The Mission: To complete 101 tasks in 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific, measurable, and well defined. They must also be realistic but require some amount of work to complete.
Started: January 1, 2010
Deadline: September 29, 2012
Items Completed: 1/101
Not Done
In Progress
Completed
Notes with links
(Yep…I stole this from Chelsea’s blog. But, hey, I just gave some credit!)
1. Go on a cruise.
2. Get to my goal weight of 115 lbs.
3. Go to a bloggers meet-up.
4. Talk to someone about Christ, face to face.
5. Pay off all my credit card bills and get rid of my Old Navy and Target credit cards. (0/3)
6. Move my blog to my own domain name.
7. Go to NYC.
8. Ride on an airplane.
9. Run in five 5K’s. (0/5)
10. Run in five 10K’s. (0/5)
11. Complete a half-marathon.
12. Do a media internship and get good reviews.
13. Start scrapbooking my pictures.
14. Go on a short-term missions trip.
15. Become a day sponser for my local radio station.
16. Watch these 3 classic movies: Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, and It’s a Wonderful Life. (0/3)
17. Win a blog giveaway.
18. Graduate with my Bachelor’s degree.
19. Go on a hike.
20. Buy something off Etsy.
21. Save $500 dollars.
22. Get a massage.
23. Buy a kitchen table.
24. Eat 5 meals at the table, without the TV on or any other distractions. (0/5)
25. Buy a wreath for Christmas.
26. Give blood.
27. Spend a whole week, making meals from Weight Watchers recipes.
28. Stop drinking Coke for one week.
29. Visit a farmer’s market.
30. Have a Chris Farley marathon with my brother.
31. Eat at 5 new restaurants. (0/5)
32. Memorize ten new Scriptures. (0/10)
33. Write 25,000 words in my story.
34. Write 50,000 words in my story.
35. Write 75,000 words in my story.
36. Write 100,000 words in my story.
37. Finish my story!
38. Donate $10 to a charity for each item not completed.
39. Do “A Picture A Day” – take a picture of myself once a day, for an entire year.
40. Make a video montage of “A Picture A Day”
41. Get an article published in a magazine.
42. Read through the entire Bible.
43. Pay for the person behind me in the drive-thru.
44. Switch to using only reusable shopping bags.
45. Participate in the three-day breast cancer walk.
46. Do something spontaneous.
47. Unplug for an entire weekend.
48. Go to a Miami Dolphins home football game.
49. Donate hair to Locks of Love.
50. Have a girl’s night out.
51. Buy Photoshop.
52. Make and send Christmas cards.
53. Start a prayer list.
54. Send flowers to my mother’s work.
55. Reach 100 followers on my blog.
56. Get a manicure and pedicure with my mom.
57. Get a facial.
58. Do a Beth Moore study.
59. Go to a woman’s conference.
60. Buy a designer purse.
61. Send 5 people a “just because” card. (0/5)
62. Drink 70 ounces of water a day for an entire week.
63. Try a Spinning class.
64. Try a yoga class.
65. Get professional pictures done.
66. Watch the entire series of Friends.
67. Try out for a reality show.
68. Go to a concert.
69. Go to a Broadway show.
70. Buy presents for a needy child for Christmas.
71. Get 20 comments on a blog post.
72. Start a monthly feature of writing letters to my future husband.
73. Read all six novels by Jane Austen. (0/6)
74. Go jet-skiing.
75. Do something totally different with my hair.
76. Save $10 for each completed item.
77. Go to the zoo.
78. Take my twin cousins on a lunch date.
79. Do a crafty project for my home.
80. Buy salon-style shampoo and conditioner.
81. Consistently use facial cleanser and moisturizer for a month. (0/30)
82. Give platelets.
83. Go to a group fitness class with my mom.
84. Get blood work done.
85. See a gynecologist.
86. Watch the entire series of Gilmore Girls.
87. Run an 8-minute mile.
88. Get my bra size measured professionally.
89. Find a woman’s Bible study.
90. Floss everyday for a month.
91. Get my wisdom teeth out.
92. Volunteer at a food bank.
93. Say what I feel once.
94. Start tracking my spending.
95. Start a personal journal.
96. Host a game night with friends.
97. Reconnect with an old friend, face to face.
98. Apply to graduate school.
99. Get a full-time, “grown-up” job.
100. Celebrate my blogoversary on August 22nd by hosting a giveaway.
101. Make another “101 in 1,001 Days” when this one is completed.
Goals
Goals for December
I’ve been seeing a lot of goals and monthly recap posts floating around the blogosphere. Goals are good to have, good to set, and good to accomplish. I thought, why not? Let me make some goals for December!
This December, I will…
Start running again. After running/walking the 10K, it reaffirmed the fact that I don’t really hate to run. I actually enjoy it once I hit my second wind. And it was really fun being around other runners, even seeing people bigger than me running! It really doesn’t matter what size you are, everyone can run! (Provided the doctor OK’s it, you know…) My mom and I are going to try to do a 10K every other month so I’ll be searching for a 10K to do in January/February. And it’s an easy way to lose weight!
Stick to the program and lose more weight. In December 2007, I was doing Weight Watchers and made a goal of losing 5 pounds before Christmas hit. And I did manage to lose that amount. But then things hit a downward spiral and the rest is history. I have weigh-in tomorrow, which I’m very nervous about as I totally went off the program for Thanksgiving (and the week after…). But I enjoyed it and was willing to pay for a gain on the scale. My goal is still to lose 5 pounds in the month of December. It’s a lot to ask but I think if I buckle down and get serious, I can do it. I did it before.
Start writing again! As everyone knows, I failed NaNoWriMo miserably. But I think I forgot how crazy November is for a college student. This is my last week of classes before finals start. Life has been so crazy with papers and tests and presentations. Basically, I have an entire month off from school. And I want to use my free time to really get to work on writing. The story I was thinking about writing for NaNoWriMo needs a lot of character development and I realized I’m a girl who needs firm outlines to write. I can’t just sit down and write what comes to mind…I need to plot it out on paper first. My goal is to get the character development and a semblance of an outline written before December’s end. It would be awesome if I could actually get a story going, as well!
Finish my 101 in 1001 days. I’m only up to #50 on this list and I’m having a hard time figuring out 50 (50!) more things I want to accomplish. I’ve even been scrounging around other people’s lists to steal some of their ideas. But I definitely want to finish it to start in 2010.
Start a strength-training program. Lately, I haven’t been exercising much. When I do exercise, it’s always cardio. I have been doing my Biggest Loser DVD on Sunday mornings which gives me the best workout of the week. It’s so intense! But I’d really like to establish my own routine. I have an exercise ball and I have weights. And Shape magazine gives tons and tons and tons of strength-training exercises. Some of them use equipment that I don’t have but for the most part, I can do the exercises with no problem. Because I want Kelly Ripa arms, fo’ sho.
What goals do you have for December?