101 in 1001

Not your ordinary Bucket List.

Based on the novel concept developed by Michael Green, 101 in 1001 refines and organizes the familiar ‘bucket list’ by placing a time limit and requiring specificity of the tasks placed on the list.

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 your part).

Simply select 101 specific items that you plan to complete within 2.75 years or 1001 days. I like the idea of structure for the bucket list, as it tends to grow into a jumbled list of  un accomplished hopes and dreams. That just plain sucks.

The list, organized into categories. Progression of each task will look like this:

To Be Completed

IN PROGRESS

COMPLETED

Suggested categories are listed below. Please note that this is still a work in progress. The official list will début August 20, 2011.

These activities are in no particular order:

1 Attend five plays

2 Attend five operas

     Pheadra

3 Climb Kilimanjaro TANZANIA

4 Build a relationship with a capable financial adviser

5 Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years

6 Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over

7 Run a half marathon

8 Run a marathon

9 Cook a Thanksgiving dinner

10 Go to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

11 Kiss someone in the rain

12 Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find

13 See the Northern Lights

14 Eliminate non-fitting clothing from my wardrobe

15 Read 10 books

16 Travel to Africa

17 Go to the movies once a month

18 Visit 5 museums

19 Try a new recipe every month for a year

20 Bake and decorate cupcakes

21 Pay off all debt

22 Fall in love

23 Attend 5 ballet

24 Attend 5 Broadway shows

25 Send flowers to someone

26 Revisit local gardens/arboretums

27 Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards

28 Don’t complain about anything for a week

29 Attend a live taping of a TV show

30 Go on a road trip

31 Make a wish at 11:11 on November 11, 2011

32 Go skydiving

33 Go to 5 different museums

34 Visit 5 states I’ve never been to

35 Use this time to seriously lay plans to carry out 3 pie in the sky wishes

36 Swim with dolphins

37 Spend a Christmas sans family

38 Send Thank You notes for good service

39 Dance in the rain with someone

40 Ride in a hot air balloon

41Pay myself $30 for every task completed on the list

42 Acquire better organizational skills

43 Make a pie on Pi day

44 Answer the “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”

45 Write a personal mission statement

46 Send a postcard via Postagram once a month

47 Reorganize the house one room at a time

48 Attend a State Fair

49 Paint the Kitchen

50 Make homemade ice cream

51 Plant a tree in a special place that I will always be able to visit

52 Try 5 foreign food restaurants

53 Go on a retreat

54 Update my résumé

55 Work on master degree

56 Go a month without buying anything that isn’t a necessity

57 Create a Christmas eve menu

58 Buy a lottery ticket

59 Buy a whole new wardrobe

60 Carve or write name somewhere permanent

61 Build a working relationship with a tailor

62 Assemble an emergency kit for the house

63 Make a retirement plan

64Visit Redwood National and State Parks CALIFORNIA

65 Go to a live concert

66 Write a living will

67 Get an article published in a magazine or newspaper

68 Create a new wardrobe for myself

69 Make full faith effort to reconnect with old friends

70 Bake a yule log

71 Do something completely out of my comfort zone

72 See Niagara Falls NEW YORK

73 Jump off stratosphere

74 Become fluent in Lightroom

75 Identify 100 things that make me happy

76 Run a 10K race

77 Decorate my bedroom

78 Take a cooking class

79 Find the perfect pair of jeans

80 Become a better public speaker

81 Go to the seaside

82 Host a fondue party

83 Walk the Brooklyn Bridge

84 Buy flowers for myself for no reason

85 Make soap

86 Write up my own personal history

87 Watch the sunrise

88 Develop an alternative source of income

89 Spend one weekend with only my music, art and books. “Unplug”

90 Bake cupcakes

91 Develop a better skin care routine

92 Celebrate an obscure holiday

93 Go to the top of the Empire State Building NEW YORK

94 Paint the bathroom

95 Appear in a film as an extra

96 Create a strategic life plan

97 Research/start investment plan; start retirement fund

98 Build network of people who will help with goals

99 Have a picnic

100 Surround myself with positive people

101 Make a list of things I like about myself

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