An interesting idea from Day Zero. Come up with 101 preset tasks to do within the next 1001 days (about 2.75 years.) Like all well-written goals these must have an aspect that can be measured for sucess. 

It was hard coming up with 101 things. I had to oversome the tendency to put down short term "to do list" type items. I wanted to focus on things that were "dreams" or that involved personal growth or were projects  that often get pushed aside for more urgent things. The "someday" things, even if they were things I wanted to do "someday" for or with others.They sort of come in bursts though and in the end I actually ended up going over 101.

My 101 Things To Do

1. Read the Bible through
2. Learn 50 hymns by heart (0/50)
3. Memorize Psalm 119
4. Memorize Proverbs 31
5. Create a Devotional journal with prayer calendar. Use consistently for 3 months.
6. Go through “Power of a Praying Wife.”
7. Go through “Power of a Praying Parent.”
8. Read 25 adult classics (0/25)
9. Read 25 children’s classics to the kids (0/25)
10. Read 10 books about homeschooling/education. (0/10)
11. Read 10 nonfiction books for personal growth. (0/10)
12. Review each book read on my blog.
13. Get my TJEd Certification.
14. Take the 5 basic CLEP exams
15. Keep a readers journal for the books I read. (Check after book related 101 tasks done)
16. Reach goal weight.
17. Implement exercise program with its own goal plan. Follow 3 months.
18. Wash my face before bed every night for a month.
19. Eat vegetarian for one week (if hubby approves)
20. Eat raw for one week.
21. Learn to “sprout.” Decide if it is something we would enjoy on a regular basis.
22. Do a juice fast for three days.
23. Fix my teeth.
24. Try 50 new recipes (0/50)
25. Take three ethnic cooking classes (0/3)
26. Cook something (completely new) in 10 different cuisines. (0/10)
27. Bake something with each big kid once a month (A: 0/33 B: 0/33 C: 0/33)
28. Stock 6 months food using whole grain as basis.
29. Try two wholegrain recipes a month so I can learn to use stockpiled food (0/66)
30. Create 4 month-long menu plans- one for each season (0/4)
31. Add 1001 recipes into Mastercook (0/1001)
32. Do Operation Christmas Child with kids for Christmas 2007, 2008
33. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
34. Soldier care package
35. Kids and I involved with a political campaign
36. Learn to grocery shop (food only) for $500/month- succeed 3 consecutive months (0/3)
37. Create a Price Book.
38. Organize coupons.
39. Reduce mortgage to 75K
40. Pay off all debt except mortgage. Stay debt-free 6 months.
41. Go bird watching.
42. Visit Tide pools
43. Go caving at Mt. St. Helens
44. Go to Woodland Park Zoo
45. Go to Olympic Game Farm Park
46. Go to Seattle Children’s Museum.
47. Take children on Ferry Ride
48. Do the Nature Trails at Northwest Trek.
49. Go on a real picnic with family
50. Go on a family trip to Disneyland
51. Take kids for a drive-in movie night
52. Family road-trip of at least ten days.
53. Go tent camping six times (0/6)
54. Go see the Seattle Nutcracker.
55. Attend a symphony or find quality DVD production
56. Attend a play or find quality DVD production
57. Attend an opera or find quality DVD production.
58. Organize computer files and backup.
59. Organize bookmarks. Install and use one of the bookmark managers.
60. Clean out email folders.
61. Finish math e-book
62. Finish menu plan e-book
63. Learn how to build my blog from scratch and do so.
64. Type 60WPM
65. Organize laundry room. Keep organized for 3 months.
66. Organize entry area storage. Keep organized for 3 months.
67. Organize pantry. Keep organized for 3 months.
68. Organize closets. Keep organized for 3 months.
69. Go without creating “Mt. Fold Me” for a month.
70. Get rid of 101 things (0/101)
71. Get rid if 1001 papers. (0/1001)
72. Get rid of 50 books. (0/50)
73. Buy or create and then use a household management planner.
74. Establish a consistent sleep/wake schedule.
75. Help boys complete all 21 Webelos activity pins (A: 0/21 B: 0/21)
76. Keep a homeschool journal at least once a week. (Check after 100 entries) (0/100)
77. Set up Note booking Bag for boys to use for school journaling.
78. Have a weekly family executive meeting (TJEd “Core and Love of Learning: A Recipe for Success.”) with Ray. (Check after 10 meetings.) (0/10)
79. Implement 20 other “ingredients” from TJEd “Core and Love of Learning: A Recipe for Success.” (0/20)
80. Create a list of 52 life skills and “just for fun” things I want to teach kids over a one-year period.
81. Take the children on one field trip a month (may overlap with other 101 things) (2/33)
82. Learn twelve new crafts with the kids (0/12)
83. Start a family night event
84. Go one month with no TV.
85. Do our wills- especially child placement.
86. Grow a cut flower garden where weed patch currently is.
87. Enter something in the 2008 Fair
88. Buy a Vita mix machine.
89. Buy a grain mill after researching electric vs. manual.
90. Keep a personal journal. (Check after 100 entries) (0/100)
91. Get passports for everyone
92. Build a bug out kit
93. Do a 5-day survival challenge.
94. Learn sign language.
95. Learn to draw well enough to quick sketch anytime I need to
96. Draft plans for dream house
97. Learn to identify 10 local birds (0/10)
98. Make apron- learn to wear around house.
99. Plan out jean quilt project
100. Make and use shopping bags
101. Write next 101 tasks

1. Go to Medieval Times type dinner show.
2. Go miniature golfing with kids.
3. Take the kids to a beach- preferably with sand.
4. Make bark and leaf rubbings.
5. Go to Pioneer Village.
6. Visit Camlann Medieval Village near Carnation
7. Visit Jetty Island
8. Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington
9. Go through "God's  Abundance"
10. Go Through "The Hidden Art of  Homemaking

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Posted by genevieve1642

You are so industrious! The adventure is just beginning for you all....Have a great day

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Posted by Momof3kids

What a great idea...I need to come up with a list like that!

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