan
10. Have a Board Game Night
11. Have a Dinner Party/BBQ
12. Organize my Closet
13. Meet Friends for Coffee
14. Do a Day at Color Me Mine
15. Go Rollerskating
16 Have a Campy Horror Movie Night (even if just for me)
17. Go to an Arcade
18. Take a Relaxing Bath 1x Day
19. Complete Degree
20. Take a Brisk Walk Daily For A Month
21. Eat 5-7 Times Daily
22. Go To the Gym 3x a week in Feb 09
23. Get a Pedometer
24. Drink 8-10 Glasses Distilled Water a Day for a Week
25. Treadmill daily (Jan 10th -Jan 31st)
26. Do the Fat Flush Plan Phase 1
27. Do the Fat Flush Plan Phase 2
28. Do the Fat Flush Plan Phase 3
29. Take Better Physical, Mental, & Spiritual Care of Myself
30. Get Monthly Massages
31. Learn to make 2 kinds of Soup From Scratch
32. Bake Once a Month January – June 2009
33. Plan out Dinners a Week Ahead Feb & March 2009
34. Deep Clean House 1x a Week
35. Buy Fresh Flowers Each Month for the House
Projects
36. Bake Book – Filled with my Pictures and Recipes
37. Coffee Table Photography book w/ my photos
38. Scan all old Photo’s & archive on DVD
39. Have childhood slides professionally scanned.
40. 2010 or 2011 Calendar using my photos
41. Read 101 Non-Tech Books
42. Move out of Los Angeles
43. Alphabetize CDs & DVDs
44. Put labels on Photo DVDs w/ Photo insert
45. Make 10 Mixed CDs Including Artwork
46. Cook Dinner for 1 Month & Document It
47. Send out Handwritten Cards for all Events
48. Send out 10 Handwritten Letters.
49. Compile info & Make a Physical Address/Info Book
50. Smile at or Say hello to 20 Random People.
51. Learn How to & Create a Set of Fonts.
52. Write 5 Reviews (Music, Movies, Food, Book, etc.)
53. Re-Learn Spanish
54. Make a Physical Journal (ala Nicoles book in Crazy Beautiful)
55. Read 1 Tech Book a Week
56. Take Paneling Down & Clean Carpet in Office
Band/Music
57. Write 10 songs
58. Record new CD w/ Brian
59. Go on 4 Mini Tours
60. Play 24 Times Live
61. Sell Recordings Online
62. Triple the Following
63. Online Marketing, Branding, & Interactions
64. Learn to Finally Play Guitar & Sing @ the same time
Art & Photography
65. Photograph 10 CA Landmarks
66. Learn 5 new Photography Techniques
67. Do a Photowalk
68. Plan & Do 10 Photo Shoots
69. Plan & Go on 25 Photo Excursions
70. Use Film in an Unusual Way
71. Buy Nikon Scanner w/adapters for 110/120/135 & slides
72. Do 11 Themed Photosets
73. Make 3 Pieces of Mixed Media Art
74. Take a Hands on Art Class.
75. Buy a Sketch Book and Fill it up w/ Charcols, Pastels, Doodles etc.
76. Do a 365 Photo Challenge Starting Jan 1 2010 – Dec 31st 2010
77. Do a Restoration/Retouch Photo in Photoshop.
Web/Design/Blogging/Misc.
78. Learn Illustrator
79. Re-learn Flash
80. Learn Lightroom
81. Master CSS
82. Re-Learn InDesign
83. Learn/Master Web Standards.
84. Blog 2x a week for 6 months straight
85. Get My Site More Active by Guests
86. Redesign BrokenDoll.org
87. Comment on 5 Blogs that I read.
88. Do Not Hold Back When Blogging.
89. Admin Comments Daily & Answer Back
90. Make Links More Web/User Friendly
91. Write a Personal CMS
92. Have a Photo Challenge on my Blog
93. Open a Flickr Account
94. Make 5 PS Brushes & 5 Textures to Give away
95. Do 5 Photoshop Tutorials
96. Do 12 Desktop Wallpapers for 2009
97. Do 56 Graphic Art Pieces
98. Choose 100 PS Tutorials, Complete Them, Then Apply to/create my own Work
99. Design Business Cards & Have Them Printed
100. Do 3 of the Battles on NAPP
101. Get Portfolio online
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Y’know when it’s broken down like this, it doesn’t seem as out of reach.
Why is the 3x/week gym for February only?
It is only that for February so that it can be marked as achieved, but in fact it will likely go to 3-5x a week after Feb.
One of the hardest things to do with this list was finding a way of being able to mark things that can technically go on for the whole duration of the 1001 days.
I really like your list, and when it is broken down into categories like that it makes it seem a lot easier to attain! Now, I gotta do one of my own and stick to it!
Thank You. I found the categories to be really helpful. I started out by writing down about 15 different categories and placing items underneath each. At the end I moved them together and got rid of some. Also finding things that are tangible that you can document on your blog/site when you finish them is helpful.
If you do a list, please send me a link.
Great list.
I think I have to do my one “10 things to do in 10001 days”.
I could never do 101 things like yours in 1001 days
Well heck we all have to start somewhere.
On 83 – you’d want do your strike through with <del> tag instead of text-decoration: line -through
You’d also want to use <ol> for your list instead of paragraphs <p>.
On 87 – Start here: http://johnsbeharry.com/blog XD
On 101 – It’d probably take me 1001 days to finish my own one
Nice list (or paragraphs if you look at the markup ^^) there. – Good Luck
Thank you! I redid the < *del*> tag. I will work on the list tomorrow. I appreciate your help.
I’m impressed, there’s a lot to do. I’m not sure that I’m that organized anymore, but I may give it a try.
Well hot damn it seems the restore knocked everything out after the 12th of January. Now I have to go back and cross out all of the above that have been finished and re-supply links to the accomplished task if any. Oi Vey!