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 organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
To start creating your own list, go to http://www.dayzeroproject.com/
Start date: 30 August 2009
Finish date: 27 May 2012
- Research family tree
- After doing family history, visit some of the places my family lived
- Make my first quilt
- Build a website from scratch
- Get married!
- Have a go at geocaching
- Write a book
- Write menu plans- seasonal and cheap- every week for a month (0/4)
- Grow potatoes
- Join a screenprinting class
- Go on safari
- Move house
- Do something creative every day for a week (0/7)
- Do something creative every day for a month (0/30)
- Run 5K (run the whole thing)
- Eat 5 things I've never tried before (0/5)
- Cook 5 things I've never cooked before (1/5)- Liver!
- Make a scrapbook of my 30th birthday
- Make a scrapbook of my hen do
- Make a scrapbook of our wedding
- Try waxing (at a salon, not eyebrows)
- Write a routine for cleaning/house management
- Go to opera for the first time
- Go to the ballet again
- Donate blood again as soon as I'm able
- Volunteer 101 hours (3/101)
Make & write thank you cards for Amanda & Kate- Perform 101 random acts of kindness (1/101)
- Read the ones I haven't already from this list (Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy & To kill a mockingbird)
- Participate in a craft fair
- Blog daily for a week (0/7)
- Blog daily for a month (0/30)
- Finish the charity shop quilt I bought
- Make a zine
- Learn to make clip frame purses
- Learn to knit
- Learn to crochet granny squares
- Organise and tidy craft room
- Go to an auction
- Document my tea cup collection
- Get a promotion
- Climb Snowdonia
- Have another horse riding lesson
- Select & take part in a “big” charity event like the Moonwalk
- Take part in a beach cleaning event
- Get up at 7am every day for a week (0/7)
- Get up at 7am every day for a month (0/30)
- Learn another craft I haven't already done
- Set up bi-monthly craft nights/afternoons (0/16)
- Set up a water butt
- And a compost bin
- Take part in illustration friday, once a week for a month (0/4)
- Visit a farmers' market or farm shop once a month (1/33)
- Continue to run the Christmas giving tree at work every year (0/2)
- Treat myself to a 'treatment', either in a salon or DIY, once a month (0/33)
- Go to yoga once a week for a month (0/4)
- Make lunch to take to work every day for a week (0/5)
- Make lunch to take to work every day for a month (0/20)
- Write a love letter to Ben every month (1/33)
- Start a new collection- perfume bottles? Vintage clothes?
- Go on a picnic
- Visit a local attraction once a month e.g. beach, park, museum etc. (1/33)
- Update my blog template
- Make a skirt
- Make a dress
- Go to a classical music concert
- Polish up my French before next holiday in France
- Buy a Diane von Furstenberg dress
- Buy a vintage dress
- Donate something to freecycle, or a charity shop, once a month (0/33)
- Turn down plastic bags for a month (0/30)
- Make some reusable shopping bags to fit in my handbag
- Visit five countries (0/5)
- Write a letter to myself to be opened on my 33rd birthday
- Find a photo of myself that I like and frame it
- Make a cake for Ben's 36th birthday
- Have a session with a personal shopper
- Learn about a historical period (Tudors?)
- Read 10 biographies (0/10)
Have a boudoir photo session- Make something from each of my craft books- donate to charity any books I don't make anything from
- Finish working through the book, “ The Creative License: Giving Yourself Permission to be the Artist You Truly Are”
- At least once a month, go to sleep without reading first (it drives Ben mad!) (1/33)
- Buy new glasses
- Go to New York again (with Ben)
- Re-stock etsy shop
- Find a new band/singer every month and listen to their album (1/33)
- Get my hair cut every 8 weeks (I hate having my hair cut) (0/17)
- Go to motocross or fishing with Ben once every 2 months without complaining (on average, season permitting!) (0/17)
- Eat a piece of fruit every day for a month (0/30)
- Pay my naughty library fine and don't get any more fines!
- Make something and give it to a friend for no reason
- Make 100 handmade presents (1/100)
- Plant a tree
- Have a spa day, just because
- Give snowboarding another try
- Watch 20 of the Times top 100 films (1/20)
- Read a newspaper every day for a week (0/7)
- Learn how to use my mac (I really need to learn the shortcuts I'm so used to with Windows!)
- Start an art journal
- Give £1 to charity for every uncompleted task
