The idea: make a list of 101 tasks, both large and small, that you would like to achieve over the next 1001 days. Why 1001 days? Because that's long enough to complete larger projects, but not so long that it's "someday". I have tried this before ... with mixed results. The first time I set up several "do x 30 times" sort of things, which meant I didn't keep track or finish the vast majority of them. The second time I did a bit better and made more things "one-offs", and completed 56/101. Of course, part of that was in 2020, and we know how this year has been. So I've decided to kick off the project again, two weeks after the last round finished. Why? Because it's on my mind, and because I think I'd like to start in the autumn rather than with all the "resolutions" nonsense. So I think I have an even better chance of getting more done.
The categories will seem familiar -- it's a good way for me to divide up my interests. No surprise, last round I did best in adventure and crafting, and I did worst in fitness. I've rolled over a number of projects because, well, they're still important.
You can read more about it in this wrap-up / intro post.
I'll try, again, to keep this page updated as I go. And when I complete a "thing" I even get to check it off my list:
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Start date: October 10, 2020
End date: July 8, 2023
Adventure Time
| ☐ | 1. | go backpacking – at least 2 days hiking, one night camping |
| ☐ | 2. | go BIKEpacking – at least 2 days biking, one night camping |
| ☐ | 3. | go kayaking |
| ☐ | 4. | hike up to Camp Muir |
| ☐ | 5. | take an introductory SCUBA course |
| ☑ | 6. | visit the Japanese Garden |
| ☐ | 7. | visit a new country |
| ☑ | 8. | finish this list of 101 things!!! |
| ☑ | 94. | Holiday Challenge with Jenny |
Always Be Learning
| ☐ | 9. | get GA-certified (at least, take all the free training possible)
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| ☐ | 10. | learn Photoshop |
| ☐ | 11. | learn Project (is there certification?) |
| ☐ | 12. | make 5 bracelets |
| ☐ | 13. | put something up for sale on ETSY |
| ☐ | 14. | take remaining cheese course at River Valley Cheese |
| ☐ | 15. | get to Spanish checkpoint 6 in Duolingo |
| ☐ | 16. | get to Japanese checkpoint 4 in Duolingo |
| ☐ | 17. | learn basic kumihimo braiding |
| ☑ | 18. | learn wool felting |
| ☐ | 19. | find and complete a sketch-a-day project |
| ☐ | 20. | experiment with visual notetaking |
| ☐ | 96. | "Let's Make Art" projects |
| ☐ | 99. | Read about John Lubbock, Baron Avebury |
Blogginess
| ☐ | 21. | set up wordpress about me page |
| ☐ | 22. | set up wordpress shadow blog |
| ☐ | 23. | blog 150 times |
| ☐ | 24. | learn how to watermark images |
Bookish:
| ☐ | 25. | read Boswell’s “Life of Johnson” |
| ☐ | 26. | read Darwin’s “Descent of Man” |
| ☐ | 27. | read Darwin’s “The Expression of Emotions in Animals and Man” AND his testimony at the Royal Commission on Subjecting Live Animals to Experiments |
| ☐ | 28. | read Darwin’s “Variation Under Domestication” |
| ☐ | 29. | finish Macaulay’s “A History of England” |
| ☐ | 30. | read Behlmer's "Risky Shores" |
| ☑ | 31. | re-read the Little House books |
| ☑ | 32. | read Francis Galton's "The Art of Travel" and "Hints to Travellers" |
| ☑ | 33. | read Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier" |
| ☑ | 34. | read Orwell's "Down & Out in Paris and London" |
| ☐ | 35. | read Orwell's "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" |
| ☐ | 36. | read Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" |
| ☐ | 37. | read Orwell's "Coming Up for Air" |
| ☐ | 38. | read Orwell's "Animal Farm" |
Craftacular
| ☑ | 39. | sashiko bag stitched and finished |
| ☐ | 40. | blackwork citrus stitching |
| ☑ | 41. | wool felt kit |
| ☐ | 42. | silk and merino scarf kit |
| ☐ | 43. | craftacular clean up – audit the craft cabinet / stash |
| ☐ | 44. | make something out of kanga fabric |
| ☐ | 45. | simple sashiko throw |
| ☐ | 46. | something useful out of the thick ethnic fabric |
| ☑ | 47. | tamari ball kit |
| ☑ | 48. | "no probllama" kit on a bag |
| ☐ | 49. | Christmas banner kit |
| ☑ | 50. | Santa latchhook pillow cover |
| ☐ | 51. | sakura sashiko kit |
| ☑ | 52. | Mill Hill calaveras ornament kits x6 |
| ☐ | 53. | design and stitch calaveras Halloween tree skirt : calaveras in felt + embroidery |
| ☐ | 54. | safari quilt top sewn |
| ☐ | 55. | safari quilt finished |
| ☑ | 56. | Japan scrapbook |
| ☑ | 57. | 2020 / Northern Lights scrapbook |
| ☐ | 58. | "vegan leather" wristband with Golden Lily pattern |
| ☐ | 59. | sewing machine cover |
| ☐ | 60. | octopus needle case |
| ☐ | 61. | new cover for my warmy pillow |
| ☑ | 62. | tiger needlepoint stitched |
| ☑ | 63. | tiger needlepoint into a pillow |
| ☐ | 64. | stash afghan (learn basket stitch first!) |
| ☐ | 97. | Kilimanjaro embroidered pin |
| ☐ | 98. | Fuji embroidered pin |
| ☐ | 101. | British Museum Hokusai cross stitch kit |
Fitnecessity:
| ☐ | 65. | do 25 military pushups |
| ☐ | 66. | do 50 military pushups |
| ☐ | 67. | make progress on 50-states project : run in 5 new states |
| ☐ | 68. | run a sub-60-minute 10K |
| ☐ | 69. | run a sub-2:15 half |
| ☐ | 70. | run a 9-minute mile |
| ☐ | 71. | swim one mile in open water |
| ☐ | 72. | touch my toes |
| ☐ | 95. | Run the Year |
| ☐ | 100. | Americathon |
GOHIO:
| ☐ | 73. | make our advanced directives / Five Wishes |
| ☐ | 74. | complete Household Organizer book |
| ☐ | 75. | digitize our slides |
| ☐ | 76. | make a 3-day emergency kit |
| ☐ | 77. | make a personal website |
| ☐ | 78. | complete our wills |
| ☐ | 79. | organize retirement accounts |
| ☐ | 80. | take a home inventory |
House Proud:
| ☐ | 81. | audit and reorganize spices |
| ☐ | 82. | clear out games |
| ☐ | 83. | draft blocker – make a temperature record one |
| ☐ | 84. | sell/shed 100 books |
| ☐ | 85. | sell Hallmark ornaments |
| ☑ | 86. | submit a craft to the Puyallup Fair |
| ☑ | 87. | plant tulip bulbs |
| ☑ | 88. | get new window screens |
| ☑ | 89. | repair / replace back stairs |
| ☐ | 90. | new pantry window |
| ☐ | 91. | clean siding and eaves |
| ☑ | 92. | new gutters -- actually just needed cleaning! |
| ☐ | 93. | rain chain / possibly rain barrel |
You have some great plans here, maybe a little heavy on the Orwell? ;) Good wishes to you as you finish the list and start checking them off!
ReplyDeleteI like to have a reading theme -- or a "featured author". I loved the three Orwell books I read decades ago, and always wondered what the rest were like. So I plan to revisit the old ones and try the new ones. I didn't get particularly far in my Darwin reading last time ... or my Macaulay! But with winter coming I just want to say indoors and read.
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