1,001 Days Mission

I am not a to-do list kind of person, so just trying Day Zero is going to be a challenge since I do not even try listing New Year's resolutions! The mission I have chosen to accept is to complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days, starting on November 30, 2008, the first day of a new year, according to most church calendars. I put my goals in an Excel Spreadsheet, but I will track them here, updating every time I accomplish an item. I have completed all items in red; yellow ones are in progress; green ones are the ones I still need to get going. I put mine into categories to have a balanced approach (not everything about ME). I made a chart to help the geek in me visualize progress!



Body
Do a Woman of Moderation.
Fast one day a week. 0/143
Find an aerobic exercise I enjoy and do 180 minutes a week for half a year. 0/26
Fit into a size 12 and stay there!
Fit into a size 14.
Fit into a size 16.
Get into the habit of exams.
Run a 10-K road race.
Run a 5-K road race.
Work out for 180 minutes per week on torture machine. 0/143

Career
Complete advanced steps.
Complete beginner and intermediate steps.
Complete certification prerequisites.
Complete steps under supervision.
Learn to use Java.

Charity
Do meals on wheels once a month. 0/33
Donate hair for cancer wigs.
Go on one overseas mission trip.
Make one needlework project per month for charity. 0/33
Provide a shoebox every November. 1/3
Provide an angel tree gift every December. 1/3
Provide an elder basket every November 30. 1/3
Put $3 in charity donation envelope for each task completed. 3.57/303
Volunteer at the local food pantry for 101 hours. 0/101
Write a lonely person once a week. 0/143

Children
Celebrate every Sunday of advent. 0/12
Have Sweet Pea finish Third Unit.
Have Sweet Pea get through Level 4 books. 0/10
Have Sweet Pea get through Level 5 books. 0/10
Have Sweet Pea get through Level 6 books. 0/10
Help Goliath get and keep part-time job for six months. 0/6
Help Goliath get his driver's license.
Help Goliath pass the SAT.
Help Sweet Pea advance to Stage 3.
Help Sweet Pea advance to Stage 4.
Launch Goliath to college.
Make an afghan for Goliath before he goes to college.
Make an afghan for Sweet Pea.
Talk Sweet Pea into nixing the cable.

Environment
Build a solar cooker.
Get yard certified as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat.
Insulate the 100 year old house.
Learn to use said solar cooker.
Plant a vegetable garden.
Post once a week on conservative living blog. 1/143
Put a insulator blanket on the hot water heater.
Put a timer on the hot water heater.
Recycle every week for a year. 0/52
Start a compost pile.

Finance
Find a way for Sweet Pea to earn $300 a month.
Save $12,000 in an emergency fund.
Save $6,000 in an emergency fund.
Wipe out all credit card debt.
Wipe out equity loan.
Wipe out loan for speedster.
Wipe out loan for SUV.

Hobby
Attend one college homecoming.
Crochet a baby blanket for any newborn grand nieces and nephews.
Find all high school classmates. 2/4
Finish friend's baby dress.
Knit a pair of wool socks.
Knit a sweater for Slug Dog.
Perform in a singing Christmas tree once.
Record a CD of my singing.
Sing one Messiah solo.
Watch an opera live.

God
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.
Set aside for leading of the Holy Spirit.

Husband
Do bimonthly cooking to store in the freezer no later than March 2009. 0/124
Do one impromptu nice thing a day for Marathon Man. 0/1001
Finish Marathon Man's afghan.
Get a short haircut.
Have a professional family portrait.
Host neighborhood party.
Remember each anniversary (yes, we both forgot it this year). 0/2
Save $1001 toward a baby grand piano. 5/1001
Send out Christmas letters one year.
Transfer all videos to DVD.

Mind
Complete all four books in Cambridge Latin Course. 0/4
Donate 10,001 grains of rice. 0/10,001
Read 10 biographies of great people. 0/10
Read 10 books by Elizabeth Goudge. 0/10
Read 10 books by G. K. Chesterton. 0/10
Read 10 short stories by George MacDonald. 0/10
Read Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
Read Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.
Start a weekly family game night no later than January 2009. 0/135
Write a 100,001-word novel. 0/100001

Soul
Do another Beth Moore Bible study.
Find a church where the Holy Spirit can use me.
Finish reading the entire Bible for the first time ever.
Knowingly lead on person to Christ.
Study 1,001 verses in the Bible. 0/1001