101 things in 1001 days: re-starting

[ravnsdaughter]

I started the Day Zero project a while back, and then totally forgot to keep up with it. It's been long enough and I'm behind enough that I don't think I could finish the goals I set in the time allotted, and things have changed enough in my life to make some of my original goals impossible (like the baking ones), so I've decided to restart. I've gone through my list, removed a few goals, and come up with new ones to replace them. Here they are:

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in 1001 days
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measureable, or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of effort on your part).

Today is day 1, and 1001 days is up on February 23, 2013.

Items in italics are in progress, items that are struck through are complete.

(Things that I had on my original list that were completed:
- get my eyes tested and get glasses if necessary
- get a passport
- learn to drive a stick shift
- pare down my wardrobe to only things that fit and what can fit in my closet without being stuffed to the gills
- find a hairstyle that suits me and doesn't require much maintenance

And... my list! Cut to spare your friends list, broken down by category

Health - 9 goals
- Lose 50 pounds
- take my pills every day for 6 months straight and keep a record of it
- eat fish once a week for a month
- exercise for a minimum of 10 minutes three times per week for three months
- buy a home blood pressure cuff and get my blood pressure under control without the use of medication
- stop drinking pop for 3 months (no pop at all, not even diet)
- take a beginner tai chi course
- brush my teeth twice a day and floss once a day for 3 months
- track my eating on Sparkpeople.com for 3 months straight


Media & Art - 9 goals
- read every one of Shakespeare's plays
- see 2 different plays performed at Bard on the Beach
- organize my music library so that iTunes will finally not have any duplicate entries
- add one new album per month to my music library
- add all of my books to my online book listing on goodreads
- read 10 of the books in my collection that I've never read before
- Watch 20 of the movies from the IMdb top 250 movies of all time list that I have never seen before
- Read 10 books from the list at http://www.best100novels.com/ that I've never read before (compare list to Time's All-Time 100 Novels and see how different the lists are)
- Read 5 books on the reading list for the Personal MBA


Financial - 4 goals
- remain debt free, aside from income tax, for the entire duration of the project
- save $1000 in an emergency fund
- open an RRSP account and deposit $500 in it
- keep track of every penny spent for 6 months


Spirituality - 12 goals
- celebrate every full moon for a year
- celebrate every solstice and equinox for a year
- meditate for a minimum of 10 minutes at least once a week for a year
- finish my ADF dedicant program
- attend a public Oakstone ADF ritual
- get a "professional" divination of some sort done for me
- get a past life regression done
- get my first degree reiki attunement done
- receive a reiki treatment from someone else
- re-set up an altar (this requires figuring out where the heck to put it, since we're a little short on space)
- create a Book of Shadows type book
- find some sort of storage device for herbs and start working with them more
- read 1 book each about 5 other religions


Organization/Career - 3 goals
- create a proper precedent system including a binder with printouts, and remember to take it with me when I change jobs (which should be after I finish my paralegal)
- Complete my file organization project at work before February 24, 2011
- Get my computer swapped over to the big harddrive and install Ubuntu/Windows as dual boot, and get all my files completely organized


Creativity - 14 goals
- start working on the AS 50 challenge (http://www.artsandsciences50.org) - complete the first 25 projects within the 1001 days, as AS50 goes til 2015
- take a beginner bellydance class
- enter all of my yarn and completed projects into my Ravelry profile
- take photos of all of my completed craft projects that I can round up, and take photos of all finished projects from now on.
- go to a Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performance
- learn to play the harp well enough to feel comfortable playing for friends at an SCA event
- learn to proficiency and memorize at least 10 piano pieces so that I can play for people at the drop of a hat, and play them regularly so that they stay memorized
- practice the piano for a minimum of 30 minutes a day for three months straight (days spent entirely away from home excepted)
- take a class in photography
- make 5 new pieces of jewelry for my collection
- learn how to use my camera properly and take 5 *good* photos a week for 6 months
- brush up on my leatherworking and start making a leather book cover for my BoS
- make a minimum of 10 lampwork beads a week, and post pictures once a week on facebook/flickr/livejournal
- learn 5 new calligraphy hands and make exemplars of each


Education - 2 goals
- increase my fluency in a language to the point where I can hold a simple conversation (spoken or written) with a native speaker
- learn enough of a programming or coding language to write a simple application


SCA - 6 goals
- register my SCA name and device
- attend four consecutive principality or kingdom events
- enter an SCA bardic competition
- enter an SCA Arts & Sciences competition
- create an entire norse outfit, head to toe, including underwear, socks and shoes, and beads, but not brooches, by hand
- get back to archery practice, score a Royal Round and then improve by at least 20 points over a season


Relationships/Family - 4 goals
- do something special and a surprise for my boyfriend at least once every two weeks for 6 months
- call my grandparents once a week for 3 months
- have friends over for a barbecue/dinner at least 9 times a year
- do something unexpected and really nice for a friend once a month


Online - 6 goals
- redesign personal website/weblog and post twice a week for 6 months
- design cooking weblog and post twice a week for 6 months
- design craft weblog and post twice a week for 6 months
- design gaming weblog and post twice a week for 6 months
- get one character of each class in WoW to level 80 (faction unimportant)
- organize all of my photos and get most of them up on flickr


Miscellaneous - 25 goals
- try absinthe
- try 10 new forms of alcohol
- fly on a plane
- eat at a new restaurant once a month for 6 months
- try a dish that is completely out of character for me when eating out 6 times
- decorate the new apartment, including painting at least one wall
- get something hung on every wall in the house (that is more than 2 feet wide)
- draft and execute my Will
- get a tattoo
- visit a foreign country (USA only counts if there's at least one state between BC and my destination)
- attempt to reconcile with a particular former friend
- Plant and grow a container garden on my balcony containing at least 6 herbs, and successfully harvest at least one large handful of herb from each plant
- Pack my lunch to work every day for 2 months
- eat breakfast at home (or pack it to eat at work) and not purchase anything on the way to work for 2 months
- learn a basic poi spinning routine
- take a road trip somewhere
- go 3 weeks without having to throw out ANY spoiled food from the fridge
- donate blood (and thereby find out my blood type) (this has to wait until after November 2010 because of my nose piercing)
- find a geocache
- take a weekend trip to Seattle
- visit/tour a winery/cidery/meadery and do a tasting
- try 10 different foods that I've always thought would be gross
- learn to brew mead
- get 10 pictures of friends and family and frame them and put them up around the house
- post an update on my progress at least once a month


I am leaving space for 6 goals to be added in the future, mostly because I can't come up with anything else at the moment. :)

I will be posting updates on a periodic basis, as well as anytime I finish anything significant on the list. Encouragement is much appreciated! :)

Comments

[gingerblue.livejournal.com]

*hugs* and good luck. I have a "wish" book (where I write down good thoughts for people, sort of like my non-religious book of prayers) and I will put you in it. Keep us posted!