Mission 101
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).
The Key:
Tasks not yet begun.
Tasks in progress.
Tasks that have been completed.
Task that have a strikethrough are no longer valid goals.
Start Date – January 4, 2009
End Date – October 2, 2011
The List:
Crafty Stuff
1. Finish a quilt
2. Make a quilt for every bed in the house (1/4)
3. Sew a ring sling
4. Sew an article of clothing (6/16/09)
5. Finish all of my current “in progress” craft projects (0/?)
6. Give handmade gifts for one holiday season
7. Complete 30 scrapbooking layouts in 30 days (0/30)
8. Host a scrapbooking crop
9. Finish Chloe’s first year scrapbook
Photography
10. Take a class in Photoshop
11. Complete my photography course
12. Have one paying photography customer
13. Do five family portrait sessions (5/5) (11/28/09)
14. Take a photography road trip
15. Buy a wide angle lens
16. Buy a macro lens
17. Buy a 50-200mm lens
18. Finish a DePhoMo
19. Do a Project 365 (0/365)
20. Take a photo of Chloe everyday for a month (0/30)
21. Take a photo of Jacob every visit for one year (0/25)
22. Take a photo of Ben everyday for a month (0/30)
School and Business Goals
23. Turn all of my homework in two days early two weeks in a row (2/2) (1/16/09)
24. End two quarters with a GPA of 3.0 or better (0/2)
25. Get my degree in business management
26. Get a second degree in accounting
27. Open an Etsy store
28. Sell 50 pieces of jewelry (2/50)
29. Become a Longaberger consultant (1/17/09)
30. Host my first Longaberger party (3/14/09)
31. Make my first Longaberger sale (3/14/09)
Me: Mentally, Physically, and Spiritually
32. Have a successful homebirth (12/19/08) *technically I accomplished this one before the start of my 1001 days, but it was on my list before Ben was born, and I’m keeping it. 🙂
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 120px; text-indent: -0.25in;”>33. Observe all eight Sabbats for one turn of the wheel (0/8)
34. Observe all thirteen Esbats for one turn of the wheel (0/13)
35. Get rid of 101 things I don’t need/don’t use (101/101)
36. Reach my goal weight of 150 lbs
37. Give up soda for 30 days (0/30)
38. Drink nothing but water for seven days (0/7)
39. Make two new friends (Katie and Buffy, from work)
40. Give blood
41. Read 101 books I haven’t read before (30/101)
42. Do 50 crunches every day for two weeks (0/14)
43. Go jogging three days a week for one month (0/12)
44. Get a tattoo
45. Get a massage
46. Get a chiropractic adjustment
47. Write in a personal journal once a week for six months (0/24)
48. Relearn meditation techniques
49. Go to the dentist
50. Have an eye exam
Family and Marriage
51. Take a vacation without the kids
52. Take a family vacation
53. Potty train Chloe (12/22/09)
54. Buy new wedding rings
55. Cook dinner seven nights in a row (1/7)
56. Have a date night with my husband once a month for three months (0/3)
57. Renew my wedding vows on my fifth anniversary
58. Exclusively nurse Benjamin for six months (6/6) (6/19/09)
59. Breastfeed for one year (12/19/09)
60. Get family portraits made
61. Teach Chloe to read
62. Enroll Chloe in dance or gymnastics class
63. Cook a holiday meal for family
64. Get Chloe to go to sleep in her room on her own
Around the House
65. Paint and decorate the living room
66. Paint and decorate the kitchen
67. Paint and decorate the bedroom
68. Build a clothesline
69. Organize all the closets in the house (3/5)
70. Have a yard sale
71. Plant a garden, either flower or vegetable
72. Buy a new refrigerator
73. Continue wood flooring through the entire house
74. Spring clean every room in the house (1/8)
75. Set up a “hobby center” in my bedroom
76. Replace the leaking tub in my master bath
77. Buy a chest freezer
78. Start recycling
79. Rebuild our front porch
80. Build a back porch/steps
Finances
81. Pay all of my bills on time three months in a row (0/3)
82. Save three months of family living expenses (0/3)
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 120px; text-indent: -0.25in;”>83. Open a bank account. (2/7/09)
84. Pay off my house (1/30/09)
85. Pay off my car (1/30/09
86. Save one dollar every day for 1001 days (3/1001)
87. Buy a piece of land
Miscellaneous
88. Attend six home birth meet ups in a row (1/6)
89. Learn to play Dungeons and Dragons
90. Visit the beach
91. Stay a weekend in the mountains
92. Turn the TV off every weekend for one month (0/4)
93. Have people over to my house for a social gathering
94. Buy a Wii (1/30/09)
95. Buy a new TV (1/31/09)
96. Participate in a cookie exchange
97. Go to a theater performance
98. Use reusable shopping bags every day for a month (0/30)
99. Go out to dinner and a movie on my birthday
100. Go somewhere to celebrate New Year’s Eve
101. Visit Ireland