Sunday, January 1, 2023

The List

Home
1. Move into a bigger apartment
2. Update bedroom
3. Update boys' room
4. Update living room
5. Update desk/work area
6. Decorate hallway
7. Update frames around the apartment once a year (0/3)
8. Do a deep clean of the apartment once a month (0/33)
9. Organize closet/dressers twice a year (0/6)
10. Organize boys' closet/dressers twice a year (0/6)

Cooking
11. Create weekly meal plan (0/143)
12. Try at least two new recipes a month (0/66)
13. Use the crockpot for dinner sixty times (0/60)
14. Have one meatless dinner a week (0/143)
15. Cook with Peter once a month (0/33)
16. Cook with Charles once a month (0/33)
17. Learn to wok
18. Make a gingerbread house from scratch
19. Make cinnamon rolls from scratch
20. Make scones from scratch
21. Make bread from scratch five times (0/5)
22. Make cake from scratch five times (0/5)
23. Make pie from scratch five times (0/5)
24. Make cookies from scratch five times (0/5)
25. Make dessert for each Easter (0/3)
26. Make dessert for each Thanksgiving (0/2)
27. Make dessert for each Christmas dinner (0/2)
28. Make dessert for each Boxing Day (0/2)
29. Bake cookies Christmas cookies (0/2)
30. Decorate a gingerbread house each year (0/2)
31. Do not go out to eat for one month

Family/Friends
32. Scan old family photos
33. Do more research on maternal side of the family tree
34. Get together with friends once a month (0/33)
35. Have a family brunch once a month (0/33)
36. Host a grandparent dinner every three months (0/11)
37. Celebrate my birthday (0/3)
38. Celebrate Peter's birthday (0/3)
39. Celebrate Charles's birthday (0/3)
40. Host a dinner party
41. Have a Christmas/holiday party each year (0/2)
42. Organize a family Christmas picture each year (0/2)
43. Send Christmas cards each year (0/2)

Travel/Sightseeing
44. Take a vacation with immediate family
45. Take a vacation with extended family
46. Take a vacation with friends
47. Go on vacation somewhere I have never been before
48. Take a vacation/staycation each year (0/2)
49. Take a sightseeing trip to Chicago
50. Take a sightseeing trip to Philadelphia
51. Take a sightseeing trip to Boston
52. Take a sightseeing trip to Washington DC
53. Take a Disney vacation
54. Go to Busch Gardens
55. Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
56. Go to the Cathedral of St John the Divine
57. Go to the Cloisters
58. Go to the Radio City Music Hall Holiday Spectacular
59. Go to the Statue of Liberty
60. Go to Ellis Island
61. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
62. Go to the Museum of Natural History
63. Spend a day in Central Park
64. Spend a day downtown
65. Take the Circle Line
66. Go to a Yankee game
67. Go to a Rangers' game
68. Go to a concert
69. Go to the ballet
70. Go to a Broadway show
71. Go to a musical
72. Go to a play
73. Go to five district performances (0/5)

Church/Charity
74. Find a volunteer opportunity to participate in
75. Participate in one charity walk per year (0/3)
76. Attend Easter sunrise service each year (0/3)
77. Read at Christmas service each year (0/2)
78. Get involved in a church group
79. Attend Sunday services at least twice a month (0/66)

Personal
80. Learn a new language
81. Learn to knit
82. Learn to use my dslr
83. Finish creating vacation photobooks (0/3)
84. Read four new books a month (0/132)
85. Complete monthly reading challenges (0/33)
86. Read fifteen "new to me" authors (0/15)
87. Take ballet classes (0/30)
88. Take tap classes (0/30)
89. Take jazz classes (0/30)
90. Work out three times a week (0/429)
91. Get a remote job
92. Complete three professional development courses (0/3)
93. Organize all paperwork
94. Pay off debt
95. Increase emergency savings by three months
96. Create a vacation savings account

The List
97. Complete more than forty items (the amount I completed on my first list)
98. Post a monthly update of ongoing and outstanding items (0/33)
99. Take pictures of this journey
100. Put $5 in savings for each completed item (0/101)
101. Make a new list of 101 things

The Mission and Rules

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Time Period:
January 01, 2023 - September 28, 2025

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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Here We Go Again

Back in 2009, in what seemed like a different life, I started this 101 Things in 1001 Days challenge. And I made it all the way through the 1001 days! I even started the challenge for a second time, but got derailed by life a little less than a year in.

Fast forward almost ten years later, and I'm feeling like I am once again at a crossroads and looking to change things up. And since so much of my life has changed since the last time I attempted this, I'm looking to start fresh in a new place in a new year. Welcome to my new journey.