Mission 101

MISSION 101
01JAN2012 – 28SEPT2014

In Progress: 7
Completed: 9
Failed: 1

READING & WRITING & PUBLISHING, OH MY
001. Get an agent
002. Sell a book
003. Read one hundred books* (7/100)
004. Finish two manuscripts (1/2)
005. Attend ten YPG events (0/10)
006. Start my own freelance editing business
007. Attend BEA
008. Update my resume
009. Order new business cards Completed 5/6/2012
010. Become a literary agent
011. Have a shelf dedicated to books written by my friends

*One of which must be by Jane AustEn, and another by one of the Bronte sisters

TRAVELING & SIGHTSEEING
012. Visit Canada
013. Visit California Completed 3/28/2012
014. Visit Boston
015. Visit Philadelphia
016. HARRY POTTER WORLD
017. Take the green line to Anacostia (Washington DC)
018. Spend a day at the beach
019. Go to the circus

NYC
020. Empire State Building or Top of the Rock
021. See five Broadway shows (5/5) Completed 2/1/2012
022. Ride on every New York subway line (A/B/C/D/E/F/G/J/L/M/N/Q/R/Z/1/2/3/4/5/6/7)
023. Ride the Staten Island Ferry Completed 1/7/2012
024. Visit the NY Public Library
025. Get a NY Public Library card Completed 3/2012
026. Get a New York state ID
027. Go to Coney Island
028. Explore the rest of Central Park
029. Visit the Met
030. Visit the MoMA
031. Spend a day in every borough (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island)
032. New Year’s in Time Square
033. Visit the cloisters
034. Quidditch World Cup
035. Walk all the way across Manhattan
036. Watch the filming of a movie or TV show Completed 1/6/2012

SPLURGES
037. A bed that isn’t just a mattress on the floor
038. An apartment not in the ghetto
039. A legit bookshelf
040. A dresser
041. A dog
042. An iPad
043. The complete collection of Keeping Up Appearances
044. Something from Kate Spade

BEAUTY
045. Get another tattoo
046. Master the cat-eye look
047. Get a pedicure
048. Get a manicure
049. No Repeat November (0/2)
050. Get highlights
051. Get my ears double-pierced
052. Organize my shoes and purses and scarves
053. Organize my closet and donate all unwanted items Completed 5/12/2012
054. Organize my makeup
055. Organize my accessories

DIET & EXERCISE
056. Try thirty new recipes (2/30)
057. Go vegetarian one month per year (0/3)
058. Go 100 days without any caffeine (0/100)
059. C25K
060. Carry a water bottle with me every day for a month (0/1)
061. 200 Sit-up Challenge
062. 100 Push-up Challenge
063. Drink only water and juice for a month
064. Drink only water for a month
065. Go down two pants sizes (0/2)
066. Go to yoga once a month for a year (0/12)
067. Finish my recipe book, print and bind it
068. Go to five recommended restaurants from The Best Thing I Ever Ate (0/5)
069. Go one month without any fast food
070. Make meal plans for a month and stick to them

ENTERTAINMENT & ENTERTAINING
071. Watch one hundred movies (7/100)
072. Re-watch every episode of Keeping Up Appearances (1/45)
073. See five movies in the theater* (2/5)
074. Attend five concerts (0/5)
075. Organize/clean up all of my internet bookmarks
076. Buy five boardgames (0/5) and host a game night
077. Clean up my iTunes
078. Participate in an Improv Everywhere event
079. Start an annual Oscars party
080. Host a dinner party

*Once by myself

HOME IMPROVEMENT
081. Collage a wall with mismatched picture frames
082. Print photos from Ireland and frame them
083. One I move, take the time to make the space my own

MONEY
084. Don’t spend any money for an entire week
085. Spend a weekend doing only free things, x10 (0/10)
086. Save all my change and cash it in at the end of Mission 101
087. Put at least $50 in savings each paycheck (4/70)

MISCELLANEOUS
088. Celebrity sighting not at work Completed 1/17/2012
089. Become a volunteer for The Trevor Project
090. Get an address book and actually use it
091. Get to 800 followers on twitter
092. Send my brother a letter once a week while he’s at boot camp (6/13) Failed
093. Find a favorite coffee shop to frequent
094. Find a new dentist
095. Get a new planner and make use of it Completed 1/3/2012
096. Send Christmas cards (0/2)
097. Go on a picnic
098. Find my way through a corn maze
099. Randomly send people cards (0/10)
100. Buy someone flowers for no reason
101. Create a new list to begin on September 29th, 2014

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MILESTONES
100 days: Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
200 days: Thursday, July 19th, 2012
300 days: Saturday, October 27th, 2012
400 days: Monday, February 4th, 2013
500 days: Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
600 days: Friday, August 23rd, 2013
700 days: Sunday, December 1st, 2013
800 days: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
900 days: Thursday, June 19th, 2014