Welcome to my 101 things in 1001 days list. Read on to find out about this project and my current progress!
The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my
part).
Start Date: August 07, 2010
End Date: May 04, 2013
Source: Day Zero
The List
Crossed out items are finished (will have date of completion listed)
Italic items are in progress
Normal items are waiting to be started
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Family & Home
1. Purchase a house or at least rent and get the hell of out MIL’s house House Purchased 7/14/2011
2. Take Raven to the New York Anime Festival
3. Take Raven go-cart racing
4. Make sure my family knows how much I love them
5. Grow my own vegetables and herbs
6. Take portraits of my family members
7. Go on a picnic with my daughter and husband
8. Take Raven ghost hunting
9. Take my daughter and/or husband to 20 new places
Work & Business
10. Sell a non-portrait photo I have taken
11. Gain 10 new clients for my photography business
12. Get business cards
13. Purchase a speed light
14. Purchase 2 new lenses for my camera
15. Participate in a bridal fair
16. Have an in-home studio
Entertainment
17. Buy 30 new Blu-Rays (6/30) – see the list
18. Read every Stephen King novel (38/72) – see the list
19. Attend the midnight premiere of a movie
20. Watch 300 new movies (58/300)
21. Go to the movie theater 50 times (5/50) – see the list
22. Learn how to do Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance correctly
23. Watch 10 complete tv series that I haven’t finished before starting this list. (1/10) – see the list
Health, Fitness & Well-Being
24. Lose 30 pounds
25. Do the 200 sit-ups challenge
26. Write a list of 50 things I like about myself
27. Let go of the past
28. Do P90x
29. Tone up my arms
Money & Finances
30. Become financially stable
31. Become debt free
32. Cut the grocery bills in half
33. Create and stick to a budget
34. Have $2,000 in savings
35. Raise credit score
Beauty & Fashion
36. Get a tattoo
37. Purchase 10 dressy outfits
38. Get my belly button pierced
39. Whiten Teeth
40. Get LASIK
41. Do something with my hair
Food & Drink
42. Cook 10 Japanese meals
43. Make homemade bread 10/15/10
44. Make homemade ice cream
45. Bake perfect sugar cookies
46. Eat at 10 new restaurants (1/10)
47. Create 5 bento lunches
48. Try 100 new dinner recipes (13/100)
49. Try 100 new dessert recipes (12/100)
Broadening My Horizons
50. Read 50 new books – see the list
51. Learn 20 Japanese phrases
52. Learn how to say “I love you” in 10 different languages
53. Fly in a plane
54. Visit 10 different museums
55. Go whale watching
Fun
56. Have sex on the beach
57. Meet a celebrity
58. Cosplay at a convention
59. Visit the sight of the Evil Dead movie
60. Go to a renaissance faire
61. Go skinny dipping
62. Go on on a cruise
Online & Blogging
63. Document a “day in the life” in photographs
64. Do Young Me – Now Me
65. Complete a month for NaBloPoMo
66. Complete 10 video blogs
67. Increase my blog traffic
68. Write a recipe entry like The Pioneer Woman
Creativity
69. Create 3 amigurumis
70. Have an old-fashion Christmas
71. Make my own laundry detergent
72. Write five “Dear Stranger” letters and leave them in random spots around the city
73. Create a portfolio with nothing but “living images”
74. Play 10 pranks (1/10)
75. Create my own cookbook (just for me)
76. Create a scavenger hunt
77. Complete the 365 day project
78. Create a photo booth
79. Make something to sell on Etsy 10/01/10
Splurging
80. Purchase a holga camera
81. Buy a desk 9/15/10
82. Buy 2 pairs of new shoes (1 pair of high heels and 1 pair of tennis shoes)
83. Have a massage
84. Get a psychic reading
85. Buy 20 vintage items (2/20)
Giving Back
86. Donate $1 to the Humane Society for each task I accomplish
87. Donate blood
88. Sponsor a USO care package
89. Participate in Angel Tree
MISC
90. Resolve my religious doubts/problems
91. Host a murder mystery party
92. Visit 10 new places in West Virginia
93. Host a Halloween party
94. Host a Christmas party/dinner
95. Sing karaoke in public
96. Receive 50 postcards through postcrossing.com
97. Have flowers delivered to my mom for no reason
98. Get 2 more cats – 1/2
99. Decorate my home
100. Throw an awesome birthday party for someone I love
101. Start a new 101 things in 1001 days
