The Mission: Complete 101 tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part)

Started: 01/01/2009

PERSONAL & SOCIAL

001 Move out of the family home & in somewhere with the boy – [Completed 15/08/09!]
002 Take part in a charity run in 2009 (Sponsor me!?) — [Completed 03/06/09]
003 Give blood — [Completed 18/03/09]
004 Re-use carriers & stop using plastic bags completely, by the end of March — [Completed 28/02/09]
005 Do some fundraising for Red Nose Day 2009 — [Completed 02/03/09]
006 Enroll on a Make-Up For Theatre course
007 Develop my French / German speaking & complete a blog post in each language — [Completed 17/09/09]
008 Get out of my current job role — [Completed 23/09/09]
009 Procrastinate less & complete at least 75% of the things on my daily to-do lists for a month [0/31]
010 Get new business cards from Moo — [Completed 09/03/09]
011 Be on time to work for 6 months — [Completed 03/09/09]
012 Donate 101 things to charity — [56/101]
013 Write a letter / email to an author I admire
014 File away all my old bank statements / pay slips [Completed 14/06/09]
015 Plan a big 4 day extravaganza for my 22nd birthday [Completed 22/06/09]
016 Plan & attend a meet with other UK lady bloggers [Completed 24/07/09]
017 Write & publish “100 things about me.” Attempt to make it mildly interesting! [40/100]
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FINANCE

021 Be less frivolous & think about purchases before acting impulsively — [Completed 01/03/09]
022 Save at least £50 per payday for a year — [10/13, started 01/01/09]
023 Buy a new car — [Completed 21/10/09]
024 Save loose change in a jar for a year. Buy myself a treat! — [Started 03/06/09]
025 Earn money through advertisements / sponsored posts so aimeemarie.com hosting is covered for a month — [Completed Sept 2009]
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APPEARANCE & HEALTH

027 Drop a dress size; get in shape through exercise & healthy eating by my birthday (22 June 2010)
028 Lose at least a stone & maintain that weight (give or take 4 pounds), for at least 6 months [0/14lbs]
029 Give up chocolate & biscuits for Lent 2009 — [Completed 12/04/09]
030 Attend 10 dance aerobics classes [0/10]
031 Learn to hoop
032 Do sit-ups every morning for a month [0/31]
033 Give up fizzy drinks for a month [0/31]
034 Cleanse, tone & moisturise morning & night for 2 months [0/2 months]
035 Get a professional manicure
036 Go out for a pampering day at a spa
037 Go powerwalking / jogging 4 times a month for 6 months — [0/24 sessions]
038 Raise my heartbeat for 30 minutes every day for 100 days — [0/100 days]
039 Join a gym / pool, to start swimming again
040 Grow my hair past my shoulders
041 Complete the Volvic 14 Day Challenge
042 Document weight loss (hopefully not gain!) with a private collection of photobooth photos (one per week for a year). Be brave & share the results if you’re happy with them.

TRAVEL & LEISURE

043 Re-visit Paris with Ashley — [Completed 20/04/09]
044 Visit a country I’ve never been to before
045 Visit the Maldives
046 Re-visit New York
047 Read the rest of the books in the series ‘Confessions of Georgia Nicolson’ [4/9]
048 Watch classic films that I’ve either not seen (or watched & not taken any notice of!) [Requiem for a Dream / Scarface / Trainspotting / The Matrix / Dogma / The Terminator 1 & 2 / Apocalypse Now / Donnie Darko / Edward Scissorhands / Pan's Labyrinth / Monty Python & The Holy Grail / Rocky Horror Picture Show / Snatch / Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels / Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas / American Beauty / Clockwork Orange / Pulp Fiction]
049 Watch all 6 series of Sex & The City [0/6]
050 Watch all 10 series of Friends — [Completed 04/06/09]
051 Learn to knit & make a scarf for Autumn/Winter 2009
052 Have a professional massage
053 Re-visit The Science Museum, London
054 Go Strawberry picking
055 Go to a silent rave/disco
056 Go out in superhero fancy dress [Completed 20/06/09]
057 Learn how to use a sewing machine & DIY some old clothes
058 Spend New Year abroad
059 Go & play on bumper cars!
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CREATIVITY

069 Commit to a 365 project for the full 365 days [0/365]
070 Receive regular paid/voluntary photography and/or writing work for at least 6 months [Regular = at least one job / article every month] [Completed 01/07/09]
071 Publish a photobook
072 Photograph for “What I Wore” at least once a week for 6 months [0/6 months]
073 Expand my printed portfolio
074 Make a Friday Feeling post every week for 6 months [Completed 21/08/09]
075 Blog frequently. Frequently = at least 10 posts a week — [Completed 31/01/09]
076 Start a regular, monthly blog feature with Beauty Tutorials — [Completed 26/03/09]
077 Photograph a charity event
078 Bulk buy more Polaroid film, if possible!
079 Put a roll of film through my Lomo Holga camera
080 Put a roll of film through my Lomo Fisheye 2 camera
080 Put a roll of film through my Lomo Actionsampler camera
081 Make a pinhole camera
082 Blow up one of my own photos onto canvas
083 Photograph a wedding
084 Fill up a lever arch folder with inspiring articles & photos from magazines
085 Fill my Moleskine notebook up with lists, quotes & notes
086 Write & illustrate a short story for children
087 Do something creative with my lost & found black & white photos
088 Enter the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
089 Take at least one photobooth portrait a week for a year to document how my face changes

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101 Put £2 away for every goal completed at the end of the 1001 days — [/£202]