101 in 1001

A new year means, entirely coincidentally and yet so appropriately, a revision and review of my 101 in 1001 in one list.

I think one of the most important goals on any successful 101 in 1001 list are the "list maintenance" goals: whether it's the commitment to weekly updates, periodic revisions, or sharing goals with others, goals that are about the list itself keep you focused on the rest of the goals you want to achieve. I've noticed a definite difference between this list and my last list in terms of staying on task, and I credit that entirely to my list-oriented goals.


Completed:

I finished Star Trek: TOS. (5 - 12) I'm watching some of the movies now, and also looking forward to starting on TNG. But considering how much Dr. Who and MST3K I still have left, I'm going to save making TNG a proper goal for my next list (which is due in 2015).

In progress:

Went over my list to make sure all my goals are still relevant/good, and added some more: (1 - 1) (1 - 2)

1. I changed "Read one chapter of 'Doktor Glas' in Swedish" to three chapters. (1 - 6) I forgot how short some of the chapters (diary entries) are! 

2. Now that I am bereft of a treadmill and too private a person to go to the gym or run outside, I suppose it's time to retire my ambitions to complete the Couch to 5K program. (6 - 1) Running blows, anyway. I made a valiant effort, really, and I've decided that it's just not for me. However, to replace this goal, I've decided to walk to Rivendell. Or in this case, ride: I may be down one treadmill but I am up one exercise bike, so I have that going for me, which is nice. I'm retroactively including the ~75 km I've done on the bike already (which is a conservative estimate). 

3. Emailing Rodolfo (7 - 1) is kind of a moot point, since we're still in contact on Google+. Counting it as "complete" seems like cheating, but I didn't really fail it either. Instead, I'm just removing it to make room for other goals. 

4. I added "Get my Swedish ID card," though it feels like cheating to add something to the list I HAVE to do. (1 - 7) I've been so lazy about it, though, that making it part of the list will maybe motivate me to finish this paper trail circus. 

5. I also added two historical podcasts as goals: The History of Rome (9 - 7) and The Ancient World (9 - 8). For each one I've made roughly one third of the episodes my goal (so 60 episodes of Rome and 12 episodes of Ancient World), though I have no idea if that goal is too easy or too ambitious or anywhere in between. 

6. Considering the ease with which I cranked out 5 articles for WhatCulture, I thought it would be good to add 5 more to keep me on my game. (10 - 16) I already have rough ideas for a couple more! 

7. I'm unsure what to do about feedback for Kat and Familiar, since I left my hard copy at home and don't have a printer. :( (7 - 4) I don't want to count it as failed, yet, since we might get a proper printer yet.

Another update and comment, of course. (1 - 3) (7 - 4)

I also realized that some of my number counts on the weekly goals were way off. There were a few missed ones I had accounted for, but so many weeks of forgetting to update the number in the list left me 24 (!!) behind in both counts.

I also started working on my ENG CRW story again, clocking in at over 23,000 words. (5 - 10) This goal will be crossed off soon—though considering it was my NaNo project of 2012, I really should have finished this goal much sooner.


Failed:

None!






1. Self Reliance and Actualization
1. Finish 101 list (22 / 25)
2. Revise every 6 months (3 / 5) (Next one due: 1 July, 2014)
3. Post weekly updates (76 / 143)
4. Learn 500 Korean words (285 / 500)
5. Finish Talk to Me in Korean up to at least level 4 (30 / 40)
6. Read three chapters of "Doktor Glas" in Swedish. (1 / 3)
7. Get my Swedish ID card.

0 / 7


2. Earthly Delights and the Root of All Evil
1. Finish Project Rae
2. Finish Project Rae-inspired bracelet
3. Make at least one new piece of jewelry every month (27 / 33)
4. Finish 3 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet (3 / 3)
5. Close account at Shinhan bank
6. Collect pension
7. Wire money home
8. Get jeans hemmed
9. Acquire three new "nice" tops. (3 / 3)
10. Find a replacement for my brown palazzo pants.
11. Finish 5 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet. (5 / 5)
12. Finish 7 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet (6 / 7)

10 / 12


3. Local Places and Ideas
1. Go to Penn's Cave
2. Go to Secret Caverns
3. Read everything off the TIME Top 100 Novels list (75 / 100)
4. Go on a Uijeongbu photo safari
5. Go to Jeju
6. Go to Gwangju
7. Go to Atlantic City
8. Go to Suwon Fortress

5 / 8


4. Family
1. Find out Tess's maiden name
2. Email Mom-mom (5 / 12)

1 / 2


5. Entertainment and Creativity
1. Clean out music library
2. Organize music library
3. Watch the IMDB Top 100 Movies (fetched in October of 2009) (60 / 100)
4. Catch up on Community (18 / 18)
5. Finish IT Crowd (8 / 8)
6. Watch every MST3K episode (110 / 198)
7. Finish outlining screenplay
8. Write at least 45 pages of the screenplay (20 / 45)
9. Finish outlining novel
10. Write at least 25,000 words of the novel (23,624 / 25,000)
11. Participate in all available NaNoWriMos (2 / 3)
12. Watch every Star Trek TOS episode (80 / 80)
13. Watch every extant episode of the first two Doctors (26 / ?)

4 / 13


6. Health
1. Walk to Rivendell (83 / 737)
2. Weight train 2x a week (1 week)
3. Weight train 2x a week (2 weeks)
4. Weight train 2x a week (4 weeks)
5. Brush teeth every day (1 week)
6. Brush teeth every day (2 weeks)
7. Brush teeth every day (4 weeks)
8. Go to the dentist
9. Eat fresh produce every day (1 week)
10. Eat fresh produce every day (2 weeks)
11. Eat fresh produce every day (4 weeks)
12. Do morning calisthenics every day (1 week)
13. Do morning calisthenics every day (2 weeks)
14. Do morning calisthenics every day (4 weeks)
15. Complete the 30 day plank challenge.

5 / 15


7. Relationships
1. Email Rodolfo
2. Give feedback on "Pug in a Slingshot"
3. Give feedback on Bryan's newest script.
4. Comment on one other Mission 101 blog per week (79 / 143)
5. Give feedback to Kat on "Familiar."

2 / 5


8. (Cleaning Out) Heavy Stuff
1. Private! (1 / 3)
2. FB purges (2 / 3)
3. Write my will

0 / 3


9. Broadening Horizons
1. Go to Cambodia/Philippines/Thailand (just one)
2. One non-fiction book a month (19 / 33)
3. Outline thesis argument
4. Find one good thesis source
5. One foreign movie a month (18 / 33)
6. One documentary a month (11 / 33)
7. Listen to, and take notes on, 60 episodes of "The History of Rome." (4 / 60)
8. Listen to, and take notes on 12 episodes of "The Ancient World." (0 / 12)

0 / 8


10. Professionalism
1. Make Etsy about page
2. Get a FB page photo
3. Update FB daily 1 week
4. Update FB daily 2 weeks
5. Update FB daily 4 weeks
6. Blog 3x a week 1 week
7. Blog 3x a week 2 weeks
8. Blog 3x a week 4 weeks
9. Register a proper domain name
10. List a new item on Etsy daily 1 week
11. List a new item on Etsy daily 2 weeks
12. List a new item on Etsy daily 4 weeks
13. Get a blog header
14. Write 3 articles a day, once.
15. Write 5 articles for WhatCulture (5 / 5)
16. Write 10 articles for WhatCulture (7 / 10)

6 / 15


11. Politicking
1. Vote in one local election (if possible)
2. Vote in one presidential election

0 / 2


12. A Helping Hand
1. Donate cast-off Korea clothing to Isaac's House.
2. Finish volunteer stint at the Great Vision school with only five or fewer absences.
3. Donate $100 in microloans ($104 / 100)
4. Donate $2 to a literacy charity for every unread book on the TIME Top 100 List
5. Donate $2 to the OLL for every unwatched movie on the IMDB Top 100 List
6. 30,000 more grains on FreeRice (30,000 / 30,000)
7. 70,000 grains on FreeRice (53,000 / 70,000)
8. Send 5 surprise packages. (6 / 5)

5 / 8


98 / 101 written, 3 undecided.

38 / 101 finished!

5 / 101 failed!