101 in 1001: Round 3

My second 101 in 1001 list sort of petered out towards the end. I was updating it for a month or two after it was over—that's how well I was keeping track of time!

For those of you new to the concept, 101 in 1001 is simply a list of 101 things to accomplish in the next 1001 days. Them palindromes. I've done two of these lists so far and I think it's a good way to give myself direction and goals in life. I don't know about you, but I'm really bad at setting goals for myself—syllabi and reading lists are some of the biggest things I miss about being a student. Sitting down and writing goals for myself is a really useful organizing experience.

You'll notice that the list (after the jump) is only halfway complete. My first list taught me that it's better to keep your options open rather than rush to fill up the list with 101 goals right away. You're going to be working on this project for something like three years—there will be things that no longer work for you by the end of that time frame. There will be others that weren't important when you wrote the list but will become important over time.

I've already finished one goal, which is promising! In the time between the end of my last list and the beginning of this one, I finished cycling to Rauros Falls! I ended up deciding to go to Mordor first, and I'm about 70 kilometers in (out of 700+).





1. Self Reliance and Actualization
1. Finish 101 list (0 / 50)
2. Revise every 6 months (0 / 5)
3. Post weekly updates (0 / 143)
4. Check the available apartments with Stockholmshem


0 / 4


2. Earthly Delights and the Root of All Evil
1. Learn 3 new maille weaves (0 / 3)
2. Complete the 52-week money challenge
3. Read 3 books I've owned for over a year but haven't read yet (0 / 3)

0 / 23


3. Local Places and Ideas
1. Read everything off the TIME Top 100 Novels list (78 / 100)
2. Visit a place in Sweden I've never been to
3. Complete all possible GoodReads challenges

0 / 3


4. Family


0 / 0


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. Watch every MST3K episode (120 / 198)
5. Write at least 45 pages of the screenplay (20 / 45)
6. Write at least 25,000 words of Anise (23,624 / 25,000)
7. Participate in all available NaNoWriMos (0 / 3)
8. Watch every extant episode of the first two Doctors (37 / ?)
9. Finish outlining Anise sequel

0 / 9


6. Health
1. Cycle to Rauros Falls (626 / 626)
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. Complete 1001 Sun Salutations (6 / 1001)
6. Cycle to Mordor (67 / 756)



0 / 6


7. Relationships
1. Comment on one other Mission 101 blog per week (0 / 143)
2. Comment on any other blog once per week (0 / 143)



0 /2


8. (Cleaning Out) Heavy Stuff
1. Annual Facebook purge (0 / 3)
2. Annual RSS feed purge (0 / 3)
3. Annual closet purge (0 / 3)
4. Annual apartment purge (0 / 3)

0 / 4


9. Broadening Horizons
1. Visit anywhere in continental Europe
2. One non-fiction book a month (0 / 33)
3. One foreign movie a month (0 / 33)
4. One documentary a month (0 / 33)

0 / 4


10. Professionalism
1. Make Etsy about page
2. Update FB daily 1 week
3. Update FB daily 2 weeks
4. Update FB daily 4 weeks
5. Register a proper domain name for jewelry
6. List a new item on Etsy daily 1 week
7. List a new item on Etsy daily 2 weeks
8. List a new item on Etsy daily 4 weeks
9. Put up 3 posters for editing (Stockholm University and two libraries)
10. Put together a website or Facebook page for editing

0 / 10


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

0 / 1


12. A Helping Hand
1. Donate $100 in microloans ($0 / 100)
2. Donate $2 to a literacy charity for every unread book on the TIME Top 100 List
3. Donate $2 to the OLL for every unwatched movie on the IMDB Top 100 List (+$80 from last list)
4. 70,000 grains on FreeRice (60,000 / 70,000)
5. Donate $100 to Swedish homeless advocacy


0 / 5


51 / 101 written

1 / 101 finished!

0 / 101 failed!