101 Things In 1001 Days

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 your part).

Start date: Thursday, August 10, 2006
End date: Thursday, May 7, 2009

Update 14 December 2008: 36 items completed, 10 in progress, 144 days to go!


Strikethrough means I have completed that goal.
Italics mean that goal is in progress.

My List

Health/Appearance

1. Get proper treatment for my knee problems.
2. Have my hair in dreadlocks. DONE 19 January 2008.
3. Go to the dentist. DONE March 2008.
4. Lose one stone to see if it helps with the PCOS.
5. Start taking regular exercise. DONE April 2009.
6. Have an eye test and buy new glasses. DONE 19 May 2008.
7. Shave my head. DONE April 2008.
8. Get proper treatment for my mental health problems.
9. Start swimming once a week.
10. Stop biting my nails.
11. Have my scars tattooed over.
12. Start Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. DONE April 2008.
13. Get into the habit of brushing my teeth every night. DONE November 2008.

Finance

14. Pay off my overdraft. DONE April 2009.
15. Have at least five hundred pounds saved in my Mini Cash ISA. DONE April 2008.
16. Sort out my personal injury claim and actually get the money. DONE April 2008.
17. Pay off my credit cards.
18. Pay off my catalogue accounts.
19. Close down my HSBC accounts.
20. Open an account with a different bank. DONE October 2008.
21. Get a job that renders me financially comfortable. DONE February 2007.
22. Claim back my overdraft charges.

Orion

23. Set up a Direct Debit payment into Orion's trust fund.
24. Enrol Orion in a great nursery/preschool. DONE February 2007.
25. Teach Orion to swim.
26. Teach Orion to skate.
27. Have decent photographs taken of myself and Orion. DONE March 2007.
28. Take Orion to London.
29. Sign Orion up for ballet classes.
30. Potty train Orion. DONE March 2008 (Okay, my ex potty trained him - but it's been done so I can strike it off).

Home

31. Get rid of ALL of the crap in the cupboard under my stairs. DONE April 2009.
32. Clear out Orion's bedroom. DONE June 2007.
33. Strip the wallpaper from my bedroom (which Orion has started on) and paint the walls instead.
34. Stay at the same address for at least 12 months. DONE November 2006.
35. Sort through my clothes and get rid of the ones I will never wear again.
36. Properly clear my garden. DONE September 2008.
37. Learn to cook at least 10 vegetarian meals from scratch. DONE March-April 2009.
38. Bake my own bread (without using a bread maker).
39. Start a weekly order for vegboxes. DONE June 2008.
40. Get a new mattress...
41. ...and a new bed.
42. Get Mum to teach me to make her famous Chocolate Fudge Cake.
43. Replace my kitchen floor. DONE March 2008.
44. Sell/donate to charity all the books I know I won't read again. DONE January 2008.
45. Fix my shower.
46. Fix my bathroom blind.
47. Get some decent (blackout?) curtains for Orion's room. DONE November 2007.
48. Clear out the spare room. DONE April 2009.
49. Clear out the back rooms.
50. Hire a skip to take away all our clutter.
51. Make my own bagels.
52. Get a FN/Explorer cage for the ratties.
53. Set the spare room up as an office for Fredrik. DONE - sort of, it actually became my craft room.
54. Paint the living room.

Education

55. Renew my First Aid certification.
56. Learn Norwegian.
57. Teach Orion his letters and numbers.

Art/Crafts

58. Learn to knit.
59. Learn to use my sewing machine.
60. Sew a hammock for the ratties.
61. Paint at least five canvases.
62. Have a piece of my writing published. DONE 21 June 2008, The Politics f Body Hair was published in Rain and Thunder.
63. Make a blanket for Project Linus.
64. Paint Orion's piggy bank.

Fun

65. Throw a party. DONE - 6 September 2008 and 31 October 2008.
66. Join and take part in Postcrossing. DONE April 2008.
67. Join or start a band (as singer).
68. Watch all 6 Star Wars films in a row.
69. Complete every puzzle in a puzzle book.
70. Score over 400 in a game of Scrabble.
71. Use the word QUIXOTIC in a game of Scrabble.
72. Submit a postcard to PostSecret.
73. See a real elephant (not in a zoo).
74. Have a great 21st birthday (4th January 2007). DONE January 2007.
75. Get another tattoo. DONE July 2007 - orchid, first part of sleeve.
76. See the Vagina Monologues.
77. Learn to juggle.
78. Camp in the New Forest again.
79. Watch Labyrinth. DONE January 2008.
80. Create a new website. DONE November 2007.
81. Try sushi (vegetarian of course). DONE January 2008.
82. Go to a NFRS rat show. DONE 9 March 2008.
83. Beat my dad fair and square in a game of pool.
84. Play football on the common.
85. Go to the Discworld Convention.

Miscellaneous

86. Get a new passport. DONE November 2006
87. Vote in all the local and general elections I can. DONE throughout.
88. Spend three days without using the internet at all. DONE Ladyfest weekend 2008.
89. Create and maintain an altar. DONE Nov 07 - Apr 08.
90. Re-subscribe to The Week. DONE March 2007.
91. Join Mensa.
92. Get some quad skates.
93. Get a massage.
94. Redesign my website. DONE 13 March 2008.
95. Get some decent speakers for my laptop. DONE July 2007.
96. Get a new monitor for my computer. DONE March 2009.
97. Obtain my motorcycle license.
98. Get prescription sunglasses.
99. Fix my printer. DONE March 2007.
100. Get a proper piggy bank. DONE May 2007.
101. At the end of the 1001 days, make another list of 101. DONE 8th May 2009.