Jan 12 2009
Mission 101: Accomplish 101 Goals in 1001 Days
I recently learned about Mission 101. Mission 101 is the brainchild of blogger Michael Green. You can learn more at the Misson 101 web page. In a nutshell though, the thing that struck Michael was that a lot of people make New Year’s resolutions or to-do lists but few of them ever really accomplish the things they set out to do. He felt that one reason was that there are usually no deadlines to complete these tasks. The idea behind Mission 101 is that with a deadline (1001 days) people are more likely to work to accomplish their goals. You can find examples of Mission 101 links on the web site or if you’re interested you can read my mission 101 list.
So what does this all have to do with gay spirituality you might be thinking? I blogged recently about how our group has been struggling with how to balance supporting each other and doing community outreach work. When I learned about Mission 101, I suggested to our group that this might be an excellent way to help each other. We could do Mission 101 as a group. Each member would make their list and share it with the group. Then we could check in with each other and share our progress, our accomplishments and our struggles with the items on our lists. Many of us in our grove have been wanting to work on self-improvement and this seemed like a good way to help each other and to hold each other accountable. After all, real change is difficult to make. Many of us also split our goals into categories such as physical (exercise, diet), spiritual (meditation, etc), reading and charitable work. It seemed to me like we helped balance the internal support with the community outreach.
Are any of you doing Mission 101? I’d love to hear if you are. Please include a link to your Mission 101 list if you feel like sharing it. I’d especially be interested in hearing about spiritual goals on your Mission 101 lists. I have several on mine including more meditation and celebrating the quarter rituals every year.
