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My 101 Things in 1001 days list:

• Start day – 01/06/2009
• End day – 27/02/2012 – so clearly failed on most of these but I’ll try again with a new list

Personal Improvement

1. Read War and Peace
2. Read Don Quixote – doing
3. Improve german / german conversation class
4. Read Shakespeare’s sonnets
5. Complete 3 courses in random but interesting things (2/3)
6. Go to pilates again – actually yoga 

7. Swim regularly
8. Give up chocolates/sweets/crisps each lent (1/2)
9. Lose weight – getting there slowly

At Home

10. Create a ‘grow-your-own’ garden
11. Grow something from a seed or cutting
12. Dig out the front garden
13. Make Omi’s jam
14. Clear out the piano area

Creative

15. Build something from scratch
16. Finish 2 crochet projects (0/2)
17. Complete embroidery project
18. Complete cross stitch project
19. Take a picture everyday for a month (0/31)
20. Take at least 5 pictures good enough to enter a competition (0/5)
21. Write a piece of music
22. Design a graphic for my blog
23. Write a poem a week for 3 months (6/12)
24. Get a poem/short story published – online or otherwise

Giving Back

25. Give blood
26. Support at least 2 charities regularly (2/2)
27. Implement 3 new environmentally saving ideas (0/3)
28. Volunteer on at least 5 occasions (1/5)

Coding / Technical

29. Prepare to take the ZCE – ongoing
30. Complete the ZCE
31. Create a wordpress theme
32. Attend at least 2 conferences (2/2)
33. Blog everyday for a week
34. Redesign choir website

Diving

35. Complete rescue diver
36. Complete EFR
37. Complete divemaster
38. Complete 2 specialities (2/2)
39. Get Master Scuba Diver Card
40. Buy new wing bcd

Places to go

41. Visit Alton Towers
42. Go to Paulton’s Park
43. Visit Marwell zoo
44. Visit The Living Rainforest
45. Visit Old Basing House again
46. Visit The Natural History Museum
47. Take 2 city breaks (1/2)
48. Visit Wales
49. Go to Cornwall (esp. St.Ives)
50. Visit 2 places out of my list of where I want to go (see below) (2/2)

Things To Do

51. Go to the theatre
52. Go to the ballet
53. Go to the opera
54. Go to a comedy show
55. Go to a carnival / street fair
56. Go to an outdoors summer concert
57. Go to a wine tasting session
58. Go on a road trip
59. Go camping
60. Go to the cinema at least every 2 months (5/16)
61. Go on the London Eye
62. Visit a vineyard
63. Watch the 50 top films (taken from IMDB, below)
64. Have a day’s pampering at a spa
65. Watch all Lord of the Rings films in a weekend
66. Go to 4 live gigs (0/4)
67. Practice trumpet regularly for a month x 3 (0/3)
68. Buy one completely frivolous thing
69. Buy an original piece of art
70. Write to Omi
71. Get another tattoo
72. Join an orchestra
73. Buy some stocks / shares
74. Make some sweets / toffees etc to take to friends
75. Cook dinner for my mum

Things I don’t normally do

76. Climb a mountain (can be a small one)
77. Swim in the sea (UK)
78. Go horse riding
79. Have a flying lesson
80. Go go-kart racing
81. Take a trip in a glider
82. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
83. Climb a tree
84. Go canoeing
85. Go to a non-mandatory lecture or seminar I wouldn’t normally attend
86. Go powerboating
87. Go sailing

General Organisation

88. Pay off credit card
89. Pay off loan
90. Organise photos into albums
91. Move out
92. Sell stuff on ebay
93. Go to the dentist
94. Clean up my car
95. Create a ‘if something dire ever happens’ plan
96. Clear out the eves cupboards
97. Sort out jewellery box
98. Print pictures to put into frames
99. Take sandwiches to work everyday for 2 weeks

Task List

100. Put away £10 for every task I complete
101. Donate £10 for each task not completed

Day Zero – Creating your own 1001 Day Project

The Mission:

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:

Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?

Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

50 Films:

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

2. The Godfather (1972)

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

4. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

5. Pulp Fiction (1994)

6. The Dark Knight (2008)

7. Schindler’s List (1993)

8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

9. 12 Angry Men (1957)

10. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

11. Casablanca (1942)

12. Star Wars (1977)

13. Shichinin no samurai (1954)

14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

15. Goodfellas (1990)

16. Rear Window (1954)

17. Cidade de Deus (2002)

18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

19. C’era una volta il West (1968)

20. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

21. Fight Club (1999)

22. The Usual Suspects (1995)

23. Psycho (1960)

24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

25. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

27. The Matrix (1999)

28. Memento (2000)

29. North by Northwest (1959)

30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

31. Citizen Kane (1941)

32. Se7en (1995)

33. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

34. Léon (1994)

35. Apocalypse Now (1979)

36. American Beauty (1999)

37. Taxi Driver (1976)

38. American History X (1998)

39. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

40. Vertigo (1958)

41. WALL·E (2008)

42. Forrest Gump (1994)

43. Paths of Glory (1957)

44. Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2001)

45. M (1931)

46. Double Indemnity (1944)

47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

48. Alien (1979)

49. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

50. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

list of places I want to go:

Maldives

Venice

Cinque Terre

Southern Red Sea

New York

Grand Canyon

Germany

Vienna

St. Petersburg

New Zealand

Sicily

Morocco

Petra

Istanbul

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