The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. 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.
Start Date: May 31, 2010. End Date: February 25, 2013. (Note: if you were to, for some reason, actually count these days, you might realize that it is more than 1001; however, I adjusted the timeline to account for the life-sucking power of law school).
The Key:
Not Started
In Progress
School & Work & Big Kid Stuff
1. Graduate from law school (one more year to go!)
2. Get a big kid job
3. Go an entire class period with my laptop without getting on the Internet
4. Know the issues and vote in an election
5. Go to 5 ADPi alum meetings/events
6. Create living will
Recreation
7. Visit 10 local museums (2/10)
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9. Go to Chiefs game
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13. Go to KU basketball game at AFH
14.
15. Go to a rodeo
16. Go to Shakespeare in the Park and stay for the whole thing
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21. Go on a hike
22. Go ice skating
23.
24. Learn to play chess
Helping Others & Relationships
25. Donate $1000 to charity
26. Volunteer 100 hours (non-barbecue)
27. Donate blood
28. Find a way to use my legal skills & knowledge to help someone
29. Make a micro loan through Kiva.org
30. Watch someone’s kid for free so parents can have an afternoon free/date night
31. By Christmas presents for a needy child/family
32. Send a “just because” care package to a friend
33. Write a love letter every month (6/34)
34. Write a letter to someone every month for a year
35. Send someone flowers
Body, Health, Beauty & Fashion
36. Go for a month without drinking alcohol
37. Lose 20lbs (12 lbs lost)
38. Eat vegetarian for a week
39. Buy a designer purse/bag
40. Clean out closet once a season
41. Buy and wear a pair of bright colored heels
42.
43. No fast food for a month
44. Get a daring (for me at least) haircut
45. Own a diamond ring (right or left hand)
46. Learn to do my own eye makeup
47. Work out 5 days a week for 6 weeks
48. Run a 5K
49. Attend an exercise/yoga class
50. Fast for a day
Just Because
51. Get a professional massage
52. Get an iPhone
53.
54. Build a snowman/woman/animal
55. Bake & decorate a really cute cake/cupcakes
56. Host a Christmas cookie exchange
57. Get ADPi t-shirt quilt made
58. Make 5 different flavors of vodka (3/5)
59.
60. Buy a lottery ticket
61. Bake and decorate a gingerbread house
62. Plant a lilac bush
63. Learn to play at least 1 song on the guitar
64. Memorize a poem
65. Keep a plant alive for 3 months
66. Get a dog
67. Finish captioning my JYA photo albums (two left)
Expanding my Horizons
68. Cook 50 new dishes
69. Try 25 new beers
70. Read 50 books
71. Watch 100 movies
72. Eat at 50 new restaurants
73.
74. Talk to a stranger
75. Go to 10 different local festivals/events/parades
Money & Finances
76. Buy a house/condo
77. Save $5,000
78. Do my own taxes without help
79. Pay off credit card every month for a year
80. Make a budget and follow it for 2 months
81.
82. Spend only cash for a week
Jet Setting
83. Leave the country
84. Go on a road trip
85. Watch the sunset somewhere pretty
86. Watch the sunrise somewhere pretty
87. See the mountains
88. Go to the beach
89. Go camping
90. Visit a friend out of town
Faith & Spirit
91. Read the Bible (cover to cover)
92.
93. Give up something for Lent
94. Identify 101 things that make me happy
95. Write in my journal every day for a month
96. Overcome a fear
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99. Avoid the Internet on the weekends for a month
100. Reconnect with 10 old friends
101. No TV for a week
