This is my standing list for 101 in 1001. It is set for the end date of my program 28 September 2011. I will update it here.
COUNTDOWNCLOCK I got this idea from
dreamabella Thank-you.
Complete List
Start 1/1/2009
Days 1001
Years 2.74
Months 33
Weeks 143
Complete 9/28/2011
Last Update 5 January 2009
Completed items in strike-out Done 10
In progress Bold Working on 15
1 Physical
1 Learn how to jump rope
2 Learn how to swim such that I can swim 2 laps of an Olympic pool
3 Pass the Rangers fitness test
4 Pass the USAF fitness test at half of my age.
5 Obtain 12 % body fat
6 Start going to the dentist again
7 Give Blood 10 times 6/10 1/21/09, 4/1/09, 6/1/09, 6/31/09, 11/2/09. 1/20/10,
8 Develop a meal plan such that I know what to eat when at home and traveling
9 Average 7 hrs of sleep for 30 nights 0/30
10 Maintain finger nails for 30 days 30/30 Completed January 2009
2 Mental
11 Learn how to finger spell in ASL 0/26
12 Learn one hundred words in ASL 0/100
13 Learn to count in French to one billion
14 Learn 100 French phrases 0/100
15 Read ten fiction books (write a list) 0/10
16 Read ten non-fiction books (write a list) 4/10
White Death - The Blizzard of '77 A Canadian - American survival classic by Erno Rossi All Canadians should skim this book to understand why they should prepare for severe winter weather.
Flirting with Disaster by Marc Gerstein 9/09 - Everyone should read this book
Dreams of my Father by Barack Obama 9/09 - All Americans should read this book
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul 9/09 - Ron Paul fans should read this book all others drink lots of French wine like I did while reading
17 Write a short story
18 Learn to focus outside myself by reading two books on the subject
19 Meditate 10 times in 12 weeks 0/10
20 Practice yoga 10 times in 12 weeks 6/12
3 Spiritual
21 Read the Bible
22 Read the Koran
23 Go to Church 36 times 2/36
24 Join a local church by transfer of membership
25 Spend an unplanned day
26 Download a Bible to my Blackberry 11/01/09
27 Read L’lyn Bible stories 3/50
28 Read the Apocrypha
29 Take a retreat weekend
30 Pray daily for 30 days 0/30
4 Financial
31 Clear LOC debt
32 Get new lower line of credit Determined I am unable to do so
33 Restart RRSP
34 Develop a financial plan
35 Pay off Student debt
36 Establish a charity giving plan Done 2/1/09
37 Finish establishing an easy $ tracking system
38 Organize personal files
39 Submit work expense reports weekly for 6 months 0/26
40 Explore obtaining cheaper utilities for the house and install the programmable thermostat. Determined no savings here.
5 Career
41 Develop new report writing procedure
42 Clear back log of reports
43 Reports on time for 6 months 0/6
44 Study Steam Handbook
45 Study Generator handbook
46 Study steam turbine handbook
47 Take a course
48 Write a technical guideline
49 Clean up computer files
50 Get each colleague to write a guideline
6 Relationship
51 Meet my brother-in-law Shawn
52 Talk w kids 52 times/12 months 0/52
53 Take each child (3) on an outing
54 Go on a road trip with Todd
55 My wife a play at Stratford 09/2009
56 My wife a play at Shaw Festival
57 Family to Washington DC
58 Family to Disney 10/2009
59 Call Mom weekly for 6 months 0/26
60 Study wine & cheese w Sabrina
7 Social
61 Visit France 9/09
62 Volunteer 100 hours
63 Go dancing with Sabrina 2/14/09
64 Go to NM USAF with Michael
65 Attend an extended family function
66 Climb a mountain
67 Establish a personal web page
68 Host a wine and cheese party
69 Learn my neighbour’s names
70 Finally attend Kes’s NYE party
7 Projects
71 Rip all LPs and Cassettes to iTunes
72 Finish Anne’s dollhouse
73 Complete home inspection report items (make a list)
Installed CO detector 11/09
74 Organize the garage and install shelving
75 Organize the garden shed
76 Catalog the library on-line
77 Clean computer files establish automatic back-up protocol. Look into cloud computing
78 Update my wardrobe
79 Write or update a Wiki page Completed January 2009
80 Make a trestle table for L’lyn’s kitchen
8 SCA
81 Clear back log of Crown videos
82 Help Sabrina become an authorized fighter
83 Win an SCA Singles Tourney
84 Make new a Pennsic shower 7/09
85 Volunteer 50 hours in the SCA
86 Improve armour appearance
87 Make a loaner suit of armour
88 Develop a plan to improve my civilian kit
89 Find my fighting zone (Measure?)
90 Complete a century of pell with sword and with spear
9 Skills
91 Learn 20 constellations
92 Learn 10 useful knots
93 Read a photography book
94 Read an iMac book
95 Learn basic digital photo editing
96 Research my family tree
97 Learn to ice skate backwards
98 Take a drawing course
99 Cook 12 new dishes for family
100 Speed reading
101 Improve typing speed by 50 %