The Mission:

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:

Tasks must be specific (no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching.

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 several months or seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Coding Key:

Still needs done
In progress
Completed

Personal

001. Come up with a list of 101 things (Aug 10, 2009)
002. Stop pulling my hair
003. Keep my room clean for a month
004. Sleep by 11pm every night for a month
005. Improve my posture (stop slouching)
006. Be noticeably less high-strung
007. Be confident in who God made me to be

Spirituality

008. Read 10 Christian books (1/10)
000. Intensely study 3 books of the bible
010. Find an accountability partner/mentor and meet up with them regularly (January 10, 2010)
011. Be a mentor to someone (meet up with them regularly)
012. Visit 5 churches that I have not visited before for Sunday worship (4/5) (Malvern Chinese Baptist Church, Grace Toronto Church, Malvern Methodist Church, Chinese Gospel Church)
013. Keep the sabbath holy (have one day a week where I fully rest in the Lord)
014. Pray everyday for the world (I have this book called “Operation World” that is a prayer guide to the nations, peoples and cities of the world)

Education/Learning/Growth

015. Graduate from Occupational Therapy
016. Learn conversational mandarin
017. Make an informed vote
018. Learn to play acoustic guitar decently (power chording, bar chording, and be able to play pop rifts easily)
019. Learn to drive manual
020. Learn 12 constellations and look for them in the sky
021. Learn to swim the length of a pool (front crawl and back crawl)
022. Learn the alphabet in sign language and 50 words and/or phrases
023. Read the news everyday for a month
024. Drive around downtown Toronto (I am deathly afraid of driving downtown…)
025. Learn to change a flat
026. Learn to tune up my bicycle myself
027. Learn to back up my hard drive (Aug 13, 2009)
028. Give a speech in public

Beauty/Health stuff

029. Exercise regularly for a term
030. Get a makeover (Sept 23, 2009)
031. Take a dance class (January 21, 2010)
032. Take a martial arts class (wing chun)
033. Learn to curl my hair
034. Train and run a 5 (or 10) k charity run
035. Gain 5-10 lbs (healthy weight gain!)
036. Eat breakfast everyday for a term (4 months)

Family and Friends stuff

037. Take my mom on a spa day, just because
038. Do something with just my dad
039. Spend the day hanging out with my brother
040. Cook once a week for my family for at least a term (4 months)
041. Take my cousin out for the day to do girl stuff
042. Befriend someone of another culture (non-white) - be on regular talking terms
043. Call 10 friends of whom I’ve been out of touch with
044. Have coffee/lunch/dinner with an old friend
045. Write and send 5 letters (1/5)
046. Send 5 care packages
047. Make a scrapbook for someone (Dec 27, 2009)
048. Pull an all-nighter with friends, movies and games

Change the World

049. Go on a long short-term mission (6-12 months) overseas
050. Go on a sandwich run downtown
051. Make a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child (X2) (1/2)
052. Be a volunteer in my community (Pioneer club - Sept, 2009- Present)
053. Go tree-planting
054. Shovel the driveway for my neighbours (when there is snow in the winter)
055. Support a missionary (Aug 21, 2009)

Artsy-fartsy

056. Write a children’s story
057. Write a song
058. Record a track on garage band that I’m proud of
059. Make Christmas gifts (instead of buying them)
060. Make/sew an article of clothing and wear it
061. Sew a kool-aid bag
062. Make a piece of jewelry and wear it

Food Stuff

063. Try 10 new recipes (main course, non-dessert foods) (2/10)
064. Try 10 new dessert recipes (1/10)
065. Try 10 new foods I’ve never tried before
066. Eat at 5 local restaurants that I’ve never been to
067. Invite friends over for dinner and make dinner for them
068. Learn to make chinese buns from my dad

Money Stuff

069. Do my own taxes
070. Make a budget and stick to it
071. Spend no money for a month (except for on transportation. eating OUT counts as spending money.)
072. Pay back my student loans

Material Girl

073. Buy an external hard-drive (August 13th, 2009)
074. Buy a dress I feel beautiful in
075. Buy a laptop bag (Sept 23, 2009)
076. Buy a matching bra and panty set

Just for Fun (& Adventure)

077. Watch a beautiful sunrise and sunset (doesn’t have to occur concurrently)
078. Go to a drive-in movie theatre
079. Fly a kite (Aug 24th, 2009)
080. Go biking with a friend
081. Build a snow person
082. Build a sandcastle at the beach (Aug 24th, 2009)
083. Go go-carting (Sept 7th, 2009)
084. Go white-water rafting
085. Go on a road trip (Aug 25-28th, 2009)
086. Go scuba diving
087. Go sky-diving
088. Test drive an expensive car that I could never afford
089. Visit a foreign country or city
090. Get lost in a city. Explore. Then find my way back.
091. Go on a picnic

Random/Miscellaneous

092. Spend the entire day in my pjs
093. Kiss a handsome lad
094. Have a garage sale
095. Do a completely random act of kindness (October 8th, 2009)
096. Do something completely spontaneous and out of character
097. Find a perfume scent that suits me
098. Throw a letter in a bottle into the ocean
099. Lent from online chatting for a term (call people instead of talk to them online)
100. Learn a rap
101. Make another 101 list

Date Started: Aug 10, 2009

Ending Date: May 7, 2012

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