By all rights, I should have updated this... in May. The 6th, in fact. But I hate the format, and right now I'm procrastinating all the OTHER stuff I should be doing (including a nap - I tried, but no luck). So. Here it is.

( My 101 in 1001 update for the third part of my 1001 days. )

Yes, I FINALLY managed to do my goals!

Family & Home
1. Finish Easter Dresses - 4/11
2. Catch-up letters

Financial & Career
Enter financial records for last 3 months

Spiritual & Ethical
Interview
1. brainstorm questions
2. decide on who (and a back-up, just in case)
3. call, make appointment
4. write it up

Physical & Health
Three week makeover
1. 4/6 - 4/26
2. Pilates 3 times a week: 0/3, 0/3, 0/3
3. Walking at least 4 times a week: 0/4, 0/4, 0/4
4. Track eating daily: 0/7, 0/7, 0/7

Social & Cultural
Work on baby blanket for Michelle's baby

Mental & Educational
Complete worksheets for "Bump in the Night"

My main list is here.

Here they are:
( March goals: )

So, I managed to do one of my goals, but not so good on the rest.

Here's what I have to work on for the rest of the month.

February goals:
( Here )

Again.

But I find I have so little motivation that some of those just... weren't getting done.

So. A second attempt (or is it third by now?) to get some things done.

( Much fewer this time )

I realized at some point today that I was half-way throught my 1001 days - that 500th day landed on December 21,2008.

This is about three weeks late, then.

( I'm a bit behind, even counting the failures. )

That's it. Not nice, but next time, I'm NOT putting it in a table. Too much of a pain.

I haven't done much this month, which is just sad.

Here is the complete list.

( My Devil's Ride )

I really wish this would get easier....

So, here I am again, updating with the goals I want to get done this month. If this fails again, I might well do something else, but we'll see.

Here is the complete list.

And, randomly, it's hard to work on this one when I want to do the one I started for the next go 'round! and I still have two years to that one.

( I've got you under my skin )

So, there it is. A few less, I think, than last month. Maybe it was the number of them?

No. I know better.

So, yeah. I'm going to let you see what I have planned for this month again, and any updates I might have.

My complete list for reference.

( What I want to finish this month. )

So, there it is. Some progress (anyone else completely surprised?), which is nice.

So, a new set of goals.

I actually completed one last month, I was so excited!

My complete list if you're interested.

( For September )

do I sound desperate in some of those?

So, here's my mid-month review. I deleted everything I had already finished before today.

I still have a lot of work to do on these, but I think (hope?) I'm making progress on them. Possibly, I need to learn to make better lists....

Here is the main list, if you're interested.

( Review )

I changed how I plan to do/check on my goals. Hopefully this will help.

A lot of these look very much the same as the last month, but that's because I haven't changed a lot of my goals.

Here is the main list, if you're interested.

( Try this again.... )

The things I'm working on this month:

( List of DOOOOM )

So, as last week was the official 333rd day of this insanity, and I should have updated then.

I was sort of not in the mood to do anything (and for all I know, that was the day I decided to clean this office).

Aside from that.

I wanted to have at least 33 done by July 7, 2008, and I reached that goal.

Sort of. Here are the totals of what I've done so far:

28 / 101 (27.7%)

and failed:

9 / 101 (8.9%)

so there it is; I am (technically) ahead of schedule.

My complete list is here, including what I'm working on, etc.; I still need to make the list of what I'm going to work on this month (and it'll be a short one, since this month is nearly half over), but it helps to have goals....

My next official check-in date - at 666 days - will be 06/06/2009, with a goal of the next 34 goals to finish. I hope to get them done, but we'll see.

So, here is my newly updated, complete list. I still think I need to redo it again, but I will refrain at this point.

I have already started a list of the things I want to do for the next list, which should be interesting.

But I think, looking over what I've chosen, I'd have to be a significantly different person than I am. So, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to redo it completely.

Well, not redo, but certainly adjust the things I don't think I'll ever do.

I don't know. I'll just sit on this, for now, though. I do need to post the things I want to work on this month, but I'll get to that later, probably.

I've been very neglectful as of late, but I will be posting an update for my 101 in 1001 (and updating the main list, perhaps reposting it, I dont' know) after church today.

I have, in fact, met one of my goals - to get 33 done or failed by 07/07/08. I have currently reached 34.

I may also redo it (again), as there are things I just won't do. I hope to make my next list a little more practical - with things that are more measurable.

But, now I have to get three kids ready for church. And me. And... I should eat breakfast. Right?

Last month didn't go so well. I'll try again this month.

Main goals this month:
Find, wash and frame Elyssa's Birth Record
Box clothes Elyssa's outgrown - sort out stuff for Taran

And: step by step...

Visiting teaching done each month for 12 months - Call all sisters by 10th of month (find list)
Study through "Preach My Gospel" - two times - Study every day for 15 minutes
Finish lapghan - finish next color
Dejunk old Yarn - get rid of stuff I won't use, reorganize
Passports for family by end of 2008 - fill out my app
Invite Wadsworths to reunion at our house - summer 2008 Initial email invites (find email addys)
Dejunk Office - clear floor, reorganize
Dejunk bookcases - clean off stuff not books
Dejunk master bedroom - begin with book case
Box to donate every time ARC or Epilepsy foundation calls 12 times - make sure stuff in box is deliniated or whatever.
Bookbag for Maggie - six rows.
Exercise at least 4 times a week (travel and health permitting) - exercise when not walking, focus on abs
Be more active in preschool (it starts NOW) - do something monthly - find pictures for scrapbook for Miss Patti
Reach 150 lbs by end of 1001 days: eating plan in pilate's book - begin again on Monday
At least two entries a month in letter notebooks - just a catch up letter, and something for Elyssa's birthday.
Catch up on hand-written journal - 15 minutes a day
Finish Birth Record Cross stitch for Taran - next color/figure - Actually finished four colors and one figure. Yay for Stargate!
Finish fanfic100 for AC - post finished fic, finish next one.
Finish Fanfic100 for Fudomine - work on fics from CPG
500 words a day (except Sundays) baring emergencies six days in a row three times - write 500 words a day, six days in a row - and done once.

And currently: 22 done, 5 failed.

27 checked off, of the 33 I need to have done by July 7, 2008

I liked this idea, to break down my goals into workable (supposedly) steps. So, I'm going to try it again. These are my goals for February:

Thank you cards - Elyssa's b-day by end of February - 2008
Read "Our Search for Happiness"

I think I'll leave it at 2 this month. Just to keep myself from going insane.

Visiting teaching done each month for 12 months - at least call each of the sisters I visit, and try to set up appointments.
Study through "Preach My Gospel" two times - finish chapter one.
Finish lapghan - at least two rows in the next color
Dejunk old Yarn - get rid of what I won't use.
Find, wash and frame Elyssa's Birth Record - wash (try this again)
Passports for family by end of 2008 - fill out as much of my application as possible
Invite Wadsworths to reunion at our house - summer 2008 - send out initial invitations.
Dejunk Office - start by cleaning off the desk. Again. Done
Dejunk bookcases - clean enough areas in front of them so that I can GET to them.
Dejunk master bedroom - I don't know where to start. Figure that out, I guess.
Empty trash after each bathtime 12 times - After baths.
Box to donate every time ARC or Epilepsy foundation calls 12 times - have box ready, and donations itemized.
Bookbag for Maggie - work at least six rows on it?
Be more active in preschool (it starts NOW) - do something monthly - Valentines. managed.
Reach 150 lbs by end of 1001 days - eating plan in pilate's book -
At least two entries a month in letter notebooks - at least a catch up letter!
Catch up on hand-written journal - write something?
Box clothes Elyssa's outgrown - sort out stuff for Taran - I need to get a box and just do this.
Finish fanfic100 for AC - I actually have ideas, which is... something. I need to keep working on it.
Finish Fanfic100 for Fudomine - out of ideas at the moment. All of my ideas are for Ryou or Adam. Maybe theatrical_muse wasn't such a good idea after all.
10_letters: Atobe 10d - write and post at least two this month.
500 words a day (except Sundays) baring emergencies - I averaged it last month. Try for at least 500 a day?

So that's my list for this month. We'll see how that goes.

And the total checked off:

20 finished, 5 failed

I've been playing with this idea for a while, now.

I know I posted the list of things I wanted to work on this month; there are 33 of them.

Some of them, however, will take all year, and I will be working on them. Some of them, I want to work on but won't touch - as that is the way I am.

I've decided I'm going to choose three that I want to have done in January. I might, also, break down some of the others into more managable steps. If I can reach those, then I can move on.

If I can do three a month - and maybe complete others on the way - I can get through this list with some... panache. Right?

Of the items on my list, I will also pick those that have to be done in January.

For example: I am supposed to get my Christmas decorations down by the sixth - or the weekend after. That will be one of my goals.

My goals for January, then, are these:

Thank you cards - Christmas 2007 by Jan 15, 2008 - Done! Yes!
Christmas decorations down by Jan 6 (weekend after) - 2008 - by January 12 - banister clear of garland, nativity boxed. And Failed.
Box clothes Elyssa's outgrown - sort out stuff for Taran

Next is to make progress on the other goals for the month. At least, some of them.

Read Book of Momon by end of 2008 - reading with Sunday School lessons
Read "Our Search for Happiness" - finish at least first chapter finished Chapter five
Visiting teaching done each month for 12 months - visit each of my sisters: got to figure out who I'm supposed to teach.
Study through "Preach My Gospel" - two times - finish chapter one and begin on chapter two
Finish lapghan - finish current color - yellow is done. Now for red, then blue, then DONE.
Dejunk old Yarn - find bags, labels, and pattern I want to do - organized. Now need to get rid of stuff I won't use.
Find, wash and frame Elyssa's Birth Record - get it washed.
Dejunk Office - clear things off bookshelves that aren't books
Dejunk bookcases - clear out books I won't read as soon as I can see them.
Organize notebooks - find labels - labelled and boxed. Wahoo!
Clothes to Lori Evans - bring boxes upstairs, go through them. - and delivered. Yes!
Box to donate every time ARC or Epilepsy foundation calls 12 times - have a box for January or Feb (might have missed January) - box is ready
Be more active in preschool (it starts NOW) - do something monthly - take provisions I didn't at beginning of year. Done yesterday.
Reach 150 lbs by end of 1001 days - eating plan in pilate's book - start the plan again, and stick to it. if not eating, then the exercise.
At least two entries a month in letter notebooks - two this month - catch up, and continuation.
Catch up on hand-written journal - write at least one month's worth of entries
Finish Birth Record Cross stitch for Taran - finish one other color and/or figure
Finish fanfic100 for AC: write two fics - one written and posted.
Finish Fanfic100 for Fudomine - write and post two fics
10_letters: Atobe 10d - write at post at least two letters (depending on my partner, of course) - Done

Yeah. Those are... doable steps. I can do those. I hope.

Now to print that up, so I have them with me.

Okay.

I had a lot of things finish lately, and I decided I'd failed and just stopped on some. I also changed one (at least), but here are the goals that I plan on working on as of Janurary.

This gives me 33 to work on this month; some I won't finish, but some, hopefully, I will.

Original list

( Next up.... )

So, that brings me to:

16 finished.
4 Failed.
20/101 "completed" (maybe I should say checked off...)