101 Things in 1,001 Days

Full 101 Things List

The list to the right has been condensed for space. This is the full, extended, original list. Links to item entries can be found on the right sidebar, as I am much too lazy to add the links both there and here.

Key:
Strikethrough means something is finished (with the date finished).
Italics means something is in progress (with how much is complete).
Underline means that the item has passed its deadline and was not completed (and why).
Any changes are viewable only by looking at the original list and comparing. Changes made based on impossibility of original goal.

This List

1. Finish this list before May 15, 2007. (Finished 05/12/07)
2. Still be updating/doing this list on May 15, 2009.

Writing and Reading

3. Keep a journal for 365 days straight.
4. Read at least 52 books in the year 2007. (Finished 12/29/07)
5. Write a review or personal thoughts entry on at least 30 of those 52 books. (Finished 12/13/07)
6. Rewrite dreams entries to something a little more readable - at least one year's worth of them, even if it's from May - December 2004.
7. After having done the above, create a website for them.
8. Read at least 101 books throughout the span of the 1,001 days (42 in 2007).
9. Read the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
10. Send three "just because" letters or care packages to friends and family between today and May 12, 2008. (Finished 05/12/08)
11. Over a two month span, write one short story or "fragment" each week.
12. Successfully complete NaNoWriMo. (Finished 11/23/07)
13. Write 15 thank-you cards to the people who have had the most impact on me the past 5 years telling them exactly what they did for me and why it meant so much (12/15).
14. Read at least two books a year out of the "political" or "history" section of a bookstore (4/6).
15. Write 12 or 24 short stories that are all related somehow (theme, characters, passersby, etc) and compile them into a self-published book.
16. Start a quarterly "newsletter" updating the distant family about goings on in my immediate family.
17. Read Absolute Dark Knight graphic novel before the end of June 2007. (Finished 06/29/07)
18. Join a book club and stick with it for at least two months. (Finished 01/17/08)
19. Participate in Sunday Scribblings for six consecutive weeks. (Finished 04/13/08)
20. Borrow at least 3 books from the library, a friend, or work each year and only buy them if they were so enjoyable I could read them a thousand times (3/9).
21. Track down & purchase Lucian's A True Story. (Finished 04/12/08)
22. Read Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and take part in at least two of the exercises.
23. For two months straight, wake up every morning and write down my dream. If I don't remember my dream, write "no memory," or something similar, to show myself that I remembered the journal. (Finished 07/28/07)
24. Leave a letter to the world on a park bench somewhere, addressed accordingly, and at the bottom leave a link to a place similar to WheresGeorge? so that whoever finds it can tell me they found it and what they thought of it.
25. Read all the books by Haruki Murakami I own.
26. Re-read the Lord of the Rings books (Hobbit optional).

Education

27. Learn beginner's Italian.
28. Learn Latin grammar.
29. Take a German conversational course, or one dealing with German literature. (First I should brush up on my vocabulary.)
30. Take a beginning photography class.
31. Take a beginner's painting class.

Arts and Projects

32. Make a series of 8 paintings all related somehow, and give them away to friends and family (each getting one separate piece).
33. Pick 10 favorite quotes from Greek/Roman literature and make art inspired by them; frame & hang this art around apartment (3/10).
34. Create an organized "studio" area for my art projects. (Finished 05/26/07)
35. Participate in 26 Things when it returns. (Finished 05/31/08)
36. Create at least two of the art projects at Michaels.com or MarthaStewart.com.
37. Home decorating: Make themed curtains. (Finished 12/15/07)
38. Start a recipe book to keep favorite recipes in, scrapbook or otherwise.
39. Write & illustrate a children's book with Richard's help.
40. Create a PHP alphabetization script entirely from scratch. (Finished 06/14/07)
41. Take a photo every day for a year. (wherewerewe.org)
42. Sew something useful out of Richard's old pants and those awesome jeans I have.
43. Get my Olympus non-digital camera fixed & cleaned. (This will never happen since I got a new one. Sigh!)
44. Start to make a quilt with my mother, and if it's small, finish it - otherwise, at least get 1/4 of the way through.
45. Make paper (with Richard) and use it for something artsy, a scrapbook or collage or otherwise.

Exercise, Health, and Food

46. For three consecutive months, get on an exercise plan of some kind and stick to it.
47. Take a multivitamin every day for one full month. (Finished 07/31/08)
48. For one full week, drink only water.
49. Eat fruit with one meal each day for a month.
50. Lose 15 pounds and keep it off for three straight months.
51. Cook one new meal at least once a month for six consecutive months.
52. Use the yoga kit/mat I purchased at least twice a week for three consecutive months.
53. Eat only fruit, yogurt, and water for one full week. (Finished 01/09/08)
54. Make home-made donuts.
55. Get a professional massage.
56. Don't drink any kind of soda for an entire month. (Finished 03/19/08)

Family and Friends

57. Ask Grandpa to tell me of his childhood and what my dad was like growing up.
58. Get a family crest bumper sticker for my car.
59. Throw a dinner party for close friends before the end of 2009.
60. Have a "date night" with Richard at least twice a month for three consecutive months.
61. Weather allowing, build a snowman with Richard.
62. Have one super expensive date night in Old Town Alexandria. (Finished 06/13/08)
63. Watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy extended versions in one day with Richard. (Finished 08/31/07)
64. Send a postcard to a friend or family member (different each time) every month for a year.
65. Send Christmas cards to all friends & family at the end of 2007 & 2008.

Organization and Record-Keeping

66. Go through every single file on PC, deleting the ones I'll never use again, saving the ones I use very little to discs/DVDs, then reorganize folders in a fashion that makes sense and stays organized. (Finished 05/30/07)
67. Same above for the laptop, trasferring files between computers accordingly. (Finished 05/30/07)
68. Go through all of my junk in my parents' storage rooms and throw away/donate anything I won't ever need again - except for kids' or memory's sake - and organize everything else.
69. Scan all of my England photographs and put them on discs.
70. Finish cataloging all books in .rtf file on desktop. (Finished 07/15/07)
71. Transfer above catalog to online bookshelf database before 1,001 days are up.
72. Create a budget and stick to it for 6 months.
73. Compile a list of all the books in my personal library that I've actually read, even if I don't remember them.
74. Then note the rest, the to-be-reads, and pick out the ones I probably won't ever get to reading for one reason or another.
75. Move those books back to my parents house, organized neatly on a shelf in my bedroom there.
76. Organize CDs and DVDs in alphabetical order. (Finished 06/30/08)
77. Record all the CDs I own either in a TXT file or using my alphabetization script (created above). (Finished 06/30/08)

Miscellaneous

78. Spend less than 3 hours a day online for one month.
79. Pay a little bit more attention to politics and vote in the 2008 Presidential election.
80. Don't bite nails for an entire month.
81. Create a business plan for used book store before the end of 2007. (Finished 12/31/07)
82. Save up $3,500 in savings account.
83. After the above is done, start depositing paychecks into the checking account, and then move at least $20 a month into savings for a future trip to Italy, England, or the bookstore.
84. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween and put it on the balcony/porch. (Finished 10/30/07)
85. Save $1 a day for the entire year of 2009.
86. Donate $1 to a literacy charity for every item not completed on this list on the 1,001th day.
87. For an entire year, spend less than $100 on books during each month.
88. Visit Ohio once a year throughout the span of the 1,001 days (2/3).
89. Go ice skating at least twice during the winter season of 2007/08. (Completely slipped my mind, surgery, and family problems.)
90. Attend two free events in DC and the area each year (3/6).
91. For three consecutive months, brush teeth at least twice a day.
92. Buy a turtle. (Finished 09/27/07)
93. Pay to have professional portraits taken.
94. Go back to school and start working on associates degree in ____ (fill in desired field here).
95. Visit 15 bookstores in Washington, DC (used or otherwise) (13/15).
96. Acquire a passport.
97. Write inspiring messages (probably about books or education) on 10 little notes and leave them at various locations (5/10).
98. Create a mix tape with labels and pretty cover art and put it on a bench in a park somewhere with the message that it was left there intentionally for YOU (the finder) to listen to it.
99. Go swimming at least twice during the summer of 2007. (Finished 07/17/07)
100. Visit that psychic on Minniville Road and see what she can tell me about me (apparently she was very accurate in telling secrets about two friends of mine).
101. Participate in Holiday Wishes during at least one of the encompassed Christmases. (Finished 12/15/07)