101 Things
101 Things in 1,001 DaysThe 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).
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 organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Start Date: January 1, 2008. End Date: September 28, 2010.
I will donate $2.00 to JDRF for every item not completed.
The Key:
Not Started
In Progress
Accomplished (with the date)
Diabetes
1. Get an A1C under 7% at least once
2. Write my blood sugars down everyday for a month.
3. Get a CGMS
4. Visit the endocrinologist 3 times a year (1/ 
5. Meet ten new diabetes bloggers (6/10)
- So far: Allie Beatty, Ed Leibowitz, Mollie Singer, Heidi, Hannah and Kelly.
6. Go to at least one CWD conference every year
7. Update the Diabetes O.C. Directory once a month after I get it updated
8. Write another article for a diabetes magazine
- Working on a new article for Diabetes Self-Management
9. See a conference for adults with type 1 come to fruition
10. Change my lancet once a month
General Health and Improvement
11. Keep a food journal and write what I eat everyday for a month
12. Stop drinking soda for one month
13. Attend a yoga class at least once a week for a month
14. Go to the gym 4 days a week for two months - extended if sick
15. Lose 40 pounds (5/40)
16. Go to the dentist twice a year (0/5)
17. Go to the gynecologist once a year (0/3)
18. Drink at least two bottles of water everyday for a month
19. Finish a bottle of multivitamins (but starting from new, not counting the one I already have open)
20. Get a professional massage
21. Eat vegetarian for one week
22. Floss my teeth everyday for a month
23. Go one month without eating fast food
24. Take an adult ballet/dance class
Spiritual
25. Find a church and attend for six months, though not consecutively (too much travel)
26. Read the entire Bible
27. Attend a Bible study class for six months, again, not necessarily consecutively
28. Write in a prayer journal once a week for six months
29. Download and listen to sermons from Imago Dei Community every week for six months
30. Succeed in giving up something for Lent
Educational
31. Learn Hebrew
32. Take a photography class
33. Read 101 books
34. Become a member to a museum in New York
35. Become a member at the New York Public Library
36. Visit 10 local art galleries
37. Complete a Sudoku book
Food and Entertainment
38. Attend one Broadway play a year (1/3)
- So far: A Chorus Line - 2008
39. Watch 101 movies
40. Attend a performance by the New York Ballet Corp
41. Attend a concert at Madison Square Garden
42. Try one new restaurant in New York City every month
43. Buy a cookbook and make every recipe out of it (except for beef recipes - yuck)
44. Host a dinner party
45. See Moby perform live
46. Attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
47. Be a part of a live audience for a TV show
48. Celebrate New Years in Times Square
49. Attend a performance by the New York Opera
Travel
50. Visit Israel
51. Visit London
52. Visit Amsterdam
53. Visit 5 new states (1/5)
54. Watch the sun rise in Montauk
55. Go camping
56. Take a trip with my brother
57. Take a trip with my mother We went to Boston in March 2008!
Photography
58. Buy a DSLR camera
59. Have a photo in a professional magazine/website/exhibit
60. Purchase Photoshop and learn to love it
62. Start a photoblog
63. Go to three photography exhibits (1/3)
- So far: Jen Beckman Gallery
64. Participate in the Diabetes 365 project
- I started this on January 27, 2008 but stopped in April 2008. I’ll have to start this back up again another time.
65. Take one photo a day for a month (that isn’t diabetes-related)
66. Print and frame my favorite photographs to give to my grandmothers and my parents
Purchases
67. Buy a laptop
68. Buy a PDA of some sort
69. Buy [something else]
70. Buy a Coach purse
71. Buy new and funkier dishes
72. Buy a coffee table (July 200
73. Buy a bookshelf for the living room
74. Buy only cleaning supplies and mostly organic food
Finances
75. Save $5,000
76. Invest in stock market
77. Catalog all expenses for one month every year (0/3)
78. Eliminate debt
79. Pay off full balance every month once debt is gone
Giving Back
80. Volunteer 101 hours to something that is NOT diabetes-related (0/101)
81. Donate money to the National MS Society during National MS Week (1/3)
- I can’t afford $50, so I’m just going with straight donations. Donated $25 for 2008.
82. Participate in the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes
83. Sponsor a child in a third world country
84. Join Big Brothers/Big Sisters
85. Donate blood
86. Find out where the nearest recycling center is and start recycling weekly
87. Vote in the 2008 elections
88. Mail a sussy to five people
89. Send only handmade (either by me or someone else) gifts for Christmas one year
90. Mail 12 birthday cards to friends and/or family for a year
91. Send a handwritten letter once a month for a year
Random
92. Avoid the Internet on the weekend for a month
93. Send a secret to PostSecret.com
94. Identify 101 things that make me happy
95. Write a blog entry everyday during the workweek for one month.
96. Complete NaBloPoMo’s in 2008 and 2009
97. Visit the Bronx Zoo
98. Get a tattoo
99. Move to the city or Hoboken
100. Get a cat
101. Celebrate my 25th birthday in another country
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I ran across your website (From Twitter). I love this idea. I am going to do the same thing.. This is a great idea.. I only have a couple of items written down but it is a start.
Here’s a link to help you with your search for funkier dishes.
http://www.corelle.com/index.asp?pageId=51
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