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).

Countdown:

Goals are not listed in order to be completed.

Daily Goals
Missing days for things like illnesses or travel are fine, but must be accounted for in the weekly update. If more than 1/5 of the days are missed, the goal will be considered failed, no matter what the reason is.

1. Drink at least 2 liters of water every day (0/1001)
2. Update Blog every day (0/1001)
3. Draw or paint something every day – doodles don't count (0/1001)
4. Take one photograph a day (0/1001)
5. Start taking a daily vitamin (and actually take it!) (/1001)
6. Log into Critique Circle at least once a day and do something (crit a story, chat in the forums, do an exercise/prompt, submit something, etc.) (0/1001)

Weekly Goals
Missing weeks for things like illnesses or travel are fine, but must be accounted for in the weekly update. If more than 1/5 of the weeks are missed, the goal will be considered failed, no matter what the reason is.

7. At least 30 min. of Yoga 3 times a week (0/143)
8. Attend class at least 3 times a week (0/143)
9. Attend self-defense class every week (0/143)
10. Go to the gym at least 4 times a week - need membership first. (0/143)
11. Cook something from an actual recipe once a week (0/143)
12. Only pay for fast food 2 times a week or less(0/143)
13. Call my Dad once a week. (0/143)
14. Write at least 1,000 words of fiction a week (0/143)
15. Work on website at least once a week (0/143)
16. Post an update on my progress once a week (on Sundays). Updates will include a written description of goals accomplished and in progress as well as photographic evidence when possible and/or applicable (0/143)

Monthly Goals
Missing months for things like illnesses or travel are fine, but must be accounted for in the weekly update. If more than three of the months are missed, the goal will be considered failed, no matter what the reason is.

17. Completely clean my whole apartment once a month (not just neaten, but seriously clean – including the use of harsh chemicals, vacuuming, dusting, scrubbing, windows, sorting through old things, etc.) (0/33)
18. Put $25 a month into savings – no touching unless life or death! (Will increase to $100 after June, 2010) (0/33)
19. Completely clean my car (throw away trash, vacuum, wash, wax) once a month (0/33)
20. Eat at a new restaurant each month(0/33)

Cuong Nhu Goals

21. Pass 2 green stripe test
22. Pass green belt test
23. Buy sparring equipment
24. Attend Training Camp in '10,'11 and '12 (0/3)

Writing Goals

25. NaNoWriMo for 2010 (0/50,000)
26. NaNoWriMo for 2011 (0/50,000)
27. NaNoWriMo for 2012 (0/50,000)
28. Get something published (for money)

Travel Goals

29. Get a passport
30. Spend at least one full day in every state of the US that I have never spent a full day in before – including Alaska and Hawaii, (states that don't count cause I've spent a day in them: Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Nebraska and Nevada) (0/38)
31. Visit another country (besides Mexico or Canada)
32. Visit Mexico
33. Visit Canada
34. Visit the Grand Canyon
35. Visit Yellowstone
36. Be in Times Square for New Years
37. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
38. Visit Jeff
39. Visit Joey
40. Visit every State Park in Arkansas (0/52)
41. Go on a cruise

Health and Fitness Goals

42. Complete 100 consecutive push ups - http://hundredpushups.com
43. Buy a bicycle and use it
44. Join (and complete) a marathon
45. Weigh 170lbs
46. Weigh 160lbs
47. Weigh 150lbs
48. Weigh 140lbs
49. Weigh 130lbs
50. Buy some rollerskates and use them
51. Get an eye exam
52. Get new lenses put in my glasses and buy a spare pair
53. Get an annual physical before my birthday in '10,'11 and '12 and turn in Aflac forms for each (0/3)

Cultural Goals

54. Host a dinner party at my place
55. Read 150 books over the duration of the 1001 days (0/150)
56. See at least 5 plays (0/5)
57. Go to a Broadway play on Broadway
58. Visit the Smithsonian
59. Read 60 classical books (from the list below) over the duration (0/60)
60. Watch either The Daily Show or The Colbert Report being taped live
61. Attend a music festival
62. Attend a film festival

Humanitarian Goals

63. Sort through and donate all clothing that does not currently fit.
64. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
65. Pay for someone else 3 times at the drive-through or toll-way (0/3)
66. Join Big Brothers and Big Sisters and become a big sister
67. Use reusable bags whenever I shop (if possible)
68. Volunteer at a local event
69. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice at http://freerice.com (0/1,000,000)
70. Actually write to that kid in Ecuador that I'm sponsoring through Children International

Misc. Goals

71. Finish 5 ideas from Instructables (0/5)
72. Participate in the 100 Strangers photo challenge (http://www.100strangers.com)(0/100)
73. Send a PostSecret (http://postsecret.blogspot.com)
Go horseback riding
74. Get a haircut
75. Buy a blender
76. Write a 'if something happens to me' letter
77. Learn Spanish
78. Go camping
79. Sell something on ebay
80. Fix the holes in my walls
81. Paint my apartment.
82. Make a Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween
83. Kiss a stranger at midnight at a New Years Eve party
84. learn how to knit
85. Pay off my car - 5 payments (0/5)
86. Clip coupons and USE THEM
87. Take a photography class
88. Make a bead curtain
89. Go canoeing
90. Change my hair color
91. Get another tattoo
92. Get ears re-pierced
93. Buy a watch
94. Buy a Wii and Wii Fit
95. Get rid of the van
96. Get an iPhone
97. Get the oil changed in my car when I'm supposed to during the entire duration of the 1001 days.
98. Get a new camera
99. Get a bird
100. Attend a Star Trek convention

BONUS: Put $5 in Savings for every goal marked complete.

List of Classics