Update: 101 in 1001

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Here's my progress to date:

101 Things to Do in 1001 Days

This checklist contains 101 personal goals to be completed in 1001 days. The project commenced on June 15, 2008 and will end on March 13, 2011, or sooner provided that all the goals are completed early. Comments and well wishes are appreciated.

For more information on how you can create your own list, check the 101 Things to Do in 1001 Days Project Home Page, Day Zero.

Key:
Red Text denotes a project currently in progress.
Strike Through denotes a project that has been completed.

Housework

1. Straighten once every 2 weeks (2/71)
   
2. Vaccuum at least once every 2 weeks (2/71)
   
3. Mop kitchen, bathrooms, and any other place that needs mopping once every 2 weeks (2/71)
   
4. Water the daisy at least once a week (1/143)
   
5. Fold and put away laundry once a week (2/143)
   
6. Take out the trash once a week (2/143)
   
7. Wash hand-wash clothes once a week (1/143)
   
8. Clean the bathrooms every 2 weeks (1/71)
   
9. Clean the kitchen every 2 weeks (2/71)
   
10. Take out recycling/yard debris every 2 weeks (1/71)
    
11. File, shred, or discard all the random papers lying in the study
    
12. Get mail every weekday (10/715)
    
13. File, shred, or throw away all of my mail within 1 week of receiving it (2/143)
    
14. Check voicemail everyday (12/1001)
    
15. Get electrician to look into why light bulbs keep blowing so quickly in the house (is there a short somewhere?)
    
16. Replace blown light bulbs after electrician comes
    
    Yardwork
    
17. Sign contract to get that guy to fix up our yard and maintain it monthly
    
18. Redesign the semi-circle flower bed in the front with permanent, easy-to-maintain, pretty plants Talked to the landscaper guy while they were finishing cleaning up our yard.
    
19. Figure out what to do with the crowded trees/bushes in the back
    
20. Figure out how to prevent insects getting into the apples/nashi pears growing in the backyard
    
21. Figure out how care for cherry, pear, and apple trees
    
22. Cut the maple-bush-thing into something more artistic than a blob. Yes.
    
    Health
    
23. Do that 2 part Intel health program thing
    
24. Exercise 3 times a week for at least 3 months (0/36)
    
25. Take vitamins once a day for at least 3 months (0/180)
    
26. Eat fruit 3 times a week for at least 3 months (6/36)
    
27. See eye-doctor and doctor once a year (0/4)
    
28. See dentist twice a year (0/9)
    
29. Complete Hepatitis A and B vaccination series - second of the hep b shots is done. One more appointment needed in October.
    
30. Hike with Wes some this summer
    
    Church Stuff
    
31. Pray once a day for 3 months (0/90)
    
32. Read a chapter of the Bible once a week and post about it in LJ (2/143)
    
33. Go to church every Sunday (2/143)
    
34. Get old church library books into database
    
35. Go to Bible study twice a month (0/71) - won't make this since Bible study is on hiatus for the summer.
    
36. Visit old church in Wilsonville
    
    Friends and Family
    
37. Visit both Wes's and my parents at least once (0/2)
    
38. Visit my sister more than once a year (I mean she's just a 4 hour drive away...)
    
39. Phone my parents once every 2 weeks (0/71)
    
40. See lain_wired and bardofawen in September '08
    
41. Get Christmas presents for family for Florida visit
    
42. Figure out what to get Wes for Christmas and his birthday
    
43. Call Steve P
    
44. Figure out what food to bring to the 4th of July gathering
    
45. Hold some sort of gathering to use the grill we bought
    
46. Email or call an old friend at least once a month just to keep in touch (1/33)
    
47. Meet up with friends at least twice a month (3/71)
    
    Work
    
48. Get a promotion (should be doable, given some conversations with my boss)
    
49. Do not work too many hours (i.e. more than 50) per week or compensate for it the next week (2/143)
    
50. Pick out the 3 best pictures from our Ireland and India vacations and enter them in the quarterly picture contest at work
    
51. Renew passport - sent out the stuff today. Waiting on getting passport back.
    
52. Redeem paper ticket and get plane tickets to Ireland (again - hopefully this time it doesn't get cancelled at the last minute) Travelling first full week of August.
    
53. Train up the new engineer - gave training plan to new engineer. He's currently working on setting up permissions, etc.
    
    Books
    
54. Read Castle of Many Ways
    
55. Read Castle in the Air
    
56. Reread Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    
57. Reread Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    
58. Reread Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    
59. Post thoughts on LJ on Harry Potter series as a whole
    
60. Get and read The Phoenix Endangered
    
61. Read all of my ブリーチ manga
    
    Video Games
    
62. Finish playing "Disgaea 3" - in chapter 5
    
63. Finish playing "Disgaea 1"
    
64. Finish playing "Final Fantasy VI"
    
65. Finish playing "Xenogears"
    
66. Play "Xenosaga"
    
67. Get and play "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition"
    
68. Get and play "Little Big Planet" whenever it comes out
    
69. Get and play "Final Fantasy XIII" whenever it comes out
    
70. Get and play "White Knight Chronicles" whenever it comes out
    
71. Update my backlog page to reflect game progress
    
    Decoration / Spring Cleaning Items
    
72. Frame/hang up pictures that are still lying around
    
73. Get a HD TV
    
74. Get a TV stand for said HD TV
    
75. Figure out what to do with the current TV and stand when we get the HD TV
    
76. Get a new desk
    
77. Get a new computer, possibly building it ourselves using a CPU from the loaner chip program
    
78. Sell the stuff in the box in the closet
    
79. Donate the pile of clothes in our bedroom
    
80. Pick out pictures for the free photobook and get it made
    
81. Replace certain clothing items that are getting old/worn/holes
    
    Personal Growth
    
82. Try/do one thing out my comfort zone once a week for at least 3 months (0/12)
    
83. Read prospectuses/financial stuff once a month for at least 6 months (0/6)
    
84. Handle finances for my credit cards
    
85. Become better at photography (no more blue pictures)
    
86. Be more outgoing
    
87. Try cooking 5 new recipes and become proficient at them
    
88. Learn some basic Mandarin
    
    Miscellaneous
    
89. Get a haircut every 6 weeks (0/24)
    
90. Finish translating 月の影影の海
    
91. Finish writing Mirror
    
92. Use up all of those random gift cards Wes and I have collected from work
    
93. Try out the free scanner/copier/photoprinter we got
    
94. Update progress of this in LJ once a week (1/143)
    
95. Make sure to check both email accounts at least once a week (1/143)
    
96. Learn Hong Kong Mahjong scoring rules
    
97. Play enough Mahjong with some friends that we can play Mahjong for an entire sitting using either Japanese or Hong Kong scoring rules
    
98. Play "Seafarers of Catan"
    
99. Vote in November '08 election
    
100. Burn an "anime mix" CD out of all of my Japanese singles so I can listen to them in the car while going to work
     
101. Finish the cross-stitch project