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Here are my 101 Things to do in 1001 days. I will do my very best to cross the items off this list as I accomplish them. I shall keep this journal updated as I work towards these goals, with pictures/links whenever possible. Entries in bold are ones I have completed. Entries in italics are ones in progress, which are taking a while to complete.

Start Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Finish Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010


50 / 101 things. 50% done!

Self-Improvement/ Personal
1. Take a basic car maintenance class/workshop
2. Sign-up for a dating service
3. Stay in touch with college friends I’ve reconnected with
4. Keep in touch with my KS better- 3/10/10
5. Re-write weekly schedule and try better to follow it
6. Learn basic sign language (i.e. more than what I know already)
7. Learn how to tie a tie- 04/20/08

Health & Fitness
8. Lose 15+lbs
9. Work out at least 3 times a week
10. Start wearing pedometer again and keep track of steps walked- do sit-ups if I fall below my average
11. Floss at least 5 times a week if not every single day
12. Drink & finish a bottle of water every week
13. Go to the optometrist (it’s been 9+ years) and get new glasses- 6/22/07
14. Go to the gynecologist (haven’t been since I was in college)- 12/12/07
15. Get juicer out of storage and start using it
16. Start taking Centrum vitamins again
17. Walk to the library at least once a month (weather permitting)

Good Things
18. Try 5 times to give blood
19. Grow hair out to 10+ inches past chin and donate to Locks of Love- 03/10/10
20. Send 30 care packages to soldiers through AnySoldier.com
21. Donate 100 books to charity/the library- 03/29/09
22. Buy 10 things for Toys for Tots- 12/19/07
23. Raise $250+ for AIDS Walk Washington- 9/27/07
24. Get involved with the Cairn rescue group somehow
25. Buy fruit at a farmer’s market- 07/02/09
26. Put a recycling bin in the laundry room and empty it myself regularly- 3/10/10

Home/Things
27. Get rid of 5 boxes of things in my room/storage unit
28. Separate laundry (don’t just wash all at once on cold)- 3/10/10
29. Clean from 3pm-5pm every Sunday- no excuses!
30. Make small fixes to car (paint in front, dome light, reflectors on holes, side shade)- declared finished on 3/13/09
31. Keep car gas level at least half full at all times
32. Clean out car (even vacuum)- 8/17/09
33. Start making smoothies again
34. Pair down closet and move all clothes out of Simon’s room
35. Clean out/sort Outlook Express Inbox
36. Back up computer completely once every two months- 3/10/10
37. Buy a display cabinet and put things in it- 07/02/07
38. Get/buy some sort of cataloging software & catalog all books, CDs, tapes, DVDs, video games, and videos
39. Go through Real Simple magazines and create a binder of useful pieces
40. Go through digital camera cards and print/save/delete all photos

Hobbies
41. Register all books waiting to be registered for BookCrossing
42. Make/refine my BookCrossing car kit- 08/12/07
43. Write & submit another BookCrossing article- 09/09/07
44. Start a state map postcard for book trade on BookCrossing
45. Create the Around the World in ? Days Challenge on BookCrossing
46. Send out 25 Ray it Forwards at BookCrossing (books I've actually read first)
47. Create a BookCrossing iCal (publish it?)- 12/29/07
48. Start a Fannish BookBox- 07/06/08
49. Start an LGBT BookBox- 07/06/08
50. Start an LGBT BookRelay and keep it going
51. Start an anime BookRelay and keep it going
52. Make a better list/system of books I mail out (spreadsheet) and keep up with it
53. Clear 50 books off my To Be Read bookcase- 09/25/09
54. Watch every nominated movie from the Academy Awards (excluding foreign film) from 2007-2009
55. Get a P.O. Box and do PostCrossing; send out 50 postcards- 3/5/10
56. Finish my website portfolio- 6/5/09
57. Add to Max’s scrapbook
58. Catalogue Eeyore collection- 01/04/09
59. Find out about displaying my Eeyore collection at the library- 12/02/08 through 12/30/08
60. Get a new library card (mine is 20 years old and almost in pieces)- 11/10/07
61. Learn how to play Mahjong- 07/29/07
62. Decide what big thing to build out of LEGOs and begin planning- 08/03/07
63. Bring TG’s Realm website up to date- 01/31/10
64. Bring Kintail: the Dreamscape & BookCrossing websites up to date

Fannish Stuff
65. Make Remus & Sirius sock puppets
66. Catch up on Stargate
67. Catch up on The 4400- 08/17/07
68. Catch up on The Dead Zone- 12/13/07
69. Finish Farscape series
70. Finish Gabaldon series to date (reread Outlander-Fiery Cross and read A Breath of Snow & Ashes)
71. Mark up Harry Potter paperbacks with post-its
72. Go to at least one hockey game every season- 9/15/09
73. Read the entire Hornblower series of books- 03/29/09

Work
74. Finish archiving the Chronicle and complete the Photo Archives
75. Get everyone moved to Adobe CS3- 02/18/08
76. Get a new graphics card for my PC and set up monitors- declared finished on 03/12/09
77. Bring goodies to work bi-weekly- 3/10/10
78. Update Webmaster/Admin html manual
79. Update Software Inventory & keep it updated!- 09/14/07
80. Bring caricature of self to work and put on wall- 08/17/07

Writing
81. Do & win NaNoWriMo 2007, 2008, etc.- 11/25/09
82. Keep an ongoing master list (spreadsheet) of all stories I finish- 3/10/10
83. Finish 5 more Strokes stories- 03/10/10
84. See about doing the Writers’ Roundtable twice a month- 07/25/07
85. Make one entry every month to my Rectacular journal
86. Finish 25+ WIPs which have been waiting/ignored for a while
87. Submit something to be published
88. Start a file of rejection letters- 03/10/10
89. Enter more dreams in my dream journal
90. Read 5 books on writing

Miscellaneous
91. Start reading slash-dot and try to keep up with techie news- 3/10/10
92. Set up a special savings account and put $1 into it every day for a total of 1001 days- 3/10/10
93. Go to a Free-For-All Friday at Mix 107.3
94. Get a new computer with a flat screen monitor- 06/01/08
95. Go to the International Spy Museum in DC (for the first time)
96. Go to the Zoo (see new Asia section & new panda before he’s gone)- 10/05/08
97. Go to Mount Vernon to see the new museum/exhibits/theaters- 03/07/10
98. Visit a lighthouse- 10/31/09
99. See the Washington Capitals practice at their new facility- 01/02/09
100. Keep a separate 101 LiveJournal- 06/13/07
101. Start a new 101 list when I’m down to my last few things to do- 03/10/10

Date: 2009-03-13 05:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whytraven.livejournal.com
I live very close to Oregon, and may be in the Montana region this summer.

Do you just want state ones, or do you like regional ones as well?

Do you want them blank, or sent with a stamp on?

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