101 Things

I started my 101 Things in 1001 days list on Tuesday, 19th August 2008 and my end date is Tuesday, 17 May 2011.

The idea is to write a list of 101 things you would like to achieve in the next 1001 days (roughly 2 and 3/4 years). I’m still working on my list although some things have been changed.

In Progress
Completed

1. Have an emergency fund of £3000
2. Have a travel fund of £3000
3. Pay my parents back £1000
4. Get a pay rise – May 2009
5. Get on the property ladder
6. Sell stuff at a car boot sale – 14/09/2008
7. Learn about investing my money
8. Donate £10 to charity for every goal not completed in 1001 days
9. All Christmas 2009 presents to come from Etsy
10. Eat dinner at the table at home once a week (4/143)
11. Have a baby
12. Visit Paris with boyfriend
13. Surprise boyfriend more
14. See Liverpool play at Anfield with boyfriend
15. Go running in the rain – 21/02/2009
16. Run 10k at least 10 times (0/10)
17. Run a marathon
18. Take asthma medication properly - 17/11/2008 onwards
19. Learn to rock-climb – 27/09/2008
20. Keep doing pilates even once I cancel my gym membership – June 2009
21. Get a bike
22. Start cycling to work
23. Research and join a good dentist – 24/06/2009
24. Spend 2 weeks getting up no later than 8am in an attempt to retrain my bad sleep habits (0/14)
25. Have acupuncture
26. Get another tattoo
27. Take an evening class – Creative Writing, Sep 2008 – Feb 2009
28. Write a children’s book
29. Win NaNoWriMo
30. Buy something at a graduate degree show
31. Learn the alphabet backwards fast
32. Learn how to use all the features on my camera
33. Learn a new card game – Blackjack 20/12/2008
34. Teach someone a card game – Coins Jan 2009
35. Join a fruit and veg box scheme
36. Finish watching The Wire – Finished March 2009
37. Watch every episode of the Sopranos
38. Watch every episode of Dawson’s Creek (60/128 episodes)
39. Take a photo representing each completed task (3/101)
40. Record a “Day in the life of me” with photographs
41. Score over 300 at Scrabble
42. Read 50 books (22/50)
43. See Brand New live – 24/06/2009
44. See Jimmy Eat World live
45. Go to Leeds Festival (again)
46. Clean up and organise my iPod - November 2008 onwards
47. Go to a book signing
48. See Derren Brown on tour
49. Learn to ride a scooter
50. Donate 50,000 grains of rice at FreeRice.com (22,000/50,000)
51. Volunteer – Started with a children’s charity March 2009
52. Watch the sunrise – Applecross 28th June 2009
53. Learn to play Chess properly and win a game
54. Get rid of 101 things I do not need (101/101) – July 2009
55. Paint the front door
56. Thoroughly clean bathroom once a month (5/33)
57. Buy a Brand New t-shirt – 24/06/2009
58. Buy a Scooter
59. Buy a great pair of knee high boots
60. Own something from Tiffany
61. Make a kitchen apron
62. Take a road trip with friends – Applecross, Jun 26-28 2009
63. Visit Crocker abroad
64. Spend 48 hours totally alone, no tv, phone or laptop
65. Go canoeing – Applecross, Jun 27 2009
66. Go climbing at Elephant Rock
67. Visit Whitchurch, Hampshire, the town I grew up in
68. Visit Canada with boyfriend
69. Go to a wedding
70. Visit the “Harry Potter Bridge”
71. Go skydiving
72. Get brave enough to hold my uncles tarantula - 25/08/2008
73. Visit Alton Towers
74. Learn how to backflip on my trampoline
75. Re-Learn how to do handstands
76. Give Blood - 24/09/2008, 20/01/2009, 14/04/2009 (03/01)
77. Climb Ben Nevis
78. Make 1001 cupcakes (190/1001)
79. Start a recipe book
80. Grow a herb garden
81. Grow my own tomatoes
82. Learn to make Rice Pudding from scratch
83. Make 1 batch of fresh soup per month (8/33)
84. Try 10 new restaurants (6/10) – City Bar Dec 08, Light of Bengal Feb 09, Las Iguanas Jun 09, Oryza Sushi Jun 09, Applecross Inn Jun 09, The Globe Jun 09
85. Eat a Square Pie in Selfridges London – 03/06/2009
86. No chocolate for 1 month (can be February!)
87. Try food shopping online
88. Go for a picnic at least 5 times (0/5)
89. Go strawberry picking
90. Learn to make jam with the picked strawberries
91. Start buying meat from a butcher
92. Start buying fish from a fishmonger
93. Attempt to go vegetarian for 1 whole month
94. Learn to knit something other than a scarf
95. Learn to make pulled pork
96. Have a cocktail party
97. Learn to drive
98. Become a Befriender
99. Write a weekly blog update about how I’m getting on (2/143)
100. Motivate someone to do their own 101 things in 1001 days. (Please let me know if this has motivated you so I can mark this off!) – My Sister and Aunt and her whole family!
101. Change a maximum of 10 goals throughout 1001 days (2/10) Changed 35 from “Watch IMDb’s top 101 Films (at 19/08/2008)”, 30 from “Look up the meaning of every word I don’t know”.