(no subject)
101 in 1001
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 my part).
Why 1001 Days?: Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
- from dayzeroproject.com
START DATE: January 01, 2010
END DATE: September 27, 2012 (How wierd; this is the bogus birthday I gave myself on the front page of my LJ to keep would-be identity thieves from getting my real one. Cuz everyone wants to be me, lol.)
LEGEND:
Bold: Completed! (Date finished)
Italicized: In progress (# complete - if applicable)
Strikethrough: abandoned
*asterisks indicate instances of me breaking the rules by being vague or unrealistic cuz I needed some fillers while I work on compiling this for real*
Career(Jockey)
001. Go 1001 days without injury
002. Join the Jockey's Guild
003. Subscribe to The Daily Racing Form
004. Hire an agent
005. Win a race
006. Get 4 mounts every race day for a month
007. Have a 20% win percentage at the end of a meet
008. Be leading rider at the end of a*n important* meet
009. Subscribe to The Bloodhorse and The Thoroughbred Times
010. Take an equine anatomy/physiology/pathology class
011. Get involved in getting drugs out of racing
012. Get on a Derby horse, even if it's just for a breeze or an early season race before he's on The Trail
013. Be renowned and respected for my horsemanship
014. Be renowned and respected for my integrity.
015. If Kristen is to be found, repay her the $20 I borrowed
016. Be renowned and respected for my passion and vision and determination
017. *Win the Kentucky Derby*
018. *Win the Triple Crown*
019. *Win the Breeder's Cup Classic*
020. *Win the Dubai World Cup*
021. *Win all the other big races.*
022. ***And do it all on a drug-free horse!***
Running/Diet and Fitness
017. Run a 5k in under 20 min
018. Win a track mile in under 5 minutes
019. Win a track 800 in under 2:10
020. Win a track 400 sub-60
021. Run a 10k under 45 minutes
022. Run a half-marathon under 1-1/2 hours
023. Run a trail 50k under 5 hours
024. Run a marathon under 3-1/2 hours
025. Run the Pike's Peak Marathon
026. *Participate in the Marathon des Sables*
026. Complete a triathlon
027. Complete a decathlon?? Hep or septathlon? Pentathlon? Whichever one they have for women
028. Subsist on fruits and vegetables for one month
029. Weigh 108 lbs consistently
030. Run 1,001 miles
031. Benchpress 110 lbs
032. Do 10 consecutive pullups
033. Train with a HR monitor for one month
034. Complete the P90X training program
035. Go to the gym every day for 30 days
036. Buy some free weight equipment: dumbells (8's, 10's, 12's, 15's, 17's, 20's, 22's, 25's)and an adjustable bench (flat, incline, upright, decline (under $50 at walmart!)) and a bar (45, 2.5's, 5's, 10's, 25's, a 35 for doing situps) Other equipment to buy: a bosu ball, a big swiss ball, a 12-pound medecine ball, a good heartrate monitor, a good bike, some Vibram5fingers, some rocker-bottom shoes, a P90X training program set, and a doing-pullups-in-a-doorway-thingy
037. Cancel my gym membership once my ankle is strong enough to run every day so I won't need the cardio machines and I've attained my own equipment (See list, above)
Writing/Literature
038. Finish a story and prepare a manuscript for publishing
039. Join a writer's support group
040. Join a book club
041. Read 101 books; that's less than 3 a month; newspapers and magazines don't count
042. Write at least 1,001 words every day for a month, LJ and letters don't count
043. Read the articles of a Sunday paper, cover-to-cover, every weekend for a month, for six different months in six different cities
044. Memorize Edgar Allen Poe's "The Bells"
045. Learn calligraphy :)
Art
046. Draw something every day for a month (perhaps illustrations to accompany/inspire my writing?)
047. Have a gallery showing
048. Sell a piece or be comissioned to do one
049. Collect some original scenic or wildlife paintings and famous runner and racehorse photos to decorate with
Greater Good
050. Donate clothes I don't wear every 6 months
051. Volunteer at an animal shelter by taking dogs running at least once a week for the duration of my stay at at least one racetrack
052. Plant a tree
053. Ride a bike to get groceries and to the laundromat every week for three months
054. *vague, but a noble enough cause to stay on the list* Be more patient and tolerant and less of a condescending bitch; you never know when you might be making a difference for someone else, or for yourself via others' impressions of you, with your attitude. Would you rather it be positive or negative?
055. *Grow some of my own food and keep chickens for eggs* (in my trailer garden?)
056. *Compost* (again, in my trailer garden?)
055. Help Dad fix his house and yard so he can grow food and keep chickens, or sell it to someone who wants to do that so he can move to Lake Powell and work on house boats like he wants to.
056. Remember to take my reusable grocery bags to the grocery store with me!
057. Recycle religiously
058. Go trick-or-treating and donate ALL the candy to a children's hospital
059. Volunteer as an assistant coach for a youth track program three days a week for three months
060. Volunteer to read to the elderly once a week for three months
061. Prepare and send 3 packages to soldiers overseas
062. Take a CPR/Heimlich Maneuver/Emergency 1st Aid Class
063. Donate 2% of my net earnings from riding (after paying valet, agent, and expenses) annually to the Don MacBeth Fund
064. Donate $50 every month for one year to The Animal Sanctuary
065. Donate $50 every month for one year to the ASPCA, Dumb Friends League or no-kill shelter
066. Donate $50 every month for one year to a racehorse rehab/rescue center
067. Donate $5 for every task on this list not completed, minus the number I went over 101 by, or an additional $200, whichever is more, to another worthy cause.
Finances
068. Keep checking acount above $1,000 for one year, barring medical, veterinary, or vehicular emergencies
069. Keep savings above $5,000 for the same one-year period, barring medical, veterinary, or vehicular emergencies
070. Start sending Debbie $200 every month without fail for the wonderful care she takes of my cherished steed!
071. Send dad $40 per month for the duration of this experiment so he has no excuse not to buy high-quality cat food and litter
072. Save at least $15,000 in addition to attaining eveything currently on my list (workout supplies, new camper shell for truck, nice camper trailer I intend to live in long-term, laptop, camera, tubal ligation)
073. Start a seperate retirement account, IRA or 401k or whatever and build it up to at least $5,000 without depleting the savings account from $15,000 (Roth IRA's pay taxes on the way in, so the interest earned is tax-free upon withdrawl)
074. Invest $2,000 without depleting the other accounts from the baselines ($1,000ck, $5,000rt and $15,000sv) I'll have worked so hard to attain
075. Budget and track my fianances, especially savings, charity, business expenses and income so I know how much to claim
076. Log gas mileage and fuel purchases religiously
077. Change phone plan to the 600-minute one instead of the 1,000-minute one I have now to save some money every month, but keep everything else the same since I text a lot and I'll eventually upgrade to a phone that will actually support my unlimited internet/email.
Health/Personal
078. Get tested
079. Get HPV vaccine
080. Brush teeth every day for 6 months
081. Get my freakin cavities fixed!
082. Improve complexion
083. Get tubes tied
084. Wear a dress/skirt every day for a month
085. Abstain from sex for one calendar year
086. Abstain from alcohol for one calendar year
087. Go thirty days without shaving (started 1/2/10)
088. Go a year without a haircut
089. Shave head
090. Do not ingest a pill of any kind, not even a vitamin, diet pill or NSAID, or cough syrup/theraflu for six months. Airborne and EmergenC are ok.
091. Stop cussing
092. Get my Concealed Carry Permit
093. Get my motorcycle endorsement
094. Learn conversational Spanish
095. Learn ballroom dancing
096. Take a pole-dancing class
097. Take up rock climbing
098. Get a nth degree black belt in at least one martial art (Wait..Can you do that in 2.67 years?)
099. Drive a racecar
100. Take a Sports Medicine Class
101. Wear sunscreen! EVERY DAY!!! for six months, minimum SPF30
Social
102. Keep in touch with people by alternately writing them letters and calling every other week for a total of 1 letter and one call per month
103. Send out Christmas and Birthday Cards on time
104. Go fishing with Dad at least once per year
105. Visit my sister, nephews, and grandmas once per year (No twofers!)
106. Make at least 2 local friends wherever I travel for work to hang out with and write to
107. Have a different foundation friend visit me wherever I am each year
108. Return all phone calls for two months within 24 hours except those from unknown numbers or bogus collections
Travel and Adventure
109. Take a wilderness survival class! Or read a book. Or compile enough notes to make a book on the subject.
110. Explore Yellowstone NP in winter
111. Help Dad get the Jeep fixed up and go with him to Moab/Arches NP
112. Explore Canyonlands NP
113. Camp out for one month. No trips to town! (During Canyonlands expedition)
114. See the sights of my home state, Colorado
115. Learn to downhill ski
116. Explore Badlands NP
117. Explore Alaska and ride a dogsled
118. Visit Ireland. Possibly for work.
119. *See more of Australia, especially the outback, than I got to while I was there*
120. *Vacation someplace tropical with white sand beaches and turquoise water*
121. *Visit South America, the Amazon/rainforests and the Andes and the Incan or Mayan??? ruins*
122. *Visit Indonesia and Southeast Asia and India and Mongolia*
123. *Visit Canada*
124. *Go on an African Safari* (perhaps following my Marathon des Sables expedition?)
125. *Tour Europe and the Middle East, purely for the horses*
119. Summit 8 14ers in one day (Bierstadt/Evans, Grays/Torreys, and those 4 I've heard can be done in one day in the Flatops or Needles or whichever range it is that's not too far from BS/Evans and G/T) This will require running all runnable portions of trail and a vehicle (like the Jeep) that can make it to the trailheads, particularly Grays/Torreys, quickly.
120. Summit 15 different 14ers total, 12 of which must be ones I haven't done before (Bierstadt, Gray's and Torrey's being the other 3; Evans, Elbert, Massive, Pikes, Longs, Quandary, North and South Maroon Peaks, and those other 4 will be new)
Miscellaneous, mostly Stuff
121. Get wire dog crates
122. Sell the plastic dog crates I have currently
123. Get a cat climbing tower
124. Sell all those crappy bikes taking up space on the porch
125. Buy that saddle from Tommy
126. Sell those 2 saddles I don't use
127. Buy a filing cabinet and USE IT! NO piles of papers anywhere for one year!
128. Do not set foot in a walmart for one year
129. Get truck, trailer and insurance in my own name
130. Get truck wiring done
131. Get small cheapie non-leaking non-smelling camper trailer to live in until I can afford a nicer permanent one
132. Get a new camper shell for truck
133. Get nice camper trailer with a slideout and have at least $5,000 left in savings BEFORE what I get for selling the old trailer
134. Get laptop with webcam and external hardrive and software for dictation plus digital camera-compatible printer/scanner/copier/fax
135. Get really good camera
136. Get bodywork and paint on truck
137. Upgrade stereo and other components (variable wipers, AC, tachometer) in truck
138. Build and test a prototype, patent and sell my shoe design
139. Be a lot more attentive and loving with my animals- keep them on a regular schedule, snuggle them, walk the dogs every day and play with the cats
140. Get all animals current on vaccines and keep them there for the duration of this mission.
141. Get dogs checked for heartworm since Sierra is panting a lot, ask about Sierra's seizures and Oliver's suspected skin cancer and get Oliver and Stinky's bloodwork done and maybe teeth cleaned since they aren't keeping weight on. Stop procrastinating vet visits!
142. *Buy land to start my dream horse farm.*
143. *Build Debbie a windmill*
142. Breed Santana
143. Shoe 32 horses, full shoes or equivalent (3 trims or 2 front shoes equal one full shoeing)
144. Keep a plant alive for one year
145. Compile a scrapbook of this experience
146. Create a new 101 list
Dang. I need seven more, not necessarily in the appointed categories, although that would be preferrable to save me having to reenumerate everything. And that's not counting all the unrealistic stuff I used cuz I needed filler while I'm in the process of compilation. So I need 20! Shoot!
Dang. I still need two more!
Dang. I went over. Maybe I should make mine 110 in 1,100, which would put me to January 6, 2013.
Dang! Now I'm way over! Perhaps I should go for 150 in 1,500, which would put me to Febuary 10, 2014. I bet I can come up with 4 more. Lol. And there I have my 5 year plan! Not ambitious enough, lol. Think I'll stick with 1,001 days.