101 in 1001

I have decided to do participate in 101 in 1001. I will be completing 101 tasks in 1001 days. I’m choosing to start this officially on my 24th birthday. The end date will be March 13, 2011. The criteria for the tasks is that the 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).

I’m still working on finalizing and organizing my list. I want the items on the list to be fun enough that I will do them. And challenging enough that I will have to put out effort and step out side my comfort zone.

It has taken me a few days to compile the list. When I first started making my list I could only come up with 30 items on my own. So, I started looking at many other lists and stealing tasks I mean getting inspiration. I was surprised at how hard it is to come up with 101 tasks. If you need help coming up with list you can look here for inspiration. Let me know if you do 101 in 1001. I would love to see other peoples lists.

Start June 15, 2008 End Sunday, March 13, 2011

Body
1. Work out 5 times a week for 1 month
2. Do at least 1 unassisted push-up
3. Go vegan for a week
4. Take my multi-vitamin everyday for 1 month
5. Get a massage.
6. Run over 5 miles at one time
7. Practice Yoga 3 times a week for 1 month
8. Get into “skinny jeans”
9. Eat raw for a day
10. Don’t eat out for a two weeks
11. Go for a walk everyday for a month
12. Get 8 hours of sleep everyday for a month
Activist
13. Participate in a large protest or a large support event
14. Participate in a charity walk/run
15. Volunteer to help in a political campaign for a person/cause I believe in.
16. Volunteer 5 or more hours
17. Donate money to a good cause
18. Buy a beggar (what is the PC term for someone begging for money?) dinner or give them $10

Write/Read
19. Blog everyday for a month
20. See an author read from his or her work
21. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy
22. Send a secret to http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
23. Write a song, and sing it to someone as proof.
24. Read 25 or more books I haven’t read yet and write reviews on each
25. Participate in and finish NaBloPoMo
26. Write an autobiography
27. Memorize something (must be over 15 lines)
28. Write a comment to everyone on my MySpace list
29. Write a letter to my former self
30. Write a letter to my future self
31. Write a letter to my future children
32. Write in my paper journal everyday for two weeks
33. Attend a poetry reading

People I love
34. Send “just because” care packages to a friends (send total of 5)
35. Send twenty snail mail cards or letters to friends and/or family
36. Send a least one birthday, anniversary, sympathy, thank you card a month
37. Host a dinner for at least four friends
38. Send out Christmas cards
39. Deliver “just because” treats to friends

Places
40. Go on a weekend trip with zero plans and go wherever the road takes us
41. Travel to three new places
42. Spend a weekend away alone
43. Visit my bother in NYC (after he moves)
44. Go camping somewhere I haven’t been
45. Visit Yosemite
46. Go on a cruise

View
47. Watch movies at the drive ins
48. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
49. Visit 5 museums, galleries, exhibit, or local tourist sight (a.Powell’s Bookstore read about it here)
50. Watch a movie at the IMAX
51. Watch 100 out of the 250 movies on the IMDB list
52. Watch 10 old black and white films
53. See a play

Activities
54. Attend 3 concerts that are for me and not for Bob
55. Climb a tree
56. Go on a hike
57. Swim in the ocean
58. Visit the snow and make a snow man
59. Go to a Pro Sporting event
60. Ride in a hot air balloon
61. Walk or dance in the rain
62. Roller skate
63. Go to a Bingo Night
64. Go on a boat
65. Sing Karaoke
66. Visit 20 new local (wherever that happens to be) restaurants (a. Henry’s Tavern read about it here)
67. Call someone I have never called before and ask them to do something social
68. Go kayaking
69. Go skinny dipping

General
70. Reach a $5,000 balance in my savings account
71. Buy a new computer
72. Solve broken CD player in car issue
73. Go an entire week without swearing or cursing
74. Find correct album information and organize music on my computer
75. Don’t speak for 24 hours
76. Buy myself a ring I love (Read about it)
77. Make a time capsle
78. Give up something for Lent
79. Buy a little black dress
80. Go without internet or TV for a whole weekend
81. For one pay period only purchase gas and groceries, nothing else
82. Finish a knitting project

Education
83. Get straight A’s for a semester
84. Transfer to CSU
85. Learn to identify 2 new constellations
86. Cook 3 dishes from scratch (ones that make me step outside my cooking box. Like Indian food or something along those lines.)
87. Learn to make soap
88. Learn to crochet granny squares
89. Learn to make an awesome skirt

Art/Photos
90. Document a “day in my life” with photos
91. Take a picture every day for one year
92. Take a picture with 10 people I love and write about our relationship
93. Participate in the 100 pictures project
94. Make a scrap book/ memory journal
95. Paint a picture that I’m proud to show others
96. Read Photoshop book and learn to edit pictures
97. Draw a chalk mural on the sidewalk
98. Make 10 pairs of earrings for myself
99. Purchase a piece of art from someone local
100. Change my Myspace/Facebook photo at least once a month

The End
101. Make a new list of 101 Things by the time my 1001 days are done

(Please Note: all updates and completed items are typed in purple.)