Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific 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: Jan 1, 2010
End Date: Sept 28, 2012
Completed = 47
In Process = 4
To Be Done = 54
- Finish my 101 list.
Finances
- Pay off credit card bill.
- Save $1,000.
- Save $2,000.
- Restore $3,000 to savings.
- Set up regular payments for Sophie.
- Get Sophie detailed.
- Buy a house.
Body
- Go to the dentist.
- Go back to the dermatologist.
- Visit girly doctor each year.
- No fast food for a month.
- No meat for a month, unless I know who killed and processed it. (completed 2/26/10)
- Floss every day for a month.
- Join LA Fitness.
- Cardio three days a week for a month.
- Yoga/Pilates three days a week for a month.
- Strength training three days a week for a month.
- No McDonalds for 1,001 days. (started 1/1/2009)
- No Coke products for 1,001 days. (started 1/1/2009)
- Lose 10 pounds.
Soul
- Get up by 9:00 on days I don’t have to for a week straight.
- Get a Go To Card.
- Go for a walk.
- Choose the bus over the car three times.
- Re-tube the bike tires.
- Go for a bike ride around Lake Calhoun.
- Unplug for an entire weekend.
- No Facebook stalking for a week.
- Edit The Book.
- Purge the poisonous relationships. (completed 1/8/10)
- Get over it.
Relationships/Family/Travel and Adventure
- Take C to Europe.
- Teach C cribbage.
- Take a dance lesson.
- Private.
- Write and mail a letter.
- Throw a surprise party.
- Meet ms_violet.
- Take refresher diving course.
- Get fins/mask for BVI trip.
- Learn to play bridge.
- Get a new brother for Sal.
- Visit Heather.
- Road Trip for a weekend somewhere I’ve never been.
Theater
- See 52 plays I’m not working on. (16/52)
- Read all my directing books.
- Stop temping completely.
- Find a Production Manager.
- Find a Box Office Manager.
- Find a Marketing Manager.
- Direct at Mixed Blood.
- Direct at Park Square.
- Win an award/recognition (for directing).
- Pay Pro Rata staff a salary.
- Move Pro Rata storage.
- Give David his jigsaw back.
Knitting/Crafting
- Teach myself to spin.
- Knit all of the stash jeans into rugs.
- Complete at least Levels 1 and 2 of the Master Knitter program.
- Don’t buy any new yarn for a year (gifted/swapped is acceptable).
- Do the Knitting Olympics.
- Service the sewing machine.
- Start those two canvases.
- Purge closet.
Music/Movies
- Attend a music festival.
- Inherit the piano.
- Practice guitar weekly for a month.
- Purge the unused podcasts.
- Become an NPR member again.
- Watch the rest of Dexter.
- Watch the rest of AFI’s 100 Movies.
- Finish watching Hitchcock.
- Watch each of the Best Picture noms before the Oscars once.
- Get rid of/replace VHS tapes and player.
Books/Reading/Writing
- Finish the stack of plays/books on the side table.
- Read 52 books from The Reading List.
- Get an external hard drive and back up laptop.
- Make a last wishes/living will.
- Write a letter to myself to be opened in 10 years.
- Write five poems.
Cooking
- Tip 100% for outstanding service.
- Eat breakfast at “Our… Kitchen”. (completed 5/28/2010)
- Take a cooking class at Kitchen Window or Williams Sonoma.
- Purchase and use saffron.
- Make homemade ice cream.
- Make a challenging meal from the Wine & Food Pairings cookbook.
- Learn a traditional dish from Sweden and from Norway.
Just for fun
- Attend a Rollergirls Derby.
- Do A Day in My Life. (completed 2/23/10)
- Take a Mississippi riverboat tour.
- Buy myself flowers.
- Have a bubble bath.
- Walk a labyrinth.
- Fly a kite.
- Attend a sporting event.
- Have a picnic at an outdoor concert/play. (completed 6/10/10)
- Learn a new board game.
- Get/make a green purse. (Completed 1/28/10)
- Donate $5 for every goal not met to a charity.
- Write a new 101 list.