Round 3!
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.
Last status update: 15 July 2014
Start Date: 28 January 2012
End Date: 25 October 2014
Days Remaining:
| Key: | Tasks completed! (24)
Tasks in progress... (5)
Tasks unattainable (0)
Tasks no longer relevant (0)
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Domestrivia
- Clean out attic
- Clean out garage
- Straighten up spare room
- Straighten/clean back bedroom closet
- Straighten up back porch
- Reorganize kitchen cabinets- Kitchen remodeled September 2014
- Reorganize master bath
- Weed out clothing (be aggressive and realistic!)
- Landscape around pool deck
- Touchup house interior paint
- Update will
- Cull crafting stash
- Organize junk drawer in dresser- Done: 24 July 2013
- Remodel (or at least refloor) kitchen - Kitchen remodeled September 2014
- Establish habit of creating weekly menus (8 consecutive weeks)
Web
- Redesign personal website
- Consolidate needlework gallery onto personal website
- Add captions to UK galleries
- Add captions to Italy gallery
- Add captions to Germany gallery
- Add captions to Wales galleries
- Put 1996 UK travelog online
- Put 1999 UK travelog online
- Put 2002 UK travelog online
- Incorporate travelogs starting 2004 into personal website.
- Finish family website
Health
- Get a physical - 20 November 2012
- Reach 300 workouts at Curves - Reached 23 July 2012
- Reach 400 workouts at Curves - Reached 18 October 2013
- Reach 500 workouts at Curves - Reached 24 October 2014
- Get to 35% body fat - 3 May 2013
- Get to 32% body fat
- Get to 28% body fat
- Get to 25% body fat
- 'Walk' from Rauros to Isengard (Aragorn's path - 484 miles) - Arrived 21 January 2013
- 'Walk' from Isengard to Minas Tirith (Aragorn's path - 786 miles) - Arrived 13 July 2014
- Run a 5K
Stitching
- Center panel of Marbek Nativity - Finished 1 August 2013
- Chatelaine Convent Herbal Garden - Finished 14 June 2014
- Victoria Sampler Gingerbread Church
- Just Nan Ice Blossom
- Just Nan Christmas Star
- Teresa Wentzler Needle Guardian - Finished 3 July 2012
- Start (at least 25 hours) a larger Teresa Wentzler piece - Fantasy Triptych, 25 hours on 31 October 2013
- Start (at least 25 hours) a Passione Ricamo piece
- Start (at least 25 hours) a blackwork piece
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread I
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread II
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread III
- Battenberg Lace kit
- Schwalm Pinkeep kit
- Rose Goldwork kit
- Needle Delights Amazing Color (canvaswork)
Designing
- Design St. Francis sampler for Tor Rhuann Designs.
- Design Ramblin' Wreck for TRD
- Design an openwork (of some type) piece for TRD
- Design 5 pieces for TRD (may include above) - Holly and Ivy (2012 ornament), Christmas Bells (2013 ornament)
Other crafts
- Knit a pair of socks
- Knit a shawl or stole
- Knit a shadow/illusion piece
- Craft a temari ball
Reading
- Read all of the Cadfael books by Ellis Peters
- Reread The Hobbit - Finished 3 October 2012
- Reread Lord of the Rings
- Reread Silmarillion
- Lionheart - Sharon Penman - Finished 15 October 2012
- Read something by Charles Williams
- Read Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series (12 books) - Finished: Blue (16Jan2013) Red (26Dec2013) Yellow (4Jan2014) Violet (29Jan2014) Crimson (18Mar2014) Orange (5May2014) Brown (15May2014) Lilac (5Jun2014) Pink (15Jul2014) Grey (5Aug2014) Green (13Sept2014) Olive (24Oct2014)
- Read the unabridged Arabian Nights (Lyons translation)
- Read the entire Bible (using this edition)
- Read 15,000 pages (may include above) - 2012: 7883pp; 2013: 9122pp - total 17005
General Timewasting
- Watch the complete Babylon 5 DVD series (5 seasons)
- Watch the Babylon 5 movie collection
- Watch the complete Farscape DVD series
- Watch all the Monty Python's Flying Circus DVDs
- Watch all the Brother Cadfael DVDs
- Watch all the Red Dwarf DVDs
- Have a LotR extended edition marathon - all 3 movies back to back to back.
- Play War & Peace wargame campaign with DH
Skills
- Learn to play my harp (complete all lessons in Basic Harp for Beginners)
- Work through Contemporary Music Theory, Level 1
- Learn Welsh (complete all lessons in Rosetta Stone Level 1)
- Learn to drive a manual transmission
- Design and run an original tabletop gaming encounter (not from a module)
- Learn how to make 3 different balloon figures.
- Attempt 5 new recipes
- Attempt 10 new recipes (above 5 + 5 more)
- Learn 3 vegetarian main dish recipes
- Learn to swim
- Learn to ice skate
- Learn Morse code
- Learn Braille
- Refresh juggling skills (goal: 150 consecutive tosses without a drop)
- Learn the Latin Mass responses
Other
- Attend a live hockey game
- Attend a professional live performance - Rush - Amway Center 28 April 2013
- Travel to UK or Ireland - UK: 11-23 June 2013
- Travel out of the country (in addition to above) - Visited Toronto: 26-30 July 2012
- Visit a basilica or cathedral in North America - St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, Ontario - 29 July 2012
- Visit a basilica or cathedral outside of North America - York Minster, York, UK - 21 June 2013; St. Winifrede's Well, Holywell, Wales - 19 June 2013
- Make next "101 Things" list! - Finished 24 October 2014
Curious how I did on previous rounds?
round 1
round 2