Here is my rewritten list:

First: Criteria


Link to the original website.

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.

Some common goal setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

2. Stay Focussed. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.

3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.

4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.

5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.


I reworked this because some of the goals did not follow the criteria stated above, and some were simply too vague. I think there are a few that are still too vague, but not nearly as many. I hope.

I'm keeping some ideas from my original post: if the goal is in progress, it's italicized; if it's done, it's bolded with the date after it. If it becomes impossible or obsolete (or, as in some cases last time, invalid), I'll strike it through. The list my idea is based on is found here.

This is, then, my plan:


The red is for those that have more than one stage to them.

The italicized goals are those that I have started or want to begin. Some of these will be in this state for a year or so.

The bolded ones are finished, and are followed by a blue date and possibly author's notes. Also, the itemized ones - the stages after it - will have the numbers in blue as I go through them - unless I fail, in which case they will remain red.

The struck through goals are the ones that are impossible any more, obsolete, or, as in the case of the original list, invalid. It will also mean those that have I failed to complete.

The green means that for those months, I excused myself (in the case of May 2007, I had a baby), or the goal has become invalid (in the case of calling the choir and activity days lessons, those were both cancelled for the months in green). I will only do this - in the first case - due to something I simply cannot help, and it will happen only after some serious thought on my part.


So, here is my list:

No.	Goal	Notes	Date Done
	Church
1.	Read New Testament by end of 2007		08/29/2007
2.	Read Book of Mormon by end of 2008	Done!	12/31/2008
3.	Read Doctrine and Covenants in chronological order in 2009
4.	Read Sunday School lessons before or on Sunday due	(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)	12/16/2007
5.	Read Relief Society lessons before or on Sunday due	(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)	12/23/2007
6.	Read "Our Search for Happiness"	Done!	2/3/2008
7.	Read "True to the Faith"	Done!	12/13/2007
8.	Visiting teaching done each month for a year	0/12
9.	Read "Our Heritage"	2009	03/01/2009
10.	Read "Jesus the Christ"	43/43	05/25/2009
11.	Study through "Preach my Gospel"	(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13)
12.	Prepare Activity Day lessons before day of meeting	(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)	10/03/2007
	Crafts
13.	Finish lapghan	26/34 rounds
14.	Finish caligraphy-a-day Calendar	5/12
15.	Finish origami-a-day calendar	5/12
16.	Finish purse	find purse handles
17.	Crochet Dude's Afghan	all squares left
18.	Dejunk old Yarn	organize / label for which project
	Elyssa
19.	Find, wash and frame Elyssa's Birth Record	Found
20.	Bookbag for Elyssa
21.	Pumpkin basket for Elyssa	Done!	10/29/2007
22.	Elyssa into swim class
23.	Thank you cards - Elyssa's b-day by end of February - 2008
24.	Thank you cards - Elyssa's b-day by end of February - 2009
25.	Keep up Elyssa's Baby book - update at least biweekly until caught up
	Family
26.	Kids to Zoo each year at least once	(2007 2008 2009 2010?)
27.	Thank you cards - Christmas 2007 by Jan 15, 2008	Done!	01/15/2008
28.	Thank you cards - Christmas 2007 by Jan 15, 2009		X
29.	Thank you cards - Christmas 2007 by Jan 15, 2010
30.	Passports for family by end of 2009	Pictures, applications
31.	Finish Family Home Evening Chart	Done!	10/31/2008
32.	BBQ in summer with Olsons, McStraws	Olsons
33.	Invite Wadsworths to reunion at our house - summer 2008	The next time Grandmother is in town - DONE!	09/13/2008
34.	Gift to Steve Andersen family for Christmas 2005	Gift certificate	12/31/2007
35.	Gift to Jeff Andersen Family for Christmas 2006	Space heater	12/28/2007
36.	Gifts to children for Andersen and Wadsworth sides of family - 2006	Gave up on it	X
37.	Gifts to families by mid-December 2007	Hopkins,	X
38.	Gifts to families by mid-December 2008	Failed	X
	House
39.	Dejunk conservatory
40.	Dejunk Office	Done	10/05/2007
41.	Dejunk bookcases	get bags of books to bookstore
42	Clean office	desk, floor	10/05/2007
43.	Organize notebooks	Done!	01/10/2008
44.	Weekly menu each Sunday night	2007: 9/12 2008: 1/1	01/31/2008
45.	Christmas decorations up - weekend after Thanksgiving (or first of December, if out of town) - 2007	12/01/2007	12/03/2007
46.	Christmas decorations up - weekend after Thanksgiving (or first of December, if out of town) - 2008	Just couldn't do it.	X
47.	Christmas decorations up - weekend after Thanksgiving (or first of December, if out of town) - 2009
48.	Dejunk master bedroom
49.	Take care of Garden out front	2008
50.	Dejunk Laundry room	Done!	10/03/2007
51.	Christmas decorations down by Jan 6 (weekend after) - 2008	Failed	X
52.	Christmas decorations down by Jan 6 (weekend after) - 2009
53.	Dejunk closets	Elyssa's: 04/19/2008 Maggie's: 08/05/2008 mine, Scott's, Taran's, craftroom
54.	Dejunk bathrooms	Master, children's
55.	Clothes to Lori Evans	Done!	01/19/2008
56.	Clean van quarterly (or as needed)	(1 2 3 4)	X
57.	Dejunk basement
58.	Dejunk familyroom bookcase	Done!	11/12/2008
59.	Empty trash after each bathtime 12 times	12/12: 03/16	03/16/2008
60	Box to donate every time ARC or Epilepsy foundation calls 12 times	10/12: ARC 03/30
	Maggie
61.	Bookbag	Begun
62	Keep up Maggie's Baby book - update at least biweekly until caught up
63.	Pumpkin basket	Whew!	10/23/2007
64.	Maggie into dance class
65.	Maggie into swim class
66.	Thank you cards - Maggie's b-day by end of August - 2007	Failed	X
67.	Thank you cards - Maggie's b-day by end of August - 2008	Done!	08/31/2008
68.	Thank you cards - Maggie's b-day by end of August - 2009
	Personal
69.	Exercise at least 4 times a week (travel and health permitting)	Done	08/31/2008
70.	Be more active in preschool (it starts NOW) - do something monthly	Done	05/23/2008
71.	Play with the children at least once a week
72.	Reach 150 lbs by end of 1001 days - eating plan in pilates book
73.	Invite Kemal to dinner	Dinner!	10/18/2009
74.	See Indian movie with JoAnn	Munna Bhai	05/29/2009
75.	At least two entries a month in letter notebooks	2007: 9/12 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)
76.	Catch up on hand-written journal	30 months behind
77.	Seriously look into a MFA or MA w/ emphasis in Creative Writing program
78.	Look into retaking GRE if needed for program
79.	Start on gathering things needed to get into program	Make a list of necessary things
80.	Take class at Colorado Free re: writing
81.	Finish book group books by day of meeting (preferably Monday before)	2007: (8 9 10 11)	12/09/2007
82.	Get a good hair cut		08/11/2007
83.	Grow hair out again, to donate
84.	Finish shawl
85.	Bookbag for Me
86.	Wedding Scrapbook	Step one: Order pictures
	Taran
87.	Finish Birth Record Cross stitch for Taran	finished 4 colors, bear
88.	Wash and frame birth record for Taran
89.	Box clothes Elyssa's outgrown - sort out stuff for Taran	Done!	04/19/2008
90.	Keep up Taran's Baby book - update at least biweekly until caught up	Failed	X
	Writing
91.	Rewrite on Haunted
92.	Rewrite Wolves in Eden	Done!	11/30/2007
93.	Finish fanfic100 for AC	Done!	06/28/2008
94.	Find book on editing	"Getting the Words Right"	08/15/2007
95.	Finish fanfic 100 for Fudomine	98/100 finished
96.	Edit "Prophet's Wife"	Gave up on it.	X
97.	Research things I need to know for it	Gave up	X
98.	<lj user="10_letters">: Atobe 10d	10/10	02/11/2009
99.	"First Draft in 30 Days" on "Take Away My Pain"	Gave up - didn't work	X
100.	Nanowrimo	2007, 2008, 2009
101.	500 words a day (except Sundays) baring emergencies six days in a row three times	3/3 Happened during <lj user="summerwrite">	05/24/2008
	Total Finished		40
	Total Failed		14