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The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. Taken from here or here.
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.
101 in 1001
Start Date: Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Finish Date: Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Sorting Out
1. Catalogue all my music DVDs and books
2. Actually finish creating play lists on iTunes
3. Find roommates for third year
4. Organise every piece of paper in my room into folders
5. Sort out everything I own and get rid of anything I don’t need
6. Back-up my online journal
Entertainment
Any of these completed by the 500th day I shall attempt to do again just for fun but will still remain completed
7. Get 1001 new songs on iTunes starting with 1687 - 19/05/07
8. See a play or musical
9. Go to a library, pick a random book and read it
10. Watch 101 new movies with a mini review for each
11. Have a movie all nighter with my 5 favourite films
12. Read 15 new books other than those recommended
13. Ask 5 friends for a book recommendation and read them without protest
1. The Rotters Club by Jonathan Coe (Becky)
2. TBC (Jadie)
3. Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith (Jenny) - 09/08/07
4. Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer (Mum)
4. A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer (Danielle)
14. Ask 5 friends for a movie recommendation and watch them without protest
1. Clueless (Becky) - 07/08/07
2. The Shawshank Redemption (Jadie)
3. Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run - English Title, Jenny) - 08/05/07
4. Dirty Dancing (Mum) - 22/06/07
5. Cabaret (Chris)
15. Listen to every song on my computer at least once
16. See a band/artist live - (04/12/07)
Inner Geek
17. Complete a Final Fantasy game
18. Start a webcomic or ‘daily doodle’
19. Open my online journal to ‘the public’
20. Design a proper website including the coding and graphics
22. Transfer to my Gmail for everything
Creative
24. Draw/make a piece of art good enough to hang on my wall
25. Finish writing a book
26. Buy a ‘doodle’ notepad and fill it
27. Give the book to someone to read
28. Attempt NaNoWriMo
29. Finish THAT story forever
30. Create a collage of photos and stuff
31. Photograph University campus
32. Photograph home town
Work and Skills
33. Graduate
34. Attend a random lecture
35. Decide a serious career plan
36. Complete a ‘substantial’ piece of university work within 24 hours of getting it
37. Be able to name and place all 50 American states
Social
38. Do fancy dress properly
39. Dress up really smart with friends for no reason and go somewhere like a fast food restaurant
40. Attend a Gay Pride event - 27/05/07
41. Have a GREAT birthday
42. Throw a party
43. Celebrate new years for once
Just For Fun
44. Own at least 30 different rubber ducks for my collection (25/30)
45. Learn a useless phrase in 10 different languages
46. Carve a pumpkin
47. Win something
48. Three words: Dance Dance Revolution - 13/05/07
49. Sing karaoke - 27/04/07
50. Win Spider Solitaire and Minesweeper on their highest difficulty
Being A Child
51. Read my entire collection of Mr. Men and Little Miss books
52. Have a day as a child: build a fort, buy a pick and mix, watch cartoons
53. Complete an entire colouring book
54. Visit Wonderland Telford
Friends, Family and Romance
55. Go on a date - 30/11/07
56. Visit my Nan in Coventry on my own
57. Write at least 5 letters home
58. Have a nice photo taken of me with each of my sisters, parents and grandparents
59. Buy 10 friends a drink
60. Make 5 computer science friends from my year
Self
21. Identify 101 things that make me happy
23. Take up a new hobby
61. Give up something truly hard for lent both years
62. Weigh under 14 stone
63. Visit London
64. Decide which political party to support (if any)
65. Compile a personal top 100 films and songs list.
66. Start 5 conversations with total strangers
67. Initiate 20 ‘just because’ phone conversations
68. Create my own ‘101 things to do before you die’
69. Do one of them
70. Have 3 days spent entirely in bed
71. Spend an entire day (8 hours) walking
72. Wear Warwick Pride hoody everywhere for an entire day
Nostalgia
73. Visit my secondary school
74. Visit my college
75. Write my “life story”
76. Make an accompanying scrapbook
77. Scan in at least 100 photos from the photo albums
Food and Drink
78. Learn to make a three course meal from scratch and cook it for someone
79. Cook a Christmas Dinner
80. Learn to bake 5 basic things and then and bake 3 birthday cakes for people
81. Learn how to make 3 good vegetarian meals
82. Try 10 new drinks - 18/12/07 (Bacardi, Sambuca, Stella and Black, Pimms, Guinness, Malibu and Coke, Gin and Tonic, Magners, Pear Cider, Baileys)
83. Try 5 fruit or vegetables I’ve never had before (Olives)
84. Give up peanut butter for 10 weeks - 30/06/07
85. Give up alcohol for 10 university weeks
86. Re-evaluate 5 foods I claim not to like (Bacon, Celery, Tea)
Money
87. Chose a charity to back and donate £50 in total
88. Place a bet on the Grand National
89. Buy a Wii - 09/11/07
90. Buy an external hard drive - 25/12/07
91. Buy 5 albums I really like (Jagged Little Pill, Sam's Town)
92. Buy 10 photo frames and put pictures in them (5 frames, 3 photos)
93. Buy a new watch
94. Buy an iPod speaker
95. Buy a printer
96. Buy 10 new ‘proper’ books (4/10)
97. Get a job - 01/11/07
98. Sell 5 somethings on eBay (Pokemon Sapphire, Sims Nightlife, Sims University, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Nintendo DS)
The List
99. Save £1 for every list item I complete
100. Do another list at 999 days or when I finish this one
101. Inspire someone to start one of these
Now Removed
12. Make a list of 10 ‘must read’ books and read them
15. Play through all of my songs again 3 times
21. Quit a website I’ve played for five years
23. Give up my computer on Saturdays (except in the case of work)
89. Buy a laptop
91. Buy 3 albums instead of downloading them
Picture mosaic of completed tasks
Many of these seem 'silly' but this is for three reasons. One is it's hard to think of 101 good things. Two is that some of the stuff is pretty hard, and some stuff is more significant to me than you'd realise. Three is one of my life mantras is to have fun, so why not? And I'll probably end up changing half of them when I think of better ideas!