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101 in 1001.
Sep. 7th, 2009 08:14 pmStart Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2009
End Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Last Updated: Oct. 18, 2009
KEY:
Completed!
FAILED
In Progress
Most goals will have a completion date, and a link to a relevant post.
Writing
1. Finish 101 short stories (2500-6000 words). [0/101]
2. Finish 501 Flash Fiction Stories (100-1000 words) [2/501]
3. Finish 2 Novels (+75,000 words) [0/2]
4. Get accepted into the Clarion Writers Workshop.
5. Publish a book.
6. Obtain a Writers Credit
7. Write a screenplay.
8. Create a definitive bible for all of my works, in both book and wiki formats.
9. Complete mySuite101 contract. [6/10]
10. Write at least 1000 words a day, five days a week, for a year. [0/365]
11. Act in a play/film/TV show.
12. Create a podcast/vlog that updates for at least 6 months. [0/6]
13. Record an audiobook.
14. Invent a complete conlang.
15. ‘Win’ NaNoWriMo.
16. Complete the chapter outline for “The Minus World.”
Entertainment
17. Read 101 Books. [1/101]
18. Review 101 Books[1/101]
19. Finish 101 Video Games [1/101]
20. Review 101 Video Games [1/101]
21. See 101 movies. [2/101]
22. Review 101 movies. [2/101]
23. Learn to play Dungeons and Dragons.
24. Build 101 Magic the Gathering decks. [51/101]
25. Win a major M:TG tournament.
26. Build a personal library.
27. Become a tea snob.
28. Max out my iPod. [30.6/122GB]
29. Listen to every song on my iPod at least once. [~8days remain]
30. Attend a convention and cosplay.
31. Pass both Max300 and Max Unlimited with at A. [0/2]
Family
32. Figure out heritage.
33. Map out family tree going back at least 5 generations, and covering everyone after me.
34. Interview family members, and record the interviews on audio as well as paper.
Health
35. Stop eating fast food for an entire month, for at least three months. [0/3]
36. Donate sperm.
37. Donate blood.
38. Exercise three times a week, every week, for at least half a year.
39. Drink roughly 1 bottle of water a day every day for at least a year. [0/365]
40.Drop all candy from my diet for at least two months. [2/2] 11-17-09 [ENTRY]
41. Get a physical exam.
42. Get all dental work required done.
43. Get wisdom teeth removed. So scary a prospect that it gets its own slot.
Life
44. Confine self to a room for an entire week, shunning the outside world.
45. Move out of parent’s house.
46. Fulfill greatest perverse fantasy.
47. Throw a party.
48. Find love.
49. Attend a Catholic Mass.
50. Attend a Methodist church service.
51. Attend a Jehovah’s Witness church service (Kingdom Hall).
52. Learn to shave with a razor.
53. Have a threesome.
54. Take a picture of myself everyday for a year.
55. Go horseback riding.
56. Live by personal honor code for all 1,001 days. Do nothing that makes me feel like a hypocrite.
57. Cook dinner once a week for 52 weeks. [0/52]
Education
58. Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree.
59. Declare a second major and obtain that Bachelor’s as well.
60. Attain conversational proficiency in Japanese.
61. Attain conversational proficiency in Spanish.
62. Attain conversational proficiency in German.
63. Attain conversational proficiency in a fifth language.
64. Attain conversational proficiency in a sixth language.
65. Learn to communicate basic needs in sign language.
66. Learn trigonometry.
67. Learn calculus.
68. Learn to sew.
69. Learn basic car upkeep (changing tires, oil, fluids, breaks, etc).
70. Learn how to use a sword.
71. Learn to cook.
72. Learn to ride a motorcycle.
73. Learn to drive a stick shift.
74. Learn HTML.
75. Learn to play the guitar.
76. Learn to play the drums.
77. Learn to play the ocarina.
78. Learn to dance.
79. Read the bible.
80. Become proficient with a firearm (attaining some kind of license/permit).
81. Make Honor Roll every semester I have left of undergrad.
Travel
82. Go to Japan.
83. Go to Europe.
84. Go to Hawaii
85. Go to Alaska.
86. See the Pacific Ocean.
87. Visit every free Museum in DC.
88. Witness Summer Solstice at Stonehenge.
89. Visit a ghost town.
90. Spend a weekend in 10 different US cities. [1/10]
Money
91. Put $1,001 into savings. [$19/$1,001]
92. Spend $0 for a week, for 8 nonconsecutive weeks. [0/8]
93. Start a 401k
Career
94. Get a day job. (9-5 Mon-Fri)
95. Get a non-retail job involving video games.
Misc.
96. Pick up a British accent.
97. Take on a second name, and gain at least five friends who only know me by that name. [0/5]
98. Take a vow of silence for a week.
Meta-goals
99. Blog each goal and process of completing it.
100. Start another 101 goals after this one expires.
101. Put $5 into a savings account for each goal unfinished/failed. The money won’t be touched until I complete another cycle of 1001 days. [$0/$5,005]
End Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Last Updated: Oct. 18, 2009
KEY:
In Progress
Most goals will have a completion date, and a link to a relevant post.
Writing
1. Finish 101 short stories (2500-6000 words). [0/101]
2. Finish 501 Flash Fiction Stories (100-1000 words) [2/501]
3. Finish 2 Novels (+75,000 words) [0/2]
4. Get accepted into the Clarion Writers Workshop.
5. Publish a book.
6. Obtain a Writers Credit
7. Write a screenplay.
8. Create a definitive bible for all of my works, in both book and wiki formats.
9. Complete my
10. Write at least 1000 words a day, five days a week, for a year. [0/365]
11. Act in a play/film/TV show.
12. Create a podcast/vlog that updates for at least 6 months. [0/6]
13. Record an audiobook.
14. Invent a complete conlang.
15. ‘Win’ NaNoWriMo.
16. Complete the chapter outline for “The Minus World.”
Entertainment
17. Read 101 Books. [1/101]
18. Review 101 Books[1/101]
19. Finish 101 Video Games [1/101]
20. Review 101 Video Games [1/101]
21. See 101 movies. [2/101]
22. Review 101 movies. [2/101]
24. Build 101 Magic the Gathering decks. [51/101]
25. Win a major M:TG tournament.
26. Build a personal library.
27. Become a tea snob.
28. Max out my iPod. [30.6/122GB]
29. Listen to every song on my iPod at least once. [~8days remain]
30. Attend a convention and cosplay.
31. Pass both Max300 and Max Unlimited with at A. [0/2]
Family
32. Figure out heritage.
33. Map out family tree going back at least 5 generations, and covering everyone after me.
34. Interview family members, and record the interviews on audio as well as paper.
Health
35. Stop eating fast food for an entire month, for at least three months. [0/3]
36. Donate sperm.
37. Donate blood.
38. Exercise three times a week, every week, for at least half a year.
39. Drink roughly 1 bottle of water a day every day for at least a year. [0/365]
40.
41. Get a physical exam.
42. Get all dental work required done.
43. Get wisdom teeth removed. So scary a prospect that it gets its own slot.
Life
44. Confine self to a room for an entire week, shunning the outside world.
45. Move out of parent’s house.
46. Fulfill greatest perverse fantasy.
47. Throw a party.
48. Find love.
49. Attend a Catholic Mass.
50. Attend a Methodist church service.
51. Attend a Jehovah’s Witness church service (Kingdom Hall).
52. Learn to shave with a razor.
53. Have a threesome.
54. Take a picture of myself everyday for a year.
55. Go horseback riding.
56. Live by personal honor code for all 1,001 days. Do nothing that makes me feel like a hypocrite.
57. Cook dinner once a week for 52 weeks. [0/52]
Education
58. Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree.
59. Declare a second major and obtain that Bachelor’s as well.
60. Attain conversational proficiency in Japanese.
61. Attain conversational proficiency in Spanish.
62. Attain conversational proficiency in German.
63. Attain conversational proficiency in a fifth language.
64. Attain conversational proficiency in a sixth language.
65. Learn to communicate basic needs in sign language.
66. Learn trigonometry.
67. Learn calculus.
68. Learn to sew.
69. Learn basic car upkeep (changing tires, oil, fluids, breaks, etc).
70. Learn how to use a sword.
71. Learn to cook.
72. Learn to ride a motorcycle.
73. Learn to drive a stick shift.
74. Learn HTML.
75. Learn to play the guitar.
76. Learn to play the drums.
77. Learn to play the ocarina.
78. Learn to dance.
79. Read the bible.
80. Become proficient with a firearm (attaining some kind of license/permit).
81. Make Honor Roll every semester I have left of undergrad.
Travel
82. Go to Japan.
83. Go to Europe.
84. Go to Hawaii
85. Go to Alaska.
86. See the Pacific Ocean.
87. Visit every free Museum in DC.
88. Witness Summer Solstice at Stonehenge.
89. Visit a ghost town.
90. Spend a weekend in 10 different US cities. [1/10]
Money
91. Put $1,001 into savings. [$19/$1,001]
92. Spend $0 for a week, for 8 nonconsecutive weeks. [0/8]
93. Start a 401k
Career
94. Get a day job. (9-5 Mon-Fri)
95. Get a non-retail job involving video games.
Misc.
96. Pick up a British accent.
97. Take on a second name, and gain at least five friends who only know me by that name. [0/5]
98. Take a vow of silence for a week.
Meta-goals
99. Blog each goal and process of completing it.
100. Start another 101 goals after this one expires.
101. Put $5 into a savings account for each goal unfinished/failed. The money won’t be touched until I complete another cycle of 1001 days. [$0/$5,005]
