Lisamello

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.

Start Date: Wednesday, 23rd April 2008
End Date: Wednesday, 19th January 2011
Tasks Completed: [14/101]   Tasks Failed: [1] 

2.75 years, 33 months, 143 weeks, 1001 days

Days left: 575 (as of 23/05/09) The List was changed on the 20/05/09

Completed
In progress
Tasks not started Tasks Failed

I may change or alter some of these tasks depending on what happens over the next few years, but I’ll try to keep them all the same. I have left space to add some more and take some away.
Some will be hard, some fun and easy, or some just need to be done lol

 Health and Appearance

1. Run in the Swansea bay 5k Race
2. Be happy with my body by end of this
3. Be happy with my skin by end of this
4. Be happy with my hair by end of thi
5. Have ears pierced twice
6. Get a tattoo
7. Give blood again

 Creative

1. Complete the one object 365 days project
2. Complete Wreck this journal
3. Paint all my canvasses
4. Take an amazing photo of close friends and give to them as a birthday present with a nice photo frame.
5. Fill a sketch book again
6. Make cookies, brownies, a cake, shortbread, riceballs and pizza from scratch [1/6]
7. Sort out a photo of myself from every month since I started this till the end, to see how I have changed in 1001 days
8. Buy plain cards and decorate them [22/50]
9. Use up all my filmo clay by making charms etc
10. Fix Jessica the bear
11. Create a family photo album using old photos and new ones. Find out who everyone is.
12. Send a secret to postsecret
13. Send out 10 cards via postcrossing [0/10]
14. Redecorate my room

Reading and Writing

1. Write 101 poems [0/101]
2. Write 33 short stories [0/33]
3. Win Nanowrimo ’08
4. Win Nanowrimo ‘09
5. Win Nanowrimo ‘10
6. Try NaBloPoMo at least once and win
7. Write in a diary every day for 101 days at least
8. Write in my blog 143 times (average once a week) [49/143]
9. Read, (can re-read) 200 books [17/200]
10. Read all unread books that I own
11. Write another list

Travelling and Summer things

1. Go to on holiday somewhere not in Europe
2. Go on holiday in Europe
3. Go camping on the beach in summer
4. Have a beach BBQ each summer [1/3]
5. Spend a whole day at the beach like when I was younger
6. Go to Tenby with the girls (maybe get a caravan for a weekend)
7. Go to London, stay with Amy once a year [1/3]
8. Go somewhere else in the UK 3 times  [1/3]
9. Go to Cardiff, stay with Emma once a year [1/3]

Buying

1. Get a new camera
2. Buy a whole new set of make up and bag that I love and throw everything old out
3. Buy an original piece of artwork
4. Buy Rollerblades
5. Buy a lottery ticket
6. Buy a new ipod and a case
7. Buy a Christmas decoration each year from Accessorize [1/3]
8. Replace old videos with DVD’s
9. Buy a flickr account
10. Buy a new ipod
11. Buy something from Nanowrimo
12. Complete collection of Studio Ghibli animations [6/20]
13. Get a new watch/replace batteries in Winnie the Pooh watch
14. Buy a new coat in a bright colour like red, or purple, green etc
15. Buy a pair of converse every year [0/3]
16. Buy a whole outfit in one shopping trip each year, i.e shoes, underwear, outfit, accessories and jewellery to match. [0/3]

Financial

1. Give £1 to charity for every task that I don’t complete
2. Have £3000+ in my Icer bank account [£500/3000]
3. Save up to £143 by the end of this (£1 a week in piggie bank) [£0/143]
4. Get a job

Things I have already done (before I changed the list)

1. Go the hair dressers and actually love the hair cut
2. Go to University
3. Fix up/get a new laptop
4. Vote in next elections
5. Get a copy of my birth certificate
6. Renew my passport
7. Get a new perfume that I love
8. Print out online photos
9. Re-pierce ears
10. Make dinner by myself at least 10 times [10/10]
11. Start learning Japanese

Miscellaneous and by the end of

1. Become a “morning” person
2. Join a gym
3. Learn how to drive
4. Get a car
5. Throw away/donate everything I don’t want
6. Play a sport in summer with friends or family
7. Volunteer somewhere (kids/animals)
8. Fill up the rest of my photo album
9. Swim in the new leisure centre swimming pool
10. Complete final fantasy 7, 8, 9 and 10 [1/4]
11. Meet up with some online friends
12. Keep plant alive by the end of this
13. Make playlists on itunes (Party, Love, Sad, Loud, Relaxing etc)
14. Try to recover photos from my old laptops hard-drive
15. Return everything I have borrowed from friends
16. Read the letter I wrote to myself in 2010 and write another one to be opened in 2015
17. Have a huge clean out of my room
18. Update everything website-y at least once a year [1/3]
19. See a band play live again (not as part of something else like Feeder at the Summer Ball) – Taking Back Sunday!
20. Go to library and take out the max amount of books again
21. Ask my Nana what my dad was like and other family members I don’t know
22. On Halloween carve a pumpkin, have a great costume and do something fun
23. Start learning Welsh
24. Watch, (can re-watch) 200 films [90/200]
25. Find out other jobs I could do instead of teaching, look into nursing.
26. Watch all of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Medium, Supernatural, Greys Anatomy, (New) Doctor Who, Cardcaptors and Brothers & Sisters [2/8]
27. SPARE
28. SPARE
29. SPARE