This is taken from, among other places, but most popularly, triplux.
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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
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The List
- Life Planning
- 1) Buy a house (or condo).
- 2) Get a new job.
- 3) Get a safety deposit box.
- 4) Get written up a will, living will, and medical power of attorney
- 5) Create a home inventory including serial numbers and photographs. Keep in Safety Deposit Box
- 6) Keep paperwork created up to date.
- 7) Create and maintain backups of computers and websites. (3 consecutive months)
- 8) Create emergency kits for home and car.
- Family
- 9) Place flowers on both grandfathers’ and Aiden’s grave each year.
- 10) Purchase and place Aiden’s Headstone.
- 11) Take TBWITWW on 2 “dates” each month. (5 consecutive months)
- 12) Create an annual, formal family portrait.
- 13) Go ice skating with TBWITWW at least once a year
- 14) Take a ballroom dance class with TBWITWW
- 15) Send surprise flowers to TBWITWW 5 times.
- 16) Spend >$150 on a single date with TBWITWW
- 17) Share Grandma Evans’s paintings, either through a website, or gallery showing
- 18) Scan and Post all of Grandma Rickert's Holiday Cards (including finding copies of ones I don't have)
- 19) Do all meal prep and cleanup for 7 days
- Organization
- 20) Empty all "To Sort", "To Sell", "To Donate", "To deal with later" storage places.
- 21) Go one month without forgetting to do something because of disorganization.
- 22) Purchase no food except at a grocery store for one month, excepting "date night".
- 23) Remove 3 things from house for each one brought in. (This pertains to "stuff" like electronics, toys, etc.)
- 24) Organize/scan/clear out files in file cabinet. Reduce to 2 drawers used.
- 25) Organize all files on HDD. (This must be a system which is maintained for 3 months)
- 26) Place mementos in an accessible format. (Scrapbooks/Albums)
- 27) Transfer VHS tapes to DVD.
- Personal
- 28) Get Aiden’s memorial tattoo
- 29) Get Weight below 200lbs and maintain for 30 days. (228lbs Aug 7) (230lbs Oct 3)
- 30) Take at least 1 personal development course per year.
- 31) Create a personal statement of Belief. Update as needed.
- 32) Get a certification. (Certification in what, to be determined.)
- 33) Create a top 10 list of books, movies, music. (Read/listen/watch each of them once a year.)
- 34) Shave a minimum of 2x per week
- 35) Get my face shaved professionally.
- 36) Read the Bible and The Koran cover to cover
- 37) Read 50050 pages. (22571/50050)
- 38) Ride 1001 miles on my bike.
- 39) Shoot a rifle at least once.
- 40) Go camping at least once per year. (Minimum 2 nights)
- 41) Write in my Blog daily for at least 1 month.
- 42) Learn to weld
- Social
- 43) Organize and update addresses in a single location.
- 44) Send Christmas cards each year by December 10th.
- 45) Send birthday and anniversary cards for a year.
- 46) Write and send 1 snail-mail letter per month.
- 47) Send thank you notes.
- 48) Reconnect with at least 5 people who I've lost touch with.
- 49) Have a bi-monthly Guys Night
- 50) Encourage and make possible a bi-monthly Girls Night for TBWITWW
- 51) Write a review of at least 1 book per month.
- 52) Contribute 2 hrs/wk to open source software
- 53) Donate the same amount spent for #16 to a food bank in the same month
- 54) Volunteer on a Habitat for Humanity home.
- 55) Donate blood at least once.
- 56) Participate in a charity bike ride of at least 100 miles.
- 57) Write to a government representative monthly urging support or opposition to at least one bill.
- 58) Vote in every election.
- 59) Attend at least one non-wedding event which requires formal wear.
- Photography
- 60) Create a Daily self-portrait for one year. (2/365)
- 61) Take at least one photograph representative of each item on this list.
- 62) Print and display at least 1 new photo per month.
- 63) Place all photos in albums. (Includes purging existing photos)
- 64) Participate in 26 things
- 65) Create and publish a photography book.
- 66) Develop 5 rolls of B&W film
- 67) Sell at least $100 worth of photographs.
- Food and Drink
- 68) Document all new beers I try.
- 69) Document all new wines I try.
- 70) Home brew at least one batch of beer.
- 71) Hold a monthly potluck.
- 72) Plant and maintain a garden for at least one season.
- 73) Update Something To Chew On at least 3x weekly for 3 months.
- 74) Create and publish a cookbook.
- 75) Go to a U-Pick fruit place and pick fruit.
- 76) Can food for storage and later consumption.
- 77) Eat a meal from at least 5 cultures that I haven't yet had a meal.
- 78) Have a Chicago Pizza Taste-Off (Giordano's, Uno's, Gino's, Lou Malnati's)
- Travel
- 79) Visit Canada or Mexico (minimum overnight stay)
- 80) Visit Europe (minimum overnight stay)
- 81) Visit Washington DC (minimum overnight stay)
- 82) Go to Las Vegas (minimum overnight stay)
- 83) Visit 3 states I’ve never been to before. Oregon- July 2007
- 84) Take a road trip in a convertible.(minimum 200 miles)
- Chicago Life
- 85) Get at least one museum membership
- 86) Get season tickets to at least one theater, dance or opera company.
- 87) Take a Chicago Vacation
- 88) Go to at least one show at Ravinia
- 89) See at least one game of each of the professional sports teams in Chicago that I have not yet seen. (Bears, Fire, Wolves?, Sky)
- 90) Ride the ferris wheel at Navy Pier
- Fun Stuff
- 91) Create a monthly "mix tape"
- 92) Host a Nerd Movie Marathon (2001, Blade Runner, Real Genius, Wargames, Tron)
- 93) Turn 5 objects into lamps. (sell them?)
- 94) Learn to pour a Manhattan properly without having to measure.
- 95) Go to a Casino with $100 to blow.
- 96) Ride a roller coaster again.
- 97) Meet Alton Brown.
- 98) Ride in a sailboat.
- 99) Ride in a hot air balloon.
- 100) Play a round of golf.
- 101) Send someone an anonymous gift. Never tell them.