101 / 1001 - The Version 1.0 List

[patentdragon]

This is the initial version of my 101 Things In 1001 Days list, started on January 1 2010, and scheduled to conclude on 28 September 2012...

Updates...

21 January 2010 - Tasks completed now number two. List expanded and numbered!
23 January 2010 - Added three new objectives - total now 86.



Current number of items on the list: 85 (23 January 2010)
Variable contingencies (in brackets): 2
Tasks Completed (scored through): 2 (68,78)
Tasks In Progress (bold italic): 6
List Last Updated: 23 January 2010

Health And Wellbeing
1 - Lose a meaningful amount of weight
2 - Eat more sensibly
3 - Complete at least 100 worthwhile walks (at least one hour outdoors) a year (7/100, 0/100, 0/75)
4 - Walk to another town and back in a day
5 - Make use of some natural means of stress relief (meditation, or some such)
6 - Save lie-ins for weekends only
7 - Learn to cook 12 dishes (0/12)
8 - Find a "signature dish", and perfect it
9 - Cook dinner at least once a month (0/33)
10 - Investigate laser eye surgery
11 - ( Undergo laser eye surgery if suitable )
12 - Find another healthy drink I enjoy *NEW 21-01-10*

Family
13 - Provide genuine support for Maternal as she deals with her "health issue"
14 - Take Mum to the University Christmas performance of Handel's Messiah at least once *NEW 21-01-10*
15 - Help Mum scan and organise photos and negatives *NEW 21-01-10*
16 - Tidy up after myself! *NEW 21-01-10*
17 - See a lot more of Jan!

Travel
18 - Renew my passport
19 - Visit five cities not on my regular "list"
20 - Set foot in another foreign country (not the US!)
21 - Travel East overseas at least once (0/1)
22 - Spends at least one full week away from home (whichever it is)
23 - Camp outside at least once (0/1)
24 - See an ocean I never saw before...
25 - Visit The Eden Project in Cornwall
26 - Get more familiar with my home town - street names and the like *NEW 21-01-10*

Culture
27 - See one stage show a year (0/3)
28 - Watch one "classic" film a month (0/33)
29 - Buy a book a month from an actual bookshop *NEW 21-01-10*
30 - Attend at least one convention
31 - Thank three personal influences in person (0/3)
32 - Get at least one piece of commissioned art
33 - Buy at least three pages of original comic art *NEW 21-01-10*
34 - Go to The Edinburgh Tattoo (again) (lol - my "get a tattoo")
35 - Brush up on my existing language skills (French, German)
36 - Learn some more Hindi/Urdu
37 - Learn some Japanese
38 - Learn some Elvish
39 - Learn some Na'vi
40 - Learn more Klingon
41 - Properly organise, bag and catalogue the comic collection *Updated 21-01-10*
42 - Get comic orders in more promptly (1/33)
43 - Stop watching so much repeat crap on Dave
44 - Master some origami *NEW 21-01-10*

My Stuff - Arts And Crafts
45 - Make regular progress on current and forthcoming "projects"
46 - Continue and complete "The Archive Project"
47 - Refresh my art skills
48 - Do proper reference sheets for at least six of my characters (0/6)
49 - Create "covers" for each complete "season" of each project
50 - Create "proper" pieces of art, fit to hang, or give as gifts
51 - Create something to sell, and sell it!
52 - Complete some craft projects I've started
53 - Deal with my "overspill" of crap
54 - Make at least one short movie, with at least one other real-life cast member
55 - Take more photographs
56 - Create a proper album of best photos

My Stuff - Technology
57 - Design and establish new personal web-site, with actual content
58 - Make more worthwhile use of computer kit
59 - Learn to upgrade PCs
60 - Revitalise one PC, or build an entire new one
61 - Sharpen my HTML/CSS skills
62 - Totally revise my blog template
63 - Do some more RP in Ultima Online *NEW 21-01-10*
64 - Try and run an RP thread on Gaia *NEW 21-01-10*

My Stuff - Personal And Financial
65 - Celebrate each and every Spiritwalk (May 22) and Patent Saturday (December 1) like they really mean something (which they do!) (0/3, 0/2)
66 - Get back into the habit of properly balancing my finances
67 - Start a new personal tradition
68 - Forgive charity shops... (16-01-2010)
69 - ...and visit them regularly for useful materials and items
70 - Re-organise my notice-board *NEW 21-01-10*
71 - Post at least one secret to PostSecret *NEW 21-01-10*

Nature
72 - See an aardvark in the flesh
73 - See a binturong in the flesh
74 - See an orca in the flesh, preferably in the wild
75 - Hand-feed an exotic wild/zoo animal
76 - Go into the Highlands and see at least three cool species of wildlife
77 - Get "up close and personal" with some birds of prey *NEW 21-01-10*
78 - Build a kick-ass snowman Link to blog post! (09-01-2010)

Politics And That Sort Of Thing
79 - ( Protest against CLAN if still at present address )
80 - Publicly "confront" a major politician who deserves it!
81 - Actively protest in support of a deserving cause
82 - Give £1 to charity for every task not completed, and an additional £10 for every 10 not completed!

And The Rest!
83 - Get my bloody chair fixed!

New Additions
- 23 January 2010 -
84 - Learn to make my own paper...
85 - ...and make my own books!
86 - Properly organise and chronicle my efforts!

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Here endeth the lesson.

Comments

Feedback

[larmer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me know about giving feedback. I ask these days as I got snapped at once for not asking before giving advice here on 101.
I like the list for its variety and interesting objectives - learn non-human languages. The criticism that I have is the some of your goals are not SMART goals lacking definitive ends. Cleaning those up I think would improve the list.

http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/smart-goals.html

I pay particular attention to health goals (a pet area of mine) and you have
- Lose a meaningful amount of weight
- Eat more sensibly
How much weight or what is your goal weight and by when? Also what is sensible eating? Some people have more success with process goals for health issues. For instance maintain a food journal, eat 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day for 30 days, try a fruit or vegetable each week for 3 months, give up fizzy drinks etc. Those process changes often result in health changes. I for instance want to gain muscle mass so I currently have a process goal (not on 101) of lifting weights 4 times per week and eating 180 g of protein a day and 8 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables.
Anyway some food for thought.
Have fun with your goals and I think it is great that you got to make your snowman so soon.

Thanks for the feedback!

[patentdragon.livejournal.com]

Last things first...

- "Eat more sensibly" - that means less unhealthy snacks, more fruit, more veg, and so far, I am managing to do this, as I have before. I did do a food journal before, with limited success, so maybe that's something worth trying again. I don't eat big portions at meal-times, so I'm not sure how much I can "cut out" - dunno how much sense that makes...

- "meaningful" weight loss - my first thought is "visible", although last time I made that kind of progress, my confidence was quickly undermined by family, and back on it went. As long as I feel better about myself as a result, anything is worth it. Yeah, I know, doesn't help much, does it?

As far as some of the other goals not having definitive ends, I think there's a similar train of thought going - if I feel better about myself at the conclusion, that goes in the "win" column. The snow-snake was one of those, as it was the most exercise I'd had for a while, and my thigh-muscles are still stiff from the exertion - that actually feels GOOD, in a crazy way.

Please continue to offer feedback - the fact that someone's listening is sure to be a great help.

Re: Thanks for the feedback!

[larmer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback. I have a better sense of what you are doing.

Regarding eating sensibly you may want to make a sub goal of eating 5 to 10 fruits and vegetables a day that have not been heavily cooked (e.g. fried) or trying one new fruit or veg a month etc.and eliminate one bad food a day from your diet e.g. chips, crisps, full fat milk, etc. I highly recommend food journaling.

Regarding weight loss look to get some positive social support amongst friends or even family. Look for someone who has lost weight or is doing so and you can support each other. Reflect on the obstacles that your family throw up and develop two solutions to each one.

I highly recommend resistance training as part of a weight loss goal as it helps to maintain and build muscle and encourages burning of fat. That is a whole separate topic.

Re: Thanks for the feedback!

[patentdragon.livejournal.com]

Thanks again for your input. I'm already doing a couple of the things you suggest - we very rarely fry anything, grilling instead, and I've been on skimmed milk for some years!

Sorry I didn't reply sooner - been working these last two weeks, and now I can focus on the whole thing more clearly.