day 60: 101 in 1001

The Day Zero Project.

Have you heard about it?

Have you seen someone else's list on the blog-o-sphere.

I've seen it around here and there, and it's always intrigued me.

So, I decided to investigate it and make my own!

About It

A unique challenge that inspires you to set and achieve your personal goals in life.

The Challenge

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria

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

Why 1001 Days?

Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a 'Bucket List.' 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 task, which is better organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, study semesters, or outdoor activities.

Start Date: March 1, 2011

End Date: November 26, 2013

1. Audition for a show at ENCORE Theatre Company

2. Use moisturizer every day for 6 months (0/6)

3. Wash face nightly for 6 months (0/6)

4. Get into shape with Jazzercise twice a week

5. Plan out a fictional novel & work on beginning 5 chapters

6. Use Cricut around house and to make cards, decorative accents, etc.

7. Make healthy, home-cooked dinner every night for 1001 days (0/1001)

8. Write at least two blog entries for 4 months (0/4)

9. Reduce spending money on frivolous items for 6 months

10. Save money for vacations, babies, life's unexpected moments for 1001 days (0/1001)

11. Learn French

12. Take a road trip and stop at random world record locations (i.e. largest ball of twine, etc.)

13. Visit another country/continent

14. Create a wedding photo book

15. Pay off parents for college

16. Wear makeup everyday for 4 months {even lazy days} (0/4)

17. Read 45 books (0/45)

18. Spend less time on the computer and more time with my husband for 6 months (0/6)

19. Set up my office and leave my computer there

20. Keep a daily journal {until our wedding anniversary} giving reasons why I love my husband

21. Keep my car clean for 2 months (0/2)

22. Get name changed legally and change all important documents

23. Learn to ski

24. Go on a Girls Only Trip

25. Organize recipes

26. Meet 5 new people

27. Go to dentist

28. Have eyes examined

29. Learn sign language

30. Lose 25 pounds

31. Go to a Carolina Panthers games with my husband 

32. Master Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred

33. Investigate Graduate School for Masters in Special Education

34. Attend the Kentucky Derby

35. Get a dSLR and learn how to use it to its fullest capability

36. Adopt a dog or car

37. Finish the Love Dare book

38. Read a new book every month for 12 months (0/12)

39. Read all books in my possession before buying anymore

40. Read all of Jane Austen's novels

41. Scrapbook by entire relationship {pre-marriage} with my husband

42. Host a holiday dinner

43. Read the Harry Potter series

44. Go blonde

45. Start the process of moving/Move

46. Whiten teeth

47. Have a technology-free weekend {no computer, no phone, no television, etc.}

48. Make homemade ice cream

49. Avoid fast food for 1 month (0/1)

50. Ice Skate at Rockefeller Center

51. Get boudoir shots done for husband

52. Take my niece to see The Nutcracker

53. Learn HTML coding

54. Learn calligraphy

55. Donate formal dresses to good cause

56. Update wardrobe to include more dresses and skirts

57. Stay at a luxe resort

58. Go to a drive-in movie theatre

59. Act in a play/musical

60. Help plan/coordinate someone's wedding

61. Meet a celebrity in a social setting

62. Fly first class

63. Go to church every Sunday for entire project (0/143)

64. Paint guest room

65. Paint guest room furniture

66. Find, buy, and assemble decorative items for all rooms

67. Paint chalkboard in kitchen on laundry room door

68. Fix bathroom ceiling

69. Put Christmas decorations away each year

70. Clean house once a week for 6 months (0/6)

71. Find wallpaper to use in the back of cabinets and shelving units

72. Hang paintings, photos, art work

73. Clean out/Re-organize closets once a month {use label maker}

74. Get buffet/sideboard piece for dining room and set it up

75. Find, buy, and assemble curtains/window treatments for all rooms

76. Rearrange Master until it "clicks"

77. Put away all wedding gifts

78. Landscape both front and back yards

79. Re-do upstairs bathroom

80. Keep real flowers on dining room table every day for 1 month (0/1)

81. Get home foundation checked

82. Replace all home appliances that are "dying"

83. Purge all items from house that are not needed

84. List house to sell

85. Sell house

86. Find a headboard to guest room bed

87. Find a bigger house and put an offer on it

88. Get PreK certification

89. Teach PreK

90. Teach one grade for more than one year

91. Work hard to help students succeed as much as they can by the end of the school year

92. Teach in my style for a year

93. Celebrate the small accomplishments for 6 months (0/6)

94. Become CPR certified

95. Use label maker and shoe bins to organize classroom

96. Master SmartBoard and use daily in classroom

97. Read 5 books that will help make me a better teacher and help me better understand my students

98. Be "formally" recognized for my hard work, dedication, or something job related

99. See the Northern Lights

100. Dance in the rain

101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list