#2, Create tracking lists
I’ve made a good start on my second thing, creating tracking lists for multipart items. I figure I’m going to be using this for a while, so I want it to be good and easy. I thought about getting a small notebook, making a page for each item, and just carrying it around with me. In some ways, this is probably the most practical, but I know myself and I have a strong suspicion that it would end up at the bottom of my backpack, all torn up and obnoxious. So…I decided to check out free, online options. I tried Zoho and Backpack and Joe’s Goals. I think it will end up being a combination of items, but at this point I’m liking Joe’s Goals best for things I plan to do regularly.
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My 101
This project will be completed October 1, 2010. The ongoing project never ends!
Italicized items are in progress.
- Project
Finish this listCreate tracking lists for all multipart items- Sign up A for book program
- Write Bob at least one letter or card per month [2/33]
- Sign up for employer savings plan
- Save at least $5,000 toward home, retirement, and/or other major purchase (home)
- Create a budget
- Revise the previous figure based on the budget
- Take a new homeowner’s class
- Look at at least four homes or condos [0/4]
- Get tax return in on time in 2007
- Get tax return in on time in 2008
- Increase water intake to at least 6 glasses per day for at least 3 months. I can skip this 6 times in the 3 months [1/84] (Joe’s Goals)
- Eat at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day for entire period. I can skip this once every three months [-1/11] (Joe’s Goals)
- Increase exercise: step 1, walk to or from work or the equivalent 5 days a week for at least 6 months or until I move up to step 2 [0/120] (Joe’s Goals)
- Increase exercise: step 2, walk to and from work or the equivalent 5 days a week for at least 6 months [0/120] (Joe’s Goals)
- Check out local gyms, including site visits
- Get membership to gym OR purchase recumbent exercycle
- Use membership OR exercycle at least 3 times a week for three months [0/36] (Joe’s Goals)
- Eat a healthy breakfast at least 5 days per week for entire period, with 6 skips allowed [-0/6] (Joe’s Goals)
- Visit local naturopath
- Go one month with no dairy [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Go one month with no refined sugar or wheat [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Go one month not eating after 7 pm [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Check on online master’s programs in history
- Take three classes that are not covered by work [0/3]
- Read at least 25 non-fiction books [0/25] (LibraryThing)
- Track a list of books read (LibraryThing)
- Finish at least two career-related articles per week on own time [2/132] (Joe’s Goals)
- Clean office
- Clean out work email
- Create to do list for work so that the most important things get done first
- <strike>Place order at work for circ and office items, including a message book</strike>
- Go at least one month without taking any leave [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Be on time for work every day for one month straight (not including being at least an hour late because of illness or prearranged other plans) [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Work with team to set up wiki for FAQ for professional organization
- Work with others to set up or advance at least one local cooperative venture
- Work with others to set up or advance at least one statewide cooperative venture
- Take at least one college or graduate level course
- Take at least two continuing education courses [0/2]
- For at least one book, do all turnarounds in a week or less
- Move books for church library to the library
- Catalog church library on LibraryThing
- Process church library
- Double check records and mail necessary thank you letters
- Volunteer at The Glory Hole at least three times [0/3]
- Finish at least 5 prayer shawls [0/5]
- Continue to post three things I’m thankful for at least 3 times a week throughout the 1001 days (Joe’s Goals)
- Clean apartment
- Deep clean refrigerator
- Care for plants weekly for at least 3 months in a row [0/12] (Joe’s Goals)
- Trade out litter boxes
- Clean out litter box at least 2x per week for at least 3 months in a row [0/24] (Joe’s Goals)
- Clean out litter box at least 3x per week for at least 3 months in a row [0/36] (Joe’s Goals)
- Clean out entryway
- Sort and file paperwork
- Donate or throw away unwanted furniture
- Get a nice, comfortable chair, ideally a rocker of some sort
- Take box of donations to Salvation Army or elsewhere
- Donate extra vacuums
- Sort yarn
- Donate excess yarn
- For three months, vacuum at least once a week [0/12] (Joe’s Goals)
- For three months, sweep and mop at least once a week [0/12] (Joe’s Goals)
- Clear off kitchen counters and keep them clear for at least a month [clean, 0/1, maintain, 0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Deep clean bathroom
- Sort artwork
- Frame chosen artwork
- Hang chosen artwork
- Research high speed internet options
- Subscribe to high speed internet
- Look up information on printer rebate and file
- Set up printer
Set up computer for OpenOfficeDownload OpenOfficeInstall OpenOffice on Mac by 1/3- Register for extended warrantee on computer
- Get important files off of old computer
- Offer old hardware on freecycle
- Find out old computer day at the dump
- Take any hardware that I’m not using that others don’t want to the dump on computer day
- Update Linux on old computer
- Determine problem with CD drive on old computer and fix if possible
- For three months, buy no non-essentials: no clothes, books, music, DVDs, fancy coffee or cafe coffee, etc. [0/3](Joe’s Goals)
- Research issues with OpenOffice, options with Word, and purchase and install Word if necessary
- Get copy of birth certificate
- Get passport
- Visit sister in Costa Rica
- Visit nieces in New York
- Visit Bob in Oregon
- Visit Anchorage/Kenai/Homer family at least three times [0/3]
- Spend Christmas with Mom (maybe in Mexico?)
- Spend Christmas with Dad
- Go somewhere I haven’t been in Alaska
- Go somewhere I haven’t been outside of Alaska
- Take cats to the vet for a checkup at least 3 times (more if needed) [0/3]
- Go one week without watching any tv [0/7]
- For one month, schedule all tv shows, and only watch shows on the schedule (no vegging in front of the tv just to veg in front of the tv) [0/30] (Joe’s Goals)
- Get a pedicure
- Make at least one change at least permanent enough to last through the end of the 1001 days.
- Write a new list!
Friends
Finances
Health
Mind
Work/Career
Church/Volunteer
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Computer
Travel/Family
Etc.
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