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).
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101 Goals in 1001 Days
1. Create a 101 in 1001 list.
2. Post list to my blog, with an explanation.
3. Post list to the host blog, to make myself accountable.
4. Create a countdown for completion.
5. Create a new 101 list.
Acts of Kindness
6. Donate blood.
7. Complete a Race for the Cure race.
8. Send a package to AnySoldier.com.
9. Donate to Planned Parenthood.
10. Donate money to NPR, c/o WCPN.
11. Organize my own Operation Happy Sock.
Art and Hobbies
12. Create a body of work for my jewelry-making hobby.
13. Set up an Etsy shop to sell my jewelry. [Link]
14. Take a metalsmithing class.
15. Take a cooking class. [Link]
16. Take a stained glass class.
17. Buy a DSLR camera. [Link]
18. Take a digital photography class.
19. Create a light box for taking photos.
20. Format my camera so it takes RAW photos.
21. Visit an art museum in a different city. [Link]
22. Obtain membership to a museum.
23. Buy an original piece of artwork. [Link]
24. Find/create a book club. [Link]
25. Get re-involved with the Shaker Arts Council. [Link]
27. Complete a Project 365.
28. Create a studio for myself.
29. Have a personal essay published in a literary magazine.
30. Create something that requires my sewing machine.
31. See the Chihuly exhibit at the Phipps Conservatory. [Failed]
32. Learn how to make an “exotic” ice cream.
33. Grow an herb garden.
34. Learn how to can food.
35. Cook all of the recipes on my Delicious feed.
Blog
36. Move my blog to WordPress.
37. Go to a blog convention.
38. Get my own domain.
39. Get a pro Flickr account. [Link]
40. Create a list of 100 Blog entries I want to write about.
“I Wish I was a Southern Lady” Goals
41. Get personal calling cards with my name, cell and email on them. [Link]
42. Get personalized stationery.
43. Send out Christmas cards every year of the 1001 days (2 years). [In Progress 1/2]
44. Buy a KitchenAid Mixer.
45. Host a dinner party.
46. Put together a “scrapbook” of home decorating ideas I find.
Financial Goals
47. Create a budget.
48. Spend six months living like I did when I worked retail.
49. Inventory my bank accounts.
50. Open an electronic savings account. [Link]
51. Build and maintain an emergency fund.
52. Save $5,000 for “mad money”. [In Progress]
53. Create a joint savings account with The Boy.
54. Roll my balance to a lower-interest credit card.
55. Eliminate credit card balance (carry no monthly balance) by the time I go to grad school. [Link]
56. Get in some “group debt” with The Boy.
57. Earn an extra $15(k) selling Mary Kay.
Health and Fitness
58. Walk at least 1/2 hour a day.
59. Take a yoga class.
60. Take a belly-dancing class.
61. Eat vegetarian for one week.
62. Buy a new pair of glasses. [Link]
63. Get Lasic surgery.
64. Have my wisdom teeth removed.
65. Quit smoking.
Professional Goals
66. Overhaul my resume.
67. Obtain my Life and Health license. [Link]
68. Get my Series 7 license.
69. Purchase GMAT study books.
70. Apply to, and be admitted in a graduate school program for my MBA.
71. Maintain a 3.5 average in graduate school.
Random Personal Goals
72. Move out of my parents’ house.
73. Collect all 50 state quarters.
74. Meet someone I’ve seen on TV/heard on the radio.
75. Drink absinthe. [In Progress]
76. Take photographs of all the shot-glasses in my collection, post to Flickr.
77. Learn to drive stick-shift.
78. Bookplate my book collection.
79. Get licensed for a firearm/take a shooting class.
80. Sell something on the internet.
81. Buy a completely random, but meaningful, t-shirt.
82. Purchase a bulk order of jerky from Beef Jerky Unlimited (Luna Pier, MI).
83. Read all of the books on a book list of my choosing. [In Progress?]
84. Pack my lunch for an entire month.
85. Try a type of sushi I am normally too afraid to try. [Link]
86. Create a closet organization system.
87. Declutter: sell or give-away 101 material items I own.
Travel Goals
88. Travel to Niagara Falls.
89. Travel to Chicago. [Link]
90. Take a train ride.
91. Travel to Washington DC.
92. Travel to the Grand Canyon.
93. Travel to NYC.
94. Travel to Germany.
95. Visit the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, OH.
96. Visit the Maker’s Mark factory.
97. Visit the Big Muskie Bucket.
98. Visit the Living Bible Museum in Mansfield, OH.
99. Visit Williamsburg, VA.
100. Bring flowers to Mr. Rogers’ grave.
101. Go to Lebowski Fest.
Disclaimer: I reserve the right to make changes to this list at any time, but not to have less than 101 items on the list.
