I'm finally ready to start what lead me to wanting to do a blog. It's called 101 in 1001, and the point is to set 101 goals to be completed in 1001 days. I've always wanted to "get out there" and do cool things with my life, and this is my chance to decide the things I want to do and stick to them. So here goes..
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.
Family + Relationships
1) Start my 101 in 1001 after we move into our 1st apartment!
2) Kiss in the rain
3) Re-connect with 2 old friends
4) Write my own wedding vows
5) Host a dinner party for 8 of our friends
6) Write a letter to my future children and grandchildren
7) Organize me and Pat’s history- letters, pictures, cards and mementos
8) Start writing our story into a book
9) Legally change my name on credit cards, checks and licenses once we're married
10) Watch Christmas Eve on Sesame with my dad
11) Write a letter to me and my husband to be opened on our 10th anniversary
12) Do something super special for my parents
Be creative + learn!
13) Create a Christmas card list and send out cards before Christmas
14) Learn to make Pat’s grandma’s cookies
15) Learn to make a good pot of sauce
16) Enter a photography contest
17) Learn to sew
18) Read 50 books (0/50)
19) Read 5 biographies (0/5)
20) Try 25 new recipes (0/25)
21) Learn about 2 religions (0/2)
22) Learn how to use all of the features on my camera
23) Make sushi
24) For my wedding: design a monogram, create programs and place cards
25) Brew a good pot of coffee (not a K-cup!)
26) Refurbish a piece of furniture
27) Buy a cookbook and try 10 recipes from it (0/10)
28) Make a beautiful big wine rack (…or buy one)
29) Complete a 26 Things list on sh1ft.org
30) Bake an awesome birthday cake for someone
31) Take a painting class
Entertainment + travel
32) Go away for a mother/daughter weekend
33) Visit a random city in the US
34) Visit family in Arizona
35) Go to Montauk
36) Hike in the Grand Canyon
37) Take Tamber away for a weekend
38) Take a drawing class
39) Go ziplining
40) Start seriously planning a trip to Egypt or Morocco
41) Spend a tourist-y weekend in the city with my boy
42) Attend 6 concerts
43) Go horseback riding
44) Go to 3 different museums
45) Go rafting
46) Buy a piece of original art while on vacation
Get organized!
47) Start putting recipes in my recipe book
48) Organize my old photos into albums/print new photos and put in albums
49) Purge my closet each spring
50) Organize family and friends birthdays into a calendar and send birthday cards to at least 20 people (0/20)
51) Find the right piece of furniture for the bedroom
52) Get thank you cards out within 2 months of our wedding
For myself
53) Go apple picking and then come home to make an apple pie
54) Walk 6 miles a week 2 out of 4 weeks per month for at least 6 months (0/6)
55) Write a living will
56) Reach my goal weight and stay there
57) Be able to do an entire hearing test in Spanish
58) Hike
59) Do hot yoga at least once
60) Get a tattoo
61) Graduate with a 3.85 GPA
62) Run three 5k races (0/3)
63) Do a full body detox
64) Eat fish at least once a week for 12 weeks (0/12)
65) Cook every meal at home/bring lunch from home every day for 2 weeks
66) Take a self defense class
67) Get out of credit card debt
68) Get paid to photograph something
69) Get a job
70) Save at least 25% of each paycheck for the future (10% wedding, 10% house, 5% retirement)
71) Create something I can sell
72) Write a letter to myself to be opened on the 1001st day
For others
73) Volunteer at a soup kitchen
74) Donate $200 to charity
75) Donate $10 to a charity for each task not completed
76) Perform 3 random acts of kindness
77) Send a care package to a soldier overseas
78) Grow my hair long and then donate it to Locks of Love
79) Post 3 Operation Beautiful notes in public places
80) Speak at a Career Day at OLMA
For fun
81) Try 8 new local restaurants (not chains)
82) Jump in a pile of freshly raked leaves
83) Go paintballing
84) Create a blog about getting settled in an apartment and getting married and keep it up
85) Have a girls-only spa day with my closest friends
86) Grow a flower garden
87) Grow an herb garden
88) Come up with an awesome Halloween costume
89) See a sunrise
90) Sleep on a beach
91) See a sunset sitting somewhere special
92) Visit 5 places from Diners, Drive-ins & Dives or Best Thing I Ever Ate
93) Go parasailing, skydiving or bungee jumping
Eco-Friendly
94) Use a reusable grocery bag consistently for 6 months
95) Incorporate organic foods into my routine (fruits, veggies and meats)
96) Go one week without the internet
97) No fast food for 2 months (0/2)
98) Switch over to CFL bulbs
99) Donate old cell phones
100) Try composting
101) Stop buying bottles of water- use Brita and reuseable water bottles
Start Date: April 22, 2011
End Date: January 18, 2014
Everything in bold has been completed, everything in italics is in the process of being completed. I'm going to try to blog about as much of the list as I can, hopefully this will keep me from going M.I.A. again. Updates will follow soon about the apartment and other things that have been going on.
I kinda feel like I'm cheating having 2 goals already completed right away, but I put them on the list before I had it finalized, and now they're finished.
#1 is a bit of a gimme.. my first thought was to start this list once we were either officially engaged or had an apartment, and the apartment came first! Even though we moved in almost 2 months ago, I think it still counts.
#69, get a job! I've been work at Long Island Jewish Medical Center for almost the past year as a 4th year AuD resident, and found out a few weeks ago that I will be staying on staff once I graduate. Very exciting, because I love it there AND I don't have to go through the stress of looking for a job =) It'll be so nice to have my first real pay check some time in July!
#1 is a bit of a gimme.. my first thought was to start this list once we were either officially engaged or had an apartment, and the apartment came first! Even though we moved in almost 2 months ago, I think it still counts.
#69, get a job! I've been work at Long Island Jewish Medical Center for almost the past year as a 4th year AuD resident, and found out a few weeks ago that I will be staying on staff once I graduate. Very exciting, because I love it there AND I don't have to go through the stress of looking for a job =) It'll be so nice to have my first real pay check some time in July!
Thanks for reading this super-long post. I'll be updating much more frequently now (or at least I better be!) so check back. Have a great weekend!
- Kait
- Kait
#83 and #93 i will complete with you! i think #83 we should do this summer outeast on LI!!! pleasssssse ive been wanting to for some while now! G*Luck kait this is awesome "get get ummmm"
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