Comments on: 101 Goals in 1001 Days

By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:59:47 +0000

Hi I would like to ask how much or how many of the above said list you have acutally completed by this time?

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:08:01 +0000

I have been inspired by your list and may eventually do a 101 list, but for now have begun a short-term one – 31 goals in 301 days. It seems like a great way to push myself to get some of those items I’ve been procrastinating on off my to do list. Day 1 was yesterday, and off I go… Thanks.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:38 +0000

How is your progress going on this list, Trent? I’m working on putting together a modified list… “101 things to do before I turn 30″ which happens in about ~800 days. I guess I better get to work!

By: Jacki

Jacki — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:42:07 +0000

How fun! I stumbled upon this when I was looking for fun free things to do over the summer and I got to add some more to my list. Thanks for the great ideas! Thanks to you I’ll be having a jam packed summer for a low cost!

By: Carrick

Carrick — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:32:54 +0000

I’m sorry, I gotta comment on the lutefisk one, too: HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I love that this is a goal, as if it’s difficult to accomplish–which it is!!
Are you Swedish or Norwegian or something? I’m just curious as to the reason behind this. I’ve only had it twice or so–my mom is third-generation Swedish–and I once asked a girl actually from Sweden if she had it all the time or something, and she was like, hell no! She’d NEVER had it!! Funny how the remnants of old traditions are stronger here, having been cut off from the Old World…

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:43:36 +0000

#11- I put this on my blog…you have totally effected my life positively! Thanks for this!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:22:28 +0000

Just for those of you who may not have found it yet, here is what happened with the 101 goals in 1001 days: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/02/11/the-fine-art-of-abandoning-goals/

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:23:08 +0000

How did you go with #93. Watch no television for one month? This was one of my goals too. I found it impossible until I gave my TV away. That was December last year… it’s now October, and I still don’t own a TV. It was liberating and I don’t miss it, except to watch movies.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:21:05 +0000

I’d love to know how you’re doing on your goals. I have a friend that has done the same thing and I’m really impressed with how she’s coming along.

Maybe put your list in the sidebar and cross off the ones you’ve accomplished??

By: richie

richie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:57:31 +0000

Thanks Trent. To help you with #11:

This list has got me motivated to write my own list and get going over the next 1001 days to hit my 101!

I’m sending this to my wife too!

Thank you thank you!

By: Faye

Faye — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:27:28 +0000

I’ve always been a long-term goal setter. In fact, when I was in third year high school, I made a list of my career goals and taped it to my study desk.

It never left my desk until the last weeks of high school when I had to clean out for the summer. I threw it away and thought I lost it forever. Turns out my mom kept it for me.

During my college graduation, my mom presented to me the yellowed paper and told me to check off what I have finished.

Just graduated with a Master’s degree in Nursing. Ticked off another one on the list. This time, I’ll make another list. :)

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:34:49 +0000

Hey Trent, isn’t it time to update the list and let us know how you’re going? Particularly since you mentioned “Keep it in mind and keep making updates to it marking your progress.” :-)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:46:23 +0000

I was so taken with this article that I jumped into doing it myself. One of my goals was to write a blog, so I’m writing a blog about my 101 goals project. I referenced your site and gave you and triplux credit. Your list was very inspiring!

By: Onaclov2000

Onaclov2000 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:51:10 +0000

Trent, I have too began to compile a list of 1001 things (It’s alot harder then I thought it would be), needless to say, I am using an excel spreadsheet, a nice thing about excel is I can use the function =DATE(2011,4,28)-TODAY() and it tells me how many days are left until the 1001 days are up,I did some number crunching and I think (I may be wrong) but 1001 days is approximately 2 years 38 weeks and 4.5 days, which is where I got the 4/28/2011 number, I estimated that I would begin on August 1st. I think it will be nice to see the days left as a motivator.

–Onaclov

By: Ryan @ Smarter Wealth

Ryan @ Smarter Wealth — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:41:30 +0000

I thought all these goals were going to be wealth centred. Kind of refreshing that they aren’t. I am currently making a list on my entrepreneurs blog of the 30 things I want to do before im 30. Haven’t published it yet but will in the next couple of weeks

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:05:58 +0000

Awesome list! I’m definetly taking some tips from this.

By: Café Chick

Café Chick — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:24:09 +0000

You have got some really ambitious goals on your list. You’re right in saying that compiling the list is, in itself, an intermediate goal, as many goals sound great after an initial brainstorm, but need revising pretty soon afterwards. All the best!

By: brooke

brooke — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:27:11 +0000

Hi Trent,
As a frequent reader but first time poster I had to chime in. Nice list! I just finished a +100 page family cookbook and I have to say it was one of the most rewarding projects of my life. We had a family reunion over the fourth of july in 2008, so in January, I sent out 40 letters to my cousins, aunts and uncles and asked them to send me their family favorites or new favorite dishes by March 31. I had 34 people contribute from 1 to 6 recipes, and then I divided them up into apps, soup and salad, main courses, and desserts. I formatted them in Word on a half sheet of paper so teh book would be small and compact and not 8.5×11. NOTE–If you really plan on doing this and would like advice, contact me, I have plenty! I then took it to Staples in late June, had it printed and bound with a table of contents and thank you message from me, and they were an absolute hit with my family! I highly recommend it!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:38:36 +0000

So how’s your progress–I know from reading the past few months you’ve accomplished parts of several items!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:52:15 +0000

This inspired me to create one (http://christophogo.blogspot.com)

You can count this as one of your emails from readers about how you changed there life if you like :p