101 Things in 1001 Days

The Mission:  Complete 101 predetermined tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:  The tasks must be specific and measurable.  Ambiguity is not allowed.  Tasks must be realistic and require action or attention.  

Timeline:  I will begin working on these tasks January 1, 2011 and finish at midnight September 27, 2013

The List:

1. Buy myself flowers for no reason
2. No fast food for a month
3. Go to a butterfly garden or bird sanctuary
4. Organize all my digital photos
5. Read all of Jane Austen's books
6. Write in my blog all the prompts from Reverb in December
7. Buy a set of nesting dolls
8. Create calendars for a Christmas present
9. Go to 5 state/national parks
10. Organize & Clean out my car and keep it clean for a month
11. Read 10 Classic Books
12. Write all I know about my genealogy, try to find picture on the web
13. Create an art work around 10 rules for students and teachers (corita kent or john cage?)
14. Get highlights of a non-traditional color
15. Go on a spontaneous weekend vacation
16. Go to Disney World or other theme park
17. Host a 4th of July party
18. Paint my own pottery
19. Prepare my own sushi
20. Watch a Will Farrell marathon with my boys
21. Buy an android tablet 01/02/11
22. Eat a great, home cooked Whole Foods steak dinner
23. Go to a "First Friday", art exhibit, gallery, etc
24. Organize & utilize my daily planner for a month
25. Read 10 newly released books
26. Write and illustrate a children's book
27. Create an art piece based on a personally inspirational quote
28. Participate in 30 days of lists
29. Go on a road trip
30. Go to book reading, signing, or midnight release party, etc
31. Honor my mom being gone 15 years on 9/24/2013
32. Paint a room in the house
33. Prepare and serve a 7 course meal to my family
34. Tie a secret to a balloon and let it go
35. Find and perfect a signature recipe
36. Be a size 10 or lose 40lbs
37. Give myself $5 (kept in a jar until the end of the 1001 days) for every item completed, at the end, donate $10 to charity for any uncompleted items on the list
38. Go to Redwood forest & drive through the tree
39. Photograph a landscape capturing all 4 seasons from one spot
40. Have watched a Academy Award Best Picture nominated movie from each year
41. Write the answers to the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind"
42. Create & Send Christmas cards
43. Track what I eat on Spark People for two weeks
44. Go on a train ride with my little ones
45. Go to a local theater performance
46. Go to the Grand Canyon
47. Participate in something that will help my photography skills (photo a day, sh!ft.org, etc.)
48. Read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
49. Write 25 things I like about myself
50. Go out alone for a day, dinner, movie, shopping, etc
51. Create a "Week in the Life" album (will be in the family album)
52. Exercise every day for 90 days
53. Watch NO television for a week
54. Go to a restaurant where they cook in front of you
55. Go to the park with my kids, and only leave when they want to leave
56. Photograph each of Katrina Kennedy's list of 365 photos to take
57. Say yes to everything for a day
58. Write a hand written letter to someone
59. Buy an original work of art
60. Collect 101 Postcards
61. Enjoy one entire day doing just art, and only art
62. Enjoy the whole house to myself for an entire day
63. Give my kids $100 for no reason to spend frivolously on whatever they want
64. Go to a local festival
65. Go to Mt Charleston to let my kids to play in the snow
66. Organize all my printed photos
67. Organize finances & stick to a budget for at least 3 months
68. Photograph a great self-portrait
69. Read an autobiography
70. Have seen all the movies on AFI’s 10 top 10 lists (was AFI's 100 Movies list)
71. Write in my blog following NaBloPoMo
72. Write in my blog the 30daysofthanks in November
73. Beat a video game
74. Buy a new lens for my camera
75. Create layouts for each of Lisa Bearnson's 50 moments that matter most
76. Create something and submit it for publication
77. Go somewhere overnight without the kids
78. Go to 10 local restaurants I've never been to
79. Host a themed party
80. Make it to bed by 10PM for a week straight
81. Print my blog from beginning to now and add to my scrapbooks
82. Read & follow thru with the Happiness Project for a year
83. Write a list of things that each person in my life has taught me
84. Write about my experiences with Day Zero on my blog
85. Create a family cookbook including all my mom’s recipe cards
86. Finish a 2000 piece jigsaw
87. Go a weekend staying off the computer
88. Go to a scrapbook retreat/event
89. Have a family game night where everyone gets to pick one game
90. Organize my scrap room & create video of it
91. Plant a tree
92. Stop drinking soda for 1 week
93. Write a list of my 50 most favorite quotes
94. Don't swear for a day
95. Finish loading my old archos for my dad
96. Go on a girls-only trip, like to Ikea or a CA scrap store
97. Have 12 'date nights' (1/12)
98. Photograph the whole family or get a professional portrait taken
99. Organize scrapbook album layouts
100. Prepare a Super Epic Rainbow Cake or Rainbow Cupcakes
101. Try 10 new recipes

This project is a Day Zero Project.  For a look at more lists, check out my fellow list mavens:

Terri

Jenny

Disclaimer:  Because life is unpredictable and things don't always work out to plan, I am leaving myself the 'wiggle' room to change these 101 things if needed.  I will make sure it is fully noted why it's being changed and will only do so if absolutely necessary, NOT because it's just too hard to accomplish.  (Let's face it, this will most likely involve items that require funding that I may or may not have)  If things need to be changed a comparable item will replace it (If finances deem that I can't make it to redwood forest, the grand canyon, a theme park, road trip, five state parks, girls trip, scrapbook retreat AND a weekend vacation, then it's replaced with something more local and affordable like an excursion exploring the strip or a local park, etc.)  I refuse to set myself up to fail at this.

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