Hi internet friends!
It has been a while since I last posted and a lot has changed. With a new
month here I wanted to kick off with a little something different. I recently stumbled upon the Day Zero Project and with many things changing in my personal life
I wanted to make my own 101 list to complete in 1001 days (roughly 2.75 yrs). I will keep this post updated as challenges
are in progress and completed, as well as post pictures about some of the
challenges. If you feel inspired to
start your own Day Zero Project good luck and keep me posted on your progress :)
Start Date: September 3, 2013
End Date: May 31, 2016
Personal
Development
- Clean basement/bedroom at parents place and donate items no longer need
- Encourage someone to create their own 101 in 1001
- Complete a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days
- Eat at five new restaurants (0/5)
- Read unread books on bookshelf
- Complete 7 goals in a week (0/7)
- Grow something from a seed
- Perform 5 random acts of kindness (0/5)
- Take an archery class
- start writing for blog again
- Have a penguin encounter
Healthy
Living
12. Stop biting my fingernails
13. Go a month without drinking soda (0/31)
14. Go to dermatologist
15. Find out blood type
- Complete C25K
- Complete a 'Walk To Mordor' challenge
- Complete a 200 Sit-ups Challenge
- lose weight – personal goal 15-20 lbs
- Complete a 100 Pushups Challenge
- Eat three (3) things I’ve never tried before (0/3)
- Get a pedicure
- Get a massage
- Cook at home every night for one month (0/31)
- Don't eat fast food for a month (including Starbucks/Dunkin Donuts) (0/31)
- Don't eat out for a month (0/31)
- Don't eat sweets for a month (0/31)
Family,
Friends and Love
- Adopt a rescue pet
- Volunteer at an animal shelter &/or zoo
- Research my family tree
- Help a friend move
- Have a romantic weekend away
- Take a romantic walk on the beach
- Enjoy a romantic dinner
- Call (5) friends I haven’t talked to in a while (0/5)
Being
Creative
36. When possible, blog & photograph the
tasks I complete
37. Blog daily for 30 consecutive days (0/30)
38. Leave an inspirational note inside a book
for someone to find
39. Perform a Chinese fire drill
40. Participate in BookCrossing
41. Make a list of the 100 best experiences of
my life
42. Write a 101 list of things I have already
completed
- Make a list of the books I have read
- Make a list of 50 places I would like to visit in my lifetime
- Make a list of my 50 favorite movies
- Make a list of 100 songs that I love
- Finish novel and submit it for publication
- Take a photo a day for one year (0/365)
- Take a photo of the same place very month for one year, then turn it into a calendar for the next year (0/12)
- Create a photo album from Cross Country Road Trip
- Create a family photo album
- Organize photo collection
- Create/Organize cookbook of family recipies
Experiences
and Travel
- Visit a Disney theme park during a holiday season
- Ride in a horse drawn carriage
- Visit Museum of Moving Pictures
- Visit Titanic Museum
- Travel across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Visit Atlantic City Boardwalk
- Go pumpkin and apple picking in the fall
- Go on vacation with a group of friends
- Take a vacation to a tropical destination
- Make (realistic) plan for trip to a foreign country
- Go backpacking
- Practice derby w/ (5) teams from different states (0/5)
- Go to a music festival
- Go kayaking or white water rafting
- Watch the sunset on a beach
- Visit Gettysburg National Military Park
- Witness an electrical storm in tornado alley
- Visit New Orleans
- Visit Las Vegas
- Attend 10 different ethnic festivals (0/10)
- Attend The Big E
- Attend King Richard's Faire
Home
- Organize home office
- Decorate home for each holiday
Financial
- Save 1 months’ salary
- Save 3 months’ salary (0/3)
- Save 6 months’ salary (0/6)
- Go 1 week without buying anything (0/7)
- Go 1 month without buying coffee and instead put money into a trip fund when tempted to buy a cup. (0/31)
- Create monthly budget
- Save $5 for every item completed to spend at the end of the 1001 days
- Save my change during the duration of this challenge and cash in my change jar to use for an overseas trip
- Get a new Mac
- Start an emergency fund
- Save $500 in an emergency fund
- Read comic collection
- Complete 5 unfinished video games currently in my gaming library (0/5)
Food and Entertainment
- Take a formal cooking class
- Cook an Indian meal from scratch
- Learn to make Steak Diane without setting anything on fireGo to the Ben & Jerry's factor
- Drink only water for 1 week (0/7)
- Watch all of IMDB'S Top 250 Movies (0/250)
- Watch a movie at a drive-in
- Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever is on it
- Go see a musical
- Go on a zipline
- Make bubble tea
- Go out to a fancy restaurant for dinner
In Progress
