This was apparently started by Triplux. (If not, he's getting the most credit for it!) The rules are simple. 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).
Start: September 5, 2006 Finish: June 2, 2009 1001 in 101 Life 1.MOVE OUT! 2.Get a driver’s license Stitching/Crafting 3.Finish Genie’s Blue Blast 4.Finish a Mirabilia other than Elf Fairy 5.Finish Elf Fairy 6.Finish a TW 7.Finish Cherished Rose 4/22/07 8.Finish Prayer 16th Century 9.Finish (well, start) Meadowsweet class 10.Finish gift piece for my mom 11.Finish a gift for Anna 12/10/07 12.Get to under 25 WIPs (from the current 42!) 13.Stitch for at least an hour a night during the week 14.Design and stitch band sampler idea I have 15.Submit said band sampler for publication 16.Enter a piece of stitching in the LA County Fair 17.Learn to knit proficiently 18.Make Sunbonnet Sue quilt 19.Learn temari 20.Learn hardanger 21.Learn to finish stitching in a way besides framing 22.Learn to felt 23.Go to CATS in Hershey (hopefully it still exists by the time I get there…) 24.Host a SoCal gtg 25.Frame and mail gift to Fred 26.Mail overdue exchange piece . Writing 27.Finish NaNoWriMo at least once 28.Finish 2005 NaNo story – at least the rough draft 29.Write a song 30.Enter a writing contest 31.Attend at least one local NaNo event 32.Write an appropriate piece for writing contest 33.Reinstate my paper journal habit Health/Appearance 34.Weigh less at end of 1001 than I do now. 35.Wear a smaller size than I do now. (Get out of plus sizes!) 36.Join a gym 37.Learn to use the balance ball/resistance bands I bought 38.Get new glasses 9/07 39.Complete at least one 12-week Body-for-Life challenge 40.Get a proper bra fitting 41.Try at least 5 recipes from the BFL cookbook 42.Dress in something nicer than jeans for work at least once a week for a month Technical 43.Learn to make a blinkie 44.Acquire appropriate software to make said blinkie 45.Beat this darn NeoPets game Faerie Caves II 46.Buy a website 47.Learn to maintain and code for said site! Music 48.Learn to play the recorder in more than 2 keys (ie, learn the flats) 49.Learn to play the piano proficiently Travel 50.Go to Vegas Denver to visit my friends Financial 51.Have a higher credit score than I do today 52.Pay down the principal on my student loans by at least $2000 53.Buy stock in a company 54.Put at least $50 in my savings account each month (well, so far) 55.Save $1 a day and celebrate with it on day 1001 56.Make a budget and stick to it Housekeeping 57.Declutter my desk 58.Get rid of clothes I don’t or can’t wear 59.Get my room completely clean 60.Keep it reasonably clean 61.Do an honest purge of my stuff and get rid of stuff I don’t really need 62.Weed my books and get rid of the ones I won’t read again or don’t need 63.Weed stash and get rid of stuff I’ll never stitch Church/Spiritual 64.Read the New Testament in order from Matthew to Revelation 65.Read the Old Testament in order from Genesis to Malachi 66.Subscribe to Tabletalk 67.Do Tabletalk for a year. 68.Tithe every month 69.Find a Bible study to join that I can get to and is not studying singleness, dating, marriage, Ruth or Proverbs 31! Blogging 70.Post in my stitching blog at least once a week 71.Post in my Xanga blog at least once a week 72.Comment in another stitching blog at least twice a week 73.Comment on another Xanga blog at least twice a week Cooking 74.Make Nancy’s Chinese chicken salad recipe at least once 75.Learn to make tiramisu 76.Get an espresso maker 77.Use it instead of frequenting Starbucks Miscellaneous 78.Keep my 2 bamboo plants alive - not so much, no. 79.Consider the possibility of going to grad school without feeling tired :lol 80.Attempt again to learn Hebrew 81.Get more comfortable speaking Spanish 82.Find out where my dad is buried and go see his grave 83.Buy new sheets for my new bed 84.Solve a hard or very hard sudoku puzzle 85.RAK someone at least 4 times a year, even if it’s just a card 86.Buy a new TV and hook up my DVD player! 87.Buy new tennis shoes. Like soon. Administrative 88.Finish this list 89.Post it online 90.Update it as appropriate 91.Make a new list at the end, carrying over unfinished items 92.Submit application for promotion 93. Mail check for EGA - I think I just gave it to her at the meeting 94. Send in loan paperwork 95. Get a will 96. Complete the Love Drawer paperwork | 