101 things in 1,001 days

Last updated: 13/6/2010.

Starting Date: Monday 9th February, 2009 [age 21]
Finishing Date: Monday 7th November, 2011 [age 24]

Completed items are struckthrough; in progress items are in italics.
Ongoing items have numbers in bold and are updated constantly until complete.
Some items will link to corresponding blog pages.

PERSONAL & SOCIAL.
001. Make a new, true friend. [Completed]
002. Get to 300 feedback hits on ebay.
003. Kiss in a photobooth.
004. Go to a christening.
005. Celebrate a year together with my boyfriend… [Completed 26/6/2009]
006. …and a second year…
007. …and then a third!
008. Start a mixtape club.
009. Perfect my own personal living space.
010. Go without buying any clothes, accessories & shoes for 3 months.
011. Write a letter for myself to read when this project is done.
012. Write something personal I want to remember on LiveJournal, at least once a week.
013. Write my boyfriend a love letter. Post it.
014. Complete a fun run. [Completed 19/4/2009]
015. Take part in a charity run. [Completed 3/6/2009]
016. Run a half-marathon. [Completed 21/2/2010]
017. Earn my ‘Giving Blood: Blue card’, which is 5x donations. [Completed 18/9/2009]
018. Earn my ‘Giving Blood: Bronze card’, which is 10x donations.
019. Do the London to Brighton bike ride.
020. Pass my driving test.
021. Move out… again! [Completed 28/2/2009]
022. Move in together with my boyfriend. [Completed 24/10/2009]
023. Record myself singing & playing guitar.
024. Save £1 for every time I swear.
025. Learn another language.
026. Change career [Completed 22/10/2009]
027. Buy a bicycle. [Completed 10/6/2009]
028. Buy a macbook. [Completed 14/4/2009]
029. Buy or earn a sewing machine. [Completed 15/2/2010]
030. Renew my first aid knowledge.

HEALTH & BEAUTY.
031. Partake in the Volvic 14-day challenge.
032. Grow my nails & paint them pretty colours.
033. Have dark brown hair. [Completed 25/5/2009]
034. Have bright red hair. [Completed 16/4/2010]
035. Have purple hair. [Completed 13/5/2009]
036. Get to my goal / happy weight of 9st 4lbs.
037. Give up alcohol for six months.
038. Start documenting ‘What I Wore Today’ & keep it up, at least once a week.
039. Fall in love with a new fitness-related hobby. [Completed]
040. Keep a training / fitness diary.
041. Be able to run 5km without stopping. [Completed 2/12/2009]
042. Go vegetarian for a month (again).
043. Give up chocolate & crisps for a month.
044. Enrol on, and attend 10 times, a gym class that Iove. [2/10]

TRAVEL.
045. Go to Scotland.
046. Go to Ireland. [Completed 5/12/2009]
047. Go to Germany. [Completed 16/7/2009]
048. Spend Christmas out of the country.
049. Take the Eurostar.
050. Go to Cornwall.
051. Fly long haul.
052. Go to Seattle.
053. Go to Vancouver.
054. Climb / hike Half Dome.
055. Take a sunshine holiday and do absolutely nothing.
056. Plan / book a Round-the-World trip.
057. Go to Finland.
058. Go skiing.
059. Go to Copenhagen to visit Baz. [Completed 29/3/2010]
060. Take an unplanned trip somewhere new.
061. Take my boyfriend on a surprise getaway. [Completed 29/3/2010]

CREATIVITY.
062. Document each month in a mixtape.
063. Print off & sort my photos into photo albums.
064. Knit my boyfriend a scarf.
065. Make a photowall.
066. Create a ‘zine.
067. Grow an item that I can eat.
068. Home-make a band t-shirt.
069. Get my boyfriend a gig. [Completed]
070. Take photos underwater.
071. Complete a 365 project.
072. Make a recipe binder / file.
073. Make a dress.
074. Make my boyfriend his favourite birthday cake. [Completed 31/3/2010]
075. Make a music video.
076. Make & sell postcards.
077. Save at least £100 a month.

EVERYTHING ELSE.
078. Buy no take-out food for 2 months.
079. Take a spontaneous nightdrive.
080. Have a date at the zoo. [Completed 14/2/2009]
081. Have a professional massage. [Completed 9/5/2009]
082. Go paintballing.
083. Go to the silent/headphone disco. [Completed 27/3/2009]
084. Attend a fancy dress party in costume. [Completed 12/9/2009]
085. Play pitch ‘n’ putt. [Completed 1/10/2009]
086. Fly in a helicopter.
087. Go to a music festival.
088. Skydive.
089. Have a board game night in candlelight. [Completed 28/3/2009]
090. See my favourite comedian live. [Completed 26/11/2009]
091. See a large, non-native band play in their native city.
092. Go out to watch the rugby. [Completed 16/5/2009]
093. Stop using plastic bags for shopping. [Completed]
094. Buy a lomo camera & run a roll of film through it.
095. Blow up one of my photos & hang it in my house.
096. Have sex beneath the stars. [Completed 21/5/2009]
097. Get a new piercing.
098. Study an A-Level.
099. Busk.
100. Go camping.
101. Write an EP.


Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.