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.
I'll keep track by updating here once a task is complete, and during the process of completing tasks!
- Write out 101 one things to do.
- Build my bookshelf and nightstand.
- Read every book I own cover-to-cover.
- Take a picture everyday for a year, upload to a website. (flicker, blog or the like)
- Donate money to a good cause.
- Not get a haircut for six months.
- Leave work on time, everyday for a consecutive month.
- Sing in public, possibly karaoke or something.
- Read to a child.
- Keep my room clean/organized/tidy for two months.
- Take a walk in my neighborhood every day for two weeks.
- Find at least five routes to bart from my house.
- Take a trip to another state, alone, with no plan on what to do.
- Go three weeks without buying a book, magazine or other reading material.
- Create 100 original things. (i.e. paintings, jewelry, cards, etc)
- Give away 99 original things, keep one for self.
- Take portraits of 10 people. (Headshots, kids, family, etc)
- Photograph a wedding.
- Organize a picnic.
- Do something nice for someone everyday for a month.
- Tell someone “I love you” everyday for two months.
- Take the Landmark Forum.
- Make a special dinner for friends.
- Plan a surprise party.
- Work 5 theatrical productions.
- Ride an entire bart line from beginning to end.
- Knit a scarf, and actually complete it!
- Go to an improv show.
- Spend a day in complete silence.
- Twitter every hour for 24 hours.
- Submit work for Playground.
- Write a full-length play.
- Save money from every paycheck for a year, and not touch the money until the year is up.
- Volunteer at a local soup kitchen.
- Go on a road trip with a good friend.
- Get my AR to 90%.
- Visit Broadway.
- Make someone different smile everyday for a week.
- Help a stranger.
- Say thank you to the muni/bus driver everyday for two weeks.
- Take a knife skills cooking class.
- Write a one act.
- Get season theatre tickets.
- Go to a baseball game every weekend for a month.
- Write a letter to my mother, telling her everything I wish I had told her while she was alive, and mail it.
- Read a play a week for two months.
- Plan a scavenger hunt for someone around the city.
- Eat at home for a month.
- Take a dance class.
- Take a vocal lesson.
- Plant a tree in a public place.
- Go to a concert in a park.
- Read 5 “classic” books.
- Visit a museum a month for a year.
- Make a new friend.
- Treat a friend to a fancy restaurant.
- Dress up for no reason.
- Participate in Nablopomo.
- Buy a fancy digital SLR Camera, and try to find a film one as well.
- Learn photoshop.
- Buy a winter coat that I absolutely love.
- Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Start a tradition.
- Participate in Mortified again.
- Take a stained glass class.
- Take a photography class.
- Photograph the sunrise everyday for a month.
- Have a bonfire on the beach.
- Go snowboarding.
- Try vegetarianism for a month.
- Write a letter/card to someone different every day for a month. Mail them.
- Drive for a day with no planned destination.
- Make and take lunch to work for a month.
- Fall in love with someone or something new.
- Get eight hours of sleep a night for two weeks.
- Go on a cruise.
- Memorize a poem.
- Go to a local coffee shop every Saturday morning and read for at least an hour, for a month.
- Throw a holiday party. (not necessarily Christmas)
- Make goodies for work once a month.
- Journal everyday for two months.
- Twitter at least once a day for a month.
- Learn a song on an instrument.
- Participate in Bay to Breakers.
- Go to a street fair.
- Watch a parade.
- Participate in a protest for a good cause.
- Go to the symphony.
- Do one nice thing for myself everyday for a week.
- Enter a photography contest.
- Visit my mother’s gravesite.
- Join a book club.
- Take a class for the pure fun of it.
- Try something I never thought I would/could do.
- Clean my closet, and donate old stuff to goodwill.
- Participate in a 5k run for a good cause.
- Participate in Relay for Life.
- Swing with a friend.
- Write a poem.
- Tell my story.
- Keep track of this on a blog, including regular updates on completion.
Wow. I love that you're doing this. It's so beautiful, and your list is amazing and inspiring. I too have a list, though I haven't put it on paper. You inspire me to share them with people. So thank you. You've opened my heart by writing this, and I appreciate that. You made me smile. So, just incase you happen to make somebody smile tomorrow, and the day after, and few days after that (which, I know, is actually quite easy for you.), you'll have another item to cross off your list.
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Thanks for keeping me posted. Pun intended. I'm grateful.