101 things in 1001 days.

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 your part).

 Bold = completed tasks.
 

1. Read 5 of Shakespeare’s plays (5/5).  Completed.
2. Go to the Globe theatre to see a play.
3. See a Shakespeare play at the theatre (separate to going to the Globe).  Completed 1-5-09.
4. Read the Lord of the Rings books (3/3).  Completed 1-3-09.
5. Reread all of Harry Potter (7/7).  Completed 25-1-09.
6. Complete Eeyore cross-stitch for Chris’s birthday.  Completed 26-5-09.
7. Complete 4 other cross-stitches (2/4).
8. Have all completed cross-stitches framed.
9. Sort through and tidy up all extra threads and cross-stitch materials and put away neatly.  Completed 30-9-08.
10. Learn how to knit and have something to show for it (e.g. a scarf).
11. Take part in the Race for Life.  Completed 14-6-09.
12. Take part in the Sport Relief mile.
13. Be able to run for at least 30 consecutive minutes – must do this 3 times (0/3).
14. Be able to run a mile in 7 minutes or less – must do this 3 times (0/3).
15. Walk on the Malvern Hills at least 5 times (3/5).
16. Walk the length of the Malvern Hills (doesn’t count as one of the 5 times).  Completed 22-4-11.
17. Get a job.  Completed 1-10-08.
18. Complete my Introduction to Counselling course.  Completed 4-11-08.
19. Sign up for my Counselling Certificate/Diploma/BA course.
20. Sort out accommodation for when I’m doing my Certificate/Diploma/BA.
21. Sort out a job for when I’m doing my Certificate/Diploma/BA.
22. Make and send/give Birthday cards to everyone I should (friends, my family, Tom’s family) for one year (start date – 16-11-08).  Completed 16-11-09.
23. Say Happy Birthday to everyone I am ‘friends’ with on Facebook for one year (start date – 1-10-08).  Completed 30-9-09.
24. Go swimming at least once a month (September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May).  FAIL!
25. Use my cross-trainer at least once a month while still living at home (September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March).  Completed 14-3-10.
26. Write at least one entry here per month (September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May).  Completed 28-5-11.
27. Buy a suit.  Completed 12-10-08.
28. Buy a new handbag.  Completed 2-10-08.
29. Buy a coat.  Completed 29-11-09.
30. Buy a new watch.  Completed 20-6-09.
31. Buy a pair of shoes that are not trainers and that are comfortable and wearable all day.  Completed.
32. Buy a new pair of smart black trousers.  Completed 2-10-08.
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uy nail varnish in a colour that I would not normally wear and wear it regularly (if it just sits in my drawer and never gets worn I must keep looking for a new colour that I will wear until I find one that is worn regularly).  Completed.

Buy a new mouse.  Completed 25-12-08.

Buy a new dance mat.  Completed 3-309.

Get my shoes re-heeled.  Completed 29-9-08.

Go to Ireland.  Completed 8-2-09 to 11-2-09.

Go to Scotland.

Go to France.

Get a manicure.

Have a car-boot sale.  Completed 5-9-10.

Go for a meal at Ask in Malvern.  Completed 19-9-08.

Learn to play a new card game.  Completed 13-9-08.

Complete a first aid course.

Complete a jigsaw of at least 1000 pieces.  Completed 30-12-09.

Take part in the Word Vision 24 hour famine.  Completed 18-4-09.

Clean the inside of my car, including hoovering.  Completed 25-5-09.

Finish my limericks.  Completed 12-9-08.

Buy 1 new pair of sexy knickers for each month, but not necessarily 1 per month (14/33).

Become competent at ironing.  Completed 22-11-08.

Learn how to make cauliflower cheese the way my mum makes it.

Cook a roast dinner.  Completed 7-5-10.

Learn how to make 3 new meals, not including roast or cauliflower cheese (3/3).  Completed 11-7-09.

Have a go at baking bread.  Completed 20-6-09.

Clean and tidy my room so that there is no excess crap in it.

Put old school and uni stuff in the loft out of the way.

Do sit-ups every day for a month (start date – 7-9-08).  Completed 7-10-08.

Watch snooker at the Crucible.

Watch the whole series of Garth Marenghi with an open mind.

Open a savings account and deposit some money into it every month, starting in the New Year when I will hopefully be out of debt and earning money (open account / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May).  Completed 28-5-11.

Play through all of my old clarinet music.

Choose one (moderately difficult) piece and learn to play it competently again.

Draw/sketch something every day for a week (start date – ).

Watch the sunset with Tom.

Watch the sunrise.  Completed.

Go to see a film at the cinema on my own.

Go one whole month without eating any sweets (start date – ).

Go on a day trip with Tom to somewhere neither of us has ever been before.

Go to Coventry Cathedral and try and take Tom with me.

Go 24 hours without swearing and for every attempt that is not successful give £5 to charity (date – / no. of attempts – ).

Go 24 hours without complaining and for every attempt that is not successful give £5 to charity (date – / no. of attempts – ).

Make a real effort to stop using words such as ‘retard’ or ‘spaz’ (including such things as calling people ‘gay’ as if it’s a negative thing); start and maintain a kind of ‘swear box’ so that whenever I use one of those sorts of words I have to put money in it.

Organise a meal involving my family and Tom’s family.  Completed.

Use Wikipedia to learn something new every month on a subject I am ignorant on, especially involving History or Geography (September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August</

strike> / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May).  Completed 28-5-11.

Go vegetarian for a week (start date – ).

Wear my hair a different way every day for a week (start date – 4-1-10.).  Completed 10-1-10.

Win Spider Solitaire on ‘Medium’ 3 times (3/3).  Completed 3-9-08.

Win Spider Solitaire on ‘Difficult’.  Completed 18-10-08.

Get at least to the end of Act II in Diablo.

Complete Act I in Diablo without dying.

Complete at least 5 quests on Settlers (1/5).

Create a Sim who gets to the top of their career ladder in The Sims 2.  Completed 24-4-09.

Create a Sim who achieves their ultimate lifetime aspiration in The Sims 2.  Completed 25-4-09.

Listen to a Bob Dylan album with an open mind.

Watch a James Bond film with an open mind.  Completed.

Clean and tidy the bathroom.

Clean and tidy the kitchen, including throwing out all out-of-date food and cleaning everything in the drawers.

Add 3 things to my CV (3/3).  Completed.

Get my cribbage rating up to 1400 on Game Colony.  Completed 12-9-08.

Buy (and read) The Observer at least once a month (September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December / January / February / March / April / May).  Completed 29-5-11.

Go through all my CDs and work out which ones to keep and which can be sold/given away/thrown away.

Go through all my PlayStation games and work out which ones to keep and which can be sold/given away/thrown away.

Visit an art gallery.

Go a week without using my car.  Completed.

Make an effort to buy The Big Issue instead of walking past the people selling it and feeling guilty, and have at least 5 copies to show for it (5/5).  Completed 31-1-09.

Ask the doctor about giving blood and do so if possible.

Visit Hay-on-Wye during the festival.  Completed 30-5-10.

Look into putting my name on the organ donor register and make an informed decision about whether I want to or not, rather than just avoiding the issue.

Complete at least 3 missions on the Dance Master section of Dancing Stage Max (0/3).

Complete all songs on Dancing Stage Max on ‘Standard’ to Grade A level.

Every time I complete one of these tasks, write in here about it (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55 / 56 / 57 / 58 / 59 / 60 / 61 / 62 / 63 / 64 / 65 / 66 / 67 / 68 / 69 / 70 / 71 / 72 / 73 / 74 / 75 / 76 / 77 / 78 / 79 / 80 / 81 / 82 / 83 / 84 / 85 / 86 / 87 / 88 / 89 / 90 / 91 / 92 / 93 / 94 / 95 / 96 / 97 / 98 / 99 / 100 / 101).

 
Start Date – Monday, 1st September 2008.
End date – Monday, 30th May 2011.

 Completed – 53.           47 to go.            (Fails – 1).