When I came across Mackenzie's blog over at Design Darling, I was introduced to an interesting goal setting concept. All I had to do was come up with a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, also known as the Day Zero project. My personal feelings were to not include anything with an immeasurable completion like "go with the flow" or out of my control like "be a bridesmaid" or too far fetched to be completed within the timeframe like "visit every country in the world".
Using Mackenzie's list as inspiration and my 25th birthday as a starting point, I've complied the following list to be completed by September 23rd, 2015.
Let the countdown begin.
2. Inspire someone else to write their
own list.
3. Figure out if/when/how I’m updating this blog.
4. Complete a try-a-tri.
5. Send five postcards to strangers
through Postcrossing.
6. Go strawberry, apple, and pumpkin
picking.
7. See a new ocean.
8. Sign up to be a United Nations
Volunteer.
9. Practice Afrikaans once per week
for two consecutive months.
10. Watch ten documentaries.
11. Attend the Nutcracker ballet.
12. Reconnect with an old friend.
13. Write a children’s book.
14. Start a new job.
15. Throw out fifteen items that
don’t have a home.
16. Take up piano lessons again.
17. Host a dinner party.
18. Finish the mural.
19. Incorporate my own company.
20. Visit my grandparents at
their homes.
21. Return to Africa.
22. Attend a conference.
23. Have something published.
24. Figure out what to take next in
school and apply.
25. Send twenty-five handwritten
notes.
26. Wake up without hitting snooze
for one week.
27. Learn a new word every day for
a month.
28. Attend a young alumni event.
29. Subscribe to a magazine or
journal.
30. Take my sister to see a
Broadway play.
31. Buy a stranger a coffee.
32. Invest in a grown-up piece of
furniture.
33. Visit a country I've never visited
before.
34. Go shark diving.
35. Start a terrarium.
36. Don’t complain about anything
for one week.
37. See a Cirque du Soleil
performance.
38. Run (another) half marathon.
39. Ride on a sailboat.
40. Discover ten new return-worthy restaurants.
41. Send out Christmas cards to
extended family and friends.
42. Go on a wine tasting tour.
43. Race in a Colour Run.
44. Go paddleboarding.
45. Host a board games night.
46. Get something monogrammed.
47. Renew my passport.
48. Take a cooking lesson.
49. Invest in an RRSP.
50. Read fifty new books.
51. Go on a road trip.
52. Watch a sunrise and a sunset in
the same day.
53. Spend one week without watching
any TV.
54. Buy a vintage looking but
practical bicycle.
55. Organize my iTunes music
library.
56. Buy new running shoes.
57. Try crossfit.
58. Prepare a meal using ingredients
bought at a farmers' market.
59. Find the perfect little black
dress.
60. Complete my penguin clothbound
classic book collection.
61. Build a house with habitat for
humanity.
62. Volunteer on a regular,
long-term basis.
63. Go skinny dipping.
64. Donate to charity
anonymously.
65. Find out my blood type.
66. Make a gingerbread house from
scratch.
67. Buy a globe from a flea market.
68. Attend a live taping of a TV
show.
69. Join a running group.
70. Enter to win a contest.
71. Go camping.
72. Collate all the fabric for my
mom’s quilt.
73. Turn my mother’s/grandmother’s
recipes into a book.
74. Donate any clothes I haven’t
worn in a year.
75. Throw a surprise party for a
friend.
76. See the Rockefeller Center
Christmas tree.
77. Donate my hair.
78. Complete a CPR recertification
course.
79. Go zip lining.
80. Have a fun photo shoot that
produces one picture of myself that I like.
81. Eat the recommended serving of fruits&veggies
every day for one week.
82. Hike Table Mountain in the
proper direction.
83. Go horseback riding.
84. Take a surfing lesson.
85. Have a picnic.
86. Visit Alex in LA.
87. See a double feature at the
drive-in.
88. Make ten recipes off Pinterest.
89. See a major league game in
person.
90. Commit to a new hobby regularly
for at least three consecutive months.
91. Acquire a record player.
92. Attend a horse race or polo
match.
93. Generate a second source of
income.
94. Learn the phonetic
alphabet.
95. Perform five random acts of
kindness.
96. Take outfit of the day photos
everyday for a week.
97. Wear a two-piece bathing suit
in public.
98. Go downhill skiing.
99. Learn three songs on the
ukulele.
100. Read a book in French.
101. Put $10 into savings for every
goal accomplished.
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