The Challenge:Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (i.e. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (i.e. represent some amount of work on your part). I will document, as best I can, the completion of each task.
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a 'Bucket List'. 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, study semesters, or outdoor activities.
Why I decided to do this:
I've had a handful of friends take the plunge and try this challenge. I started to make a list and stopped, back in California. It's hard not knowing where you'll be living in 2+ years. If I had completed the list then, most of it wouldn't apply to my now Japanese address! Being in Japan is a wonderful opportunity for exploring and trying new things, but it's all too easy to fall into the comfortable couch and zone out in front of the TV. I don't want to waste these years, and I don't want to waste the ones after life in Japan either. Making a list makes all my wants and ideas public. I'm hoping accountability will push me to try the things I've always wanted to try, or want to see or experience before I leave Japan, or whatever the list may include. I also want to share my experiences with everyone, and I think working my way through a list is a great way to do so.
My List
Italics : In Progress
Love
1.
Plan a second honeymoon and take it
3.
Beat Jeff at a game of chess
4.
Make Jeff breakfast in bed
7.
Let Jeff plans five dates, no questions asked.
Enjoy them. (3/5)
8.
Plan five surprise dates for Jeff (1/5)
9.
Write three letters to Jeff (1/3)
Adventure
12.
Renew my passport
15.
Go skiing
16.
Go snow shoeing
17.
Get certified to scuba dive
18.
Visit ten cities in Japan (6/10)
19.
Go somewhere I need a bikini
21.
Go to the shooting range
22.
Visit my brother in Arizona
24.
Take five ITT Tours (4/5)
26.
Visit Korea
27.
Start planning our trip to Ireland
28.
Make a list of countries I’d like to visit
before I die
31.
Take a trip with friends
32.
Collect sea glass
34.
Visit a sake factory
35.
Spend a day at the beach
37.
Go camping
38.
Visit Seattle again
Health & Wellness
39.
Lose fifteen pounds
40.
No soda for one month
41.
Complete Couch to 5K Running Program
42.
Complete two 5K’s
43.
Finish a 1.5 mile run in 14:00 (Good in
Navy Female PRT Standards)
46.
Spend one week doing Yoga exclusively
47.
Try meditation
48.
Try belly dancing
49.
Try three fitness classes at the gym (1/3)
50.
Donate blood twice
51.
Volunteer with animals
Intelligence
54.
Read one hundred and twenty-five books (86/125)
55.
Read forty books written before I was born in 1987 (5/40)
56.
Read fifteen recommended books (10/15)
57.
Write ten short stories
58.
Attempt to publish something I wrote
61.
See five digits in savings and keep it that way
62.
Pay off our Dodge Avenger
63.
Complete Rosetta Stone Japanese Levels One and
Two
64.
Complete one challenging Sudoku puzzle
65.
Remain certified in CPR
66.
Learn computer coding/CSS/etc.
Food and Drink
68.
Plant three herbs and use them in my cooking (1/3)
70.
Try ten restaurants in and around Misawa (6/10)
71.
Try five different kinds of sake (3/5)
72.
Make sushi at home
77.
Try five different Baskin Robbins ice cream
flavors (3/5)
78.
Make ten new mixed drinks at home (2/10)
79.
Bake homemade cinnamon rolls
Interests
81.
Learn how to shoot in manual on my Nikon d3100
82.
Frame five pictures of Japan (3/5)
83.
Gift five of my own pictures
85.
Write and send five letters
86.
Finish five crochet projects
87.
Finish three embroidery projects
88.
Finish 3 paint projects
90.
Finish five sewing projects
91.
Take a class at the Arts and Crafts Center
92.
Get a second tattoo
94.
Watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy
95.
Have a Star Wars Day
96.
Get my nails done
97.
Get my hair professionally dyed
99.
Host a theme party
100.
Finish a 1,000 piece puzzle
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