101 in 1001 List

The Mission
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

End Date
By a huge coincidence the date of completion for my 101 in 1001 list is my birthday!
Friday 28 May 2010

Progress
61 tasks completed

Fun
1. Climb three trees (2 of 3)
2. Try surfing at least five times (1 of 5)
3. Bake at least thirty different cup cake recipes (11 of 30)
4. Go skiing somewhere in Europe
5. Perform at a dance festival or event (complete)
6. Go camping five times with Owen (complete)
7. Go on at least ten picnics (complete)
8. Read one poem by Rumi everyday for two months
9. Take a jazz dancing class for ten weeks (2 of 10)
10. Go on an adventure once a month (33 of 33)
11. Learn two new card games (complete)
12. Eat at five new restaurants in Christchurch (complete)
13. Go to a live music concert (complete)
14. Attend a play (complete)
15. Go to three fireworks displays (complete)

People
16. Send really nice Christmas cards to friends and family
17. Get updated addresses of all my friends (complete)
18. Invite friends round for an old fashioned tea party (complete)
19. Buy flowers for someone I love
20. Write a group email at least once a month (9 of 33)
21. Visit friends in Auckland (complete)
22. Make a list of the birthdays of people I know and send a card/email/text on time (complete)
23. Smile at one random person each day (complete)
24. Write a letter to my Grandpa (complete)
25. Take my parents out for dinner

Travel
26. Get a new passport (complete)
27. Take a Contiki Tour around Europe
28. Spend at least a week in Paris (complete)
29. Go to the Louvre (complete)
30. Order in French at a French restaurant (complete)
31. Ride in a gondola in Venice
32. Go to Rome
33. Visit the Acropolis in Greece
34. See the pyramids in Egypt
35. Order a Guinness in Ireland
36. Visit Stonehenge (complete)
37. Go to a market in Morocco
38. Take part in the tomato festival in Spain
39. Go to Turkey
40. Visit Amsterdam (complete)
41. Visit a concentration camp (complete)
42. See the midnight sun in Scandinavia
43. Go to Thailand (complete)
44. Spend one day just lazing on a beach (complete)
45. Go on a train ride (complete)

Creative
46. Fill at least three Moleskine/CIAK journals (1 of 3)
47. Write three short stories
48. Take at least ten photos a day for six months
49. Do at least two posts a week on my blog
50. Customise the appearance of my blog (complete)
51. Learn three new pieces on the piano (1 of 3)
52. Paint a picture
53. Buy a piece of art that I love (complete)
54. Put all my photos in a photo album
55. Scan all my favourite photos from the last eight years
56. Knit a scarf (complete)

Career
57. Write an in-depth career plan (complete)
58. Get rid of all my extra flash drives and only have two (complete)
59. Sort out all my paperwork and either file or discard
60. Complete the Graduate Diploma in Career Development
61. Have some volunteer work experience as a career advisor (complete)
62. Write a business plan for my company
63. Find five new event related contracts for my company (5 of 5)
64. Get a working visa for the UK (complete)
65. Work in the UK for three months (complete)

Financial
66. Save $12,000 to travel round Europe by 27 April 2008 (complete)
67. Pay off the remaining money owing on the lounge suite (complete)
68. Donate $500 to charity
69. Save for a deposit on a house

Health & Vanity
70. Keep a food/exercise log for at least three months
71. Do 20 press ups in a row (complete)
72. Go running once a day for at least a month (complete)
73. Lose five kilograms
74. Go on at least three hikes
75. Learn how to do a basketball layup (complete)
76. Join a sports team and go to at least 90% of games (complete)
77. Take a multi-vitamin every day for at least three months
78. Develop a skin care routine (complete)
79. Have a pedicure (complete)
80. Grow my hair until it reaches the level of my bellybutton (complete)
81. Eat at least one serving of vegetables for every dinner (complete)
82. Get up before 7.00am every day for at least two weeks (complete)
83. Be a vegetarian for one month (complete)

Random
84. Take part in BookCrossing (complete)
85. Buy a dishwasher (complete)
86. Write a list of guidelines to live by (complete)
87. Buy a laptop
88. Bake a loaf of bread from scratch (complete)
89. Make crème brulee
90. Learn how to make twenty new dishes (20 of 20)
91. Go to the dentist (complete)
92. Go for a walk in the moonlight (complete)
93. Buy ten pieces of clothing that are suitable for work (complete)
94. Own fifteen good pairs of shoes (6 of 15)
95. Buy a waterproof watch (complete)
96. Sell my car before travelling (complete)
97. Sell my piano before travelling
98. Grow a herb garden (complete)
99. Donate blood
100. Make a snowman (complete)
101. Write a new 101 in 1001 list

Alternative 11
1. Complete the Graduate Certificate in Career Development (complete)
2. Sell my computer before travelling (complete)
3. Be a WWOOFer
4. Buy a bicycle (complete)
5. Learn to drive a manual
6. Take a photography class
7. Read five “classic” novels (4 of 5)
8. Write a letter to someone I admire but have never met
9. Get a PO Box
10. Get business cards for my company
11. Climb to the top of Mount Fyffe