So, 101 things in 1001 days? I’m either ambitious, brave or a bit daft in the head! I’ve not decided which yet. 1001 days seemed like an awful long time when it was first suggested (yesterday) but on thinking about it, it’s definitely an achievable amount of time to complete all my goals.
Inspiration came for this project came from my online friends Vanessa and Alexandra, with more people also joining in with their own version of the project who I will link to them when they are set up. We all do a photo projects (photo-a-day and photo-a-week/whenever) together on Flick and are members on another forum too, we have become good friends over the years. I took 522 photos in a row while doing my photo-a-day so have proven I have staying power! I now do a photo-a-week/whenever project, which will run alongside this.
I’ve chosen a mixture of easily achievable goals and some which will require more effort. I’m certain of one thing, it will be a challenge but hopefully one which will enrich my life substantially.
My 101 Things are:
The Project
1. Set up a blog to record my 101 Things
2. Take a photo to represent each of my 101 Things
3. Leave 101 comments on other 101 Things blogs
4. Update my 101 Things blog at least once a week
Enriching Myself – A Little Bit of Everything
5. Learn to knit
6. Knit something beautiful for a friend’s baby
7. Knit 5 Christmas gifts
8. Knit 5 things for a SCBU
9. Go along to Stitch and Bitch to meet new friends
10. Meet 20 internet friends I haven’t met before
11. Go to the dentist
12. Start swimming again and swim 101 lengths
13. Find a church where I feel comfortable
14. Join a group at the church
15. Complete my NHS counselling sessions
16. Have at least 3 haircuts a year
17. Have at least 1 luxurious bath a week, with all my lovely smellies
18. Go for a manicure
19. To own a leather handbag
20. Listen to the radio every day
21. Watch the top 10 films of all time
22. Get letter published in a newspaper or magazine
23. Send and receive 5 postcards through
24. Post a secret to PostSecret
25. Read 10 books I’ve been meaning to read for a while
26. Buy a Christmas decoration in the summer
27. Wear a skirt at least once a month
Enriching Others
28. Give 5 "I saw this and thought of you" gifts
29. Send 10 "just because" cards/letters
30. Send 15 postcards to my friends children
31. Do something to help other people at least once a month
32. Make a Operation Christmas Child shoebox
33. Call a friend to sing to them on their birthday
34. Take 3 people to do things they haven’t done before.
35. Spend time talking to 25 strangers who look like they need company
Married Life
36. Have a "date" with Dean at least once a month
37. Have a night once a week where Dean and I spend time together doing something non-electronic
38. Do something exciting for my 30th birthday
39. Do something exciting for Dean’s 30th birthday
40. Start learning Italian or Spanish with Dean
41. Do something with my wedding dress
42. Make up our wedding album
Photography
43. Continue taking at least a photo a week and post to HPAD
44. Save £1 for each photo I upload to HPAD
45. Buy a new lens with the saved money
46. Back up my photos at least once a month (0/33)
47. Take more baby photos and build a portfolio
48. Apply to be a Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep photographer
49. Take a photo of 30 things which make me happy
50. Make calendars from my favourite photos for Christmas
51. Print and frame my favourite photos
Food, Glorious Food
52. Try 5 new cuisines
53. Cook from one of my recipe books at least once a week
54. Bake at least once a fortnight
55. Fill my recipe journal with my favourite recipes
56. Invent a recipe
57. Make a list of 50 meals we can choose from regularly
58. Have a proper dinner party
59. Make a birthday cake for my Dean each year
60. Properly decorate two Christmas cakes each year
61. Eat in a Michelin starred restaurant
62. Eat a cream cake from Fisher and Donaldson in St Andrews
63. Eat fish and chips at the harbour in Anstruther
64. Go for afternoon tea at a lovely hotel
65. Go on a picnic
66. Eat more my 5 a day for 30 days in a row
67. Go 30 days in a row without fizzy drinks
68. Go 30 days in a row without eating out or having take-away
Out and About
69. Go to a West End show
70. Go to a concert/gig
71. Go to Blackpool for old time’s sake
72. Go north of Perth (Scotland)
73. Sleep in a tent
74. Leave the UK mainland
75. Enter ballot for at least one event at London 2012 Olympics or at least know how/where/when
76. Go to a National Trust property at least 4 times a year
77. Go to a public garden in every season
78. Go to the cinema at least 6 times a year
79. Go to a Six Nations rugby match
80. Go to a museum
81. Go to an art gallery
82. Go on a ferry across the Mersey
83. Go to a farm in every season
84. Go to the zoo
85. Go over the Forth Bridge (rail)
86. Go to a lake/mere in the Lake District
87. Go to a ceramic painting shop
88. Go to see a play by William Shakespeare
89. Paddle in the sea
90. Splash in a puddle with welly boots on
Home Sweet Home
91. Sort out paperwork and start a system
92. Move into our own home or somewhere with more space
93. Reduce toiletries (my mum worked in Boots!) by half
94. Clear out the junk room and organise what goes back in
95. Give 101 things to charity
96. Make £500 selling things on ebay
97. Grow 5 new herbs to go with my 5 existing herbs
98. Grow 2 different vegetables
99. Successfully grow a sunflower
100. Have a vase of flowers at least once a month
And Finally…
101. Open a bottle of good champagne to celebrate completing my 101 things!
I’m really looking forward to the next 1001 days!
Anne xx
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