101 things in 1001 days.

A personal challenge.  The idea is to set 101 clearly defined goals and complete them in 1001 days.  A lot of people on the internet are doing it.  I talked about why I decided to take this challenge on in the post about Thing 4.

I wrote this list awhile before I actually started this challenge.  Some of the things have been replaced.  I've left 6 blanks for things that come up and I want to learn or try.  I figure I can give myself some slack with the list from time to time.  Three years is a lot of time and interests do change.  Sometimes you just have to take an opportunity when it comes up.  I'll link to the finished items as I blog about them.


Completed Things
In order of completion

  1. Visit the Great White North. 
  2. Go snowshoeing. Completed a lot of days from start to May 9, 2010.
  3. Visit Jill and Leah. Completed May 14 - 21, 2010
  4. Go to a cottage. Completed May 22, 2010.
  5. Knit a self-portrait. Completed June 20, 2010.
  6. Sew with knit material. 
  7. Paint a painting.  Completed July 12 - 16, 2010.
  8. Roadtrip to America. Completed August 24 - 27, 2010. 
  9. Set up the record player in a permanent spot and listen to music on it.  Completed January 21, 2011.
  10. Organize a bookshelf by colour.  Completed March 27, 2011.

Things in Progress
In order of commencing
  1. Reach 500 blog posts.
  2. Be a good sprouter, with a dedicated sprout growing area.
  3. Organize my blog: add this, fix the banner to fit the top, add tags to every post, finish all the drafts. 
  4. Read all 30 books everyone should read before their 30th birthday.
  5. Host a Thursday Night Supper Social Reunion.
  6. Update Ravelry completely (projects and stash). 
  7. Create a blog entry about every one of these items. 
  8. Decide on a work-out plan and stick with it for 4 months.
  9. Sell something via Etsy Ravelry. 
  10. Pack a lunch in reusable, non-plastic lunch containers every day for one month.
  11. Sew a dress I like and wear often.
  12. Spin with a wheel. 
  13. Enter a craft competition.
  14. Find, thrift, of build a shelf with all sorts of cubbies for my collection of miniature items. 
  15. Find a job. 
  16. Learn all of the countries in the world and be able to find them on a map. 
  17. Memorize 10 baking recipes.
  18. Finish Laminaria Shawl
  19. Read all of the entries at the Common Errors in English Usage website and avoid them.
  20. Pick an informative podcast (Stuff You Should Know or the World in 100 Objects) and listen to it all.
  21. Make all Christmas presents I am giving one Christmas.
  22. Learn all of the countries in the world and be able to find them on a map. 
Things To Do
In no particular order.

  1. Join a CSA again.
  2. Learn how to make delicious aloo gobi (understand the basics of cooking Indian food).
  3. Make ice cream.
  4. Memorize 10 baking recipes.
  5. Have a dedicated spice rack and pantry that is organized and nice to look at.
  6. Have a vegetable garden.
  7. Make yogurt.
  8. Help out at an apiary (put my beekeeping booksmarts to the test).
  9. Be a good sprouter, with a dedicated sprout growing area.
  10. Make a meal from the garden I grew.
  11. Make a meal with wild ingredients I collected.
  12. Catch a fish.
  13. Go ice fishing.
  14. Make maple syrup.
  15. Make ginger pop.
  16. Host a Thursday Night Supper Social Reunion.
  17. Naturalize/revegetate an area.
  18. Reach 500 blog posts.
  19. Drive a stick shift.
  20. Pack a lunch in reusable, non-plastic lunch containers every day for one month.
  21. Shop only with reusable bags and containers for one month.
  22. Attend a show at Massey Hall.
  23. Attend a musical.
  24. Go to an NHL game.
  25. Learn a card game well enough to play it at any time and not require the rules to be explained.
  26. Attend an Oktoberfest event.
  27. Plan an event.
  28. Find a local beer hall and sample every beer on their menu.
  29. Follow a hockey team for the entire season.
  30. Attend a new music festival that I have never been to.
  31. Visit Jill and Leah.
  32. Visit someone I met in Australia.
  33. Visit someone I met in New Zealand.
  34. Take a roadtrip to Manitoulin Island via the Whitefish Islands.
  35. Visit the Great White North.
  36. Roadtrip around/to/on the East Coast.
  37. Roadtrip to America.
  38. Go to a cottage.  
  39. Make a sweater with the wool from the farm I wwoofed at in New Zealand.
  40. Sew with knit material.
  41. Understand freeform machine quilting.
  42. Memorize the Kitchener stitch.
  43. Sew a dress I like and wear often.
  44. Spin with a wheel.
  45. Weave a blanket.
  46. Finish Laminaria Shawl.
  47. Use the green cashmere.
  48. Knit a self portrait.
  49. Have an art and craft studio area.
  50. Make a quilt wall-hanging.
  51. Wear an item I made every day for one month.
  52. Enter a craft competition.
  53. Participate in a collaborative art project.
  54. Organize a bookshelf by colour.
  55. Set up the record player in a permanent spot and listen to music on it.
  56. Paint a painting.
  57. Join an ice hockey team.
  58. Join a soccer team.
  59. Volunteer with a local children's sports league.
  60. Run a 5 km race.
  61. Hike on the Bruce Trail.
  62. Go on a canoe trip.
  63. Go snowboarding.
  64. Skate the length of the Rideau Canal.
  65. Organize correspondence materials and write a letter or send a postcard once a week for two months. http://www.postcrossing.com/
  66. Make cards.
  67. Go snowshoeing.
  68. Go cross-country skiing
  69. Propose a project.
  70. Find, thrift, of build a shelf with all sorts of cubbies for my collection of miniature items.
  71. Publish an article (aim for a scientific journal article, but limited opportunities exist).
  72. Shop in Rockwood.
  73. Visit a ghost town.
  74. Update Ravelry completely (projects and stash).
  75. Organize my blog: add this, fix the banner to fit the top, add tags to every post, finish all the drafts.
  76. Make three additional blog pages.
  77. Learn to write in a new calligraphy style and make something with it.
  78. Stop stashing/storing wool.  Put it all out on display so I know what I have.
  79. Read, use, pass-on, or sell all of my books.
  80. Have a library membership.
  81. Read all of the entries at the Common Errors in English Usage website and avoid them.
  82. Pick an informative podcast (Stuff You Should Know or the World in 100 Objects) and listen to it all. 
  83. Do all lessons in Pimsleur's Learn German in 10 Days and Raymond's Learn German.
  84. Plan a European adventure.
  85. Create a blog entry about every one of these items.
  86. Make all Christmas presents I am giving one Christmas.
  87. Volunteer with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
  88. Make cheese.
  89. Finish organizing scrapbooks from Oz/NZ trip and Yukon trip.
  90. Find a job.
  91. Decide where to live for awhile and have a house.
  92. Learn all of the countries in the world and be able to find them on a map.
  93. Read all 30 books everyone should read before their 30th birthday.
  94. Decide on a work-out plan and stick with it for 4 months.
  95. Sell something via Etsy Ravelry.
  96. Type a letter on my new (to me) typewriter and send it away in the mail.
  97. Try out roller derby.
  98.  
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  100.  
  101. Throw a proper party.  Celebrate my 30th birthday and the completion of this list in style. 

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