The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. (Learn more here.)

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).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

My start date is March 30, 2009 and my end date is December 26, 2011.

My List:
1. Buy a nice digital camera Got the Canon T1I!
2. Visit a country I haven’t been to
3. Exercise on the eliptical three times a week for at least 30 min.
4. Send each of my friends a homemade birthday card
5. Have a $400 Stampin’ Up! party
6. Make 10 new pairs of earrings to sell in my etsy shop (0/10)
7. Blog everything I complete on this list (2/101)
8. Take a digital photography class
9. Learn how to knit mittens
10. Take a yarn spinning & dying class
11. Knit a scarf with my own handspun & died yarn
12. Learn to crochet
13. Participate in NaBloPoMo and earn at least three badges.
14. Master Photoshop Elements
15. Go to a Renaissance Faire
16. Design and buy my own chicken coop and fill it with bantys
17. Make a “day in the life” album
18. Design a rubber stamp and have it made
19. Bake cookies for Michael from scratch
20. Tell Michael I love him at least 3 times a day
21. Make at least 10 handmade cards to sell in my etsy shop (0/10)
22. Make a piece of altered art
23. Put in a small garden
24. Reach $200 loaned to Kiva.org (25/200)
25. Re-connect with my friends from high school and college
26. Have a BBQ, invite all our friends
27. Lose 50 pounds (0/50)
28. Drink only organic milk for at least one month
29. Buy more organic foods, esp. fruit
30. Make a gift for someone, just because
31. Read a classic novel
32. Get a dermal anchor
33. Make cold process soap
34. Write an opinion column for the paper
35. Weed all of my flower beds
36. Make an elaborate fairy garden
37. Start riding my horse again
38. Have Spud bred and raise/train the baby
39. Stop chewing my nails for good
40. Paint the laundry room
41. Road trip with friends through Canada
42. Read the rest of Stephen King’s books
43. Make Deb’s mashed potato dish
44. Create a cool cricut cut file, share it
45. Do 1 digital scrapbook page a month (0/34)
46. Wear different earrings every day for a week
47. Finish customizing one of my Blythes
48. Finish my crazy quilt
49. Go one month straight without eating fast food
50. Hike to the blue oasis in the Grand Canyon
51. Be outside at least 10 minutes a day (void if it’s below zero)
52. Save 20 bucks per paycheck
53. Make 10 things for 10 friends and post them (0/10)
54. Attend Stampin’ Up! convention
55. Do a detox program
56. Learn how to meditate
57. Clean out all my clothes and shoes and donate
58. Buy a new wardrobe (this one can be gradual, but for starters, at least one new clothing item a month)
59. Learn German
60. Visit Germany and reconnect with friends there
61. Make a time capsule and bury it, have Michael help
62. Buy at least half my Christmas gifts for the next year from etsy
63. Learn to sew Blythe dresses
64. Do at least one craftster swap a month
65. Finish reading “Our Lady of Weightloss” and do the techniques she suggests
66. Finish the exercises for the soul book
67. Have Christmas cards made with a family pic and actually send them out
68. Give up pop for a month
69. Read at least 50 banned or challenged books (0/50)
70. Floss at least once every day
71. Organize the dvd collection, make a database of all the titles we have
72. Formulate a plan for remodeling our house, get bids, start saving
73. Keep a dream journal for at least three months
74. Finish the kitchen, including repainting and a new floor
75. Go to a halloween party with Michael
76. Go to Lagoon with Michael in the summer and stay at the Alaska Inn
77. Go camping with Michael in the new camper
78. Have a tattoo or two removed
79. Go to a dermatologist and get a skin care regimen
80. Design blogs as a business, create packages and spread the word
81. Get business cards made (and mini cards)
82. Write an autobiography
83. Find at least one geocache and place another
84. Take a picture at least once a week
85. Track what I eat for an entire month
86. Buy something as a gift from the rainforest rescue site
87. Upgrade phone to a blackberry storm Went with the Env Touch instead!
88. Go on liquid only fast for first three days of each month for three months
89. Pay off a credit card
90. Cook dinner at least once a month (0/34)
91. Get a facial just because
92. Go snowboarding at least three times (0/3)
93. Make a birdhouse
94. Install my car stereo (completed 3/30)
95. Hit 365 blog posts
96. Completely clean up the lilac bush
97. Blog about my lapband once a month
98. Get a white tattoo
99. Get involved in an animal cruelty prevention program
100. See Flogging Molly in concert
101. Take a gardening class – as of 4/1 I am signed up for 3 I took perennials and container gardening.