101 in 1001
Started by: BalconyBabe 
Aug 05, 2008 Total Views: 235 Total Votes: 99
Thanks to Trent Hamm for inspiring me to do up my list.
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Health - don't suntan
By: BalconyBabe Sunscreen???? What is this product you speak of.  Add a Comment
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 +4 pts |
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Finances - save an emergency fund
By: BalconyBabe Funds saved so far - $0. Actually, I use my line of credit to fund small cash deficiencies. My goal is to stop doing this by saving an actual honest-to-goodness cash filled emergency fund. Comments (1)
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+4 pts |
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Finances - spend less than you earn for 1000 days
By: BalconyBabe My spending binges are few and far between. Goal - no more spending binges at all. Comments (1)
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+4 pts |
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Health - fiber
By: BalconyBabe I like foods with fiber but don't always eat them. Goal - eat some of them every day. Comments (1)
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+3 pts |
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Cooking - take a cooking class at local culinary school
By: BalconyBabe I love to eat - can a cooking school teach me to love to cook? I'll find out this winter. Comments (3)
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+3 pts |
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Community - meet new people
By: BalconyBabe Goal - make friends with people outside of work. I"m shy so this will be challenging. Comments (2)
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+3 pts |
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Finances - pay off mortgage
By: BalconyBabe The holy grail of personal finance. Add a Comment
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+3 pts |
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Finances - create budget and stick to it for 6 months
By: BalconyBabe Time to find out where my money drains are. Goal - enjoy life while not wasting money. Comments (1)
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+3 pts |
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Finances - retirement planning - changes jobs in 2016
By: BalconyBabe Goal - put financial plan in place to enable me to change jobs in 2016 Comments (2)
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+3 pts |
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Electrical gadgets - organize and rationalize
By: BalconyBabe I love gadgets but they are scattered everywhere around the house. Time to put them in one place, complete with chargers. Also time to get rid of the ones I no longer use - see garage sale post above. Add a Comment
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+3 pts |
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Art - make an original piece of art and display it in my home
By: BalconyBabe Another great suggestion from Chrisrawk. I lack skill but will try my hand at this challenge. Comments (2)
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+3 pts |
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Health - get lazik surgery
By: BalconyBabe Great idea. Love it. Will do it within 1001 days. Comments (4)
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+3 pts |
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Get an 'A' on Wii Big Brain Academy
By: BalconyBabe Somewhere inside I have an honour student waiting to get out. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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De-clutter - read all the novels in my house
By: BalconyBabe I buy but I don't always read. Time to catch up on unfinished business. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Environment - compost - make more dirt
By: BalconyBabe My compost pile made one wheel barrow of dirt last year. Goal - two barrows this year. Comments (3)
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+2 pts |
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Environment - harvest salad veggies from my garden
By: BalconyBabe Lettuce, tomato and onion planted. Waiting for harvest. Comments (1)
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+2 pts |
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Environment - keep vehicle mileage under 10,000/year
By: BalconyBabe This goal will need some creative solutions - especially during vacation time. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Environment - keep old car
By: BalconyBabe The old car is 10 years old. If I can keep it on the road for another 1001 days it will mean one less vehicle in the scrap heap. Also won't need to waste the materials to manufacture a new vehicle. Comments (1)
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+2 pts |
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Environment - water conservation
By: BalconyBabe Have the rain barrel and underground sprinkler with timer. Only run full loads in washing machine. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Environment - take old paint cans to recycle center
By: BalconyBabe The empty paint cans are in the garage. Time to dispose of them properly. Comments (2)
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+2 pts |
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Environment - get energy efficient lighting
By: BalconyBabe Most of my lights have CFL bulbs. Still some improvement can be done. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Community - give time to charity
By: BalconyBabe I donate to charity through payroll deduction. Goal - find one local charity to give my time to. Comments (2)
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+2 pts |
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Community - help my neighbour
By: BalconyBabe My neighbour is separated from her husband and is busy with two small children. I would like to help out by cutting her lawn from time to time and shovelling snow in winter. Comments (2)
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+2 pts |
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Finances - update will
By: BalconyBabe Things have changed. It's time for an update. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Finances - create power of attorney
By: BalconyBabe I've talked about this but have done nothing about it yet. Add a Comment
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+2 pts |
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Music - go to live band performances regularly
By: BalconyBabe Great suggestion from Chrisrawk - go to see live bands and enjoy the local music scene. Comments (1)
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+2 pts |
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Family - call home more often
By: BalconyBabe Chrisrawk was on a roll - call my brothers and parents every two months. I talk to telemarketers more often than I talk to my family so this will be a great goal. Hey Chris... can you take a few minutes to answer this survey. Just kidding. Comments (3)
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+2 pts |
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De-clutter - organize paperwork and files
By: BalconyBabe My bills are paperless, but what to do with the rest of the paper that invades my house. Comments (2)
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+1 pts |
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De-clutter - sell unused stuff in garage sale
By: BalconyBabe Less is more - time to purge. Add a Comment
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+1 pts |
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Health - limit Fat Boy Fridays
By: BalconyBabe Fast food has become a habit. Goal - limit it to one weekend a month. Comments (2)
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+1 pts |
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Cooking - make coffe at home - stop buying out
By: BalconyBabe Stop the money drain and enjoy a nice hot cup at home every morning. Add a Comment
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+1 pts |
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Work - practice my teaching skills
By: BalconyBabe I was moved into the training section. Need to find a way to teach adults using facts and humour. This will be a huge challenge for me. Comments (2)
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+1 pts |
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Fitness - run 1/2 marathon
By: BalconyBabe I'm already registered and have been training this summer. Goal race - 21 Sept 2008 Canada Army Run. Comments (4)
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+1 pts |
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Fitness - Bicycle touring - increase endurance to 100 km trip
By: BalconyBabe Have gear. Packed bike. Went out one day and suffered. Goal - work up to 100 km on a fully loaded bike without hurting my knees. Add a Comment
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+1 pts |
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Environment - feed the birds
By: BalconyBabe Goal - keep the bird feeder full. It has been a hit this summer. Comments (2)
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+1 pts |
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Finances - educate myself about stocks and investments
By: BalconyBabe My personal financial planners have not been doing well for me. Time to start educating myself and making better choices. Comments (2)
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+1 pts |
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Buy fabulous piece of art
By: BalconyBabe Bring beauty into my life. Comments (3)
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0 pts |
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Fitness - Bicycle touring - do overnight trip
By: BalconyBabe Don't let the rainiest summer on record stop me from sleeping in the wild with my trusty bike by my side. Add a Comment
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0 pts |
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Fitness - Bicycle touring - do week long trip
By: BalconyBabe If one overnighter goes well, a week is just more of the same. Fun, adventure, s'mores. Add a Comment
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0 pts |
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Fitness - swimming - join master's swim club winter of 2008/09
By: BalconyBabe A friend asked me about training for a triathlon. I wasn't planning to do that but thought about swimming practice to keep me busy over the winter. The Master's Swim Club meets 4 days a week before work, starting in September. I might give it a try. Heck it might even be fun. Comments (6)
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0 pts |
41. |
Get some cool new sneakers
By: BalconyBabe I love shoes. So far this is my favorite goal. Comments (4)
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0 pts |
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Move to Western Canada
By: BalconyBabe Move closer to family within three years. Comments (2)
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-1 pts |
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De-clutter - burn all the candles in my house
By: BalconyBabe Time to put the candles to the flame and let them fulfill their natural function. Add a Comment
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-1 pts |
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De-clutter - finish cross stitch project
By: BalconyBabe Started this project 4 years and two provinces ago. Time to finish it. Comments (3)
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-1 pts |
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Health - multi vitamins
By: BalconyBabe I'm a believer, no matter whether they work or not. Goal - finish the bottle of multivitamins in my kitchen before they expire in Dec 2008. Comments (1)
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-1 pts |
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Cooking - eat one meatless meal per week for one month
By: BalconyBabe I finally discovered where they hide the tofu in the grocery store. Goal - eat one meatless meal with beans or tofu each week. Comments (3)
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-1 pts |
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Environment - turn weed patch into lawn
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