The 1001 Day Project

 

I found the idea for this project at Intentionally Katie (formerly Three Blondes and a Redhead) and shamelessly used some of her goals since they are mine too. This is apparently the home of the project, entitled the 1001 Day Project. This, however, is my 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). I will cross things off the list as I complete them.

My start date: April 22, 2009

My end date: January 17, 2012

 

  1. Continue to do a budget every month and stick to it (no overages in spending) for three months in a row
  2. Follow the weekly housekeeping/housecleaning plan for a month straight
  3. Replace the kitchen and living room floors with laminate
  4. Renovate the bathroom
  5. Have another baby
  6. Go for a walk at least four times a week for a month
  7. Buy nothing new (except for groceries and gasoline) for a month - make do, make it myself, barter, trade, Freecycle, and buy used only if necessary
  8. Paint my bedroom
  9. Get frames and put pictures up on the kitchen hall wall
  10. Put a railing around the back entrance steps
  11. Spend a minimum of 60 minutes playing one-on-one with B every day for a month
  12. Make all Christmas gifts
  13. Build a snowman with B
  14. Marry my boyfriend
  15. Go to a concert
  16. Establish a family game night
  17. Make curtains for the bedrooms, sewing room, rec room, as well as the laundry room and storage room doors.
  18. Take a photography class
  19. Do a cleanse
  20. Lose 15 pounds
  21. Learn to eat clean *in progress - beginning week 2 of this (17AUG09)*
  22. Abstain from buying or ordering in food at work for one entire month
  23. Play in the rain with B
  24. Go camping in a tent with B, S, and E
  25. Go a whole week without yelling at B
  26. Set up a weekly workout routine and do follow it
  27. Let B make most of the decisions for an entire day - "King for a Day"
  28. Go to bed at 9 p.m. every night (excepting night shifts) for a week straight
  29. Stay on the meal plan wagon
  30. Try one new recipe a week for a month
  31. Eat a new fruit or vegetable (or food in general) at least once a week for a month
  32. Learn to drive standard
  33. Mean what I say and say what I mean - follow through! - with B for two weeks straight (for a start)
  34. Sign B up for swimming lessons
  35. Purge my bedroom closet
  36. Donate the too-small and no-longer-wanted clothes that are collecting dust
  37. Buy a bicycle and use it when at all possible
  38. Grow out my hair
  39. Increase my blog traffic
  40. Comment on a minimum of 15 new blogs a week in addition to the blogs I regularly read
  41. Buy groceries with cash based on the budget for a month (no debit card!)
  42. Get my MasterCard paid off and keep it at $0
  43. Pay off the line of credit
  44. Get enough money set aside to stop living paycheque to paycheque
  45. Accumulate a $1000 emergency fund as a step towards 6 months of expenses
  46. Continue to budget for savings (this is not an emergency fund) and keep a minimum of $500 there. Each time the extra reaches $250, roll that over to my ING account.
  47. Learn to make my own bar soap
  48. Have a date night at least once a month for 6 months out of 12
  49. Have a small and informal dinner party
  50. List one thing I am grateful for every day from today on and, on the days that I blog, include it at the end of my post
  51. Get a new (new-to-me) car
  52. Do not buy any more books until I read all the ones I have but haven't read yet
  53. Be more patient with B and try to see where the behaviour is coming from; treat the cause not punish the behaviour
  54. Take a dance class with S
  55. Get rid of everything I don't use or don't absolutely love
  56. Write down everything that has made me unhappy and burn the list
  57. Learn how my car works
  58. Figure out what I want to do with my life
  59. Take a pottery class with S
  60. Drive back out to the gorge with S and walk the same trails we did that first time
  61. Have girl time with E at minimum once every six weeks - bake cookies, make each other over, teach her to knit, etc
  62. Keep the kitchen counters clear for one whole month - no clutter and shine the sink on the way to bed
  63. Clean the fridge out once a week
  64. Take a French night class to brush up
  65. Get the sewing room into usable order
  66. Finish cutting out the squares and make a quilt for B's bed
  67. Have pictures taken of S and I
  68. Have a "family" picture taken of S, myself, and the kids
  69. Create and manage a price book for groceries
  70. Increase water intake - minimum of 64oz for 5 out of 7 days
  71. Make a recipes binder with my tried-and-true and basic recipes
  72. Learn to use my digital SLR camera and stop shooting on auto
  73. Get a passport for B and myself
  74. Stop wearing jeans and a t-shirt on all of my days off; start dressing more professionally and polished even when not at work
  75. Learn to like my body
  76. Write a letter to myself to read at the end of the 1001 days
  77. Drink a green smoothie every day for a week
  78. Visit my brother in Nova Scotia
  79. Learn how to change the oil in my car
  80. Save my loose change for the duration of this 1001-day project
  81. Adopt a Christmas Child
  82. Write a poem for S
  83. Practice the "Yes, and..." response for two weeks straight in response to S
  84. Make a new friend
  85. Take a multivitamin every day for a month (hoping it will become a habit)
  86. Transfer the pictures on my computer to CD
  87. Take a sign language course
  88. Make a five year plan
  89. Complete six no-spend months
  90. Decide what to do employment-wise - do I stay or go?
  91. Write four book reviews and post them on the blog
  92. Act the way I want to feel for two straight weeks
  93. Do something to thank my parents for everything
  94. Limit computer time to an hour in the a.m. and an hour in the p.m. for one month
  95. Read a book in French
  96. Face a fear
  97. Find a penpal
  98. Say yes when I would normally say no (0/365)
  99. Complete the Couch to 5K program (don't drop out this time!)
  100. Send 20 postcards just to say hello
  101. Start and maintain a health journal to keep track of how my body reacts to foods and my emotional highs and lows for one month


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