Welcome to my 101 things in 1001 days list. Read on to find out about this project and my current progress!

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).

Start Date: March 1, 2010
End Date: November 26, 2012

Source: Day Zero

The List

Crossed out items are finished (will have date of completion listed)
Italic items are in progress
Normal items are waiting to be started

Education & Work

1. Find an internship
2. Find a job
3. Complete 10 freelancing jobs

Health & Fitness

4. Lose 25 pounds
5. Get weight down to 150
6. Exercise at least 3 times a week for 6 months
7. Learn Yoga and develop a routine
8. Walk 500 miles
9. Keep a food journal for at least two months
10. See a doctor about my insomnia
11. See a doctor about my mood swings
12. Take a multivitamin every day for 6 months

Beauty & Fashion

13. Get a tattoo
14. Get pink and blonde highlights
15. Stretch ears to 8g
16. Get a new piercing
17. Have a spa day
18. Whiten Teeth
19. Develop a regular skin-care routine

Food & Drink

20. Try 10 new foods
21. Collect 100 recipes
22. Learn to cook 10 new dishes
23. Go 90 days without fast food
24. Go 45 days without soda
25. Eat breakfast (before 9:00 am) every day for one month

Just For Me

26. Get my own place
27. Clearly define my political ideology
28. Clearly define my religious ideology
29. Read the entire Bible
30. Write a letter to my father. Burn it.
31. Buy a paper journal and fill it
32. Submit something to Post Secret

Expanding the Mind

33. Complete an entire Word-Find book
34. Complete an entire Sudoku book
35. Read 5 New York Times articles every day for 60 days
36. Read 100 new books
37. Solve a Rubik’s Revenge (4×4) cube

Changing Habits

38. Avoid biting nails for 6 months
39. Go through old stuff that I’ll never use and donate stuff (in good condition) to charity
40. Keep room clean for 2 months
41. Clean inside of car and keep it that way for 6 months
42. Organize my files and create a file system

Indulge

43. Buy a new point/shoot digital camera
44. Buy a digital video recorder
45. Buy a custom pair of Converse sneakers
46. Buy a MacBook Pro
47. But 30 new Blu-Rays

Finances

48. Have $2500 in “untouchable” savings
49. Start saving an filing receipts
50. Track spending for one month and develop a budget
51. Put away $5 for each task completed
52. Get a credit card
53. Go one week without spending any money

Creativity

54. Complete a wrecking journal
55. Complete a 26 Things photo set
56. Do 24 Day in the Life posts
57. Print & Frame 10 pieces of my photography
58. Participate in NanoWriMo
59. Complete a coloring book.
60. Learn to knit
61. Start a scrapbook
62. Do Young Me – Now Me
63. Complete 10 30-day themed photography projects

Entertainment & Fun

64. Watch 100 new movies
65. Cosplay at a convention
66. Attend an outdoor festival
67. See 10 Plays/Musicals
68. See 10 Concerts
69. Go to a Steelers game
70. Go to a Yankees game
71. Learn to play Poker
72. Sleep under the stars

Adventure & Travel

73. Get a passport
74. Road trip to somewhere at least 5 states away
75. Go to ComiCon
76. Visit Niagra Falls
77. Visit 10 State/National Parks
78. Vacation in another state
79. Plan and take 10 day trips
80. Go camping
81 Visit Falling Water
82. Visit 10 museums
83. Visit 26 new places (one for each letter of the alphabet)
84. Find 5 GeoCaches
85. Hike the Thousand Steps

World Wide Web

86. Complete 10 video blogs
87. Blog regularly (no gaps > 2 days) for 6 months
88. Complete a month for NaBloPoMo
89. Recreate my personal Internet start page

Giving Back

90. Donate $10 to charity for each task not completed b y November 25, 2012
91. Donate my hair to Locks of Love
92. Donate $100 to my Alma Mater
93. Donate Blood
94. Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice through FreeRice
95. Write / Place 10 inspirational things in public places
96. Donate $100 to charity
97. Participate in Blogathon for Not For Sale

Misc

98. Make a new friend
99. Inspire someone to start a 101 in 1001 list
100. Send a postcard through PostCrossing
101. Create another 101 in 1001 list