101 Things in 1001 Days

Well, I'm just three months in and finally I'm caught up to my goal of finishing 3 every month (for a total of 9 finished so far). I'm back on par. Now I just have to finish 3 more in October to stay there, but I think I've set myself up for being able to do that. If all goes well, I should have 2 more done this week and then another done on the 22nd of October.

Anything I do on top of that or any progress I make toward my started but not yet finished goals will only help me out in future months. I'd love to get a little ahead so that months when I'm otherwise busy (like I will be in November with NaNoWriMo and December with the holidays) I won't have to worry as much if I don't get to 3.

It's early yet, so I shouldn't be worried. But I need to stay on top of things, especially the goals that are going to take a lot of time, if I want to shoot for more than 90 accomplished for this list. My list #4 finished thing number is a tough goal to beat, but I'm going to give it my all! Feels nice right now just to be caught up with a full month ahead of me with which to do things.

On we go!

My grace period is over! I managed to make some progress on a few unfinished goals and I also completed three more goals this month. That brings my total up to 86 completed. I consider that amazing. Of course I wanted 100, but I'm super proud of my accomplishments anyway.

I can't wait to start my 4th list tomorrow! I'm really excited about some of the things on it.

Today I'm 1/3 of the way through my days in this project. It seems incredible that it's been so long already. It honestly feels like I just started! So I should be about 1/3 of the way through my goals. I'm falling a little short of that, but not too bad, actually. I feel like I'm doing much better on this third list of mine than I have at this point in either of my two previous lists.

Finished: 28 goals

In Progress: 32 goals

By Category [completed + in progress + untouched = total]:
Break out the Popcorn [1 + 2 + 1 = 4]
So Many Books, So Little Time [1 + 11 + 5 = 17]
Fangirl Extreme [4 + 0 + 6 = 10]
Friends & Family Plan [1 + 1 + 3 = 5]
Making Myself a Better Me [2 + 3 + 5 = 10]
Doing Things & Making Things [4 + 3 + 6 = 13]
House & All the Stuff In It [2 + 3 + 1 = 6]
Do Unto Others [3 + 4 + 4 = 11]
Oh the Places You'll Go [8 + 1 + 9 = 18]
Writing is My Heartbeat [1 + 4 + 0 = 5]
Meta [1 + 1 + NA = 2]

I've completed at least one goal in every category, so that's nice coverage already. And I've got a whole lot of things in progress. The monthly progress swap I do at swap-bot is really helping me plan and look realistically at my goals. It's been great being more accountable for my progress and it's been really inspiring to read about all the progress everyone else is making. And it's great having supportive friends IRL to help me along as well!

I keep forgetting to post, but Friday was 1 year after I started my second set of 101 Things.

I really haven't been giving my list much attention yesterday, what with the BookCrossing Convention so close at hand. But I have been thinking about certain items, such as the ones I have already failed. Namely, do I want to assign myself different Things to make up for the ones I will no longer be able to complete? There's no realistic way to go back and time to complete January's project, for instance. And I've failed 3 monthly projects in a row (I didn't even assign myself a project in February, let alone complete one)!

Progress so far:
Finished- 26
In Progress- 13
FAIL- 6

Not too bad, but not as far ahead as I would like to have been.

So, if I want to replace the failed items with something else... how do I decide what the something else is? Surely I can't choose things that are considerably easier the original just to be able to do them. And they're things I want to do, so doing a variation on them might be the way to go.

FAILED ITEMS:
10. December 2010 Project- Put together all my LEGO sets that I hadn't yet assembled
11. January 2011 Project- Write a short thing for a prompt every day from the writer's book
12. February 2011 Project- Never came up with one!
53. Do 2 (minimum) Do Nothing But Read Days every calendar year- I only did 1 last year
72. Create a Washington Capitals Season schedule every season & post it where I can see it daily- I never made one for the 2009-2010 season
92. Make breakfast for dinner once a month- I was going good for a while, but then skipped several recent months, having forgotten all about this


REPLACEMENT ITEMS:
10. Makeup Project- Put together all the LEGO sets I've bought as of December 2010 and haven't yet assembled
11. Makeup Project- Complete all the prompts from the book within the calendar year of 2011 so that I can trade books with melydia at the beginning of 2012
12. Makeup Project- Write & post a list a day for 2 weeks straight
53. Do 2 (minimum) Do Nothing But Read Days every year (a year is now defined from June to June)
72. Create a Washington Capitals Season schedule for all seasons that start during my 1001 days
92. Make breakfast for dinner 33 times during the 1001 days (that averages out to once a month)


If I fail the Thing a second time around, then I'm declaring it dead and taking the $1 penalty!

thingism was nice enough to calculate the milestones along our way. Yesterday was day 100... so today is day 101! Here's a recap of my progress:
Finished: 6

Things 1-33- I decided it would be fun to make a video for each of the projects I finish. So far, 3 down and 33 to go. I haven't decided on my June project yet. I finished a few things that might work for it. I think what I want to do is work on my Ticket Stub book, though.

Thing 35- Despite writing a story a day for LMoM 2010, there were several days I skipped (because I'd written ahead) because of RL commitments.

Thing 38- I've been working on a few of them. Haven't finished any or posted any more yet though

Thing 39- There was a journal I was thinking of submitting to. I sent away for a previous issue so I could get a look at the journal first though.

Thing 41- I've slipped up and haven't been keeping track. Maybe today I should catch up.

Thing 42- I'm so close on this one! Just about 900 or so to go!

Thing 44- I keep thinking about this one. I need to stop thinking and just go DO.

Thing 45- I have read one, but didn't make an entry about it. I definitely need to work on this one. I've got a Do Nothing But Read day coming up in a week, so I'm hoping that will help!

Thing 48- I have several handfuls of snarfs from Georgetown yesterday and a handful from Arlington a few weeks ago. But I'm still only up to about 1,550. Not too bad. I have another 900 days to go :-)

Thing 50- I'm making some good progress here. I think this one will be one I come close to finishing but not completely finish. The problem is markers keep getting put up or taken down/vanishing.

Thing 51- 1 out of 3. But I'm planning on driving back from Florida, so I should be able to get 2 more easily

Thing 53- One is coming up on June 27! I'm working on my list of books to finish & read

Thing 57- I really wanted to go to one before BrickFair, but I keep having other obligations those days.

Thing 60- I desperately want to do this one on my way back from Florida. I'm going to have to research and see which one is a good target.

Thing 62- I have my ticket booked!

Thing 64- I'm getting close to finishing the first doctor's journies :-)

Thing 65- I've started the last season, but it's slower-going because it's not available through streaming.

Thing 66- I just read an awesome Stargate Atlantis fic and so my interest in pickthing this one up has been rekindled.

Thing 69- I've actually started watching my own DVDs more because of this. I really need to count them up. Let me do that today!

Thing 72- I didn't do one for the 2009-2010 season but that season was mostly over by the time I started these goals. So I'm giving myself a pass there.

Thing 75- 9 out of 10. I expect I'll pick up a Diagon Alley album at Infinitus :-)

Thing 76- I still haven't decided if I want to put them on my Hufflepuff banner or not.

Thing 78- Still saving!

Thing 80- I made a really good attempt this month at eating more reasonably and working out daily. I've already started slacking off on it, but I haven't seen any change yet. Damnit. *feels discouraged*

Thing 81- I have been working out the logistics of this lately. I think I'm going to get rid of a LOT pretty soon. I'm tired of clothes with holes or clothes I have never worn taking up space in my wardrobe

Thing 88- I want to make sure I have the right hookups on my old TV before I buy a VCR/Blu-Ray combo

Thing 90- I have some space now in which to store my stuff. Now I just need to DO this.

Thing 92- So far, I haven't missed a month!

Thing 97- I really want to do this

Thing 98- Man, 100,000 is a HUGE number!