101 in 1001 Days

Start: Jan 5th 2014   End: Oct 2nd 2017

Started - Bold

Completed - Strikethrough

SPIRITUAL/GIVING

1. Pray daily for a month
2. Read the daily Bible readings in a different month
3. Don't complain about anything for a week
4. Donate 500000 grains of rice on freerice.com

Things to Learn

1. Get DELF A2 certification French
2. Get Six Sigma green belt certified
3. Get my driver's license and drive
4. Complete an online Photography Class
5. Study web designing/web site creation/blog design
6. Learn new words - Reach "Sesquipedalianist" level on vocabulary.com (~5000 new words)
7. Learn to use GIMP
8. Learn Front End Development
9. Learn speed reading & check my reading speed (235wpm!!)
10. Take a course on lynda.com Completed a photography course
11. Learn lean manufacturing---poka yoke/ something related to my line of work
12. Learn to use the manual setting on our camera
13. Learn macro photography
14. Learn the Kannada alphabet
15. Update resume & LinkedIn every 6 mths
16. Complete a course on Coursera

FINANCIAL

1. Save funds to pay off mortgage
2. Invest in another property
3. Develop an alternative source of income

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

1. Walk 5K in 45 Minutes
2. Run a 5K
3. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge Feb'2015
4. Run 1001 kms
5. Lose belly fat
6. Apply 100 face masks for acne/blemishes
7. Oil massage my head 100 times - 2
8. Hold a plank for 1 min
9. Do 5 ab challenge series
10. Drink 1.5l of water/day for 1 month
11. Get up at 6 am weekdays for 1 month
12. Go to bed by 11 pm on weekdays for 2 week straight
13. Have a spa day every month
14. Take a bubble bath atleast once a week any 2 months
15. Keep my (hands & toes) nails looking nice (trimmed and painted) for one whole summer

HOME 

1. Bake 5 different cakes
2. Bake 5 kinds of cookies
3. Bake 5 bread recipes
4. Make 5 different salads
5. Try 30 new recipes  I
6. Learn to cook xxxxx
7. Try 5 new vegetables (Brussel sprouts)
8. Cook a different breakfast everyday for a week
9. Go to bed with a spotless kitchen every night for a week instead of leaving dishes for the morning
10. Follow FlyLady for at least a week
11. Cook something from 15 different countries
12. Develop a menu for different occasions
13. Organize recipes I've tried into a file/cloud
14. Build a Home ‘Media Server’ to backup data (photos, music, movies)

PERSONAL

1. Take a Family Portrait
2. Read 101 New Books  IIII
3. Read 5 novels in French
4. Take 51 macro photographs
5. xxxx
6. Enter a photo in a photo contest/sell online
7. Make a Family Trip Photo Album
8. Draw 51 zentangles
9. Find 5 uses for my Sharpie pens and create them
10. Make a list of 51 positive things about myself
11. Build a capsule wardrobe
12. Learn to apply makeup
13. Learn three new ways to style my hair.
14. Find a signature scent
15. Learn to eat with chopsticks

Travel/Outdoors

1. Make a travel map
2. Visit Disneyland
3. Go hiking
4. Las Vegas
5. Go on a cruise
6. Lake Tahoe
7. Grand Canyon
8. Crater Lake
9. New York
10. Niagara Falls
11. Paris
12. London
13. Go camping
14. Go apple/cherry picking in an orchard
15. See a concert/game
16. Ride a segway
17. Go skiing/ice skating
18. Go to a pub
19. Visit 15 states in the US - California, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Nevada
20. Take a day trip to a state park and have a picnic

FUN

1. Watch the Oscar best Picture movies since the year I was born (1987)
2. Watch the Bond movies since the year I was born (1987)
3. Complete watching 10 top TV series
4. Watch 10 documentaries
5. Learn 5 things about each 50 states of US
6. Watch 5 French movies
7. Listen to the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
8. Make a playlist of my favorite songs on the cloud
9. Map out cuisines I've tried
10. Blog/Make a list of the must see/do things in every state
11. Plan/Blog about places I want to see and to dos in each
12. Listen to a 33 new artists  II
13. Create a 30 Day Photo Challenge for Instagram
14. Comment 50 times on blogs I follow  I

Menu Plan

Dinner

Mix bean with barley soup with beef & spinach x 2

     - onion, tomato, carrot / celery sweet potato - taco mix

Spaghetti pot x 2

Jeera rice, dal, beans

Lunch

Fried rice & zuccini-tomato-feta salad x 2

Jeera rice, dal, beans x  2

Snacks

Grilled feta & spinach burgers x 3

Madelines

Persimmons 

Breakfast

Grits with peachs/cranberries/raisins x 3

Oats with apple

Apple jam & bread

Weekly Goals + Last week's progress

This weeks goals

Career Improvement/Study

Learn for DMV learners test - 15min each day

Check Six Sigma project

Home

Weekly Menu plan

Try 2 new recipes

Personal

Read 2 books

Drink 1l water daily

Exercise as per 31 day plan

Financial

GC - 7700

Last weeks progress

Career Improvement/Study

Learn for DMV learners test - 15min each day - 3days

Check Six Sigma project

Home

Weekly Menu plan

Personal

Read 1 books

Drink 1l water daily

Exercise as per 31 day plan

Financial

GC - 7300 

Day 12 : Menu Plan

Menu Plan:

Breakfast

Oatmeal with granola + grapes/bananas x 3

Lemon herb egg salad with flatbread x 2

Rava upma x 2

Lunch / Dinner

Tuna Pasta salad with peas x 2

Egg curry with rice x 2

Vegetable fried rice x 2

Eggplant curry with rice

Snacks/Drinks

Bananas

Apple with peanut butter

Madeleines

Grape/Orange juice

Day 12 : Weekly Goals

Goals for the week:

Career Improvement/Study

Learn for DMV learners test - 15min each day

Check Six Sigma project

Home

Weekly Menu plan

Personal

Read 1 books

Drink 1l water daily

Exercise as per 31 day plan

Financial

Update Budget app

GC - 7300

Last week's Goals:

Career Improvement/Study

Learn for DMV learners test - 15min each day - Studied only 1 day

Check Six Sigma project

Home

Weekly Menu plan

Personal

Read 1 books

Drink 1l water daily - missed on Sat & Sun

Exercise as per 31 day plan

Financial

Update Budget app

GC - 6800

Day 11 : Hair & Skin Care Tips - Part II

Last week I applied a turmeric + milk mask to my face and I felt a tingling sensation on my skin due to the active nature of the turmeric.
I didn't get to do anything for my hair, so this week I'll be taking care of both my skin and hair.

Hair Care

1. Egg + Olive Oil Mask - Beat two eggs and add some olive oil to it. Apply it to your hair and leave it on for an hour. Wash it off with shampoo to replenish hair and restore its softness and shine.


2. Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse - Apply a one to one mixture of warm water and apple cider vinegar to your hair. Rinse it thoroughly after 5 minutes to get rid of the apple cider smell. This give you shiny bouncy hair.


Skin Care

1. Potato pack - Potato is a good absorbent of excess oil and sebum and it also removes dirt and grease from the skin. It reduces dark circles, puffiness under the eyes, blemishes and acne marks.

  Thin slices of potato can be applied over the pimples. You can also grate the potato and the juice can be applied over the pimples and acne. Sliced potato can be kept over the eyes to reduce the dark circles and puffiness. (source : www.stylecraze.com)


2. Baking soda - It helps eliminate breakouts and reduces inflammation, exfoliates, helps remove dead skin cells, and reduces old scars or acne marks. A few teaspoons of baking soda mixed with warm water till it forms a paste. Apply the paste to your skin, leave it on for only 10 to 15 minutes the first few times as it may feel strong. Gradually increase the time up to an hour After one use you can see a great difference in your skin

Day 10 : Warm Up + Cardio (elliptical + treadmill)

Today's Plan of Action:

• Breathing exercises
• Cardio (elliptical) - Hill workout - 20min
• Cardio (treadmill) - Hill workout 10min

Today's update

Bed time yesterday-  11.45pm        Wake up time - 6.45am  =   Sleep time - 7hrs

Water - 7

Workout - I did as planned :)