101 in 1001

The Challenge:
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 your part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a 'Bucket List'. 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, study semesters, or outdoor activities.

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I feel good about this list, this time. I started a list before and didn't even come close to finishing it, but I've revised about half of the goals on my old list, either removed them completely, or modified them slightly and I feel good about getting it all done in the allotted time. I hope this inspires someone else to do the 101 in 1001!

My start date: February 17, 2010
My end date: November 14, 2012

Tasks not started
Tasks in progress
Tasks that have been finished

1. Donate Blood
2. Get another tattoo
3. Go to a drive-in movie
4. Learn to knit
5. Take a Yoga class
6. Take a multi-vitamin every day for one month
7. Take a curling lesson
   
8. Learn how to skate
9. Go to the symphony
10. Learn to play an instrument
11. Take a scrapbooking class
12. Read 15 books (0/15)
    
13. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
14. Get a Brazilian wax
15. Learn how to jump start a car
16. Go to see a comedian
17. Take a cooking class
18. Renew my passport
19. Take a spinning class
20. Make a list of 101 things I love about my husband
21. Make a list of 101 things I love about myself
22. Take a ballroom dancing class
23. Pay off all consumer debt
24. Put $5/week into an RRSP for both me and my husband
    
25. Sell my Beanie Babies
26. Sell paper lanterns
27. Build our emergency fund to contain a minimum of $3,500
28. Learn to use a sewing machine
29. Drive to the West coast and back
30. Get to a goal weight of 150lbs
31. Don't eat out for one month
32. Eat a vegetarian diet for one month
33. Give up all fast food for one month
34. Get over my fear of the dentist and start going regularly
35. Don't drink any pop for one month
36. Drink nothing but water for one month
37. Brush my teeth twice per day for one month
38. Floss once per day for one month
39. Go to church every Sunday for 12 weeks
40. Wash my face twice per day for one week
    
41. Wear make up every day for one week
42. Get boudior portraits done
43. Wear a bikini and feel fabulous
44. Watch all episodes of Friends in order
45. Watch all the movies that have won Best Picture since I've been alive
46. Eat at a sit down restaurant all by myself
47. Do the 60km walk for women's cancers
48. Give all my clothes that are old or don't fit me anymore to charity
    
49. Give the baby outfit to charity
    
50. Volunteer in a soup kitchen
51. Put flowers on someone's grave who I don't know
52. Scrapbook our wedding pictures
53. Paint a room in my house all by myself
54. Host Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner by myself
55. Change the chandelier in the dining room all by myself
56. Create a time capsule to be opened when I turn 50
57. Create a time capsule for Pierce to open when he turns 25
58. Scrapbook Pierce's first year
59. Make a Will
60. Designate a Power of Attorney
61. Start a savings fund for Pierce
62. Designate someone to take care of Pierce should Mr. B and I die before he's able to take care of himself
63. Put together Pierce's crib trundle drawer
64. Buy a change table for Pierce's room and put it together
65. Clean (or get someone else to clean) the tall window in the living room
66. Change the handles on the cabinets in the kitchen
67. Change the handles on the cabinets in the bathroom
68. Print and use the dockets and checklists from Simple Mom
69. Start writing to Chloe again and write at least once per month
70. Take Pierce swimming
71. Make and freeze Pierce's baby food
72. Donate $5 to a charity of my choice for each goal that I do not complete
73. Put $5 in my RRSP for every goal I complete
74. Get smoke alarms installed
75. Continue meal planning for at least 6 months
76. Send a secret to Post Secret
77. Do my Moms' group's Biggest Loser competition
78. Start using a metal water bottle
79. Sneak into a movie
80. Tell my husband that I love him every day for one month
    
81. Get Pierce a passport
82. Use our deposit to get nice pictures of Pierce taken
83. Host a Norwex party
84. Go away for a weekend with Mr. B and leave Pierce at home
85. Choose a difficult recipe and become a pro at making it
86. Take a walk and pick up garbage
    
87. Take Pierce to dinner at the Rainforest Cafe
88. Take at least 10 pictures of Pierce each month, not including his age-sign pictures
89. Go for a walk three times per week for one month
90. Learn to make my own cleaning products
91. Take Pierce to the zoo
92. Send Christmas cards each Christmas during the 1,001 days
93. Go through my stuff and either sell or donate things I don't use/want
94. Mail Thank You cards
95. Add Pierce to my benefits
96. Mail Pierce's birth registration
97. Take Pierce to the beach
98. Match the dollar amount of gift certificates Pierce gets in his savings account
99. Give something up for Lent each year during the 1,001 days
100. Go a week without watching television
101. Go a week without using the computer