101 in 1001

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).

Source: Day Zero.

Start Date: July 1, 2010
End Date: Mar 29, 2013

Bold strike-through means an item is complete.
Italics means the item is in progress.

Beauty – Inside & Out

• Master the art of eye liner.
• Take a spa day for myself including a facial, manicure, and pedicure four times.
• Buy a pair of “Eff me heals” and wear them.
• Whiten my teeth.
• Buy a sexy dress and wear it out with my husband.
• Buy a set of sexy lingere and actually wear it.
• Wear a bikini.

Computer & Interwebz

• Join a weight loss forum.
• Restart my weight loss blog.
• Organize all of my computer files including my music.
• Blog every day for a month.
• Join two blog-a-thons and complete theme.
• Upgrade my Flickr account.
• Sell an item on ebay.
• Make my own Etsy shop selling custom wedding invitations.
• Make a free WordPress theme for someone.
• Scan childhood photos onto my computer.
• Participate in and complete NaNoWriMo.
• Buy a new laptop.

Education

• Graduate with an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education.
• Apply and get accepted into West Georgia for my Bachelor’s.
• Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education.
• Apply and get accepted into West Georgia for my Master’s.
• Have a 3.75 GPA for three semesters.
• Join a club.
• Be on the Dean’s list four times.
• Walk across the stage at graduation!
• Get a class ring.

Family & Husband

• Have a ‘girls night’ every month for a year.
• Take my mom out to lunch 10 times with it just being the two of us.
• Take Selena to the movies and out to dinner.
• Play catch with my little brother.
• Get a family portrait made.
• Have a family picnic.
• Make a family scrapbook.
• Make Grayson a scrapbook.
• Make a scrapbook of mine and Jonathan’s lives from birth until now.
• Have pictures taken of just me and Jonathan.
• Order a canvas of our wedding picture.
• Finish ordering the prints from the wedding.
• Get our own place.
• Start trying to start a family of our own.
• Go on a family vacation.

Finances

• Create a budget.
• Pay off my credit card.
• Pay off my Old Navy & Fashion Bug cards.
• Pay mine and Jonathan’s hospital bills off.
• Have a balance of $500 in our savings.
• Have a balance of $1000 in our savings.
• Keep my credit paid off for six months.
• Go a whole month without an excess buying except for essentials.
• Save money for our cruise.
• Make a Savings Fund for a trip out of the country.
• Go on a cruise.
• Find me a new car.

Generosity

• Donate blood if I am able to.
• Donate all of grandma’s old books to a nursing home.
• Clean out closet and dresser and donate all old clothes.
• Donate at least $10 to 5 charities of choice.
• Volunteer at a food shelter.
• Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice through freerice.com.
• Adopt a family or child at Christmastime.
• Donate a $1 to a charity for every item not completed on this list.
• Volunteer for the Clothes Closet & Angel Food every month for a year.

Health

• Start a food journal.
• Lose 10 pounds.
• Lose 25 pounds.
• Lose 50 pounds.
• Lose 75 pounds.
• Lose 100 pounds.
• Walk a 15-minute mile.
• Walk/jog 10-minute mile.
• Walk one mile three days a week for a month.
• Limit myself to one soda a day for two weeks.
• Go a month without soda.
• Go a month without fast food.
• Make a list of 101 Reasons to lose weight.
• Make a page/poster for my “Why?”
• Get a new bike.
• Ride my bike 1 mile 3 days a week for a month.

Places

• Go to the aquarium.
• Visit the Atlanta Zoo.
• Go see another event at Philip’s Arena.
• Go bowling and DON’T fall.
• Go read in the park.
• Go ice skating.
• Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination.
• Take Grayson to Kangaroo Jake’s.
• Go fishing with my two boys.

Random

• Potty train Jack.
• Collect a set of US quarters.
• Dance in the rain.
• Watch a storm and photograph it.
• Send gifts to 5 net friends.
• Submit a postcard to Post Secret.
• Make a list of 101 things I love.
• Make a new 101 things in 1001 days.
• See 10 movies in theater.
• Read 101 new books. [10/101]
• Try 5 new foods.
• Cook 10 new recipes.