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New 101 in 1001

Last time, I really lost steam about 2/3 of the way through.  I'm going to try and do it again, but be a bit more realistic with my goals.

Start: January 1st, 2015 End: September 28, 2017

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks/goals/challenges in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and represent "stretching."

Ideas:

  1. Friends, Family, and Love - Send out homemade holiday cards in December
  2. Build a snowman
  3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur
  4. Spend a day at the beach
  5. Date nights x 20
  6. Complete a Jar of Life
  7. Host a tea party
  8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016
  9. Write a personal manifesto
  10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month
  11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
  12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015
  13. Pass 500 books for Arthur's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
  14. Throw a Favorite Things party
  15. Host a Pinterest party/crafting day/crop
  16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa
  17. Crafting and Culture - Attend an opera or musical
  18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
  19. Create and order my own personalized stamp
  20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
  21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards
  22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
  23. Watch a meteor shower
  24. Attend 5 concerts
  25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts
  26. Read 50 of my owned unread books
  27. Tour a factory
  28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal
  29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur)
  30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily
  31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums
  32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
  33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)
  34. Make 250 different greeting cards
  35. See a drive-in movie
  36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
  37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie
  38. Have a Pixar movie month
  39. Complete The Artist's Way
  40. Complete a year of no book buying
  41. Learn Ruby on rails
  42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x
  43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco
  44. Food and Drink - Take a cooking class
  45. Make 50 new recipes
  46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it
  47. Give up dining out for one month
  48. Try Whole30
  49. Make a pie on PI day
  50. Meal plan for an entire month
  51. Make fresh pasta
  52. Learn to make a good martini
  53. Do a brewery tour
  54. Try 25 new restaurants
  55. Try 5 new to me foods
  56. No pop for a month
  57. Health and Fitness - Lose 2 pants sizes
  58. Walk a 5K
  59. Get a massage
  60. Take a yoga class
  61. Get three pedicures
  62. Do a spa day
  63. Meditate daily for a month
  64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge
  65. Get lasik
  66. Get CPR certified again
  67. Travel - Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
  68. Go on a vacation with Josh
  69. Visit the Redwoods (any park)
  70. Travel to a new state
  71. Philanthropic - Give a 100% tip
  72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10
  73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop
  74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love
  75. Financial - Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry)
  76. Open an Etsy shop
  77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous
  78. Invest in blog business cards
  79. Miscellaneous - Get Arthur's tattoo
  80. Get a passport
  81. Get rid of 100 things
  82. Learn how to use our DSLR
  83. Take one free online class
  84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway
  85. Finish a Soduku puzzle
  86. Grow something from a seed
  87. Complete a coloring book
  88. Buy the perfect LBD
  89. Take an IQ test
  90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
  91. Go horseback riding or hiking
  92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge
  93. Unplug completely for 24 hours
  94. Officially close my Hotmail account
  95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc)
  96. Dye my hair purple
  97. Revamp my wardrobe
  98. Take real photos of me for my blogs
  99. Post a vlog
  100. Go apple/berry/etc picking
  101. Find and buy a signature piece of jewelry