I came across
this website quite a while ago and have been meaning to do one of these ever since. I felt like now was the perfect time to start one of these. I will try and blog about as many of these as possible so you can follow me on my journey! I am so excited to be starting this!! I highly encourage each of you to make one of your own even if it is a list of about 10 things.
Here are the rules:
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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
2. Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.
Here is my list!
random acts of kindness:
“I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time - just one, one, one. So you begin. I began - I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand....The same thing goes for you, the same thing in your family, the same thing in your church, your community. Just begin - one, one, one.”
—Mother Teresa (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of Charity
001. walk for a charity.
002. send one postcard a week to a total random stranger somewhere in the world.
(
postcrossing.com)
003. write a letter to ten people that have inspired me.
004. carry post it's with me and as i feel inspired write motivational things on them. and post them wherever i may be.
005. pay for the person behind me.
006. give one hundred dollars to a stranger in a shopping center with a note of
something inspiring.
007. make twenty mix cds. leave them for people to find.
008. pay for a parking meter
009. complete fifty hours of community service
010. compliment a stranger everyday for a year
011. make a free hugs sign and stand in a public place.
family/friends
“Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family, friends, neighbors and the woman who you hardly notice who cleans your office.”
—Eric Weiner; author, national public radio correspondent
012. make a list of family/friends birthday's and send them a card to their house
(start jan 2010, finish dec 2010)
013. do something nice for a family member once a week
014. write eb a handwritten letter once a month.
015. tell family i love them once a week.
health
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
016. drink nothing but water for thirty days in a row.
017. give up all soda and sugary drinks
018. practice yoga
019. keep a food journal for thirty days
020. do hundred pushup and two hundred sit-up challenge. (
sit-ups) and (
push-ups)
021. go to gym and also do hindu five times a week.
022. run a marathon.
023. be able to do all three splits.
learning
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go. ”
—Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), Writer, cartoonist
024. learn to drive a stick shift
025. learn to do a cartwheel.
026. take a self defense class.
027. learn to knit
028. take a dance class.
029. learn to sew
030. learn to identify at least five constellations
031. learn one chord a day on guitar
032. learn to make ten good vegetarian dishes.
033. learn to make ten gourmet meals.
034. learn one new word a week and use it as much as possible.
035. read a novel in a foreign language (preferably french)
036. graduate from university. finally.
037. grow my own garden.
038. keep a potted plant/flower alive for a month
039. practice piano thirty minutes a day five times a week.
040. be able to hold a conversation in french
041. try twenty-five different recipes.
042. learn basic car maintenance
043. write a list of thirty things i know nothing about, and then learn three things
about each of them.
purchases
044. buy a record player
045. buy something from
etsy046. buy a polaroid camera
self-improvement
“When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.”
—Stedman Graham (b. 1951); speaker, author, educator, businessman
047. get a pen pal
048. read all four standard works starting from genesis and ending with the book of
abraham.
049. write a letter to myself to open in ten years.
050. keep a handwritten diary for one year.
051. read at least five classic books.
052. no computer and television for a week every three months.
053. read scriptures everyday for an hour for a month.
054. listen to conference/ces fireside talks on the train everyday for a week.
055. pick an asl vlog on
youtube or
deafread.com to interpret into english and record
to pick up on errors twice a month.
056. pick a story/article to interpret into asl and record to pick up on errors twice
a month.
057. write in a gratitude journal everyday for thirty days.
058. write a to-do list every day and make sure each item is crossed off before i go
to bed.
059. complete ten items on
the seventy-five skills every women should master.
060. complete ten assignments at least one day before they are due.
061. find fifteen new family names for family history.
062. read/watch current news at least once a week.
travel
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine
063. visit disneyland
064. go on a spontaneous road trip.
065. take a road trip to lubbock texas and visit buddy holly's gravesite and hometown
066. visit new york.
067. visit graceland
068. visit the rock and roll hall of fame.
069. go camping.
random
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
—Carl Sagan (1934-1996); astronomer, scientist, writer
070. use nothing but my left hand for a day
071. make and burry a time capsule.
072. register a dollar (
wheresgeorge.com)
073. post 5 looks to (
lookbook.com)
074. write a message in a bottle and throw it in the ocean
075. buy a kite, take it to the beach and fly it.
076. go for a bike ride.
077. go skiing.
078. make a vlog
079. make a wish on a shooting star once a month
080. attend at least two of my favorite musicians in concert.
081. go to a professional ballet.
082. carve my name into a tree.
083. have four dinner parties
084. sing karaoke bar or public place.
085. blog everyday for a month
086. have four themed parties.
087. watch the sunrise and then go back the same day and watch the sunset.
088. ask five different boys out on a date. (at different times obviously)
089. build up a wicked record collection
090. complete the 365 photojojo challenge.
091. get someone to fall in love with one of my favorite musicians.
092. learn five new hairstyles.
093. have twenty-thousand songs in my itunes library by then end of one thousand and
one days.
094. comment often on blogs i read.
095. read every single jane austen novel
096. make a snow angel
097. make a vision board.
098. listen to a new song everyday.
099. make a new music playlist every month
100. solve a rubix cube
101. inspire someone else to make one of these lists
