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mission101 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 your part).
Cross them off as you do them, and add the dates. Include the date you started the list and the finishing date.
Sooo...I came across this mission101 thing and decided it was a great opportunity to kick myself in the butt and add some direction to my life (since I don't have much these days) ;)
You wouldn't believe how long it took to come up with a list! It may be less whimsical than I might like, but it's a good blend of things I've been putting off forever and know I ought to do, things that will make me who I want to be, and of course a little randomness here and there. So click on if you're curious. I'm sure I'll be referencing the list on here from time to time. If you want to join me on zee quest, check out mission101!
Presenting...
101 in 1001
Start date: June 3, 2006.
End date: February 28, 2009.
Material World...
6. Save $10 000 to be used for real life (e.g. graduate school).
For the Mind and Body...
7. Unbrainfog self.
9. Do 30 minutes of cardio, 4 days a week for 6 months.
- Dec '06
10. Do ab exercises every day for 3 months
11. Stretch for 10 minutes every day for 3 months.
13. Take meditation/relaxation time for 15 minutes every day for a month.
14. Go to two yoga classes a week for 3 months. (2/3)
- late May '06 - late June '06
- Sept '06
15. Find yoga/relaxation music to listen to when stressed.
16. By the end of the 1001, have a game plan for the next few years.
17. Document/photograph each goal I complete.
Just Because I Know I Should...
18. "Clean Sweep" and organize my stuff in both parents' houses.
19. Make a scrapbook of the Star Wars lines.
20. Make trip scrapbooks (Spain/England, Israel, Dominican Republic, Peru, Trois-Pistoles, England/Belgium,
22. Buy a watch.
23. Start a recipe book/collection (cross off at 20).
24. Organize phone numbers and addresses.
25. Keep my room clean for 6 months. (started Dec 25 '06)
26. Become recertified CPR/First Aid.
Live Without Borders...
28. Go to 3 new countries/provinces/states. (2/3)
- Belgium (July 15 '06 - July 17 '06)
- Costa Rica (April 21 '07 - May 1 '07)
29. Spend at least 6 months abroad (continuous).
32. Throw a dart into a map and travel there.
33. Get British Passport/(Citizenship?).
Make Good...
34. Celebrate 3 years of veganism. (to be completed September 2008)
35. Give blood 3 times.
37. Volunteer for a social/ethical cause (Food Not Bombs, Habitat for Humanity) (1/10)
(1) Vegetarian Food Fair Sept 9-10 '06
38. Protest on behalf of a cause I believe in.
39. Eliminate all non-vegan, non-cruelty free products from bathroom stuff.
40. Find a non-wasteful alternative to traditional menstrual products.
Be Expressive...
41. Buy a steel string guitar.
44. Learn 20 songs by heart on the guitar.
(1) Naked As We Came (Iron & Wine)
46. Perform onstage (excluding choir).
48. Fill up my sketchbook.
50. Do
51. Paint something on canvas.
52. Create an article of clothing for myself.
53. Write something (anything!), 15 minutes per day for 6 months. (1/6)
- June '06
55. Get something (anything!) published.
Things I'd Like to Try Once...
57. Try a raw diet for a week just to see what it's like.
58. Don't speak for 24 hours.
59. Bicycle all the way downtown to the Lakeshore and back.
60. Pass SuperMario 1.
61. Don't complain for an entire week.
62. Hitchhike.
63. Snowboard.
64. Stay off the computer for a week.
Learning...umm...Stuff...
66. Read 101 new books (including 15 nonfiction, 26 from RandomHouse 1000 Best list).
Fiction (29): Beautiful Losers (L Cohen), Breadfruit (C H Vaite), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (S Chbosky), The Stolen Child (K Donohue), Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (A Allston), V for Vendetta (A Moore & D Lloyd), The Joy Luck Club (A Tan), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (M Haddon), Star Wars Dark Nest I: the Joiner King (T Denning), Lovely Bones (A Sebold), Sex as a Second Language (A Kwitney), Star Wars Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (K Traviss), Lost (G Maguire),<> Mirror Mirror (G Maguire), On a Pale Horse (P Anthony), Bearing an Hourglass (P Anthony), Wielding a Red Sword (P Anthony), Being a Green Mother (P Anthony), For the Love of Evil (P Anthony), Breakfast of Champions (K Vonnegut), Everything is Illumiated (J Safram Foer), The Deathly Hallows (J Rowling), The Wild Wood (C de Lint), Eragorn (C Paolini), The Cable Guy (H Grey), Memory and Dream (C de Lint), To Kill A Mockingbird (H Lee), Angry Young Spaceman (J Munroe), Have Spacesuit, Will Travel (R Heinlein), The Golden Compass (P Pullman), The Subtle Knife (P Pullman), The Amber Spyglass (P Pullman), The Innkeeper's Song (P Beagle)</b>
Nonfiction (4): The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma (M W Kirschner & J C Gerhart), AIDS in Africa: How the Poor Are Dying (N K Poku), Prozac Nation (E Wurtzel), Blind Watchmaker (R Dawkins)
100 Best (4): Brave New World (A Huxley), Stranger in a Strange Land (R Heinlein), Farenheit 451 (R Bradbury), Slaughterhouse-Five (K Vonnegut)
67. Learn how to drive stick.
68. Document a month by taking one picture every day.
69. Learn how to use my digital camera properly.
71. Cook 10 things I've never cooked before.
(1) Banana Bread (June 8, '06)
(2) Tofu Curry (Dec 21,'06)
(3)Roasted Veggies (Jan 6 '07)
72. Make 5 icons on photoshop.
73. Taking a dance-y class (x10).
74. Taking a non-school class.
75. Learn the location and capitals of all of the countries in the world.
76. Learn how to do three maintenance procedures on a car.
77. Learn 3 basic sewing skills.
- hemming dress pants (Mom; July 5 '06)
78. Learn 10 constellations.
Languages...
79. Do 10 French lessons with my grandmother.
80. Memorize my entire Bescherelle.
81. Read a complete novel in French.
82. Watch 5 foreign movies.
(1) Pan's Labyrinth* Jan 28 '07
(2) The Lives of Others(Das Leben der Anderen) Jan 28 '07
83. Get through Wheelock's Latin.
Connections...
84. Listen to my grandmother talk about her life, and write it all down.
85. Send a postcard to random people in 10 different countries.
86. Pass notes to 10 strangers on the bus or subway
87. Cry in someone's arms.
88. Have a long conversation with a homeless person.
89. Kiss a stranger.
90. Dance with someone outside under the moon.
92. Do 10 random acts of kindness.
(1) Bought a great waitress a movie gift certificate (Aug 18)
Be Whimsical!
94. Skinny dip (again!)
95. Jump into a huge pile of leaves.
96. Sleep on a beach all night.
98. Blow bubbles somewhere inappropriate.
100. Sleep outside in the backyard.
