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izmeina21 Done and 80 left to go.
Figures it's time to post the list of leftovers as motivation to get at least something done during our next two weeks freedom from house elf slavery since the Izzie wasted so much of the first week in pointless pity parties and amorous adventures with dementors
So - here's the rules
101 Things in 1001 Days
"The Mission: Complete 101 preset 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).
Cross them off as you do them, and add the dates. Include the date you started the list and the finishing date.
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic.
1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities."
Lurking in the Lair
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
(06/08/08 The potatoes are progressing nicely. There's sage, bay leaves and garlic. But no basil and Izzie is a basil junkie)
(09/11/08) Added lots of tomatoes, basil and chilis
(24/11/08) Lettuce sprouting nicely and peanuts too
4.Install 2 rainwater tanks for the garden
(the leaflet with prices is sitting next to the phone. All the Izzie needs to do is make that call)
5.Create a Circle Mandala garden (07/07/07 laid sawdust on some of the paths)
6.Grow 12 varieties of medicinal plants (29/05/07 ......2/12)
Valerian
Liquorice
Tansy
Garlic
Alfalfa
Comfrey
Sage
Coriander
Horseradish
Horsetail
Passionfruit
Bay Laurel
7.Grow 12 varieties of poisonous plants
Wormwood
11.Find a way of getting the essential oils out of oranges and eucalyptus
12.Lure galahs and corellas to lurk around the Lair
Out and about
13.Watch at least one summer solstice sunset at Cottesloe Beach (22nd December 2008)
14.Visit One Tree Hill (Orcland) at Full Moon
15.Organize itinery for 2010 Grand European Tour
16.Visit Tasmania
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
22.Visit 6 gardening shows
(10/04/08 Garden Week 1/6)
(23/10/08 ABC Gardening Expo 2/6)
(01-02/11/08 Festival of Country Gardens 3/6)
(09/11/08 St Barbe Grove Great Gardens and Heavenly Hectares Day 4/6)
(16/11/08 Monaro - Open Gardens 5/6)
(02/12/08 Great Gardens Sustainability Festival 6/6)
Goblin Business
25.Do the Izzie taxes online (taxes done and big juicy refund cheque arrived but not online so it doesn't count)
Last week (24 October 2008) finally went to the ATO website to download their evil software but met an unexpected obstacle. So unless the idiots at the Evil Empire bring in Mac friendly software between now and October 2009 this one rates as a big FAIL.
26.Finish CV
27.Apply for 12 jobs
28.Start Chartered Accountant registration and study
29.Earn 20% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $40,000 off house
31.Write a will
32.Finish making Snowflake Bear
33.Buy 4 bookcases (7th August 1 bookcase as a present ... 1/4)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
38.Learn Linux basics
39.Get a new Preciousss ( we don't really need one but we wants one)
40.Back up important files at least once per month (last complete backup 11th June 2008)
(last backup of document files and new music files - 8th August 2008)
(last baby backup 26th October 2008)
41.Learn to use a graphics tablet
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
(Got them all in the one place but not watched any of them yet .... 31st August 2007)
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
44.Find 101 nice things to say about Bill Gates
45.Invent an alphabet
(06/06/08 Chosen which sounds/letters to include. Next step is choosing the order before finally turning to the main game which is inventing the squiggly bits)
46.Translate the numbers from 0-144 in an Izzie invented language
47.Translate the Babel text also
48.Design a font
Bookish Bits
49.Reread "Gödel, Escher, Bach"
50.Reread "Animal Farm"
51.Reread “1984”
52.Read the Potter series again from start to finish
(Philosopher's Stone - 27/11/07 to 07/12/07)
(Chamber of Secrets 08/12/07 to 31/12/07)
(Prisoner of Azkaban 02/01/08 to 06/02/08)
(Goblet of Fire 07/02/0 to 06/06/08)
(Order of the Phoenix 21/06/08 to ......)
53.Read "Lord of the Rings" from start to finish without skipping all the boring bits
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 12 science fiction novels (7 June 2007........1/12)
1- Dante's Equation - Jane Jensen ... finished 7 June 2007
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Finish reading “Against the Gods”
59.Learn to make handmade paper
60.Make at least one handbound book from scratch – paper and all
Sybil Says
61.Follow five planets
(Jupiter 06/06/08 1/5)
(Venus 06/08/08 2/5)
(Mars 01/09/08) 3/5)
(Mercury 01/09/08 4/5)
(Saturn 27/12/08)
September has been an amazing month for planet watching. Could have ticked off four planets in just one week. Only sneaky Saturn left to spot now
62.Recognize 12 or more (Zodiac) Constellations
(1 Scorpio 28 May 2007 ..... 1/12)
(2 Saggitarius 27 May 2008 ...... 2/12)
(3 Libra 6th June 2008 ..... 3/12)
(4 Virgo 2nd July 2008 ...... 4/12)
(5 Capricorn 6th August 2008 5/12)
(6 Aries 31st October 2008 6/12)
(7 Taurus 31st October 2008 7/12)
(8 Cancer 1st November 2008 8/12)
63.Buy a telescope (Uncle Vernon has given Izzie one as a present but two lenses are missing 21/03/08) Got one for Christmas 2008 with all its bits
65.Design a tarot deck
(The Queen of Cats has sent Izzie the most seriously snaky sourcebook of ideas ever 29/05/08)
(Got several blank card decks each with 100 cards 06/12/08)
66.Learn the properties of the SEP field
67.Learn to use it and other protective shields
68.Do the 13 steps in Leslie Kenton's “Journey to Freedom”
69.Do 3 random acts of kindness each day for 101 days straight
71.Reread the Izzie green spiral notebooks from 2002
(02/01/08 Started with January 2002)
72.Make a suitable Sybil Space upstairs in the Lair (September 2008)
Serpent Snacks
73.Try one new recipe every month for 6 months
(Split pea soup - it was supposed to be dhal but did not quite work out that way 29 August 2007........ 1/6)
(Another attempt - a much better consistency but still a bit bland and boring 05/12/07 2/6)
(Finally got it right - just as well as the ma and pa were the guinea pigs 11/01/08 3/6)
(Mayonnaise made from scratch - it was going so well but then got a bit impatient and it curdled. What a total waste of free range eggs and extra virgin cold pressed olive oil 08/04/08 4/6)
(Onion and celery soup pretty good for total guess work 09/04/08 5/6)
(More soup - this time broccoli and cauliflower 10/07/08 6/6)
75.Bake sourdough bread at least once
76.Find and make 10 recipes with chickpeas
(2nd August 2007 Chickpea curry 1/10)
(12th February 2008 another improvised curry 2/10)
(17th July 2008 Chickpea and Tomato stew 3/10)
(8th September 2008 Hummous and felafel 5/10)
77.Learn how to cook at least 10 Juicy Beetroot Cafe dishes
80.Make dark chocolate moon truffles
82.Make garlic soup
83.Make DIY Dukkah and Zaatar
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
85.Adopt a Buchling (or even better - Become One)
(Buchlings are utterly adorable one eyed creatures obsessed with books who dedicate themselves to one writer and learn all their works word for word. We thinks that Anthony De Mello or Douglas Hofstadter are the most likely candidates for adoption)
86.Complete the Rostrum Intermediate Development Prgram (Public Speaking)
(Still got five speeches left on this list includinga poetry reading (20/06/08), leading a discussion (17/10/08), conducting a tutorial or workshop (05/09/08) and a competition speech (28/11/08))
87.Declutter and tidy the kitchen cupboards (28/05/07 ......4/13)
(03/01/08 10/13)
(10/01/08 13/13)
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Feng Shui Sabotage
90.Make a Hexen- Ecke in our Garden of Arcane Delights
91.Make a frog pond
93.Design a quilt (bought a gorgeous quilt book from a second hand book sale 13/10/07)
94.Find a nice fractal computer program Mandelbrot Explorer
95.Do something useful with it
96.Make a Serpent Seal so that we can find a worthy use for those green and silver letter wax sticks (06/06/08)
The Final Five
97.Begin a business from home (06/07/07 obtained a home business guide book from small business centre)
98.Sort out our munchies hoarding problem
(January 2008 20 days of not buying munchies)
(February 2008 13 No munchies days)
(March 2008 19 No munchies days)
(April 2008 15 No munchies days)
(May 2008 20 No munchies days)
(June 2008 18 No munchies days)
99.Find five books from our present collection to read (Izzie's reading these days is largely online or from local libraries)
1 Finished "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" 26 July 2007
2 Finished "Wishcraft" by Barbara Sher 13th October 2007
3 Finished "Putting the Tarot to Work" by Mark McElroy 13th June 2008
4 Finished "Understanding Alistair Crowley's Thoth Tarot" by Lon Milo DuQuette 2nd November 2008
5 Finished "Natural Witchcraft" by Marian Green 3rd November 2008
100.Find five things to be thankful for each day
101.Finish everything on this list
Not finished but replacing with something more realistic, specific, measurable and useful
100 Keep credit card balance under $$600
(In the black since 15th August)
(No longer in the black but still well under $$600 03/11/08)
(Finally back in the black and intending to stay that way 17/12/08)
101 Do one Livemocha lesson per week
(most recent lesson 10/06/08)
Intending to post regular updates around new moon time each month. Will be interesting to see if leaving an "Izzie Eyes Only" list always as the first visible LJ entry and seeing it all the time will serve as a source of inspiration or just another excuse for procrastination. Past experience with lists has often resulted in things getting achieved almost subconsciously long after you think you've forgotten they were ever there
PS 1001 Days from today gets the Izzie to Friday 19th February 2010. A most uninteresting looking lot of numbers indeed. But whatever the clock says, hoping to get most of the house and garden stuff done by Wednesday 2nd January 2008
PS Last edit Saturday 27th December 2008
Figures it's time to post the list of leftovers as motivation to get at least something done during our next two weeks freedom from house elf slavery since the Izzie wasted so much of the first week in pointless pity parties and amorous adventures with dementors
So - here's the rules
101 Things in 1001 Days
"The Mission: Complete 101 preset 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).
Cross them off as you do them, and add the dates. Include the date you started the list and the finishing date.
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic.
1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities."
Lurking in the Lair
2.Be self sufficient in herbs and vegetables
(06/08/08 The potatoes are progressing nicely. There's sage, bay leaves and garlic. But no basil and Izzie is a basil junkie)
(09/11/08) Added lots of tomatoes, basil and chilis
(24/11/08) Lettuce sprouting nicely and peanuts too
4.Install 2 rainwater tanks for the garden
(the leaflet with prices is sitting next to the phone. All the Izzie needs to do is make that call)
5.Create a Circle Mandala garden (07/07/07 laid sawdust on some of the paths)
Valerian
Liquorice
Tansy
Garlic
Alfalfa
Comfrey
Sage
Coriander
Horseradish
Horsetail
Passionfruit
Bay Laurel
7.Grow 12 varieties of poisonous plants
Wormwood
11.Find a way of getting the essential oils out of oranges and eucalyptus
12.Lure galahs and corellas to lurk around the Lair
Out and about
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14.Visit One Tree Hill (Orcland) at Full Moon
15.Organize itinery for 2010 Grand European Tour
16.Visit Tasmania
20.Go whale watching in Albany
21.Stay overnight at Rotto
(10/04/08 Garden Week 1/6)
(23/10/08 ABC Gardening Expo 2/6)
(01-02/11/08 Festival of Country Gardens 3/6)
(09/11/08 St Barbe Grove Great Gardens and Heavenly Hectares Day 4/6)
(16/11/08 Monaro - Open Gardens 5/6)
(02/12/08 Great Gardens Sustainability Festival 6/6)
Goblin Business
25.Do the Izzie taxes online (taxes done and big juicy refund cheque arrived but not online so it doesn't count)
Last week (24 October 2008) finally went to the ATO website to download their evil software but met an unexpected obstacle. So unless the idiots at the Evil Empire bring in Mac friendly software between now and October 2009 this one rates as a big FAIL.
26.Finish CV
27.Apply for 12 jobs
28.Start Chartered Accountant registration and study
29.Earn 20% of income from other than work sources
30.Pay $40,000 off house
31.Write a will
32.Finish making Snowflake Bear
33.Buy 4 bookcases (7th August 1 bookcase as a present ... 1/4)
Geekish Things
37.Find and learn five free open source software programs
38.Learn Linux basics
39.Get a new Preciousss ( we don't really need one but we wants one)
40.Back up important files at least once per month (last complete backup 11th June 2008)
(last backup of document files and new music files - 8th August 2008)
(last baby backup 26th October 2008)
41.Learn to use a graphics tablet
42.Sort out and watch DVD collection
(Got them all in the one place but not watched any of them yet .... 31st August 2007)
43.Sort and put all computer related stuff in one place
44.Find 101 nice things to say about Bill Gates
45.Invent an alphabet
(06/06/08 Chosen which sounds/letters to include. Next step is choosing the order before finally turning to the main game which is inventing the squiggly bits)
46.Translate the numbers from 0-144 in an Izzie invented language
47.Translate the Babel text also
48.Design a font
Bookish Bits
49.Reread "Gödel, Escher, Bach"
50.Reread "Animal Farm"
51.Reread “1984”
52.Read the Potter series again from start to finish
(Philosopher's Stone - 27/11/07 to 07/12/07)
(Chamber of Secrets 08/12/07 to 31/12/07)
(Prisoner of Azkaban 02/01/08 to 06/02/08)
(Goblet of Fire 07/02/0 to 06/06/08)
(Order of the Phoenix 21/06/08 to ......)
53.Read "Lord of the Rings" from start to finish without skipping all the boring bits
54.Read “This Perfect Day”
55.See all the Matrix movies
56.Read 12 science fiction novels (7 June 2007........1/12)
1- Dante's Equation - Jane Jensen ... finished 7 June 2007
57.Read “M C Escher – Visions of Symmetry”
58.Finish reading “Against the Gods”
59.Learn to make handmade paper
60.Make at least one handbound book from scratch – paper and all
Sybil Says
(Jupiter 06/06/08 1/5)
(Venus 06/08/08 2/5)
(Mars 01/09/08) 3/5)
(Mercury 01/09/08 4/5)
(Saturn 27/12/08)
September has been an amazing month for planet watching. Could have ticked off four planets in just one week. Only sneaky Saturn left to spot now
62.Recognize 12 or more (Zodiac) Constellations
(1 Scorpio 28 May 2007 ..... 1/12)
(2 Saggitarius 27 May 2008 ...... 2/12)
(3 Libra 6th June 2008 ..... 3/12)
(4 Virgo 2nd July 2008 ...... 4/12)
(5 Capricorn 6th August 2008 5/12)
(6 Aries 31st October 2008 6/12)
(7 Taurus 31st October 2008 7/12)
(8 Cancer 1st November 2008 8/12)
65.Design a tarot deck
(The Queen of Cats has sent Izzie the most seriously snaky sourcebook of ideas ever 29/05/08)
(Got several blank card decks each with 100 cards 06/12/08)
66.Learn the properties of the SEP field
67.Learn to use it and other protective shields
68.Do the 13 steps in Leslie Kenton's “Journey to Freedom”
69.Do 3 random acts of kindness each day for 101 days straight
71.Reread the Izzie green spiral notebooks from 2002
(02/01/08 Started with January 2002)
Serpent Snacks
(Split pea soup - it was supposed to be dhal but did not quite work out that way 29 August 2007........ 1/6)
(Another attempt - a much better consistency but still a bit bland and boring 05/12/07 2/6)
(Finally got it right - just as well as the ma and pa were the guinea pigs 11/01/08 3/6)
(Mayonnaise made from scratch - it was going so well but then got a bit impatient and it curdled. What a total waste of free range eggs and extra virgin cold pressed olive oil 08/04/08 4/6)
(Onion and celery soup pretty good for total guess work 09/04/08 5/6)
(More soup - this time broccoli and cauliflower 10/07/08 6/6)
75.Bake sourdough bread at least once
76.Find and make 10 recipes with chickpeas
(2nd August 2007 Chickpea curry 1/10)
(12th February 2008 another improvised curry 2/10)
(17th July 2008 Chickpea and Tomato stew 3/10)
(8th September 2008 Hummous and felafel 5/10)
77.Learn how to cook at least 10 Juicy Beetroot Cafe dishes
80.Make dark chocolate moon truffles
82.Make garlic soup
83.Make DIY Dukkah and Zaatar
84.Make Mango and Chai Lassi
Odds and ends
85.Adopt a Buchling (or even better - Become One)
(Buchlings are utterly adorable one eyed creatures obsessed with books who dedicate themselves to one writer and learn all their works word for word. We thinks that Anthony De Mello or Douglas Hofstadter are the most likely candidates for adoption)
(Still got five speeches left on this list including
(03/01/08 10/13)
(10/01/08 13/13)
88.Keep them that way
89.Master the Dark Art of Feng Shui Sabotage
90.Make a Hexen- Ecke in our Garden of Arcane Delights
91.Make a frog pond
93.Design a quilt (bought a gorgeous quilt book from a second hand book sale 13/10/07)
95.Do something useful with it
The Final Five
97.Begin a business from home (06/07/07 obtained a home business guide book from small business centre)
98.Sort out our munchies hoarding problem
(January 2008 20 days of not buying munchies)
(February 2008 13 No munchies days)
(March 2008 19 No munchies days)
(April 2008 15 No munchies days)
(May 2008 20 No munchies days)
(June 2008 18 No munchies days)
99.Find five books from our present collection to read (Izzie's reading these days is largely online or from local libraries)
2 Finished "Wishcraft" by Barbara Sher 13th October 2007
3 Finished "Putting the Tarot to Work" by Mark McElroy 13th June 2008
4 Finished "Understanding Alistair Crowley's Thoth Tarot" by Lon Milo DuQuette 2nd November 2008
5 Finished "Natural Witchcraft" by Marian Green 3rd November 2008
101.Finish everything on this list
Not finished but replacing with something more realistic, specific, measurable and useful
100 Keep credit card balance under $$600
(In the black since 15th August)
(No longer in the black but still well under $$600 03/11/08)
(Finally back in the black and intending to stay that way 17/12/08)
101 Do one Livemocha lesson per week
(most recent lesson 10/06/08)
Intending to post regular updates around new moon time each month. Will be interesting to see if leaving an "Izzie Eyes Only" list always as the first visible LJ entry and seeing it all the time will serve as a source of inspiration or just another excuse for procrastination. Past experience with lists has often resulted in things getting achieved almost subconsciously long after you think you've forgotten they were ever there
PS 1001 Days from today gets the Izzie to Friday 19th February 2010. A most uninteresting looking lot of numbers indeed. But whatever the clock says, hoping to get most of the house and garden stuff done by Wednesday 2nd January 2008
PS Last edit Saturday 27th December 2008
