101 in 1001 Master List


Edit: Last updated Monday 12th May 2008

I joined jan1_2008 in order to take part in the 100 things in 1001 days challenge starting Jan 1st. Here I will keep track of the progress of my


The challenge was initially created by Michael Green


According to the website...

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 organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.




And so my list:
Health and Mind
1. Stop trying to be vegan and just be it [Going strong!]
2. Write about the dreams that I have at night in my blog [Have to do this]
3. Learn about and do a detox [Bought a book, and am learning. Not ready to do this yet]
4. Write a list of 101 things that make me happy [52/101]
5. Me time once a month [0/33]
6. Take multivitamins, in particular iron, calcium and B12 as I’m deficient in each [taken on and off,need to be more vigilant]
7. Start a herb garden [Bought coriander and basil]
8. Buy a bento box and create a new vegan lunch each morning [Making lunch most days now]
9. Swim 101 laps one day [Only on about 10]
10. Exercise every day, be it going to the gym or walking home instead of taking the bus
11. Plan a routine for college, work, fun and exercise and keep track of it
12. Drop 25 pounds and keep them off for the 1001 days [0/25] [Gained 6!!]
13. Spend a whole day alone without mobile, internet or television once each year [0/3]
14. Join a horse-riding school
15. Appreciate the positives [Am going to try and write more to do this]
16. Learn a mind trick inspired by Darren Brown [He taught me about negative suggestion]
17. Eat less soy products. I have a tofu addiction >.< [Eating less soy, now I miss it]
18. Get abs, even if they are only small ones
19. Try the raw food diet for at least one week [Bought a book to research this]

Creative
20. Participate in each NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo [0/6]
21. Repurchase my flickr pro account and use it once a month [5/33]
22. Read at least one book for each month [2/33]
23. Complete 100 snapshots 100_snapshots [0/100]
24. Carry a moleskin with me everywhere [Mostly everyday]
25. Finally buy a new lens for my camera [Bought two!]
26. Take part in embodiment embodiment
27. Use my camera to take part in project 365 [81/365] [81 updated, have the rest on my mac, need to organize and upload to flickr]
28. Fill 3 sketchbooks [0/3] [Need to do this! Have started painting again although]
29. Sell a piece of art
30. Go to life drawing sessions
31. Sew some clothing that other people would like to wear [Nick bought me a sewing machine ^_^ so far I have modified a dress]
32. Spend a week planning and making an awesome Halloween costume
33. Be part of the creation of a short file and enter it into a film contest [I am going to enter the Doritos ad competition]

Knowledge
34. Take a part-time course to learn a new language
35. Rekindle my passion for playing piano
36. Learn how to recognize the constellations
37. Learn to identify and appreciate wine [Have bought a book, and plan to start a wine club]
38. Take swimming lessons [I have been taking aqua aerobic lessons]
39. Practice cupcake decoration [Doing a lot of this ^_^]
40. Learn to kiteboard [Got a kite,been kiting,scared to death but I love it]
41. Learn something new everyday [To be written into my moleskin as part of embodiment. I will update with photos]
42. Be conscientious of my research question when developing new theories or creating experiments [Have based new implementations on sound psychological theories,not tested yet thought]
43. Be an ethical and critical experimenter [Experiment coming up next month I hope]
44. Learn how to use my unicycle [I suck, must practice more]
45. Learn 10 devil stick tricks [0/10]
46. Learn 10 more poi tricks [1/10] [Learning flowers]
47. Learn to amaze my friends with my contact ball

Work / College
48. Finish my research and graduate with a PhD [Some day]
49. Publish an article
50. Be referenced by another author
51. Build a professional portfolio and a well thought out five year plan
52. Buy a log book and write 100 words each work day [I have been writing every day in my log book. It's increadably useful]
53. Lecture with passion. Do this by continuing to engage with my students, reading, and attending as many courses I can find. [Changed my lecturing methodologies in the second semester with good success, Attained a postgraduate certificate in Academic Practice]
54. Take time to decide what I want to do in the future [Must do this]
55. Recreate my website at least once a year [1/3]
56. Become a well known web geek [Vegan food blog starting to take off]
57. Learn and use LaTeX [Currently learning to use TeXShop, have written one paper in it so far]

People
58. Collect my friends postal addresses and post a package or letter to each
59. Send a text to a different far away friend at least once a month [0/33]
60. Ring my grandfather
61. Develop and sustain a relationship that is on my own terms with my mother [Have been in contact more]
62. Organise a picnic [Forgot about this one!]
63. Cook for a dinner party of over a dozen people [Cooked for several hundred at a party with immense success. It was vegan food and they were mostly omni as well ^_^]

64. Adventure
65. Go to the tourist attractions in Ireland and take a photo at each
66. Drive to France and bring back several cases of wine
67. Go on a road trip to the Burning Man [Burning Man tickets bought, flight money saved]
68. Travel to see the Cirque Du Soliel [Saw it in Belfast, can't wait to see more]
69. Regularly go home to Sligo to see friends, family and spend time exercising my horse [I go quite regularly, but need to spend more time with my horse]
70. Visit Japan
71. Go sailing with friends to one of the islands on Lough Gill for a night of camping, bonfire and cheesy tunes.
72. Participate in GimmeYourStuff [Need to do this!]
73. Drive my car at it’s top speed on the autoban in Germany
74. Go “all in” at a table in Vegas
75. See at least one of the great Wonders of the World

Good Will
76. Plant at least one tree every year [0/3] [Haven't done this, but plan to buy 10 trees to donate to the old man so as I can cancel my carbon foot print for the year]
77. Give up products produced by nasty corporations such as cocacola or those that test on animals
78. Volunteer in some form, eventually I would like to join the life guards
79. Donate 10,000 grains of rice on FreeRice
80. Create 101 graffiti art installations
81. Give away 101 things that I do not need to charity [6/101]
82. If a friend is in hospital make sure to visit them [Visited one person so far, would have chickened out if it weren't for this]
83. Hang a bird feeder
84. Calculate my carbon footprint and cancel it out [About 4.8 roughly, have bought 4 energy saver bulbs for the house]

Personal Growth
85. Register and use my vote [Need to do this, I wanted to vote on Lisbon Treaty]
86. Post Secret and make it mean something
87. Find the right tattoo and get it done by a famous artist, even if that means traveling to a different country [Still thinking about this]
88. Start a savings account [Have done and have saved flight money]
89. Start the FLYlady routines
90. Pass my driving test (It's tomorrow January the 2nd at 3pm *eepe*) [Passed it second time round!]
91. Buy a house (This will be some time towards the end of my research) even if I don't intend to live in it
92. Learn a new recipe every month [5/33] [More than one a month at this point thanks to my blog
93. Do 27 selfish things and blog about it[0/27]
94. Do 27 unselfish things and blog about it [1/27]
95. Go busking at least once
96. Play a DJ set (on my vinyl decks)

Misc
97. Sell on eBay
98. Join 43 Things to track the progress of 101 things in 1001 days
99. Own my own kiteboarding equipment [Kite and bar so far]
100. Give my dreads the love and attention they deserve and maintain them at least once every two months [3/16] [They need a lot of maintenance at the moment]

Finally
101. On day 1001 publish another 101 list