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).

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.

Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly 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 makes 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 your thinking.
This runs from 4 January 2008 to  2 October 2011

The Key:

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The List

1. Eat 5 fruits and vegetables daily for 1 month

2. Clean out room at parents house.

3. Wear a bikini

4. Exercise 5 times a week for 1 month

5.Yoga once weekly for 1 month

6. Drink only water for 3 months

7. Knit from stash for 4 months

8. Buy no new romance novels for 1 year

9. Buy only essentials for 3 months

10. Eat only whole foods for 1 month (nothing packaged)

11. Save $1 a day for 1001 days

12. Pay off Mastercard

13. Spend weekend in NYC

14. See a Broadway show

15. Buy a spinning wheel.

16. Blog twice weekly for 30 days

17. Journal daily for 30 days.

18. Read the Bible

19. Design and knit a gansey

20.  Publish a knitting pattern.

21. Buy no new knitting books for 1 year.

22. Walk 30 min. daily for 3 months

23. Finish 3 quilting projects

24. Make one scrapbook page per month for 1 year

25. Get a facial

26. Write a letter to Saleemah

27. Get the 10 essential wardrobe items on Tim Gunn’s list

28. Knit 3 charity items (2/3)

29. Buy a house or condo

30. Donate time to a charity

31. Knit 10 items from currently owned knitting books(0/10)

32. Get a dog

33. Take said dog to obedience classes

34. Write a letter to one person every 3 months for a year.

35. Make all Xmas gifts 1 year.

36. Photograph a nature scene

37. Photograph an urban setting

38. Photograph a party

39. Re-write my resume.

40. Get a new job

41. Get a tatoo

42.  Go swimming once a week for 3 months

43.  Learn to bake a cake from scratch

44.  Learn Ma’s sweet potato pie recipe

45.  Do not get plastic bags for 1 month (use only reusable bags).

46. Visit a country I haven’t been to yet.

47. Host a dinner party

48. Participate in self-portrait Thursday for one month

49. Buy a Wii

50. Get groceries only from Farmer’s Market for 4 months

51. Get prescription sunglasses

52. Get fitted for a bra

53. Lose 30 pounds (02/30)

54.  Visit the National Gallery of Art once a month

55.  Floss daily for 1 year

56.  Buy a Mac

57. Go rock-wall climbing

58. Join a knitting group

59. Get rid of 100 things

60. Organize closet

61. Visit a winery

62. Start my own small business

63. Go to ACAP to start job search

64.  Watch no TV for a month

65.  Go Skiing

66. Sing karaoke

67. Go to a Nationals game

68. Take a cooking class

69. Take a photography class

70.  Document spending for 3 months

71. Pay off my GW student loan

72.  Mail off birthday cards to everyone on list for 1 year(with goal of making it a habit)

73. Go to dinner or tea with my sister monthly (0/33)

74. Frame my MD

75. Frame my print from Ma

76. Learn to ride a motorcycle

77. Open an IRA when TSP ends

78. Learn to drive a manual transmission car

79. Go hiking

80. Get a massage

81. Read one of “the classics” (Around the World in 80 Days)

82. Read one Jane Austen novel (not part of #81)-Pride & Prejudice

83. Take a dancing class

84.  Do a beginners yoga class all the way through

85. Host afternoon tea

86.  Make a coffee table book with my best photographs over 1 year

87.  Make a family recipe book

88. Make an All About Me album

89.  Call one relative per week (0/143)

90. Do not use any credit cards for 3 months

91.  Make weekly to-do list and complete it

92. Don’t gossip

93.  Participate at PostCrossing

95. Have teeth whitened

96. Knit I pair of socks per month for 1 year

97. Knit one pair of mittens per month for 1 year

98. Knit one shawl for myself

99. Sell one handmade item

100. Visit the Vatican

101.  Donate $10 to a charity for every item not completed on  this list.