The List

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).

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.

I'm starting this tomorrow. My end date is February 2, 2010.

Ready or not...

Getting buff
1. Run a 5k 5/31/08
2. Run in the derby marathon or mini 11/7/09
3. Compete in and finish a triathlon
4. Run an 8 minute mile
5. Climb a real-life, high altitude mountain
6. Get up at 5am every day for 30 days (11/30)
7. Practice yoga for half an hour every day for 30 days (0/30)
8. Swim every day for two weeks
9. Do 50 consecutive push-ups
10. Do 10 consecutive chin-ups
11. Cycle – get a bike spring/07
12. Buy either a 3-month or year membership to Rocksport

13. Become certified in lead climbing
14. Climb a tree 12/12/07
15. Go camping
16. Make the rifle line in guard
17. Learn to kayak 7/11/07
18. Learn to scull, and do so for at least 2 months
19. Take a ballet class for one semester
20. Learn to juggle
21. Learn how to ride a horse

Education
22. Pick a major
23. Make the Dean’s list or Dean's scholar
24. Be a TOSer
25. CLEP out AMAP
26. Graduate with a 3.0 GPA
27. Become conversational/fluent in Spanish
28. Reach conversational level in Russian
29. Reach conversational/fluent level in Tagalog
30. Learn the ASL alphabet and 100 words, the basics of communication
31. Memorize the multiplication tables through 20 (0/20)
32. Write five practice papers, based on old prompts, and one research paper (0/6)
33. Apply to the University of Chicago for grad school
34. Take a Mensa exam

Money makes the world go ‘round
35. Keep a money log for 30 days 10/2/07
36. Get a second job 11/07
37. Set up a savings/retirement account 12/14/07
38. Sell everything I can on eBay, and donate the rest
39. Learn how to do my taxes 3/08
40. Do my taxes in January
41. Develop an emergency fund with which I could support myself for three months
42. Be without debt

Play!
43. Learn and perform 5 songs on the guitar (0/5)
44. Take a photo a day for 365 days (0/365)
45. Write 5 poems (0/5)
46. Participate in NanoWriMo
47. Perform in the International Banquet (preferably Tinikling)
48. Plant a successful garden
49. Create and maintain a clean, productive, efficient, aesthetic, relaxing, organized, positive, personal, appealing, and inspiring environment. For 40 days. Upon moving into the new house. (40/40)
50. Take an acting class
51. Take voice lessons
52. Throw a pot/ take a ceramics course
53. Have something published
54. Send my deepest, darkest secrets to Post Secret.

Skillz
55. Learn how to drive a stick shift 1/13/08
56. Learn how to touch type
57. Learn and be able to prepare 5 Filipino dishes from memory, and make 5 amazing desserts (10/10)
58. Learn the basics of car maintenance – how to change oil, jump a battery, change a tire (2/3)
59. Renew first aid certification

Amigos
60. Get together with my high school group – Ellen, Evie, Christina, Megan, and Laura (3/5)
61. Develop a deep and mutual friendship with 10 people I admire. With whom I am not already close. (1/10)
62. Write and send five letters to friends. (1/5)
63. Get tipsy with good company. 11/3/07
64. Watch a sunset and a sunrise with a friend. (2/2)
65. Go salsa dancing with friends
66. Make out with a boy 8/6/07
67. Be in a long term relationship – at least 6 months
68. Compile family history and create a tree
69. Meet Mary Jane

In my backyard, or further away
70. Replace my driver’s license
71. Find or renew my passport
72. Go to the zoo.
73. Go strawberry picking
74. Spend a day each at 7 of Louisville’s parks and nature preserves – Bernheim, Cherokee, Iroquois, Central... (7/7)
75. Make a day of the St. James Art Festival
76. Go to the Ohio Renaissance Festival
77. Attend the Vagina Monologues 2/8/08
78. Visit NYC
79. Visit Kuya in Philadelphia
80. Visit Chicago
81. Visit the del Fierro's in Washington
82. Visit Auntie Kay in Georgia 7/07
83. Spend a month in a Spanish-speaking country

Material girl
84. Have my upper lip, eyebrows, and legs waxed, and my teeth whitened (4/4)
85. Floss every day for a week
86. Buy a pair of sunglasses 5/20/07
87. Get fitted and buy a great bra 7/10/07
88. Buy a pair of running shoes
89. Wardrobe makeover
90. Watch 25 “must-see” movies (25/25)
91. Read 500 books
92. Completely organize my computer – links, bookmarks, files, and music
93. Clear out my Amazon wishlist 6/2/08
94. Get my digital camera fixed, or get a new one.

Peace
95. Register to vote 2/8/08
96. Vote in the 2008 presidential elections
97. Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. 4/17/08
98. Consistently volunteer for an organization for 3 (or 6?) consecutive months, at least twice a week
99. Participate in something significant and active on Earth Day (April 22)
100. Attend Engaging Our World conference
101. Complete 5 hours of volunteer work for every goal not accomplished

Updated 2/7/10