102 Things in 1001 Days
Some of you are familiar with the 101 things in 1001 Days deal. If not, go here, where you'll find info, advice on creating a list, and links to about a gajillion-and-one lists as examples: http://www.triplux.com/1001/otherlists.asp
I started to do this once before, but my life changed in some dramatic and unexpected ways.
So, I made a new list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days. [Edited: I added one under Health/Fitness, making it 102. -- Sept 5th, 07] I start today (July 19, 2007) and the end date is day before my birthday, April 15th, 2010. For every incomplete item on the end date, I am going to donate $5 per item to charity. For every completed item, I'll put aside $5 to treat myself at the end.
I divided them up by very general categories, to help keep track of them better. Since today is the start date, I need to pick one thing off of the list to do for the inaugural day, I think. Clearly going to Europe is not gonna be it...oh wait, see item #49. I am posting this list now and am thus fulfilling that item. Sweet!
[Struck-through items are complete.
Orange items are in progress.
Green items are either abandoned or incomplete and will incur the $5-per-incomplete-item-to-charity rule at end of 1001 days.]
Anyway, here is the list:
BOOKS:
1. Read at least 11 books from my reading list
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 8/3/07
CRAFT:
2. Complete min. equiv. of one knitting project per month before end of 101/1001 project [completed 11/33]
Poi Wick Covers 7/25/07
Washcloths for Bec 7/29/07 -- forgot to get picture before gifting them
Red Ribbed Wrist Warmers for Jeff 8/17/07 -- no pic yet
Grey Spiral Rib Wrist Warmers for me 8/24/07 -- no pic yet
Sparkly Black Faux Fur Muff for me 8/28/07 -- no pic yet
Charcoal Grey Lace-Up Opera Gloves for me 9/16/07 -- no pic yet
Cotton Baby Hat for Lil' Aid' unsure of exact date, Oct. 2007 -- no pic yet
Camo Rockstar Scarf for me unsure of exact date, Nov. 2007 -- no pic yet
Green Hat for me unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
Burgandy Hat for me unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
Green Acrylic Scarf for StreetKnit donation unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
3. Complete a paint-by-numbers, mixing up the paint number assignments
4. Make papel picado
5. Learn 10 origami (from memory)
6. Make five items out of old t-shirts
7. Make shades for IKEA lamps
8. Make fridge magnets
9. Make wall art with "shadow box" style picture frame
10. Finish armwarmers started EONS ago [Update Jan. 22, 2008: I am frogging these and using the yarn for something else. The first one no longer fits and I'm not so sold on the pattern anymore. They were started over 2 years ago and I never got past the first one. I think it was a sign.]
11. Finish ping pong ball lights
12. Sew at least one item of clothing from raw fabric (as opposed to re-purposing old items...I always plan to do this and then never do)
CULTURAL:
13. Go see a play
"The Source of Gravity" by JB 8/8/07
14. Go to Art Gallery of Ontario 10/6/07
15. Go to the opera or ballet (or both, but at least one)
EDUCATIONAL:
16. Learn to say "Don’t touch me! My hair is Poisonous!" in at least 25 more languages (already had French, English, and ASL--those do not count)
17. Juggle 3 balls for 20 passes without dropping
18. Learn a magic trick
19. Learn a card trick
20. Be able to identify, by sight, 10 constellations in summer and winter skies, each
21. Learn five songs to play on toy accordian from memory
22. Learn to drive a stick-shift
23. Learn to weld
24. Re-learn to skip stones
25. Memorize at least two Shel Silverstein poems
26. Read basic electronics book
27. Make something involving wiring (LEDs, el-wire, etc.)
FILM:
28. See all of AFI's Top 100 Films
29. Go to a film festival screening or preview screening
30. Go to an outdoor film screening BLADE RUNNER 7/24/07
FINANCIAL/LEGAL:
31. Draw up a will
32. Get finances managed to point of having payoff plan for debt and savings plan begun
33. Complete my Canadian PR application
34. Order my credit reports x3
35. Set up travel and retirement savings accounts
36. Get cats sent to Canada October '07
37. Get personal loan paid off
FOOD/WINE/DRINK
38. Learn more about wine, then buy a bottle worth saving for at least ten years
39. Bake a pie from scratch
40. Learn to make 10 new cocktails from memory
41. Have Charlie Chaplin's favorite drink in his favorite seat at Musso & Frank (thx to thinman for this one)
42. Cook one recipe from each of the cookbooks I own or acquire
Mediterranean Stew from Moosewood Low-Fat Cookbook Oct. '07
Chocolate Chip Cookie #10 from I'm Just Here For More Food Dec '07
43. Make home-made ice cream
44. Have a hot dog from Pink's in LA
45. Eat vendor food at a fair
46. Get and eat a box of ten sour cream glazed Timbits from Tim Horton's (I won't be a true Canadian until I do!) 7/31/07 @ Dufferin Mall location
47. Bake cupcakes!
48. Eat 15 new things from Things To Eat Before You Die list (my edited version, which I'll post later)
FOR ME:
49. Post this list to journal 7/19/07
50. Sit outside at a café for an entire afternoon, reading, writing, relaxing, and drinking coffee or tea
51. Build the fire parasol
52. Have a caricature/portrait done
53. Go to a meditation center/Buddhist temple
54. Get a facial
55. Get a pedicure
56. Go an entire day without saying something negative about myself
57. Go an entire day without saying something negative about anyone else
58. Whiten teeth
59. Private item #1
60. Learn how to braid my own damn hair *well* (I know how, I just hate doing it b/c I am perpetually out of practice)
61. Buy myself flowers
62. Take pictures of self in photo booth
63. At least once per season, take a walk on my own and take pictures (also, post them), for a whole year
Summer '07 7/20/07
64. Get a new yoga mat
65. Write myself a letter to read in ten years
66. Tag something (I'll never tell what or where...you'll have to guess!)
67. Make a mix CD for every season from summer '07 to spring '10
HEALTH/FITNESS:
68. Go one month without eating any fast food at all
69. Do 5 pull-ups
70. Be able to do a split (side split is fine)
71. Take a circus class
72. Quit smoking (for good! or at least from quit date--11/18/2007--thru 4/16/2010)
102. Floss every day for a month.
HOME:
73. Make up bed every day for at least one month straight -- completed during month of August of '07
74. Nevermind... Something I was gonna do and now won't.
75. Frame and hang posters
OUTDOORS:
76. Go camping
77. Get up early and go somewhere scenic to watch the sun rise
78. Go fly a kite
PHOTO:
79. Take and post twenty pictures of mailboxes to flickr [completed 0/20]
80. Pick a 26 Things list and take/post pics of them on flickr within a one-month time period.
SOCIAL:
81. Host a dinner party
82. Send Christmas cards and gifts on time at least once
83. Attend formal or masquerade party/ball in appropriate dress Tipple Formal party, March 22, 2008. I wore BCBG black formal dress.
84. Pack a full picnic lunch and dine in a park or cemetery
85. Go to a hockey game
86. Anonymously send a gift/flowers/card to someone who does not know me
87. Private Item #2 Feb. 14, 2008 + others since
88. Have a party at my house Nov. 1st, Day of the Dead party (made chili)
89. Send average of one piece of non-crucial mail per month to a friend or family member [completed 1/33] (Non-crucial defined as not financially important nor a holiday or thank you card.)
90. Perform - anything - in front of an audience (I have the worst stage fright; I always want to vomit before performing...which is why I've not done it in so long.) Fire show at Fur Auction House on March 6, 2008, plus others since
91. Write my thank-you notes and get them sent on time at least one Xmas Mailed on January 16th, 2008
92. Play chess
TRAVEL:
93. Return to British Isles and/or Continental Europe
94. Go to the Toronto Zoo
95. Travel somewhere by train Tickets bought for NYC trip in April '08
96. Visit 5 new Toronto places from local travel guide
97. Take a ride in a hot-air balloon
98. Visit at least 5 city parks that I have never before visited [completed 2/5]
Queen's Park 8/5/07
Sunnyside Park 8/6/07
99. Visit at least three provinces/territories that I have never before visited (which is any of them other than BC or Ontario.)
100. Go on a weekend getaway
101. Go to Niagara Falls 10/11/07 for an over night stay
Total due to charity: $10
For item(s) [count is 2]: 10, 74
Total for me to treat myself with at end: $65
For item(s) [count is 10]: 13, 14, 30, 36, 46, 49, 73, 83, 87, 88, 90, 91, 101
Items in progress [count is 11]: 1, 2, 33, 37, 42, 59, 63, 72, 89, 94, 98, 102
Updated: April 1, '08
I started to do this once before, but my life changed in some dramatic and unexpected ways.
So, I made a new list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days. [Edited: I added one under Health/Fitness, making it 102. -- Sept 5th, 07] I start today (July 19, 2007) and the end date is day before my birthday, April 15th, 2010. For every incomplete item on the end date, I am going to donate $5 per item to charity. For every completed item, I'll put aside $5 to treat myself at the end.
I divided them up by very general categories, to help keep track of them better. Since today is the start date, I need to pick one thing off of the list to do for the inaugural day, I think. Clearly going to Europe is not gonna be it...oh wait, see item #49. I am posting this list now and am thus fulfilling that item. Sweet!
[Struck-through items are complete.
Orange items are in progress.
Green items are either abandoned or incomplete and will incur the $5-per-incomplete-item-to-charity rule at end of 1001 days.]
Anyway, here is the list:
BOOKS:
1. Read at least 11 books from my reading list
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 8/3/07
CRAFT:
2. Complete min. equiv. of one knitting project per month before end of 101/1001 project [completed 11/33]
Poi Wick Covers 7/25/07
Washcloths for Bec 7/29/07 -- forgot to get picture before gifting them
Red Ribbed Wrist Warmers for Jeff 8/17/07 -- no pic yet
Grey Spiral Rib Wrist Warmers for me 8/24/07 -- no pic yet
Sparkly Black Faux Fur Muff for me 8/28/07 -- no pic yet
Charcoal Grey Lace-Up Opera Gloves for me 9/16/07 -- no pic yet
Cotton Baby Hat for Lil' Aid' unsure of exact date, Oct. 2007 -- no pic yet
Camo Rockstar Scarf for me unsure of exact date, Nov. 2007 -- no pic yet
Green Hat for me unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
Burgandy Hat for me unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
Green Acrylic Scarf for StreetKnit donation unsure of exact date, Dec. 2007 -- no pic yet
3. Complete a paint-by-numbers, mixing up the paint number assignments
4. Make papel picado
5. Learn 10 origami (from memory)
6. Make five items out of old t-shirts
7. Make shades for IKEA lamps
8. Make fridge magnets
9. Make wall art with "shadow box" style picture frame
10. Finish armwarmers started EONS ago [Update Jan. 22, 2008: I am frogging these and using the yarn for something else. The first one no longer fits and I'm not so sold on the pattern anymore. They were started over 2 years ago and I never got past the first one. I think it was a sign.]
11. Finish ping pong ball lights
12. Sew at least one item of clothing from raw fabric (as opposed to re-purposing old items...I always plan to do this and then never do)
CULTURAL:
13. Go see a play
"The Source of Gravity" by JB 8/8/07
14. Go to Art Gallery of Ontario 10/6/07
15. Go to the opera or ballet (or both, but at least one)
EDUCATIONAL:
16. Learn to say "Don’t touch me! My hair is Poisonous!" in at least 25 more languages (already had French, English, and ASL--those do not count)
17. Juggle 3 balls for 20 passes without dropping
18. Learn a magic trick
19. Learn a card trick
20. Be able to identify, by sight, 10 constellations in summer and winter skies, each
21. Learn five songs to play on toy accordian from memory
22. Learn to drive a stick-shift
23. Learn to weld
24. Re-learn to skip stones
25. Memorize at least two Shel Silverstein poems
26. Read basic electronics book
27. Make something involving wiring (LEDs, el-wire, etc.)
FILM:
28. See all of AFI's Top 100 Films
29. Go to a film festival screening or preview screening
30. Go to an outdoor film screening BLADE RUNNER 7/24/07
FINANCIAL/LEGAL:
31. Draw up a will
32. Get finances managed to point of having payoff plan for debt and savings plan begun
33. Complete my Canadian PR application
34. Order my credit reports x3
35. Set up travel and retirement savings accounts
36. Get cats sent to Canada October '07
37. Get personal loan paid off
FOOD/WINE/DRINK
38. Learn more about wine, then buy a bottle worth saving for at least ten years
39. Bake a pie from scratch
40. Learn to make 10 new cocktails from memory
41. Have Charlie Chaplin's favorite drink in his favorite seat at Musso & Frank (thx to thinman for this one)
42. Cook one recipe from each of the cookbooks I own or acquire
Mediterranean Stew from Moosewood Low-Fat Cookbook Oct. '07
Chocolate Chip Cookie #10 from I'm Just Here For More Food Dec '07
43. Make home-made ice cream
44. Have a hot dog from Pink's in LA
45. Eat vendor food at a fair
46. Get and eat a box of ten sour cream glazed Timbits from Tim Horton's (I won't be a true Canadian until I do!) 7/31/07 @ Dufferin Mall location
47. Bake cupcakes!
48. Eat 15 new things from Things To Eat Before You Die list (my edited version, which I'll post later)
FOR ME:
49. Post this list to journal 7/19/07
50. Sit outside at a café for an entire afternoon, reading, writing, relaxing, and drinking coffee or tea
51. Build the fire parasol
52. Have a caricature/portrait done
53. Go to a meditation center/Buddhist temple
54. Get a facial
55. Get a pedicure
56. Go an entire day without saying something negative about myself
57. Go an entire day without saying something negative about anyone else
58. Whiten teeth
59. Private item #1
60. Learn how to braid my own damn hair *well* (I know how, I just hate doing it b/c I am perpetually out of practice)
61. Buy myself flowers
62. Take pictures of self in photo booth
63. At least once per season, take a walk on my own and take pictures (also, post them), for a whole year
Summer '07 7/20/07
64. Get a new yoga mat
65. Write myself a letter to read in ten years
66. Tag something (I'll never tell what or where...you'll have to guess!)
67. Make a mix CD for every season from summer '07 to spring '10
HEALTH/FITNESS:
68. Go one month without eating any fast food at all
69. Do 5 pull-ups
70. Be able to do a split (side split is fine)
71. Take a circus class
72. Quit smoking (for good! or at least from quit date--11/18/2007--thru 4/16/2010)
102. Floss every day for a month.
HOME:
73. Make up bed every day for at least one month straight -- completed during month of August of '07
74. Nevermind... Something I was gonna do and now won't.
75. Frame and hang posters
OUTDOORS:
76. Go camping
77. Get up early and go somewhere scenic to watch the sun rise
78. Go fly a kite
PHOTO:
79. Take and post twenty pictures of mailboxes to flickr [completed 0/20]
80. Pick a 26 Things list and take/post pics of them on flickr within a one-month time period.
SOCIAL:
81. Host a dinner party
82. Send Christmas cards and gifts on time at least once
83. Attend formal or masquerade party/ball in appropriate dress Tipple Formal party, March 22, 2008. I wore BCBG black formal dress.
84. Pack a full picnic lunch and dine in a park or cemetery
85. Go to a hockey game
86. Anonymously send a gift/flowers/card to someone who does not know me
87. Private Item #2 Feb. 14, 2008 + others since
88. Have a party at my house Nov. 1st, Day of the Dead party (made chili)
89. Send average of one piece of non-crucial mail per month to a friend or family member [completed 1/33] (Non-crucial defined as not financially important nor a holiday or thank you card.)
90. Perform - anything - in front of an audience (I have the worst stage fright; I always want to vomit before performing...which is why I've not done it in so long.) Fire show at Fur Auction House on March 6, 2008, plus others since
91. Write my thank-you notes and get them sent on time at least one Xmas Mailed on January 16th, 2008
92. Play chess
TRAVEL:
93. Return to British Isles and/or Continental Europe
94. Go to the Toronto Zoo
95. Travel somewhere by train Tickets bought for NYC trip in April '08
96. Visit 5 new Toronto places from local travel guide
97. Take a ride in a hot-air balloon
98. Visit at least 5 city parks that I have never before visited [completed 2/5]
Queen's Park 8/5/07
Sunnyside Park 8/6/07
99. Visit at least three provinces/territories that I have never before visited (which is any of them other than BC or Ontario.)
100. Go on a weekend getaway
101. Go to Niagara Falls 10/11/07 for an over night stay
Total due to charity: $10
For item(s) [count is 2]: 10, 74
Total for me to treat myself with at end: $65
For item(s) [count is 10]: 13, 14, 30, 36, 46, 49, 73, 83, 87, 88, 90, 91, 101
Items in progress [count is 11]: 1, 2, 33, 37, 42, 59, 63, 72, 89, 94, 98, 102
Updated: April 1, '08