Round 4!
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.
Last status update: 31 December 2016
Start Date: 1 November 2014
End Date: 28 July 2017
Days Remaining:
| Key: | Tasks completed! (13)
Tasks in progress... (4)
Tasks unattainable (0)
Tasks no longer relevant (0)
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Domestrivia
- Refloor living and dining rooms - Finished: 13 December 2014
- Straighten up and organize spare/craft room
- Straighten/clean back bedroom closet
- Straighten up back porch
- Straighten/organize computer room
- Straighten/organize master bedroom
- Reorganize master bedroom closet
- Reorganize master bath
- Weed out clothing (be aggressive and realistic!)
- Clear junk out of backyard - Landscaping redone in October 2016
- Touchup house interior paint
- Clean out attic
- Clean out garage
- Update will
- Cull crafting stash
Web
- Redesign personal website
- Consolidate needlework gallery onto personal website
- Consolidate travel galleries onto personal website
- Add captions to UK galleries
- Add captions to Italy gallery
- Add captions to Germany gallery
- Add captions to Wales galleries
- Put 1996 UK travelog online
- Put 1999 UK travelog online
- Put 2002 UK travelog online
- Incorporate travelogs starting 2004 into personal website.
- Redesign family website
Health
- Reach 600 workouts at Curves - Reached 18 November 2016
- Reach 700 workouts at Curves
- Reach 800 workouts at Curves
- Get back down to 35% body fat
- Get to 32% body fat
- Get to 28% body fat
- Get to 25% body fat
- 'Walk' from Rauros to Isengard (Merry & Pippin's path - 355 miles) - Arrived 19 August 2015
- 'Walk' from Isengard to Minas Tirith (Merry's path - 578 miles) - Arrived 25 September 2016
- 'Walk' from Isengard to Minas Tirith (Gandalf and Pippin's path - 517 miles)
- 'Walk' from Rauros to Mt. Doom (470 miles, ring drop not required)
- Run a 5K
Stitching
- Magi panel of Marbek Nativity
- Shepherd boy panel of Marbek Nativity
- Camel panel of Marbek Nativity
- Finish Teresa Wentzler Fantasy Triptych
- Finish Papillon Creations Around the World in 80 Stitches
- Start (at least 25 hours) a Chatelaine piece
- Start (at least 25 hours) a Passione Ricamo piece
- Start (at least 25 hours) a blackwork piece
- Do a medium piece (20-50 hours) not listed above - Ink Circles "Tapestry" finished 27 November 2016
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread I
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread II
- Linda Driskell Heirloom Drawn Thread III
- Battenberg Lace kit
- Schwalm Pinkeep kit
- Rose Goldwork kit
- Needle Delights Amazing Color (canvaswork)
- Do another canvaswork piece
Designing
- Design St. Francis sampler for Tor Rhuann Designs.
- Design Ramblin' Wreck for TRD
- Design an openwork (of some type) piece for TRD
- Design 5 pieces for TRD (may include above) -Reindeer Wreath (22Dec2014), Evergreen (6Dec2015), Christmas Garden (17Dec2016)
Other crafts
- Knit a pair of socks
- Knit a shawl or stole Finished "Sea Dragon Shawl" 3 July 2016
- Knit a shadow/illusion piece
- Craft a temari ball
Reading
- Read all of the Cadfael books by Ellis Peters
- Reread Lord of the Rings
- Reread Silmarillion
- Read something by Charles Williams
- Read the unabridged Arabian Nights (Lyons translation)
- Read the entire Bible (using this edition) - Finished 31 December 2014
- Read The Complete Sherlock Holmes (kindle)
- Read HP Lovecraft: The Complete Collection (kindle)
- Read The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (kindle)
- Read 25,000 pages (may include above) - 2015: 8946 pages, 2016: 11093 pages
General Timewasting
- Watch the complete Babylon 5 DVD series (5 seasons)
- Watch the Babylon 5 movie collection
- Watch the complete Farscape DVD series
- Watch all the Monty Python's Flying Circus DVDs
- Watch all the Brother Cadfael DVDs
- Watch all the Red Dwarf DVDs
- Have a LotR extended edition marathon - all 3 movies back to back to back.
- Play War & Peace wargame campaign with DH
Skills
- Learn to play my harp (complete all lessons in Basic Harp for Beginners)
- Work through Contemporary Music Theory, Level 1
- Learn Welsh (complete all lessons in Rosetta Stone Level 1)
- Learn to drive a manual transmission
- Learn how to make 3 different balloon figures.
- Learn 3 vegetarian main dish recipes - Daughter went vegan, I know a lot of dishes now
- Learn to swim
- Learn to ice skate
- Learn Morse code
- Learn Braille
- Refresh juggling skills (goal: 150 consecutive tosses without a drop)
- Learn the Latin Mass responses
Other
- Do something special for 25th anniversary -Went to Germany in December 2015!
- Attend a live hockey game
- Attend a professional live performance -Attended Rush R40 concert on 24 May 2015
- Travel out of the country -Went to Germany in December 2015!
- Visit a basilica or cathedral in North America
- Visit a basilica or cathedral outside of North America -Germany: cathedrals in Würzburg (24Dec15) and Eichstätt (28Dec15)
- Make next "101 Things" list!
Curious how I did on previous rounds?
round 1
round 2
round 3