I first heard about this on Meshell's blog and thought it sounded like a fabulous idea. I have previously posted this on my (now defunct) old blog but plan on importing a few of the old posts over to here over the next couple of days.
The idea is to create a list of 101 things you would like to accomplish in 1001 days. This really appeals to me because I loooooove lists and also because it will make me focus on the things that I keep saying I'm going to do but never actually get around to doing (I'm a bit rubbish like that!)
The idea first originated on this site. I actually started my list on January 23rd 2008 so my 1001 days will be up on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20th 2010 which spookily enough is my 32nd birthday. I like the synchronicity of that :) Anyway, without further ado, here is The List:
Key: Projects in bold are completed, italics mean the project is in progress
- Learn to knit (properly!) and complete at least 1 project (maybe from irresistible knits book?)
- Learn to crochet and complete the following projects: ripple blanket, granny square (or similar) throw, hexagon throw, a project where I need to learn 5 new stitches
- Complete 3 quilts
- Make at least 3 scrapbooks of the following: Me and my OH, Family, Good Times
- Make an advent calendar
- Make all my own Christmas cards in 2008 and 2009
- Make at least 1 item from every craft book that I own
- Make at least 3 bags (1/3)
- Create my own Christmas decorations each year
- Complete my list of cross stitch projects that I have planned to do (and already bought the materials for!)
- Take photographs of all the things I have made and post on this blog
- Take part in at least 5 swaps (2/5)
- Make at least 1 thing using a craft that I have never tried before
- Make new cushions for the front room
- Make my OH a mix CD
- Make at least 1 handmade present for the following people: my OH, my mam, my dad, my sister, my brother-in-law, my nanna, my grandad, OH's mam and her partner
- Make a purse organiser that I can easily switch between my bags
- Learn how to make jewellery. Make at least 10 pairs of earrings (not just all ‘drop‘ ones), 2 bracelets and a necklace (7/13)
- Make 3 pieces of wall art for my house
- Learn how to make handmade journals and make at least 3 to use for ideas, etc
- Create 26 mix Cds, 1 for each letter of the alphabet, see here and here to see what I mean
- Learn Spanish well enough to be able to more than just “get by” on holiday
- Take part in 5 different reading challenges, including the 888 reading challenge and the book to movie challenge
- Listen to 3 audio books on CD (1/3)
- Learn about 5 new topics (to be decided!) (Growing vegetables, embroidery, ?, ?, ?)
- Learn to fold 10 different origami shapes
- Take an evening class in something craft-related
- Begin (and maybe even complete!!!) the post-grad diploma that I want to do for work
- Read all of LM Montgomery’s books (as far as possible in story chronological order), including re-reading books I have already read (4/32: Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island; Anne of Windy Willows)
- Complete the Race for Life
- Reach my target weight
- Buy a bike and go cycling regularly
- Walk more! Use my fit bug to record how many steps I am taking each day and try and beat my personal best. Go for long walks in the summer on the canal, Daisy Nook, Dovestones etc
- Cook a ‘fancy’ meal for my OH (starter, main course and pudding)
- Plan our meals each week and only buy the things we need. Make a list when we go shopping!
- Cut out all alcohol for 1 month
- Join a gym and go at least 2 times a week
- Learn how to bake a cake
- Learn how to make a loaf of bread from scratch (I bought a breadmaker and have been making all our own bread but I still want to have a go at making bread without the breadmaker!)
- Invite 3 sets of friends for dinner (cooked by me and my OH)
- Take my lunch to work at least 2 times a week (I am office based 3 days a week and the other 2 days work at home)
- Get my “five a day” every day for 3 months (can be non-consecutive!)
- Go veggie for a week / a month
- Sort out and organise my craft room so it is a comfy, cosy place for me to be
- De-clutter the house. Find ‘homes’ for things. Get rid of things I no longer need or want
- Get all my pictures framed and hung up
- Try to recycle more
- Grow some vegetables and herbs
- Get an inspiration board for my desk
- Buy at least 3 new board games and have a “games night” with friends and family
- Buy a plant and keep it alive
- Put laundry away after folding
- Find a way of hanging all my necklaces and earrings up so they don’t become tangled
- Sort out all my magazines. Put pictures I like into an ‘inspiration journal’ (or similar) and recycle / donate to charity the rest
- See the sunrise from Hartshead Pike
- Go on a ‘proper’ picnic (with blanket, wicker basket and eat-with-your-fingers food)
- Go to a free summer concert
- Go camping
- Go and watch 5 plays at the theatre
- Go to 3 gigs / concerts
- Go to all the museums and galleries in Manchester, Liverpool, Llandudno and Conwy.
- Go on at least 12 trips to places that I have not been to before that are reasonably close to where I live, e.g. Sheffield, Halifax, etc
- Go ice-skating
- Go to the zoo (went to the Welsh Mountain Zoo in June with my OH)
- Plant a tree
- Go to see a movie by myself
- Fly a kite
- See the Cirque du Soleil
- Visit the following places: Paris, America, Brussels, Barcelona, 2 places I have not been to before (1/2 I went to Tenerife in April with my OH)
- Get over my fear of flying!!! I'm still working on this - I was fine flying out to Tenerife but cried like a baby on the way back :(
- Have a Hallowe’en party
- Go to 10 different restaurants that I have never been to before (1/10 I went to Lords in Harrogate a few weeks ago and very nice it was too!)
- Stop worrying about what other people think of me. Less negativity
- Make a list of 100 things that make me happy or that I am grateful for. Add to it once (or more!) a week
- Come up with a tradition of my own for Christmas
- Create a journal of poetry and quotes that ‘speak to me’. Post some of these on my blog
- Pay off everything that I owe
- Save up for our wedding and deposit on a house
- Create a work plan. Where do I see my self in 1, 3, 5, 10 years? What do I need to do to get there? Is what I’m doing now what I want to do for the rest of my life?
- Get married!
- Find out all family birthdays, anniversaries and telephone numbers. Write on a calendar and make copies for my mam and sister
- Trace my family tree (back to at least my great-great-great-grandparents)
- Go on a date with my OH at least once a month (going to the pub doesn’t count!) (3/?)
- Contact old friends and arrange to meet up (if possible!) Call / email / send card to 1 friend a month
- Give blood
- Attend as many band rehearsals as possible
- Participate in a book club
- Take more photographs! Take at least 1 photograph a day of something that interests me for a month and post on my blog
- Get a cat (got 2!)
- Watch 101 new films (I.e. ones I have not seen before), including at least 5 musicals
- Organise all the files from my old computer and burn what I need onto discs etc before getting rid of the old computer
- Make up 2 Christmas parcels (1 for a boy, 1 for a girl) to go to the Tameside Radio / Key 103 Christmas appeal
- Stop using plastic bags. Take cloth bags with me when I go shopping
- Get new glasses
- Visit the farmer’s markets at least once a month
- Put all my slummy into a jar and don’t touch it until it is full!!!
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Phew!!! If you're still reading WELL DONE!!! As you can see, I only have 98 actions on my list. I have 3 spare ones to add new ideas over the duration of this challenge :)
I will edit this page as I complete items on my list and am going to post regularly about my progress on this. I'm really excited about this project as I think it's going to be a lot of fun!
1 comment:
this is a fun list, and quite a challenge too! I've challenged myself to make something from every craft book I own too, and cook something from every cook book, not doing that well though.......
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