a 101 in 1001 update!

When I wrote my list of 101 things in 1,001 days, I re-wrote it (keeping the same goals) a few months later but I broke it down in various lists. The lists I broke it down into were Ongoing Goals, Instant Goals, Goals Before the End of 2012, Goals Before the End of 2013 and finally, Goals Before the End of 2014 (as my deadline for this list is the 29th of December 2014).

Well, so far, the list has been a success. A few instant goals have been checked off and all of my 2012 goals were met! Look:

Now, I'm going to explain how I broke my list down into mini-lists. I feel that by breaking it down into smaller lists makes the 101 goals seem less daunting (101 is quite a big number!) and by having mini goals before the 'deadline date', it makes them easier to achieve.

Now, examples of each sub-list:

1) Ongoing Goals

Save £10 a week.
Read a book a month.
Keep my blog running.
Be happier.

2) Instant Goals

See a film in 3D.
Go on a picnic.
Change hairstyle.
Make someone a birthday cake.

3) Goals Before the End of 2013

Not buy clothes for a year.
Donate blood.
Try ten new recipes.
Move to London.

4) Goals Before the End of 2014

Whittle down my wardrobe.
Go to Italy.
Eat lobster (it is in this list as it will give me two years to source a lobster ;) ).
Raise £2,000 by selling stuff (currently on £800! However, this is going towards home decorating, sob sob).


You might find some goals could be part of more than one list (e.g. Donate blood) and for this, it is best to assign the goal to just one list to avoid the confusion. Choose the list it applies to more. Breaking down a larger list into a smaller one is just like breaking down a big task into smaller manageable steps, and I feel that doing it this way, it is more likely to be a success.