Chaos Control v2.0

Wish by Gabrielle Hennessey / © All Rights Reserved

The Mission
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria
Tasks must be specific, i.e. no ambiguity in the wording, with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching, i.e. representing some amount of work.

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 (approx. 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.

Start 26 April 2008
End 22 January 2011

Academics
001 Complete senior collection
002 Graduate uni with Honors
003 Get a 4.0

Finances and Profession
004 Consolidate college loans
005 Research international banks (HSBC ftw)
006 Open new bank account
007 Close old bank acount
008 Get a job in London
009 Apply for work visa
010 Finish Barbara’s wedding dress
011 Finish Lindsay’s wedding dress

Health
012 Eliminate processed sugars and fats
013 Avoid salt
014 Eliminate coffee and soda
015 Start using resistance bands
016 Drink 2 litres of water per day
017 Eat fewer sweets
018 Run a marathon
019 Learn Pilates

Ecological Footprint
020 Take showers in fewer than 10 minutes
021 Stop using plastic bags for groceries, etc.
022 Consolidate possessions
023 Donate clothing to charity shops
024 Recycle
025 Plant a tree
026 Grow my own cooking herbs
027 Use fewer paper products
028 Start using handkerchiefs
029 Learn to make cleaning products
030 Invest in a Cup

Vanity
031 Grow my hair to at least below my shoulders
032 Buy glasses
033 Buy no more than 1 magazine per month
034 Use fewer beauty products
035 Renew driver’s license
036 Buy a smaller lip stud

Intelligence
036 Learn Korean (started 20 April 2008)
037 Learn Korean history (started 20 April 2008)
038 Learn Mandarin
039 Learn Chinese history
040 Brush up on world history
041 Read 1 new book every 2 months
042 Spend fewer than 15 minutes on Facebook per day
043 Read the news every day
044 Learn how the stock market works
045 Join a library
046 Visit a natural history museum
047 Expand my vocabulary
048 Learn Adobe Illustrator

Reading List
049 The Prince
050 Anna Karenina
051 The Brothers Karamazov
052 Don Quixote
053 Lolita
054 A Clockwork Orange
055 Jane Eyre
056 Ulysses
057 The Fountainhead
058 Atlas Shrugged
059 The Bell Jar
060 The Canterbury Tales (again)
061 Restart Vanity Fair
062 Nietzsche
063 Proust

Travels
064 Paris
065 Prague
066 Budapest

Experiences
067 Tour a castle
068 Try escargot
069 Attend mass at Westminster Abbey
070 Learn how to judge wine
071 Have a picnic
072 Make a quilt
073 Go to a football game in Europe
074 Order a martini
075 Vote in the 2008 election
076 Revisit Caj Chai teahouse in Barcelona
077 Buy a pro account on Flickr
078 Make a snowman
079 Go ice skating
080 Go to a fashion show
081 Go to a classical orchestra concert

Leisure
082 Buy a guitar
083 Learn how to play guitar
084 Finish Loco Roco
085 Listen to more classical music
086 Buy a keyboard
087 Relearn piano
088 Help Eric learn piano
089 Buy a tea infuser
090 Watch more foreign films
091 Rewatch Dr. Strangelove and actually pay attention
092 Learn how to play poker
093 Maintain a blog

Cuisine
094 Make kimchi
095 Make bread
096 Build a gingerbread house
097 Bake a cake
098 Make jiaozi/mandu/gyoza

Miscellany
099 Buy some actual sandals with actual straps and not made out of foam
100 Learn to fake a British accent
101 Find a reliable ID3-tag editing program