The List
Official Start: September 1, 2009
Finish: May 29, 2012
Progress: 30 of 101 done (30% complete)!
59% to 51 done
510 days left (49% elapsed)
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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
001. Install tower in living room with stepmania
002. Lose 60 lbs [0/60]
003. Increase OwnZone score to 36
004. Take 5 exercise classes I have never done before [3/5]
005. Upload heart monitor weekly [3/143]
006. Walk a 5k007. Walk across the USA (5048 mi) [337/5048 - 7% done]
008. Work with a personal trainer for 12 sessions [12/12] [April 13, 2010]
009. Write out 30 affirmations and make an audio recording of them
EDUCATION / LEARNING
010. Apply for MBA
011. Become ITIL v3 certified
012. Become rated Level 3 in tennis
013. Complete Days of Deepening Friendship [0/40]
014. Complete Level 3 of Rosetta stone in Spanish
015. Design website for 101 in 1001 using Photoshop and custom CSS
016. Install and use dragon dictate to respond to email for 2 weeks
017. Knit a scarf
018. Learn autohotkey scripting and script date/time file shortcut
019. Learn CSS
020. Learn Photoshop
021. Learn to swing dance
022. Learn video editing and put a video on YouTube
023. Obtain CCNA certification
024. Obtain CCNP certification
025. Read 40 modern nonfiction books everyone should read
026. Read a book in Spanish
027. Take Mediation class
028. Take the GRE
FOR ME
029. Get braces030. Get Filing / Shredding under control
031. Get glasses
032. Go on a retreat033. Have a joint birthday party with Julie034. Implement a task management system
035. Make a pie from scratch
036. Put cable bill on auto pay
037. Take a day off work for no reason
038. Take Wrigley to a dog park once a month [1/33]
FRIENDS AND FAMILY
039. Call Claire once per week [7/143]
040. Call Mom once per week [8/143]
041. Have 3 parties at my apartment [0/3]
042. Hold poker night at my apartment
043. Install Skype
044. Upload skydiving video for Cindy and Brenda
045. Write Christmas letter for 2009 and send 50 Christmas cards
046. Write Christmas letter for 2010 and send 50 Christmas cards
FOR OTHERS
047. Anonymously buy something on someone’s wish list
048. Do 100 hours of volunteering [10/ 100]
049. Participate in Clause & Effect
050. Pay for someone behind me in the drive thru
051. Send 2 postcards a month to friends [4/66]
052. Volunteer at soup kitchen 3 times [1/3]
053. Volunteer at the Chicago marathon
TRAVEL / ADVENTURES
054. Attend 12 bars of Christmas
055. Attend a sporting event for these Chicago teams: Chicago Bulls, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Wolves, and The Windy City Rollers [3/6]
056. Drive a NASCAR car (Petty experience)
057. Drive from Seattle, WA down the coast to Los Angeles, CA
058. Go camping
059. Go on a haunted hayride
060. Go on the sears tower ledge
061. Go Parasailing
062. Go skydiving again
063. Go to 15 new restaurants [4/15]
064. Go to Australia
065. Go to the drive-in
066. Have a drink at the signature room
067. See the Penn & Teller show in Vegas
068. Take 2 trips to Chicago neighborhoods I don’t know and spend an afternoon walking around [0/2]
069. Take a golf lesson
070. Take the train up to Milwaukee for a day trip or weekend071. Visit Houston
072. Visit New Orleans
073. Visit the Frank Lloyd Wright museum
074. Visit the main Chicago Museums (Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium) at least once [5/6]
30 DAY HABITS
075. Blog daily [5/30]
076. Declutter house (15 min/day) [25/30]
077. Do flylady beginner program [0/30]
078. Drink 6 glasses water [0/30]
079. Exercise every day [0/30]
080. Give up fast food for a month [0/30]
081. Journal for 10 min [0/30]
082. Listen to affirmation recording daily [0/30]
083. Meditate [30/30]
084. Photo a day [2/30]
085. Print schedule & set Most Important Tasks [0/30]
086. Stand in front of a mirror and say affirmations [0/30]
087. Use task management system religiously [0/30]
088. Wash face at night [30/30]
CHALLENGES
089. Get a bikini wax
090. Give up social media for a week [7/7]
091. Give up soda for a week [7/7]
092. Give up TV for a week [0/7]
093. Go to bed at 10 pm for a week [0/7]
094. Rate all music in iTunes [339/5632 - 6%]
095. See all the Oscar nominated best pictures one year
096. Sing karaoke at a bar
097. Unitask only for a week [0/7]
098. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet [20/26]
PROJECT
099. Donate at least $50/mo to http://www.donorschoose.org/ and make a quick post about what my contribution helped [6/32]
100. Make another 101 in 1001 list and do it all over again
101. Write a letter to myself to be opened on the last day of the challenge


Susan said,
September 16, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Good for you Heather. I LOVE this. I am so pleased to see you doing all of these things, to see you put all sorts of fun photos and updates on facebook.
Good for you.
You deserve all of these things!
I know you can do it!
Susan
Heather said,
September 16, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Thanks Susan!
If you make sure I get an address, I can put you on the postcard list!
-Heather
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