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 effort on your part.)

My List

For Self

• Identify 25 things I like about myself
• Send a postcard to post secret
• Keep a food journal for 60 consecutive days (1/60)
  
• GIve up candy/sweets for 30 days (0/30)
  
• Lose 40 lbs!
  
• Participate in Defective Yeti's NaNoReMo 2008 (Lolita)
• Participate in Defective Yeti's NaNoReMo 2009
• Take one photo of something that interests me everyday for 30 days (2/30)
  
• Go to bed by 10:30pm every night for one week (0/7)
  
• Run (not walk!) The Race for the Cure 5k
  
• Respect my body (follow my ideal routine to the letter) for 45 days (3/45)
  
• Identify 100 things that make me happy
• Complete a NY Times crossword puzzle without cheating
• Write my congressman about an issue that I feel strongly about
• List at least one thing I am grateful for every day for one year
• Create a will
• Decide what I want to pursue my Masters in and begin the process
• Get a Mani/Pedi once a year
• Get a Facial once a year
• Get a Massage once a year
• Visit Grandma & Godmother's graves
• Take piano lessons
• Take Yoga class
• Improve my French
• Learn a new word once a week and blog about it (3/143)
  
• Go to a doctor about ADD
• Go an entire day without saying a negative word
• Call Bestie once a month (1/33)
  
• Take Calcium & Multi-V every day consecutively for 90 days (25/90)
  
• Drink nothing carbonated for 60 days (0/60)
  
• Drink nothing but water or tea for 30 days (0/30)
  
• Go for a walk once a week 8 times (7/8)
  
• Avoid fast food (including pizza) for 45 days (0/45)
  
• Work out for 20 minutes or more 3 times per week consistently for 2 months
  
• Read at least one book per month (24/33)
  
• Do something pampering once every 3 months (0/11)
  
• Go to the dentist twice per year (1/4)
  
• Take a class in English or Business
• Spend one week per year without television

Financial

• Go 30 consecutive days without spending anything discretionary (0/30)
  

• Write out 101 reasons I love Husband and give them to him
• Host a family gathering
  
• Tell Husband I love him everyday
• Take Husband out once a month on a Date (6/33)
  
• Do something nice for Husband's parents for no reason
• Leave beer on the doorstep of an unsuspecting person with a note from "The Beer Fairy"
• Send a care package to a random soldier (anysoldier.com)
• Host a game night
• Teach Husband's cousin to make a pie
• Clean Kitten's litter everyday for 45 consecutive days (0/45)
  
• Schedule a get-together with work people to do something away from the office
• Host Schedule a Buttstones gathering every two months (4/16)
  
• Host at least two dinner parties a year (2/4)
  

• Buy something from a Farmer's Market
• Save all trash (actual waste headed to a landfill) for 30 days. Be extremely strict about composting & recycling during this time. Whenever possible find new uses for things instead of trashing them. (0/30)
  
• Start a vegetable garden
• Plant a tree
• Create a petty cash jar. Pay a dime to the jar every time I accept a bag from a store instead of using my own (reuseable) bag
• Buy one item from a local small business a year
• Reduce shower time to less than 10 mins.
• Turn off water when brushing my teeth for 90 days
  
• Get oil changed on time

• Greece
• Montreal
  
• Washington, DC
• Take Husband to Burlington, VT
• Hawaii
• NYC
• Key West
• Renew my passport
• Hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail
• Visit a historic location
• Swim in the ocean
• Take a road trip

• Learn to cook a turkey
• Learn to make homemade marshmallows
• Learn a new recipe every month (6/33)
  Go to a wine tasting
• Learn to make mom's homemade bread
• Make homemade pizza
• Invent a recipe

Work

• File for 501c3
• Blog for work at least twice per month (11/66)
  
• Find a new career
• Find 5 plays which have been banned to suggest for the 2010 season
  
• Find 5 plays to suggest for the 2011 season
• Direct one production a year

Home

• Organize the basement
• Hold a garage sale
• Fast for 24 hours
• Clean the Master Bedroom to my satisfaction once a week 8 times (1/8)
  
• Make and hang curtain in front of pantry
• Buy a house
• Hem my curtains
• Make a quilt
• Paint Master Bedroom
• Paint Hallway & Living Room
• Organize photos into albums
• Go to Ikea once a year (2/3)
  

Miscellaneous

• Save $10 for every item checked off this list. Save $15 for every uncompleted item.
• On Day 1001 publish a new 101 in 1001 list that includes anything I haven't completed in full