I've jumped on the 101 in 1001 bandwagon. The idea is that you make a list of 101 tasks to complete in 1001 days. The rules say tasks are supposed to be specific, realistic and stretching. There may be some slight bending of these rules.
Key: Not started In progress Done!: 47/101 failed (hopefully not too many of these)
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my list
Learning/new stuff 1. Go to a match at Suncorp stadium 25/4/08 2. Go to the Rugby 25/04/08 3. Finally learn the German declination rules properly 4. Pass the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung 5. Organise ‘Deutsche Stunde’ at work 18/2/08 6. Watch Casablanca16/2/08 7. Read 3 novels in German 8. Read some Hemingway 3/3/08 9. Read 30 novels in English 10. Write a short story 11. Learn how to use R properly – scripting, packages etc 12. Learn to ride a proper motorbike
Chores 13. Put all the recipes in a folder 7/5/08 14. Fix Teddy 15. Set up a blog page for this list11/2/08 16. Take old clothes to op-shop 5/10/08 17. Send Swiss pics to my sister 31/3/08 18. Buy new runners 5/6/08 19. Print photos from outback trip 4/4/08 20. Get U’s permanent residency 10/12/08 21. Clean the decking on the verandah 5/4/08 22. Get watch fixed 5/6/08 23. Get new glasses August 09 24. Make sunscreen application a habit 25. Make teeth flossing a habit 26. Get the reference letter off Fischlin 27. Copy our CD’s onto the computer 18/7/08 28. Get a new wallet 29. Review this list once a week 30. Blog updates with task completions as they are completed 31. Back up digital photos regularly 32. Get car serviced 09/12/08 33. Get old camera film developed 34. Make dresses or skirts out of my African material
Looking/feeling better 35. Buy new nice shoes 19/5/08 36. Buy new normal shoes x 2 9/5/08 37. Lose 5 kilos and keep it off 38. Learn better how to dress for my body type 39. Buy clothes that are more flattering and suit me better 40. Get rid of all my clothes that don’t really suit me 41. Get my toenails into shape 42. Fix my feet 43. Find a good mascara 44. Find a good make-up remover 45. Improve my skin 46. Train myself to not eat sugary crap every afternoon at work 47. Stop using the lift at work, unless injured or moving heavy stuff 21/4/08 48. Leave a hairdressers happy3/10/08 49. Be able to touch my toes
Food and Entertainment 50. Eat at Montrachet 13/2/08 51. Go to the Andy Warhol exhibition 23/2/08 52. Grow herbs at home 53. Go to the New Farm farmers markets 54. Learn how to make Limoncello and make it 55. Go to the theatre 5/4/08 56. Go to the cinema once a month (excluding when travelling) failed :( 56(new). See at least once movie a month 56b. write a list of at least 10 movies I want to see and see them under this task 57. Buy some Kate Bush music 26/4/08 58. Buy 10 new CDs that I like not just what U likes 59. Get a hobby 60. Find a Mexican restaurant in Brisbane worth going to and go to it 26/9/08 61. Eat at the Caxton 07/07/09 62. Spend one day a year at home when I should be at work watching crap but fun TV or DVDs. Don’t feel guilty about it 63. Have at least 3 BBQs in our yard 64. Watch all of Six Feet Under 5/11/08 65. Watch at least 5 episodes of the real The Office
Travel and Outdoors 66. Go on a several day carry all your stuff bushwalk 67. Visit 3 countries I’ve never been to before 68. Visit at least three regions in Australia I’ve never been to before 69. Learn at least one of the following sports: skiing, snowboarding, surfing, wakeboarding 70. Sleep under the stars 71. Go snorkelling a least three times22/3/08 72. Go to bare foot bowls again 27/6/08 73. Go to Melbourne at least twice a year while I am in Australia 74. Go in a hot air balloon 75. Find my kite and fly it (if cant be found, buy a kite and fly it) 76. Play frisbee again 25/04/08 77. Go to the supposed ‘nice’ part of the Gold Coast with U – NOT Surfers 78a. If we are living in Europe again, go snowshoeing 78b. If still in Australia go bushwalking in a another national park I’ve never been to before 79. Go bushwalking in a national park I’ve never been to before
Money 80. Talk to Dad about shares etc 81. Come up with investment plan 82. Invest some money 83. Pay off HECS debt
Being good 84. Write to my sponsor child at least 5 times 85. Call Keith and Joanne 85. develop better relationship with Lynne 86. Install energy saving light globes 17/04/08 87. Install water saving shower head 23/04/08 88. Stop moaning about Justin 19/4/08 89. Give blood 90. Give up something for Lent (or equivalent time period) 91. Avoid celebrity gossip for a whole month 92. Learn to be kinder to Mum 93. Get to work by 9 every day for a month 5/7/08 94. Leave the office by 6 every day for a month 5/7/08 95. Use the time at home after leaving the office by 6 for something useful, not watching neighbours (or similar tripe). 01/10/09 96. Organise something for Mum’s 60th 29/11/08 97. Organise something for Dad’s 60th 3/6/08
Big picture/difficult stuff 98. Make the effort to stop and think properly about my life and where I want to go – write a plan 99. Discuss above plan properly with U and come up with our plan 100. Properly learn and accept that the grass is not greener, things are pretty damn good! 101. Learn to live for today
AFI movies
sunday too far away my brilliant career breaker morant the year my voice broke look both ways little miss sunshine ten canoes romulus, my father children of the revolution little fish silver city spider and rose the sum of us the proposition the year of living dangerously
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