101 in 1001
Start Date: Sunday Sept. 13th 2009
End Date: Sunday June 10th 2009
Key:
In Progress
Completed
Monthly
1.Take a picture every day for a month (0/31)
2.Clean/organize something in the house every day for a month (0/31)
3.Save at least $50 a month for a year (0/600)
4.Blog every day for a month (28/31)
5.Pay phone bill on time every month
To Do
6.Pull an all nighter
7.Learn to knit
8.Then knit a scarf
9.Colour an entire colouring book
10.Buy bubbles and blow them everywhere
11.Create a morning routine
12.Create an evening routine
13.Give ‘just because’ gifts
14.Take 101 pictures, then make an album out of them
15.Stay at a B&B
16.Write 50 handwritten notes
17.Build a snowman
18.Start using reusable grocery bags
19.Bake cookies from scratch
20.Back up all my music, pictures and important documents to an external hard drive
21.Go see a psychic
22.Start a small herb garden
23.Grow beets
24.Build a blanket/pillow fort and sleep in it for 3 nights (0/3)
25.Go for coffee with Tyler at least once a week
26.Sit on a rooftop and drink beer all night with Tyler
27.Brew my own wine/beer
28.Start a collection of anything
29.Get pictures of me and Tyler developed and framed
30.Build-A-Bear
31.Have a front yard party
32.Have a moonlit picnic
33.Go to Gibraltar Market
34.Attempt to incorporate quotes from The Office into everyday conversation
35.Get another tattoo
36.Finish a scrapbook
37.Be moved out by April at the latest
38.And be living closer to downtown
39.Try out 5 new(to me) restaurants in the city (0/5)
40.Use my planner! Write and look at it everyday
41.Get kissed at midnight on new years
42.Become a semi-professional video game player
43.Start a tradition
44.Stop using my bedroom floor as storage for my clothes!
45.Learn more about Taoism
46.Decorate the house for holidays (Halloween and Christmas mostly)
47.Organize my Itunes library
48.Make and stick to a budget
49.Make a better effort to conserve energy (turn lights off, unplug things I’m not using, etc.)
50.Get up within 10 minutes of my alarm going off
51.Start bringing lunches to work
To Buy
52.New cage for Dwight
53.External hard drive
54.Phenomenal boots for winter
55.New Ipod
56.Pair of TOMS
57.All the seasons of The Office on DVD
58.A nice piece of jewelry for myself (swarvoski)
59.All the books I love (list pending)
60.New, “professional” looking wardrobe
To Make
61.Re-usable grocery bags
62.Make an emergency kit for the house
63.Make a first aid kit for the house
64.Tye-Dye clothes, sheets, towels
65.Make a T-shirt quilt
66.Make homemade Christmas gift baskets for friends and family
67.Make home made vanilla (because Tyler loves vanilla)
68.Make homemade paper
69.Make Biscotti from scratch
70.Make a recipe binder
71.Make a scrapbook of my 101 things
Personal
72.Become a vegetarian
73.Drink 8 glasses of water every day
74.Avoid eating fast food
75.Go back to school
76.Save up for an expensive gift for myself
77.Learn ways to manage my stress
78.Try to talk about what bothers me
79.Start making a better effort to keep in touch with friends
80.Drink green tea at least once a day
81.Moisturize every night
82.Walk home from work at least once a week til it snows
83.Do weekly facials
84.Work on getting rid of my strong dislike for feet
85.Get my smart serve
86.Get a better job
87.Make a list of 101 things that make me happy
88.Not say anything negative about work for a week (0/7)
89.Be in bed by 1030pm at least three nights a week
90.Take makeup off every night
91.Keep my nails well groomed
For The House
92.Buy new lamps for the living room
93.Buy a rug for the bedroom
94.Buy new glassware
95.Get a slipcover for the old couch
96.Secondhand table to refinish
97.Buy a coffee table (un-treated wood)
98.Start a monthly purge of clothes, bathroom stuff and purse
99.Buy a panini grill
100.Buy new kitchen table and chairs
101.Buy new pillows

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taraSG | September 13, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Great list!! I love the way you have it organized
I’m definitely going to have to steal some of these!
A fellow 101er and I started an online community for those doing the 101 in 1001. We have groups, discussions, and blog awards
You can check it out at DayZero.ning.com.
Good luck with your list! I’m looking forward to following your progress!
Tara
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abcderica | September 13, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I will definitely check it out thanks for the link
3.
Julie | September 16, 2009 at 4:18 pm
hey nice list! I especially like the make homemade gift baskets to friends and family that a great gift idea!