101 things in 1001 days

16 May 2010 - 11 Feb 2013

In progress (17)

Done (10)
Failed (2)

Day Zero

1. Create a blog for my Day Zero project

2. Ask people to suggest 5 things for my list

3. Buy a piggy bank for the project

4. Tell at least 5 people about the Day Zero project (5/5)

5. Complete the list on time 

Me, myself and I

6. Get a job

7. Move abroad

8. Learn one useful word/expression in English every day (X/1001)

9. Follow world news on a regular basis

10. Learn decent French

11. Enroll in a Master's programme

12. Fall in love again

13. Relationship

14. Stop following random people on Twitter

      Deleted my account to stop wasting time on things I don't need to know

15. Get rid of all the stuff I don't need

16. Start taking more pictures

17. Let somebody know that s/he has inspired me

18. Have pictures of me taken by a professional

19. Find out if I'm really snoring (opinion of 5 people) (4/5)

      So far 3 people have told me I don't snore. 2 more to go.
      One more person saying I don't snore. 1 to go. 

Friends and Family

20. Take a family photo in a salon 

21. Bring my friends together for a birthday party

22. Meet Sasha
23. Knit socks for somebody I love
24. Let my friends and family know that I love them
25. Have a friend from a different race

      I don't really know if this can be measured, but it seems that I might be in progress with this.Without going into details, it bares repeating that one should be careful what s/he wishes for.

Good deeds

26. Donate blood

27. Donate money to 5 ill children

Books, Movies and Music

28. Finish reading the books I've started

      - Losing My Virginity by Richard Branson

      This one is quite hard, since the book is not as good as I thought it would be

      - Mayada, Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson

      - Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
29. Read War and Peace by Tolstoy

30. Read 10 books in English 

31. Read a book in French

32. Watch 25 classical movies

33. Get a set of DVDs with all seasons of Sex and the City 

34. Watch all episodes of The Big Bang Theory 

35. Make a compilation of songs that inspire me

36. Make a compilation of songs for sad moments

37. Reread 3 of my favourite childhood books:

      - Sea Crow Island by Astrid Lindgren

      - Little Nicholas by Rene Goscinny

      - Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang by Barbro Lindgren

38. Go to a gospel concert

39. Go to Guca in Serbia

Travel and Leisure

40. Visit my friends in Serbia

41. Queen's Day in the Netherlands

42. Go on a roadtrip

43. Drink coffee in 5 different countries

44. Visit Paris

45. Try snowboarding

46. Go on a typical couchpotato holiday

47. Walk down the NY Fifth Avenue in highest heels I can pull off

48. Swim in the ocean

49. Go camping

50. Visit at least 2 continents

51. Go swimming at night

Food and Drinks

52. Learn how to make tiramisu

53. Try absinth
54. Cook dinner for my friends
55. Learn how to pick an OK wine to bring along when visiting somebody
56. Drink the milk of a coconut straight out of it
57. Learn how to make one of the classic coctails
58. Make pizza from scratch
59. Try 10 different ice-creams (3/10)
      - Dark chocolate ice-cream

      - Caramelised ice-cream with cranberries
      - Cheese cake ice-cream with strawberry sauce

60. Try eating octopus

Health and Diet

61. Quit smoking

62. Not eating bread for a week
63. Work out for at least three times a week for 6 months in a row

Beauty

64. Buy mini skirt and rock it

65. Have my toenails polished red

66. Buy real pearl earrings

67. Lose 5 kilos (-1)

68. Grow long hair and get it permed again

69. Learn the smokey eye technique

70. Buy some famous designer's piece

Going green

71. Turn the TV off when I'm not watching it

72. Reduce the time I spend in shower by 1/3

      This is easy now in summer, since cold showers tend to be way shorter 

73. Unplug all chargers after usage

      Still being quite lazy with this at times

74. Not buying new perfume till I use up the ones I have

      Got tempted at tax-free by my favorite perfume. I was out of it, so couldn't resist getting another bottle as a reward for being very, very good 

75. Refill my pens instead of buying new ones
      Let's be honest, buying new pens is so much easier...

Postcrossing

76. Send 101 postcards through postcrossing.com (23/101)

77. Receive 101 postcards through postcrossing.com (23/101)

78. Send at least 3 postcards to:
      Europe (20)
      North America (2)
      South America
      Africa
      Asia (1)
      Australia

Miscellaneous

79. Buy new cellphone
      Thanks to Mr. Jobs for my lovely phone

80. Print out dearest photos and put them in an album

81. Arrange my closet and donate unnecessary things

82. Digitalise and complement my family tree 

      Found a good website for this: geni.com

83. Get an Art Deco poster to put on my wall

84. Buy a buckwheat pillow

85. Resume making self-made cards for my friends

86. Memorize an elegant joke that's still funny

87. Go to a wedding

88. Make backup of telephone numbers and keep it updated

Fun

89. Solve the hardest sudoku I can find

90. Carv a Halloween pumpkin

91. Send a secret to PostSecret

92. Go for a week without logging into Facebook or draugiem.lv (the second will be easy)

93. Learn how to play poker

      Actually I might change this to learning bridge. I don't know if changing the goals is against the rules, but after all it's my list, and plans do change over time.

94. Grow a flower on my own

95. Buy a lottery ticket

96. Try to beat the world record for most Ferrero Rocher eaten in one minute (7) by Jim Lyngvild in 2008

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Done (10)
Failed (2)