101 Things:

1. Learn Spanish declensions
2. Go to Mexico
3. Get a Divorice
4. clean out my car-and keep it clean!
5. Read a whole book in Spanish
6. Take a cruise
7. Take flying lessons
8. Watch a play
7. Visit every state in the US
8. Take a hot air balloon ride
9. Meet 5 new friends
10. Visit a frank Lloyd Wright House
11. Collect a postcard for every state
12. Complete 5 swaps a month
13. Save over $1,000 with Refundcents
14. Find a South American penpal
15. Find a job I enjoy
16. Fly a kite with my son
17. Visit the Art Museum
18. Learn to say hello in 20 languages
19. Visit South America
20. Take a 3 mile hike
21. Learn to sew
22. Make a scrapbook
23. Write a novella
24. Create a webpage
25. Start a home-based business
26. Stop drinking soda for 1 month
27. Clean out my drawers
28. Clean up my Credit
29. Run a 5k ( http://www.c25k.com/ http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml )
30. Lose 50 lbs.
31. Bake my own bread
32. Deposit $100 a month is Roberts savings
33. Deposit $1000 in my IRA
34. Read the Bible cover to cover
35. Take an online course that really interests me
36. Declutter my storage stuff
37. Learn to knit
38. Visit a National Park
39. Join the Historical Society
40. Create a family tree
41. Grow a garden
42. Go to Findlay Market
43. Have a yard sale
44. Make a gift
45. Attend the communiversity
46. Take Robert somewhere new once a month
47. Get rid of toxic friends
48. Get typing speed up to 60 wpm
49. Get a passport
50. Learn to change my oil
51. Sponsor a child
52. Give to Goodwill at least once a season
53. Stop Smoking
54. Go back to Italy
55. Read 1 biography a month
56. Stop biting my nails
57. Take Robert to see my sister
58. Find an apartment
59. Tour the Abandoned Subway
60. Volunteer at the History Museum
61. Drive a Maserati
62. Learn a trade (flooring, drywall etc.)
63. Practice cumbia with Osblado
64. Leave flowers
65. Save $1000
66. Get my insurance license
67. Get a tattoo on my foot
68. Watch the AFI's 100 greatest movies
69. Visit the Rain forrest
70. See the Great Wall of China
71. Eat a tequila worm
72. Have a portrait painted of me and robert
73. drive on route 66
74. Gamble in Vegas
75. Cook a Nicaraguan meal
76. See Machu Pichu
77. Learn to golf
78. Take a self defense class
79. Go canoeing or rafting
80. Go to Mardi Gras
81. Go to a pottery Kiln
82. Create a birth chart
83. Go to a political rally
84. Get a travel article published
85. Take a CPR class
86. Own an original artwork
87. Hold a patent
88. Take a cooking class
89. See the Northern Lights
90. Learn to read tarrot cards
91. Go to a wine tasting
92. Learn to scuba dive
93. Visit Cuba
94. Go camping
95. Attend midnight mass
96. Learn to meditate
97. Take Robert to Disney Land
98. Take an overnight riverboat ride
99. Go to a local festival every month in the summer
100. Learn to can food from the garden
101. Make homemade icecream

What is this?

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.