101 in 1001 Days

The Challenge:
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 your part).

Start date: January 7th, 2010
End date: October 4rd, 2012

Reading/Writing/Learning

1.       Write a song
2.       Write in a journal at least once a week
3.       Read the entire top 100 books of all time (find the list!)
4.       Pen pal my sister while she’s at boarding school
5.       Write a letter to someone I find in the phonebook
6.       Learn a new language
7.       Read ‘Islam for Dummies’
8.       Start to write a bucket list of things to do in my life
9.       Write and attach notes to memories in the memory box
10.    Learn how to play the guitar
11.    Write down something interesting each day
12.    Read at least 1 non-fiction book a month
13.    Write a blog a week

Designing/Craft

14.    Paint a mural for my wall
15.    Design and make a chair
16.    Design a wedding cake and/or invitations
17.    Design a dress and make it - then actually wear it
18.    Design something amazing
19.    Make a tie skirt or dress
20.    Make a board game
21.    Make a treehouse
22.    Finish projects in the ‘craft box’
23.    Make a collage of my family tree
24.    Make at least 2 world of wearable arts entries

Events

25.    Go to a music festival
26.    Go to a musical
27.    Go to a comedy show
28.    Participate in Holi while in India
29.    Run a face painting stall for something
30.    Have a costume party
31.    Go to a fancy event - wear an evening gown
32.    Participate in the 40 hr film festival
33.    Complete a successful ‘FlashMob’ event
34.    Organise a ‘speed dating’ dinner for my friends

Challenges

35.    Get My Driver’s License
36.    Watch the sun rise and set at the same location, without sleeping
37.    Take a photograph a day
38.    Take a skydive
39.    Make a bungy jump
40.    Say yes to something I’d usually say no to
41.    Invent a new word
42.    Sing a song at a karaoke bar
43.    Be an extra for tv or a movie
44.    Organise a surprise party for someone
45.    Give 5 ‘just because I can’ gifts
46.    Make and complete a Wellington ‘Bucket List’
47.    Convince someone to do a crazy tv show marathon with me - no sleep
48.    Do at least 1 random act of kindness a week
49.    Learn how to ride a unicycle
50.    Watch as much Tim Minchin as I can find
51.    Write a message in a bottle, and ask someone on a cruise to throw it overboard in the middle of the ocean
52.    Set up a good friend on a blind date

Travel

53.    Go to India
54.    Roadtrip the whole of NZ
55.    Go on a spontaneous roadtrip for a weekend
56.    Do Camp America/Cruise Liner
57.    Go to the amazing maze in maize
58.    Organise a camping trip
59.    Go on an overnight tramp

Money

60.    Buy a car
61.    Buy an SLR camera
62.    Raise $10,000 for Camp Quality
63.    Get all insurances needed
64.    Save $1 a day for 1001 days - in a jar so I can see it

Food

65.    Grow a herb garden
66.    Have dinner by candlelight
67.    Take my parents out for dinner
68.    Make feijoa wine or vodka from own fruit
69.    Make an amazing gingerbread house
70.    Make chicken korma from scratch
71.    Buy a really good icing piping set
72.    Make 10 different people breakfast in bed
73.    Eat no dairy whatsoever for a month
74.    Make gnocchi from scratch

Body

75.    Get another tattoo
76.    Get my nose pierced
77.    Be happy wearing a bikini
78.    Do at least 4 hours of exercise a week
79.    Have a crazy haircut
80.    Do a body detox for a week every year

For Me

81.    Start my own brand
82.    Redo my website
83.    Make a proper portfolio
84.    Apply for a job at Weta
85.    Start ballroom dancing classes
86.    Identify 100 things that make me happy
87.    Go to a movie by myself
88.    Join a theatre group

Misc.

89.    Ask for a cute guy’s number
90.    Go on a blind date
91.    Meet someone special
92.    Take my mum out for a surprise day
93.    Adopt a needy animal
94.    Dance in the rain with someone
95.    Do a massive clean out
96.    Have a night just with my oldest brother
97.    Help Mum paint the house
98.    Make fortune cookies, seal them and leave them around town
99.    Carve my name on a tree
100.  Stay for a week with my Grandma
101.  Make an instructional video for YouTube