101 in 1001

[marlew]

So I haven't really "used" my journal for anything decent in...well, years. I've hopped on the bandwagon of the Day Zero Project (www.dayzeroproject.com) and figure if I publish it in a few places on the web, I'm at least accountable for doing it.

About The Project
Welcome to Day Zero, the home of the 1001 Day Project. A unique challenge that inspires you to set and achieve your personal goals in life.

The Challenge:
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 your part).

This list of 101 goals was started Feb 21, 2011 and is scheduled to finish Nov 19, 2013.

Here goes nothing:

1. Visit 5 local restaurants I've never been to (0/5)
2. Say yes to something I would normally say no to
3. Stay off facebook for a month
4. Buy Canadian Savings Bonds for the munchkins (0/3)
5. Do something to make myself proud of myself
6. Kiss under mistletoe
7. Donate 25,000 grains of rice on Freerice.com
8. Make the Super Epic Rainbow Cake
9. Go to the ballet
10. No fast food for a month (0/30)
11. Take my parents somewhere nice for dinner
12. Send a secret to PostSecret
13. Read 40 new books (0/40)
14. Go to Las Vegas
15. Learn to Knit
16. Get new glasses
17. Send 50 pieces of snail mail (0/50)
18. Try 20 new recipes from my cookbooks ((0/20)
19. Take a photo every week for 1 year (0/52)
20. Pay of at least 1/3 of my debt
21. Lose 5 lbs
22. Complete wedding albums
23. Have dinner by candlelight
24. Bake a loaf of bread
25. Buy a pair of killer heels
26. Spend a weekend without touching the computer
27. Go apple picking
28. Don't swear for a week (0/7)
29. Try hot yoga three times (0/3)
30. Paint three rooms in the house (0/3)
31. Go to a concert
32. Send 10 postcards via postcrossing.com (0/10)
33. Complete the 50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind (0/50)
34. Put away $10 for every goal completed - to be spent at the end of the 1001 days
35. Go to the ROM
36. Go to the AGO
37. Go up the CN Tower with T
38. Make a frosted cake from scratch for someone
39. Wear makeup every day for a week
40. Make a wishlist of 10 things I really want (0/10)
41. Make something off instructables.com
42. Apply for L/D through A.U.
43. Go to a spa for a day
44. Raise $500 for the Run for the Cure
45. Forgive someone from my past
46. Influence someone else to join the Day Zero Project
47. Buy a new plant and keep it alive
48. Grow at least one vegetable in my backyard
49. Go see a "reader"
50. Sell 15 starter kits on my Oliver's Labels site - www.oliverslabels.com/Marci - (0/15)
51. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
52. Help throw an amazing party for someone in my life
53. Ask 10 friends to suggest one book, and read them all (0/10)
54. Surprise my mom with flowers
55. Pay for the person behind me at a drive-thru
56. Collect all the guest photos from the wedding
57. Max out my TFSA for 2011 and 2012 (0/2)
58. Stay in bed until 9 am every Saturday that isn’t preplanned for 4 months (0/16)
59. Make a coffee table book, for myself or someone else
60. Do something I've never done/Visit somewhere I've never been to for my 30th birthday
61. Take a cake decorating class
62. Have date night with my husband at least once a month (0/32)
63. Go to a Cubs game
64. Pick my own strawberries
65. Go to the horse races
66. Spend a day at the beach
67. Try 5 new foods that I normally wouldn't touch (0/5)
68. Spend a romantic night in a hotel for no reason
69. Subscribe to a magazine
70. Kiss in the rain
71. Learn how to make natash
72. Identify 25 things that make me happy (0/25)
73. Make homemade marshmallow
74. Buy a piece of art created by a local artist
75. Get something from the local farmer's market once a month (0/32)
76. Host a themed dinner party
77. Go somewhere for High Tea
78. Write a living will
79. Participate in a local event
80. Save up enough money to have hardwood floors put on the main floor of the house
81. Take the VIA somewhere
82. Enter a photo into a competition or submit for publication in a newspaper
83. Watch the sun rise and set on the same day
84. Make a pizza from scratch
85. Clear off my Chapters Wish List
86. Visit Bernice 12 times (0/12)
87. Send a homemade gift to someone - unexpectedly
88. See a shooting star
89. Blog my progress with this list
90. Spend an afternoon reading at the park
91. Visit an art exhibition
92. Bake 10 different types of cupcakes
93. Watch Schindler's List
94. Break a bad habit
95. Have professional photos taken
96. Help someone do something they thought they couldn't
97. Bring lunch to work for 101 days (0/101)
98. See a drive-in movie
99. Jump on a trampoline
100. Leave 20 positive notes around town to cheer someone up (http://operationbeautiful.com)
101. See a Cirque du Soleil show