The Mission: to complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Taks must be specific (ir. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks myst be also realistic and stretching ( ie represent some amount of work on my part.
Why 1001 days?
Many people have created lists in the past- frequently simple goals such as New Years resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. !001 days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, beacause it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some talks such as over seas trips or outdoor activities.
Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactlu what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
2. Stay focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and make the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. REview them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of thinking.
This list must be completed by October 6, 2011.
I have looked at a bunch of other lists, and noticed that they are organized by group, but I just Don't have the time to organize it all like that,I don't have the time and I really want to post this so I can officially start.
- read 100 books I have not read before (45/100)
- Do something with my hair that is completely unlike me. Completed Jan. 9, 09.
- Send my postcard to post secret and let the secret go Done May 2009!
- Give all handmade gifts one christmas
- finish Matt and Krista's wedding present before their first anniversary (1/31/10).
- Make my mother a memory quilt
- Give up soda for two weeks straight done.
- give it up for good
- lose ten pounds, and keep it off done
- lose 20 pounds and keep it off
- make a scrapbook all about my favorite things
- make a scrapbook of my family
- Go to Georgia to visit my best friend.... can't go to Georgia to visit her she is moving back this week (3/23/09)
- pay off my credit card
- grow a plant and keep it alive done
- Find a new recipe once a month and make it (8/33)
- Take Josh to Omsi and experience through his eyes
- go back to school and dont stop this time. Back in school 01/04/10
- Go through my stuff and donate what I do not need DONE 3/23 will be doing again in a few months
- cut out the useless spending
- blog/journal atleast once a week
- make a list of things I like about myself.
- make a time capsule
- have a girls weekend with my mom
- have a girls weekend with my best friends Going on a 'mid week adventure 02/09-02/12
- go camping on the beach
- sew an outfit for myself
- One day each week, do not spend any money.
- get a tattoo
- detox my body
- Move to Idaho not happening.
- have my nieces and nephews over for a slumber party
- take a walk or bike ride twice a week (rain or shine) (12/143)
- use my canvas shopping bags more This is going well.
- recycle whatever I can so far so good.
- floss everyday for a month (15/30)
- pick a charity and donate to it
- volunteer for something in the community
- Have pajama day at least once a month (3/33)
- organize my scrapbooking stuff and keep it that way
- Get caught up on Josh's life book and stay that way
- organize my pictures
- redecorate my bedroom
- decorate my bare walls in the living room
- Go a weekend with out phone, computer, television or ipod
- change the legal way of spelling my name
- make and send a card to someone once a month (7/33)
- Take a picture of my self once a month (0/33)
- Do not take anything out of savings for six months ( not even to put it right back) completed
- make a growth chart for Josh and check his progress once every three months (0/11)
- Plan a weeks worth of meals and stick to it
- put ten dollars into savings for every goal I reach
- make my self a rag quilt
- send a "just because" present to five people (2/5)
- Do something nice for five strangers (4/5)
- Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice on www.freerice.com (15,000/1,000,000)
- Make a snow angel
- get my passport
- drink only water for one week (7/7)completed
- Collect and save all my change ( minus the quarters, I need to do laundry after all)
- Take a class for fun
- Make a list of 100 things that make me happy Done! I did a scrapbook page on this!
- Get a guys phone number
- call the guy
- host a dinner party
- wear make up everyday for a month (30/30)
- open a savings account for my future bookstore
- buy myself flowers done... orange roses.
- Go to the zoo
- Dance in the rain
- Go on a date
- Buy myself a piece of jewelry
- Take Josh to Disneyland
- Make five completely organic meals (2/5)
- Do not say anything negative about work for one week (0/7)
- Make play dough with Josh
- buy some nice dressers
- buy a new mattress
- Take Josh to every park in this town
- buy ten things off of etsy (3/10)
- shop local for gifts
- buy a really amazing bag
- fundraise for the march of dimes
- Get up early every day for a month ( by 7:30) (30/30)
- Get wii fit complete 2/15
- use wii fit three times a week
- Take Josh swimming three times a week during the summer (completed summer 2009)
- Go out for a "fancy" dinner for no reason at all
- Decorate my living room
- Get new glasses
- write letters to my loved ones in case anything happens to me
- Renew my foster parent certification
- make some jam and give it away (completed October 2009)
- Get my nose repierced
- watch the sun rise and set in the same twenty four hours
- Take Josh on a picnic in a park
- Find picture frames for my pictures and put them up
- make a list of everything/everyone I am thankful for
- have a backwards dinner with Josh ( start with dessert then main course, then salad, etc.)
- call a friend once a week (not the same one every week)
- make a new list!
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