17th September 2009 - 14th June 2012. 101 things I'd like to achieve in 1001 days.
1. Create a blog for this list
2. Create a new collection on Flickr.com
3. Volunteer 101 hours of my time (to family, friends, or charities) (8/101)
4. Swim 1001 lengths of the pool at the gym (6/1001)
5. Get a comfortable pair of earplugs for my MP3 player
6. Get a pedometer
7. Walk 101 miles (151,757/202,000 steps)
8. Send a secret to Postsecret.com
9. Leave 10 “secrets” in books for other people to find (0/10)
10. Give 10 “I saw this and thought of you” cards or presents (1/10)
11. Give someone flowers “just because” (1/5)
12. Have an “unplugged day” (1/6)
13. Learn to meditate
14. Attend an organised act of worship
15. Attend an organised retreat
16. Give something up for Lent (1/3)
17. Read the Bible
18. Read the Qur’an
19. Visit a mosque
20. Read the Talmud
21. Visit a synagogue
22. Rainy Day fund – save 6 months net wages (44%)
23. When the Rainy Day fund’s complete – save for a camper van!
24. Collect £2 coins(£162)
25. Monitor online banking
26. Update budget spreadsheet regularly
27. Log on to MoneySavingExpert.com regularly
28. File all bills and paperwork once a month
29. Bake something once a month
30. Get a new wok – asked for one for Christmas
31. Get a set of good crockery
32. Get a set of good cutlery
33. Free/Recycle the old crockery and cutlery
34. Lay the dining table and eat at it once a week
35. Eat out in 10 new restaurants (1/10)
36. Collect recipes I’d like to try and stick them in my Dodo Cookbook (6/50)
37. Cook one of the new recipes every month
38. Go on a picnic
39. Grow three types of herb on the kitchen windowsill (0/3)
40. Grow a chilli plant on the kitchen windowsill
41. Shine the sink every evening for a month (0/30)
42. Take a packed lunch to work every day I’m in the office
43. Make a bento
44. Clear the spam out of my inbox once a week
45. Defrag the computer once a month
46. Finish a cross stitch project for someone else
47. Finish “Max in the
48. Get Max framed
49. Finish the samurai cross stitch
50. Get the samurai framed
51. Complete an Advanced Excel course
52. Read some new (to me) books (10/50)
53. Watch the sun rise at the seaside
54. Watch the sun set at the seaside
55. Watch the clouds for an hour
56. “100 Walks in Warwickshire and West Midlands” (0/10)
57. Catch 101 fish (17/101)
58. Take a trip on a canal boat
59. Learn to tie mono to braid without the diagrams!
60. Ride a roller coaster
61. Visit an English Heritage / National Trust property (0/20)
62. Go back to Scotland for a holiday
63. Go back to southern Ireland for a holiday
64. Buy a camper van
65. Reschedule that month long road trip that got cancelled
66. Road trip!
67. Go to a museum
68. Go to an exhibition
69. Go to the theatre
70. Go to a concert
71. Go to the ballet
72. Go to a stand up comedy event
73. Visit a war memorial
74. Go to the (horse) races
75. Go to an auction
76. Go to a craft fair
77. Go on a weekend city break
78. Renew my passport – application form rec’d, need to fill it in
79. Holiday on another continent
80. Take a “classic” Rail tour abroad (Banff, Trans-Siberian etc.)
81. “10 things you may not have known about me” set (0/10)
82. Birmingham A – Z set (0/26)
83. 1 – 101 numbers set (0/101)
84. Document a race, march or parade in photos on Flickr.com
85. Complete a “Seven Deadly Sins” set on Flickr.com
86. Get one of my photos printed onto canvas and hang it in the flat
87. Moo.com postcards (0/20)
88. Design and make my own T shirt
89. Learn to make a friendship bracelet
90. Give a friendship bracelet
91. Obtain some new comedy DVDs (4/10)
92. Obtain some audio books for MP3 player (0/5)
93. Write a letter to a company praising their service
94. Make and release a “message in a bottle”
95. Get a book signed by its author
96. Blog about each completed item (11/101)
97. Photo for each item on the list (13/101)
98. Update blog once a week
99. Publish a Blurb.com book about this list
100. Donate £101 to charity
101. Crack open a bottle of really good champagne and celebrate!
So happy for you hon!! Sounds like it will be a fantastic experience and one to remember for ever. So worth doing and life is for living after all!!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'll be able to keep this level of excitement up for the next 14 months....but I'll give it a go!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO enjoy hun enjoy!
ReplyDeleteDespite not knowing you. I am officially jealous!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou'll have an amazing experience.
All the best,
A fellow to do lister :)