I came across the Day Zero Project a few weeks ago thanks to Pamela. The idea is to list 101 things you would like to do over the next 1001 days. Given my love of lists and planning I had to give this one a try. Unfortunately my implementation rarely lives up to the planning, but I'm not going to let that dampen my enthusiasm. My birthday seemed such a tidy day to start, so I spent some time over the last week compiling my list. It was hard! 101 is a bigger number than it sounds, but with a bit of help from the prompts at Day Zero and browsing through other lists, I got there. A lot is fun stuff, some more serious. I found it useful to see what I would like to do more of, and the progress I would like to make in various areas. I'm hoping it will make me do more, and putter about online less.
I cut and pasted the entire list into this post. It is long. Please don't feel obliged to read the whole thing!
1 Qualify as an archivist
2 Get a part time job
3 Get a Wii Fit
4 Do Wii Fit at least twice a week for three months
5 Swim twice a week for three months
6 Use the cross trainer twice a week for three months
7 Exercise regularly for a year
8 Swim a mile
9 Do a 20 mile walk
10 Lose 20 pounds
11 Fit comfortably into a pair of size 14 jeans
12 Go to an art gallery
13 Watch an Olympic event live
14 Go to Lincoln Christmas market
15 See a musical in London
16 Attend a ballet
17 See a Play
18 Buy a zoo membership and use it at least 4 times a year
19 Go to the London Aquarium
20 Visit the Eden Project
21 Visit Kew Gardens
22 Ride at least 10 roller coasters
23 See at least 7 UNESCO World Heritage sites
24 Visit Budapest
25 Visit Prague or Vienna
26 Visit Edinburgh
27 Visit every county in England
28 Go on a cruise
29 Go camping.
30 Swim in the sea
31 Make a sand castle
32 Go sailing
33 Knit 12 pairs of socks in a year
34 Knit 6 pairs of socks from Around the World in 26 Socks
35 Knit myself a cardigan
36 Knit myself a sweater
37 Take part in Ravelympics 2012
38 Learn to spin
39 Sew a garment
40 Complete and frame unfinished cross stitch projects
41 Read 10 classic books
42 Read 10 biographies
43 Read 101 books to Naomi
44 Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
45 Read a book in one day
46 Do a 48 hour book challenge
47 Spend an afternoon reading at the park
48 Read a book in French
49 Learn conversational Spanish
50 Watch 10 classic movies
51 Spend a rainy day watching movies in my PJ's
52 Watch a film from the year of my birth.
53 Go to the movies once a month for a year
54 Watch the entire series of Lost
55 Watch all 3 Lord of the Rings movies in a weekend
56 Create a photo journal for one week
57 Photograph all these tasks as they are completed and blog them.
58 Take a photo of the same place every month for a year
59 Take 101 pictures of things that make me happy.
60 Photograph a sunset
61 Scan my old photos
62 Finish a scrapbook for my mother
63 Start scrapbooks for each of my daughters
64 Write a blog post every day for 1 month.
65 Back up my blog
66 Write a love letter to my husband
67 Write a list of 101 things I’ve already achieved in this lifetime
68 Try 20 new recipes
69 Try out 6 new local restaurants
70 Go to a sushi bar
71 Bake my own bread for a month
72 Learn to play high B flat on the trombone
73 Learn to play Fiddler on the Roof on the violin
74 Clean out the garage
75 Declutter my house
76 Do 40 trash bag challenge
77 Paint my kitchen yellow
78 Redecorate the dining room
79 Go through every item of clothing in my closet and decide what to keep/throw out.
80 Get an iPhone
81 Buy a pair of red shoes
82 Learn how to french braid
83 Wear earrings everyday for a month.
84 Build a snowman
85 Don't complain about anything for a week
86 Go a week without buying anything
87 Be at least 5 minutes early for everything for a week
88 Pay off our mortgage
89 Go on a silent retreat
90 Write a letter to my daughter for her to read on her 18th Birthday.
91 Do the Race for Life
92 Go for a spa day
93 Get a manicure.
94 Drink champagne with breakfast
95 Make champagne cocktails
96 Send flowers anonymously to a friend in need
97 Save one hundred £2 coins
98 Plant a rockery
99 Grow tomatoes
100 Grow sunflowers
101 Complete three items from this list each month
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Day Zero Project
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6 comments:
I love your list. I'd better print mine out and put it up on the bulletin board or I'm going to forget what is on it! Looking forward to reading your progress.
If you plan to come to Kew Gardens let me know. We are Friends of Kew so we could take you in as our guests.
You wouldn't have to stay with us, but do allow a long time there is so much to see, recommend the Pavilion Restaurant. As we live near we are so fortunate to just pop in without trying to view everything at one time.
Best wishes for your big 0 birthday,
Madeleine
A good list I think! Hope you get everything done. I love making lists and schedules, it gives me a sense of control over my life. :)
Kathryn, this is a wonderful list! I was wondering....how do you back up a blog? I should probably do that, too, but didn't even know you could.
Oh I love Kew - was wondering if I could get over there this autumn to see some leaf colour.
Can I suggest an 11b? "Stay fitting comfortably in size 14..." as I just gave in and bought 16s :sigh: Back on the Wii fit and healthy eating.
Great idea and I'll have a look at the prompts it sounds fun, but then I love lists :)
This is a great list! I got turned onto the project recently too! How's the progress going so far?
I'm trying to help motivate other people to do their lists as I do mine. :) It's more fun to read about other people's as well. :)
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