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So, I've decided to make a list.
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.
Here is my list, uncomplete and unorganized.
to be completed by 10/28/2009
1. Travel out of the time zone. 2. Send a postcard into postsecret 3. Go to yoga 30 times in 30 days 4. Eat vegan for a week 5. Lose 10 pounds 6. Lose 20 pounds 7. Graduate 8. Get an internship or attend a REU 9. Go to a ballet class 10. Start taking ballroom dance lessons 11. Get a new laptop 12. Get a new digital camera 13. Spend a night down the shore 14. Learn LaTex proficiently 15. Play in a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament 16. Keep up with a journal, either paper or online 17. Make an article of clothing 18. Make a purse. 19. Pay off credit card debt 20. Go skydiving 21. Subscribe to a magazine that isn’t along the lines of Cosmopolitan or Glamour 22. Be involved in a healthy relationship 23. Take a baking/cooking class 24. Use my free piercing card 25. Cook a nice dinner for someone special 26. Go on a picnic 27. Go to a wine tasting 28. Bake a chocolate cake with coffee icing for my gram 29. Work with MM and the RCC to publish math/tutor things on the internets 30. Take my mom out to a nice lounge in philly. 31. Take my gram on a silly tour guide of philly 32. Keep my room clean and somewhat organized 33. Inquire about LASIK 34. Have LASIK if its feasible 35. Tell J how much I appreciate what happened, and explain why 36. Paint the bathroom 37. Help my dad finish the basement 38. Talk to Joel about Bikram Teacher Training 39. Get a pedicure 40. (snail) Mail someone a hand written letter. 41. Let my hair grow at least as long down by my chin. 42. Get my hair colored professionally 43. Take a spontaneous trip. 44. Make homemade peanut butter cups. 45. Make out at Marconi plaza on the blue thing. 46. Volunteer for the MathCounts program 47. Enter a monopoly tournament 48. Bike around Kelly drive 49. Find a real life job. Or go to grad school. 50. Learn to fence 51. Get another tattoo 52. Visit the phila. Art museum again 53. Read the lord of the rings trilogy 54. Have my colop. Come back normal 55. Have my wisdom teeth removed 56. Go to another Eagles game 57. Finish this list. 58. Finish A Brief History of Time, and the John A. Paulos books I own. 59. Run five miles nonstop. 60. Get into an REU or obtain an internship for summer 2007 61. Get into grad school or get a real life job for fall 2008 62. Learn to solve a rubix cube 63. get a rubix cube 64. Get a credit card with a better APR 65. Get a manicure 66. Drink more water 67. Take vitamins on a daily basis for at least 30 days 68. Learn how to make a delicious hot spinach and artichoke dip. 69. Get cupcakes from one of the adorable south philly bakeries 70. Get back in touch with D. 71. Attempt to resolve issues with J. 72. Sell my jewlery 73. Make out during fireworks. 74. Make out in the rain. 75.
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