Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in 1001 days.
Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of effort on your part).
Start Date: April 16, 2010
End Date: January 11, 2013
Not Started (51%)
In Process (12%)
Completed (37%)
Entertainment
1. No TV for an entire weekend
2. Attend an Atlanta Ballet performance
3. Go to a comedy club
4. Host a tapas/small plate party
5. Go to a drive-in movie
6. Get pictures taken in a photo booth
7. Visit a local farm (10/30/10)
8. Attend Atlanta Falcons game
9. Attend Atlanta Hawks game
10. Visit new World of Coca-Cola museum
11. Attend a midnight opening of a movie
12. Watch a motorcycle race with Mr. G (5/30/11)
13. Take an exotic dance class (5/13/10)
Cooking & Dining
14. Make homemade waffles (4/16/11)
15. Make 20 recipes out of Bon Appetit cookbook (4/20)
16. Make a homemade pie crust (4/25/10)
17. Grow an herb garden (Summer 2010)
18. Roast a chicken (4/4/11)
19. Make a homemade pizza crust (9/3/11)
20. Participate in Operation Baking GALS for 6 months
21. Make organic purchases of “Dirty Dozen” fruits and vegetables (6/12)
22. Make my grandmother’s caramel cake (12/23/09)
23. Develop 5 new recipes
24. Buy only seasonal fruits and vegetables for 1 month (6/2011)
25. Eat at 3 of the top Atlanta restaurants (3/2011)
26. Make homemade gummy candy
27. Learn how to use chopsticks
28. Take a cooking class
29. Find a red wine that I like
Health
30. Lose 15 pounds (2/15)
31. Don’t eat candy for 1 month
32. Take my lunch to work everyday for 1 month
33. Run in “Jingle Jog”
34. Run in March of Dimes
35. Ride bike 2 days/week for 1 month
36. Make a list of 30 positive affirmations (12/30/10)
37. Recite a positive affirmation daily for 30 days
38. Attend a Bikram yoga class
39. Drink green monster smoothie daily for 1 week (7/2010)
40. Do 10 push-ups in a row
41. *Private*
Hobbies
42. Finish reading Twilight saga (4/4)
43. Read all of J. California Cooper novels (1/9)
44. Take Wilton Cake Decorating Course 3
45. Enter a cooking contest (5/2010)
46. Learn to knit (8/2010)
47. Learn how to use all aspects of camera and camera software-bought a new camera 1/11!
48. Finish Sudoku puzzle without cheating
49. Read 12 non-fiction books (4/12)
50. Read The Secret
51. Read Sookie Stackhouse series (1/10)
52. Finish quilt
Home
53. Find 2 new chairs for dining room table (6/2011)
54. Buy new lighting for master bathroom
55. Buy 2 ceiling fans (6/2010)
56. Clean bookshelf and donate unwanted books (6/2011)
57. Buy new blinds
58. Clean out guest room closets (Summer 2011)
59. Purchase wall décor for master bedroom
60. Remove my items from my townhouse
61. Make an emergency kit
62. Organize jewelry box (7/2010)
63. Buy new mattresses (9/2010)
64. Get rid of all wire hangers
Marriage & Romance
65. Return to Lake Allatoona for a picnic
66. Send Mr. G a surprise package (7/2010)
67. Have an indoor picnic
68. Take Mr. G out to brunch after church (1/24/11)
69. Write a love letter to Mr. G at least once/month (5/34)
Money
70. Complete Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover
71. Move rollover IRA
72. Complete power of attorney document
73. Complete living will document
74. Develop will
75. Save $1 and $5 bills that have first, middle, maiden, or last name initials for 3 months
76. Use coupons at every grocery store visit for 3 months
77. Use all gift cards in my possession
Travel
78. Travel with Mr. G to a place neither of us has been (Hawaii!! 12/9-18/10)
79. Visit Hawaii (12/9-18/10)
80. Stay at a bed and breakfast
81. Get new passport (1/3/11)
82. Attend a blogger conference (Food Blog South 1/22/11)
83. Use frequent flier miles before they expire (bought ticket 7/2010 for 9/2010)
84. Take an international trip
Miscellaneous
85. Read The Bible cover-to-cover
86. Complete Toastmasters Advance Communicator Silver track
87. Take an enrichment class at church
88. Start mentoring again
89. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween (10/2010)
90. Spend a morning going to garage sales
91. Visit an antique market
92. Put change in someone’s expired parking meter
93. Buy a pair of designer jeans
94. Wear a skirt/dress to work once a week for a month (5/2010)
95. Buy flowers for myself
96. Write 5 letters/e-mails to politicians
97. Complete blog overhaul
98. Memorialize our baby angel Jillian (10/2010)
99. Write a letter to myself to read at the end of the 1001 days (12/30/10)
100. Influence someone else to make a 101 in 1001 (4/2010)
101. Donate $5 to charity for each unfinished goal
I will be blogging about some of these, so don’t forget to check and see how I am coming along with completing them all.
