Friday, 11 January 2008

101 things to do in 1001 days

101 things to do in 1001 days

http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/default.asp

My start date is the 14th of January 2008. Completion date is the 11th of October 2010

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).


The List:

3/101 Completed

  1. Meditate every day for a week
  2. Practice the ukulele every day for 2 weeks.
  3. Learn a new programming language.
  4. Start a website
  5. Go to the Theatre
  6. See a panto
  7. Watch Pete for a weekend so D can go away.
  8. Have a monthly "Date Night" with Dawn. 1/34
  9. Fast for a day
  10. Meditate twice a week for a month
  11. Make a blog post a week for 2 months.
  12. Have a webcam chat with my Dad.
  13. Send Flowers to D.
  14. Register a Domain Name
  15. Download some digital music
  16. Fly a kite.
  17. Potty Train Pete.
  18. Give something away on Freecycle
  19. Sell something I've made on Ebay
  20. Make some homebrew Wine.
  21. Spend £100 pounds on clothes in one go.
  22. Take Dawn on Holiday.
  23. Have a conversation in a foreign language.
  24. Join the Gregson.
  25. Watch a movie at the Gregson.
  26. See Dawn Dance.
  27. Make a toy for Pete
  28. Make a plaque for Crichton and Katcha's baby.
  29. Give Blood!!!
  30. Do yoga once a week for 2 months.
  31. Ride my bike to work for 3 months.
  32. Take a packed lunch to work every day for 2 months.
  33. Buy an album for a band/artist I've never heard of.
  34. Go to a gig.
  35. Do some freelance work.
  36. Buy a video game.
  37. No caffeine for 2 weeks.
  38. Sew something
  39. Learn to cook 15 new dishes.
  40. Post this list on my soon to be created blog.
  41. Do some volunteer work
  42. Set up a workflow for contacts, tasks, notes, etc. and use it!
  43. Comment on a blog regularly.
  44. Make 3 batches of Jam.
  45. Make 3 batches of Chutney.
  46. Write a restaurant review.
  47. Have a boardgame night.
  48. Do some volunteer work.
  49. Handwrite a letter.
  50. Make a recipe book.
  51. Carve Something out of wood.
  52. Write a 55, http://www.uknet.com/gallery/55-Fiction/55_G
  53. Practice some survival skills.
  54. Start using Linux at home.
  55. Start a new family tradition.
  56. Read a book by Salman Rushdi.
  57. Finish reading a book that D Recomends.
  58. Feed the ducks with P.
  59. Put together a memory book about Mom.
  60. Pratice the guitar everynight for 2 weeks.
  61. Buy a survival knife and firelighter.
  62. Climb 3 big hills.
  63. Go rock climbing.
  64. Give up alcohol for 3 months.
  65. Stockpile at least 3 welldone/bad day gifts for D.
  66. Wear Nail Polish to a party.
  67. Join a Wine Makers Circle.
  68. Get an allotment.
  69. Grow loofah sponges as gifts.
  70. Make something from Instructables.com that interests me.
  71. Write and Instructables.com article
  72. Join Greenpeace or Friends of the Earth and participate in at least one campaign/action.
  73. Pay for Car Tax with Post Office Savings Stamps.
  74. Compile a DVD of videos of P to send to family members!
  75. Practice taking photographs, sell some photos to www.istockphoto.com
  76. Be able to do 50 pushups in under 5 minutes.
  77. Be able to do 50 situps in under 5 minutess.
  78. Become a British Citizen
  79. Build up an emergency fund of 1 month's salary
  80. Write a letter to P once a month. 0/34
  81. Take a dance class with D.
  82. Take our baby sitters (K, T, B, and S) out for dinner to say thanks for all the pro-bono baby sitting.
  83. Watch a play in Williamson's park/Ashton Memorial
  84. Build a small cob oven.
  85. Take fencing lessons.
  86. Bind a book
  87. Make a list of household things to fix and fix 50% of them.
  88. Make wheatgrain/buckwheat hull/rice stuffed warming cushions as gifts.
  89. Send D on holiday
  90. Look at Google reader API and Google desktop SDK, I want to write a Google Desktop plugin for Google reader.
  91. Sort out a retirement plan
  92. Invenst £100 in Premium Bonds



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow it's so expensive to become a UK citizen ;-x

all the best with your list & goals.

vialde said...

Yeah, It is, and it's getting more so every year. Including initial fees for residency fees etc it comes to well over £1000