The Ultimate To-Do List
MISSION 1001:
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.

Some common goal-setting tips:

1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
2. Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.

My List
Started: July 24, 2007
End date: April 20, 2010

Completed: 41/101 as of 3/27/2009

Key:
in progress
finished & dated

experiences/growth
1. audition for a movie/broadway/professional theater's show
2. direct a play 1/09-3/09
3. smoke pot 7/29/07
4. go to a club in new york 8/08
5. go to a frat party
6. sneak out of my house
7. take a road trip 7/26/08
8. visit aunt fran in brooklyn 8/1/08
9. go to europe
10. regain trust
11. turn 21 and party like a rockstar
12. live in new york
13. say "fuck" in front of my mother 4/08
14. try out for a reality television show
15. go to LA
16. see new york at christmas time
17. get a fish & name it little stacy 6/09

physical fitness & health
18. work out every day for a month
19. hike at least twice a month - NOPE
20. eat more sushi!!
21. start seeing a gynecologist 9/21/07
22. go on birth control Decided I didn't need it.
23. donate blood
24. lose ten pounds & keep it off 6/08
25. learn to ride a bike
26. try yoga for a month
27. fast for 24 hours (water only)
28. run at least once a week for two months, attempt increasing
29. try going vegetarian

mental/emotional health
30. try post-it note affirmations 5/08
31. continue to see nina Check.
32. keep a running list of reasons to live
33. continue journaling
34. try something that scares me once a week - NOPE
35. continue writing letters to mel, jac & laura, and stacy
36. throw away my scale 11/18/08

beauty/fashion
37. purchase something by marc jacobs 6/08 & 11/08
38. start wearing make-up On & off, yep
39. become a little more high-maintenance
40. get a tattoo or a piercing
41. buy a pair of ray-ban wayfarers (real or fake) 8/9/07
42. treat myself to a fancy perfume I Love Love by Moschino 7/07 & Orange by Marc Jacobs 7/08
43. buy ankle boots 11/2007
44. start wearing heels 12/2007
45. buy a bathing suit
46. get bangs a la georgia frost/chan marshall 7/24/07
47. go shopping in soho 10/08

finances
48. get a job Michael's Craft Store 8/14/07
49. get my check book & debit card back 11/2007
50. save at least $100 a month once i get a job
51. fill my change jar to the top 8/29/08
52. donate money to a good cause Make-A-Wish Foundation

creative
53. take one picture every day for a month 1/09-3/09
54. add acrylic jewels to a headband a la marc jacobs 9/15/07
55. make a feathered headdress or mask for the hell of it 1/09
56. take up photography I'm learning! 7/26/07
57. make my own house of holland t-shirt
58. send a secret into post secret 11/08
59. write a screenplay
60. find & buy a polaroid camera

books/music
61. finish a goddamn book! 7/30/07
62. finish the entire harry potter series 8/13/07
63. read all of jodi picoult's work
64. read mrs. dalloway by virginia woolf
65. read a picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde
66. read an edie sedgewick biography 6/09
67. read a poetry anthology
68. watch the lord of the rings movies
69. see wicked again
70. watch factory girl 11/2007
71. watch the movie la vie en rose
72. listen to an edith piaf album
73. see jenny lewis in concert 9/25/07
74. see ben folds in concert (again)
75. go to a music festival

social stuff
76. have a dinner party
77. learn to make 5 cocktails (1/5)
78. have a "famous couples"-themed party
79. visit one of my friends at their respective college Dev @ PSU 2/08
80. meet at least 10 people my first week at college (10/10) 8/20/08
81. go on a scavenger hunt

academic
82. finally GO to college & find my passion 10/08
83. make-out with a professor
84. study french
85. maintain at least a 3.0

relationships
86. keep in touch with my renfrew girls
87. kiss in a snow storm
88. sustain at least one high school friendship
89. find my first love
90. have meaningful sex
91. buy an address book 7/31/07
92. fill said address book 5/08
93. watch emme & addi grow up

etc.
94. press all the buttons in an elevator 8/11/07
95. go streaking or skinny-dipping
96. go up a "down" escalator
97. go down an "up" escalator
98. stop being a pack rat 7/09
99. sit on the roof of a building with friends
100. write "you are beautiful" in at least 20 bathroom stalls (1/20)
101. begin a new list when 1001 days are over