101 in 1001

Start: 7/15/2011

End: 4/11/2014

Guidelines

• Keep a “perhaps” list. A list kept under each role of things you might want to do. It does not mean it’s a goal or commitment, but an idea to look over and perhaps translate to any item on your goals for the week, or keep it later for future consideration, or even discard it if it is not as important.
• Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
• Write it down and keep it in sight. Review them frequently to clarify your thinking and reinforce your commitment.
• Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
• Stay Focused. Any accomplishment requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Through independent will, we make purposeful choice and carry it out; we have the integrity to walk our talk. Constantly evaluate your progress.

Discipline

1. Go an entire month without "retail therapy" (aside from meals)
2. Put 20% down on my condo
3. Clean out my bathroom of all unused hair and makeup products 8/27
4. Track my measurements, moods, meals, and workouts - document my transformation progress
5. Drink 8+ glasses of water a day
6. Go to bed by 11pm every weeknight for 30 days
7. Pay off amex card  January 12, 2012 - BOOM!
8. Complete 90 days of vitamin therapy
9. Practice yoga twice a week for a month (minimum of 20 minutes/session)
10. Work with a personal trainer 12 times
11. Do strength training or at least 30 minutes of walking daily
12. Go technology free on a non-work day. Give up personal email, browsing and phone.
13. Get a safe deposit box and store all important account details / will / etc
14. Log 1001 miles on nike+
15. Increase credit score
    
Beautiful World
16. Go to Spain  Madrid, April 2012.  Want to go coastal later in the year.
17. Take a cooking class in Tuscany
18. Go see a broadway play in NYC
19. Walk in the countryside in Ireland
20. Swim with dolphins
21. Watch a sunrise and sunset on the same day in Maui 
22. Spend a day at the arboretum, taking photos and exploring every section of the park
23. Visit a B&B or quiet getaway in the san juan islands
24. Sleep under the stars on a beach - 
25. Take my mom to the UK, Denmark and Sweden - we're thinking Fall 2013
    
    
    
Volunteer, give back, donate, community
26. Volunteer for a hands-on, hands-dirty project (e.g., habitat for humanity)
27. Do an anonymous favor for someone at work
28. Send care packages on holidays to random college student all year
29. Do an anonymous favor for someone I don't know
30. Do an anonymous favor for someone in my family
31. Pay 10% tithing for 4 full pay periods
32. Plan and execute a charitable program or event
33. Give a 100% tip  MSP airport rock bottom server.
34. Sign up for and/or donate bone marrow
    
    
Simple Pleasures
35. Sleep in every Sunday.
36. Get professional massages
37. Unsubscribe myself from all the subscriptions that clutter up my gmail inbox
38. Use my bathtub and soak in a warm bath + aromatherapy and salts at least once a month
39. Buy a bike and ride the burke gilman trail
40. Write a "tell me something good" entry every day for 1001 days
41. Give myself a facial and listen to peaceful music once a month for 6 months
42. Write a letter to my body
43. Create a list of 50 things I love about myself
    
    
Learn, read, write, do
44. Take the GRE or GMAT
45. Take a massage class
46. Get my PMP Certification - halfway there...
47. Take sewing classes and make a perfectly fitting dress sloper for each of the big pattern companies.
48. Try 5 photoshop tutorials online and apply to 5 projects/photos
49. Read 250 books
50. Learn all the rules of golf
51. Watch 36 movies deemed "must see" by those I trust
52. Complete the couch to 5k program
53. Run a 5k
54. Become SCUBA certified - scheduled! will dive in the great barrier reef!
55. Make the hotpatterns pencil skirt and make as many versions as I want
56. Read the koran in english
57. Read the torah in english
58. Read the book of mormon in english
59. Write at least one word in a paper journal weekly
60. Take an adult ed class for fun, or complete on MIT Open Course Ware class
    
    
Physical Appearance
61. Be professionally fitted for bras – & buy nice ones that fit as a result
62. Whiten my teeth once per month for 6 months
63. Reduce bodyfat to 22% or less
64. Have a professional stylist / image consultant make me over / adjust my closet
65. Learn how to give myself a complete manicure/pedicure
66. Learn how to apply MAC makeup, including the smokey eye
67. Clear my skin
68. Watch a youtube tutorial and learn how to curl my hair with a flat iron
69. Have a custom LBD made by a bespoke tailor so it fits and flatters my body perfectly
70. Have professional portraits taken, including headshot, partial and full body shot
71. Wear skirts or dresses to work for an entire month
72. Wear color and outfit combinations I don’t normally choose.  (not including black).
    
    
Suzy Homemaker
73. Remodel the bathroom to be more space-efficient
74. Learn to make chocolate souffle
75. Plant a square foot garden
76. Make 4 different types of quilts - one quilt down, 3 to go
77. Make a rotating menu (including nutritional information) and shopping list for each season in the year
78. Install kitchen tile backsplash - in progress, discussion @lowe's
79. Buy a grill and grill 20 different meats/veggies/fruit from the grilling cookbook
    
    
Relationships
80. Seek out a mentor at work
81. Start a monthly shangri-la supper club
82. Send a random gift to a friend
83. Go speed-dating with friends
84. Write a personal letter to each of my siblings and in-laws
85. Fill out an online dating profile and have trusted family and friends approve it - i did it, but didn't keep the profile up... baby steps haha
86. Host a party with a fun or creative theme
87. Meet and become friends with 10 new people
88. Go on 30 unique dates
    
    
Big Hairy Audacious Goals
89. Write a book
90. Get engaged (not really in my control, but I still hope it happens in the next 1001 days!)
91. Create, market, and sell a product
92. Apply for an international rotation at work
    
    
Embracing Randomness
93. Belly dance
94. Go to a big event, festival, or convention that I think is totally weird and/or stupid.
95. Ride in a hot air balloon 
96. Take a trapeze class
97. Buy a pair of designer heels (e.g., louboutins)
98. Skydive
99. Find out what my blood type is
100. Go on a ghost tour
101. Sign up with a voice-over agency