I’ve seen quite a few people jump on this bandwagon. Here’s the premise, copy pasted verbatim from the website.
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’s my list so far….
START: Thursday, April 5, 2008
End: Thursday, January 1, 2011
KEY: IN PROGRESS COMPLETED FAILED
Creative
1. Create at least 1 HDR shot a week, because they’re so awesome looking (4/143) Required far too much patience and time
2. Draw a tattoo
3. Learn how to make sushi
4. See a show on Broadway
5. Learn and perfect that Chopin piano piece I’ve been taking a go at once every month for the past two years
6. Find a new favorite author and buy at least two books authored by her/him, because I only buy books I really enjoy
7. Buy the audio cable to connect my digital piano and computer
8. Buy a Canon EF f/1.8 50mm lens for my DSLR
9. Actually sew a pillow, instead of looking at fabric and going “Oh, that’d be a cool pillow”
10. Redeem my MOO cards from Flickr before the deadline
11. Redeem my free photostory book from Amazon.com because I paid them lots of my money for a camera
12. Write at least one blog entry a week
13. Watch and photograph a sunrise
14. Send something to Postsecret
Fun Stuff
15. Go to a John Mayer concert
16. Finally get my epic flying mount on World of Warcraft (yes, I know, you’re shaking your heads)
17. Legally buy alcohol
18. Go to a wine tasting
19. Go to SXSW
20. Watch a super early showing at the movie theater
21. Sell something completely random on eBay
22. Curl my hair once a month
23. Get another pet
24. Teach my cockatiel how to sing a song
25. Go horseback riding
26. Play Darkfall, if it ever comes out. This list is giving them plenty of time to release it. It finally did release but the launch was a nightmare and the boyfriend beta tester found it lackluster. Won’t be playing.
27. Beat Majora’s Mask on N64
28. Get a new bike because mine was stolen, after 9 years of loving care and attachment
29. Be a guest at someone’s wedding
30. Actually dress up for Halloween
31. Buy a pair of socks and not have one go missing when this ends
32. Solve a rubik’s cube
Wellbeing
33. Join a new recreational sport for fun; right now it’s either sailing or archery because I don’t like contact sports
34. If I am going to be less than 15 minutes late to a class, I have to attend instead of convincing myself that it’s not worth the embarrassment of walking into the lecture hall through the extremely loud doors, garnering a glare from the professor, and that I’ve already missed enough material that I’ll have to review the entire lecture on my own anyways Easier said than done! I need to get the willpower to crawl out of bed
35. Go without the internet for a full week
36. Get my braces off
37. Whiten my teeth
38. Get my eyes checked and switch to new contacts because the night ones are pretty useless if I don’t wear them Ok, I actually did go and get a new eye check, but apparently the night ones aren’t so useless after all and have actually permanently made my eyesight better, so I’ll be sticking with them for awhile
39. Get off the bus one stop earlier and walk the rest of way home everyday for a month, unless it’s raining, I have time constraints, or I’m sick
40. Find a face lotion I actually like and would buy again
41. Get a health check at least once a year
42. Gain 5 lbs
43. Keep my CPR certification and renew it
44. Go to bed before 11pm for a week
Travel and tourism
45. Go to New Zealand
46. See Matt at LEAST once every 12 months, for sanity’s sake
47. Take a picture of myself at the Eiffel Tower
48. Visit Greece
49. Go visit the Umluaf Sculpture Garden in Austin, TX
50. Go surfing, anywhere, and not make a complete ass out of myself
51. Take a real cruise
52. Take a picture of every airport sign I travel through
Money
53. Open up a Bank of America savings account so I can access my money in Australia for free
54. Find all my furniture for the condo for less than $20 a piece on Craigslist (treasure hunt!) I caved and found a really awesome cherry wood bed for $80
55. Save $10,000 outside of living expenses
56. Get a decent full time job in my field after I graduate
57. Redeem all those random coins lying around my room and assorted purses for actual cash
58. Find an efficient way to keep track of my finances that I won’t be fed up with after a week
59. Donate $1 for every item on this list I don’t accomplish
Domestic/Housekeeping
60. Organize and file all my old TAMS schoolwork sitting in my parent’s garage
61. Get a new driver’s license when I turn 21 Couldn’t be bothered, didn’t want to pay, but I may still get one yet since I look nothing like my picture. Club bouncers keep questioning me about it
62. Completely clean out and sort my closet and dresser every month
63. Make a list of everything perishable I buy at the grocery store and update it so I don’t throw out moldy food I never used a month later
64. Keep my organic herb garden alive I went away for a weekend in summer and they all dried up and died
65. Plant a tomato plant so I stop buying the little tubs of cherry tomatoes for $5 at whole foods
66. Plant a blueberry bush…antioxidants are good plus blueberries are just yummy
67. Learn two new recipes a month
68. Clean out my computer and reorganize all 80+ gigs of files and folders instead of having things saved everywhere
69. Paint my bedroom
70. Buy a shoerack that can hold my collection
71. Make my bed everyday for a week
Relationships
72. Talk to both my parents once a week
73. Eat lunch with 10 people I haven’t seen in several months
- Priscilla
- Tamal
- Larissa
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74. Use my newfound photography knowledge and take portraits of my entire immediate family
75. Send my cousin Phillip a card/present every birthday
76. Bake and decorate 10 birthday cakes for family/friends
77. Message or talk to Matt at least once a day
78. Still be with Matt and happy when this list expires
79. Meet another online friend in person
Future
80. Fill in the next 20 spots as the 2 years, 8 months, 27 days progresses
81. Go out drinking with Matthew
82. Get a real tree for Christmas
83. Go to Las Vegas!
84. Go to Las Vegas and not lose money in the casinos
85. Ice skating in Austin
86. Take some kind of fitness class
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This is a cool idea. Although I feel like I don’t have time to come up with a creative list like this and try and pay attention to do these things (Yeah, no time, heh, as I sit here surfing the web). I need to create a todo list, but it has to be more immediate. Like: update my resume; interview with X, Y, and Z.
Actually, that doesn’t quite describe it, by immediate, it just means something I can do immediately but might be for the future. Like: decide who I want to be, actually enumerate and know my priorities for personal values, determine my occupational goal and create a plan for getting there.
Haha, this might sound harsh, but I think it would be interesting if you had a key for things on this list you have already failed to accomplish. Like things that ask you to do something every week.
Also, did you already finish #73? I might be able to help you with that.
Added a new key category for FAILED
I made this list out of complete boredom. I too need immediate lists to get anything accomplished, but this is a fun side thing to look back on in a couple years.