The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on my part).
Note: My End Date is September 29, 2007, and I intend to update this list monthly.
lose 10.1 lbs by Feb 1 2005* updated 2/6/05 and lose 101 lbs by the end of the 1001 days.- drink a gallon of water a day.
- get at least 6 hours of sleep a night, every night for 30 days
- get my belly pierced
- get my GPA above 3.5.
- exercise, 3X/week. for 2 months.
- take a vacation, sans resident vagrants
- get a passport, and a stamp in it
- practice punctuality for 30 days
- practice celibacy until I get into a serious relationship.
- foster & forge relationships with normal women
- buy a house
- buy a dog. after i buy the house.
- host a clothes swap
- take my new, tagged clothes to the consignment shop
- get my own personal closet space down to 1 walk-in closet, incl. shoes
- get everyone else's shyt out of my house.
- get Hammy into a better after-school program
- workout some kind of visitation schedule with Hammy's sperm donor.
- go fishing on a fishing boat
- end this JC business once and for all.
- send thank you's to: all my godmothers: real, fake & spiritual
- design AND sew myself one fabulous, to die for outfit
- re-learn to knit & crochet. make one wearable item for someone else
- get porcelain veneers for my front teeth. and some whitening. and caps.
- emote my inner diva with: full makeup, "done" hair, and fake eyelashes.
contribute to my 401K plan* updated 2/6/05take advantage of the company discounted stock purchase plan* updated 2/6/05- diversify my portfolio
- create a budget every month - and stick to it
- plan all my purchases, even the so-called 'impulse' buys
brownbag my lunch for 30 days straight* updated 2/6/05- take a trip to NY
mend the ties that bind my family to the sperm donor's family* updated 2/6/05- reestablish relationships with the:PR Princess, orig. Nerd & G-hetto family
- spend < 1 hr daily farting around on the web, outside of work & school related stuff.
register my own friggin domain* updated 2/6/05- quit the safe, stable full-time gig, and do some risky, yet more profitable consulting work
- routinely volunteer 8 hrs/month to various worthy causes
- get a tribal tattoo. from my tribe. and know exactly what it means.
- figure out what tribe I'm from, if I even have one.
- have semi-regular (bimonthly) dinner parties, and invite my closest friends
- buy some real dinnerware & flatware that I like
- take a series of colonics & cleanse my colon (I know, TMI)
- purge myself of my sugar & chocolate addictions
- take up a healthy vice, like social drinking
make a hair commitment, either nappy or non-nappy, and stick with it.* updated 2/6/05- get in touch with the brother that I don't know
- visit the remnants of family I have left
- fulfill my romantic ballgown, chignon & waltzing in moonlight fantasy.
- raise my performance eval. score at the current gig by at least 10% w/in 1 year.
- familiarize myself with wines & their proper use
- practice diversity at work
- learn the art of networking from either SG, EJ or E (the masters)
- obtain a big screen tv (notice I didn't say buy...)
- wear a 2-piece swimsuit
- pay off 1 department store charge, and 1 credit card
- get the other cards below 40% of their available credit limit
- go 7 days without any road rage incidents: no tailgating, flashing my brights, cutting people off, or driving > 80MPH. And get rid of the traffic-induced Turrette's syndrome - I'm inadvertently teaching Hammy how to curse
- teach Hammy to ride a bike
- get Hammy out of any form of Pull-up, Goodnight or training pants
- practice random acts of kindness routinely
- be more forthrightly honest - I must either keep phonies outta the inner circle, or keep it real.
- purge the evil bytch from my heart. Yes, this is measurable and defined.
- have my apartment repainted.
- incorporate monthly trips to
bath & body worksCVS (I can find decent knock offs) into the budget - buy a new hard drive
- organize & backup all my music files
- learn to play golf
- take a voice lesson, and put my inner Jill Scott to rest
- nurture houseplants at home, not just at work
- take a dip in a jacuzzi
- get over my aversion to seafood
- give up pork completely
- minmize other meats to once a day, then 2-3X/week, then occasionally
- normalize my iron & cholesterol levels thru nutrition, no supplements
- get rid of my home phone, retaining my high-speed access & cell.
- gather my home office space
- listen to another genre of music foreign to me, like bluegrass, world music, country, etc.
- expand my music library to really embrace hip-hop, r&b, and house.
- learn to merengue, and take my final in a lowcut salsa dress
- use the Twinz to solicit free drinks at Hairston's or the Tanqueray
- learn Spanish via instructional audio tapes
- attend just 1 nat'l Blk-focused vacation event:Black Ski Summit, Essence Festival, etc.
- take a continuing ed. photography class, blow up the best result & hang it in my house
- regain my dancer's grace - take ballet lessons, again
- find one relatively challenging but low impact home improvement project, and finish it, sans testosterone
- institute self stress-relieving techniques for 30 days
- take piano lessons
- learn to play the guitar
- clip coupons & shop sales for everyday items & groceries for 3 months
- learn to play spades confidently
- sip mint juleps or mojitos on my porch
- make love on a beach at the edge of an ocean
- get a second job or sideline hustle
- take a gambling trip
- figure out a way to get my domain/blog to make money
- participate in the political campaign for a candidate I truly believe in
- attend a ball
- go horseback riding
- learn to water ski
Done! Now to get it started... *out*
4 comments:
Yeah, I had a fit trying to do my list. Glad you got yours taken care of.
Yeah!!! Another somebody doing the 101 in 1001 thang. I gotta add you to my list. (As a matter of fact, i think i'm gonna make a list of 101 people doing 101 things in 1001 days.)
HA - too funny, but you SHOULD!
First time on your blog and as soon as I got to #9 I KNEW you were a Taurus! Girl, don't you know that is PAINFUL for us to be on time? We get there when we get there! I have organizers, calendars, alarms on my cell phone, PDA and sticky notes and I'm still late. Almost my whole clique happens to be Tauruses which means when we had Sunday dinner that started at 4... it usually started at 5:30PM! But I am definitely going to check in with you on this one because I have GOT to see how that is going to turn out! Keep hope alive! ;-)
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