Now, you have to ask yourself...what is 1001 days? It is approxiamtely:
2.74 Years
33.36 Months
143 Weeks
I won't bore you (or myself) with the number of hours or minutes...that's just crazy.
Also - since this list is rather comprehensive - and I still want to do these things! - there isn't a deadline to accomplish these! Who knows, I may even add on to this list! I enjoy looking at it, and seeing what I can do next. (Besides... I can't remember when I started the list, so have no idea when my 1001 days are up!:) )
However, I see this as an 'extended' to do list...things I need to do to better myself, but many more things to 'remind' myself to Have Fun! I also want to make a point of volunteering my time. This is NOT any kind of Bucket List! Just a Massive 'To Do' List that I will get the pleasure of checking off items as time goes by. :)
Completed
Working On
Acquistions
Also - since this list is rather comprehensive - and I still want to do these things! - there isn't a deadline to accomplish these! Who knows, I may even add on to this list! I enjoy looking at it, and seeing what I can do next. (Besides... I can't remember when I started the list, so have no idea when my 1001 days are up!:) )
However, I see this as an 'extended' to do list...things I need to do to better myself, but many more things to 'remind' myself to Have Fun! I also want to make a point of volunteering my time. This is NOT any kind of Bucket List! Just a Massive 'To Do' List that I will get the pleasure of checking off items as time goes by. :)
Completed
Working On
Personal Growth
1. Make healthy fast food choices (for those travelling times I have no choice but...)
2. Work Out for 12 days in one month (6/12)
3. Walk 100 miles (100/100)
4. Achieve a healthy BMI (and MAINTAIN)
5. Learn to play the piano guitar
6. Be able to do 20 REAL push-ups!
7. Make a list of 20 things I like about myself
8. Identify 101 things that make me happy
9. Keep sugary snacks to a minimum
10. Ride 100 miles on my bike (36/100)
11. Cut down on white starches
12. Take Classes (3/3) Understanding Nutrition, Integrative Nutrition, eLearning Design
Acquistions
13. Find that Perfect Little Black Dress (AFTER achieving Healthy BMI)
14. Get a nice DSLR Camera (and know what DSLR stands for)
15. Build a new wardrobe (do fat clothes count?!)
Travel
16. Go to a Jazz Festival I won't be able to do this one. The first year was during a family event, and the second year, they cancelled the show!
18. Go to a vineyard (and hopefully get to stomp on some grapes!)
19. Make a list of “Top 25” places I’d like to visit (and why)
20. Throw a dart at a map and go where it lands (0/3)
21. Touch all “Four Corners” at once -
22. Visit 4 Local Attractions/areas (4/4) Bisbee, Kartchner Caverns, Tombstone
Reading & Writing
23. Organize Recipes
24. Write a Cook Book for our girls to take to college with them
25. Read an autobiography or a biography Wild by Cheryl Strayed
26. Fill a journal with schtuff
27. Read 10 literary classics (2/10) The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Christmas Carol
28. Complete current reading challenges (in 2011)
29. Create a 2012 (or 2013) reading challenge in order to challenge others and myself
30. Find 101 quotes that mean something to me.
31. Create a list of 26 books (one for each letter of the alphabet) that I haven’t read – and read them
32. Write my ‘personal manifesto’
34. Complete my NaNo Novel
Randomness
35. Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever is on it (7/7)
37. Make that cool afghan whose pattern I have carried around for years (the one with different colors and different stitches)
38. Plant a vegetable and/or herb garden to use
39. Make a list of 101 interesting words (that I do not normally use) and (try to) add them to my active vocabulary
40. Make a list of best life experiences and keep adding to it
41. Learn to say “hi,” “May I have another,” “Where is the bathroom?” “Thank you,” and “I love you” in ten different languages
42. Discover 15 new musical artists (15/15) Stacey Kent, Nouvelle Vague, Bon Iver, Agnes Obel, Katie Melua, Adele, Andrew Bird, Sophie Madeleine, Bitter:Sweet, Carla Bruni, The Weepies, The Shins, Gotye, William Ackerman, Melody Gardot
44. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
45. Send a message in a bottle
46. Memorize a poem (0/7)
47. Place an entry in a contest
48. Colouring makes the Brain work better (5/30 pages)
Observations
49. Climb a tree and take a photo of the view
51. Take a self-portrait every week for one year (2/52)
52. Capture a nature scene in a medium other than photography
54. Go someplace to watch a sunrise and a sunset
Maintenance
55. Get piano tuned
56. Plant back planter and try to keep it up for one month
57. Get art up on the walls
59. Scan favourite old photos
60. Plan a menu and stick to it for one month (barring a few minor switches/substitutions) (1/18)
61. Teach our puppy to walk properly on the lead
62. Back up the computers
Skills
63. Take a cooking and/or baking class
64. Be able to identify 5 constellations that I don’t already know
65. Learn to knit a scarf
66. Knit something other than a scarf
67. Take a photography/get to know your camera class
68. Take dance lessons with my husband and let him lead!
69. Paint a picture
70. Make a quilt that isn’t a ‘log cabin’ one
71. Learn HTML/XTML
72. Make a mosaic or a stained glass piece
73. Throw pottery
74. Make 3 different types of crocheted bag (2/3)
Rest and Relaxation
75. ‘Unplug’ once a month for a weekend – no unnecessary electricity (6/24)
76. Candlelight dinners
77. Carry a wine picnic out in nature and enjoy!
78. Go camping!
79. Get to the beach
80. Dance and Kiss in the rain as often as possible
81. Fly a kite
82. Go for a scenic bike ride
83. Hike
84. Go away for a Romantic Weekend
85. Have music on in the house most of the time
Random Acts of Kindness
86. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone
87. Send (and receive) postcards from at least 18 different states/countries through PostCrossing (Sent to 19/18 countries: Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, US, Ukraine. Received from 18/18: Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, US, Ukraine, United Kingdom.)
90. Bake a cake for someone outside the family – just because
91. Buy groceries for the person behind me in line.
92. Send a handwritten letter/card to a friend at least once a month (12/24)
93. Send a care package (or three)
94. Participate in ‘Random acts of kindness’ book swap
95. Volunteer at a food bank or equivalent
97. Be part of a charity event, as either a participant or a volunteer
98. Give someone ‘May Day’ flowers...but not on May Day
Keeping Me on Track
99. Donate $5 to a charity for each task I do not complete
100. Write a letter to myself at the beginning of this project, to read at the end of it
101. Keep a journal and/or blog for this project.
