101 in 1001
My list for the Day Zero project. You’re supposed to make a list of 101 things you want to do and then complete the list in 1001 days.
Started: August 26, 2024
Finish Date: May 24, 2027
Strikethrough text means the task is completed
Green text means I’ve started this task
Red text means I’ve failed
The List
Work/Finances
- Keep current job until the 1001 days are up (and ongoing)
- Pay off all three credit cards
- Have at least $2,000 in my savings account
Creative
- Put together an online photo album
- Get back into drawing and complete a full landscape piece
- Finish 20 needle felting projects
- Learn how to make pixel art
- Learn how to make candles
- Attend a blacksmithing class
- Take a makeup class
- Learn to play a song on the acoustic guitar
- Learn to read sheet music
- Write an original short story
- Write 5 fanfics
- Write another paid piece for a gaming publication
Travel
- Visit Milan, Italy (planned for March 2025)
- Visit Denmark
- Visit Salem, MA
- Visit Hot Springs, NC, and have a spa weekend
- Go on a trip to NYC with Mom and Lindsay
- See a Broadway play
Ride the Amtrak(8/30/24)- Go to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
- Take my parents on a trip
- See 10 bands live (2/10)
- Attend a music festival
- Visit my cousin in Port Townsend, WA
- Visit a beach again
- Stay in a cabin in the mountains
- Stay in a haunted hotel
- Go fossil hunting
Local/Nearby
- Go to the Knoxville Opera
- Go on a ghost tour
- Go apple picking
- Go to a Renaissance Faire
- Attend a Pride event
- Go horseback riding
- Have a staycation in my city
- Go mushroom hunting
Entertainment
- Discover at least 10 new (to me) good bands/artists
- Listen to Dream Theater's entire discography in Spotify
- Listen to Sabaton's entire discography in Spotify
- Collect at least 10 more CDs (1/10)
- Create 10 new (and interesting!) Spotify playlists
- Watch 50 movies I haven’t watched before
- Read 100 books I haven’t read before
- Play 100 new indie games
- Read 10 new fanfics
- Visit 5 museums
- Go to an art exhibition
- Throw a party
- Host a game night
- Get back into Magic: The Gathering
- Watch all the James Bond films
- Master at least 3 more games on RetroAchievements
- Play through Silent Hill 2 on the PlayStation 2
- Listen to every episode of The Silt Verses
- Listen to every episode of Old Gods of Appalachia
Appearance
- Get a fourth tattoo
- Get snake bites piercings
- Wear earrings more often
- Dress up for Halloween, even if nobody else does
- Do my makeup every day for a month and snap a photo of each look
Pets
- Get a pet dog
- Teach the dog 5 tricks
- Go on a hiking trip with the dog
Food
- Visit 5 restaurants I’ve never been to before (4/5)
Order something completely new and unusual at a restaurant(8/29/24)- Go one month without sweets or fast food
- Go vegetarian for one month
- Bake and decorate a tiered cake
- Bake a loaf of bread
- Make cinnamon rolls from scratch
- Try 20 new recipes and post them on my blog
Health
- Lose 30 lbs
- Do a 10-mile hike
- Get a membership to the YMCA
- Workout every day for a month
Do Good for Others
- Get a tri-bin for recycling
- Donate $100 to 5 different charities (and research them beforehand)
- Volunteer for a soup kitchen
- Volunteer for an animal shelter
- Write a love letter for Danny
- Make breakfast in bed for Danny
- Buy flowers for Mom, just because
- Buy flowers for Lindsay, just because
- Send out Christmas cards
Miscellaneous
- Buy potted plants (and keep them alive for 6 months)
- Get a film camera
- Get a new (to me) car
- Learn American Sign Language
- Brush up on my French, to the point where I'd be comfortable speaking it on a trip to France
- Make a new friend
- Get a poker set and host a poker night
- Finish the NYT Sunday crosswords book
- Learn how to change the oil in my car
- Learn how to make latte art with our espresso machine
- Book a professional photo shoot for Danny and me
- Replace or renovate the TV stand
- Collect at least 10 more perfumes
- Refrain from shopping for myself for a month