101 things in 1001 days

Key:

Not yet done

In progress/Ongoing

Finished (date finished)

Beginning: Sunday 1st February 2009
End Date: Sunday 30th October 2011

Personal/Self-Growth

1. Use EFT at least once a week (0/143 weeks)
 2. Learn to be content with ME
 3. Identify 25 things I like about myself (0/25)
 4. Write a letter to somebody who has hurt me in the past, then rip it to shreds
 5. Don't panic
 6. Work out what I am good at/where my talents lie and hone them
 7. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy
 8. Achieve something monumental
 9. Don't compare myself to others/work out techniques to believe in myself
10. Set aside 2 hours of non-tv, non-internet time per day to do something artistic/study/spend time with partner/read
11. Clean up my Facebook/MSN list and get rid of people I never speak to/who don't speak to me and who are no good for me finished
12. Stay off Facebook for 1 week at a time (1 week on, 1 week off)
13. Try not to let the weight of the world sit on my shoulders
14. Turn negative thoughts into positive ones

Creative

1. Paint a self portrait
 2. Join a writing class/group online/locally
 3. Learn to make jam
 4. Learn how to silk-screen
 5. Learn how to make resin jewellery
 6. Make some pillows for the couch
 7. Create my own writing paper and envelopes
 8. Draw/paint once a month (0/32)
 9. Start and complete a craft project once a week, no matter how small (0/143)
10. Start an inspiring quote list and add to it once a week (5/143)
11. Make myself an item of clothing that I can actually wear
12. Learn to use my overlocker
13. Do NaNoWriMo
14. Take a sewing class

Photography

1. Turn some of my photography into art pieces for my apartment
 2. Explore and take photos of an abandoned building
 3. Take photographic evidence (where possible) of completed tasks
 4. Learn more about lomography and take more photos using my Diana
 5. Set up and start photo challenge where I create a list of 100 seemingly impossible things and go about doing it (0/100)
 6. Create an image board for my photography/makeup/art
 7. Work out a better system for storing my photos on my computer
 8. Learn to use Photoshop to its full potential
 9. Do 26 Things project (http://www.sh1ft.org/26things/)
10. Do at least 1 photo shoot each month (whether it be makeup or photography)
11. Enter a photography competition
12. Take 15 photo booth photos

Family/Partner/Friends

1. Have a girls day with my mum and sister finished
2. Spend a day alone with my dad
3. Get bikes fixed and go on bike rides most weekends
4. Read Thomas a book
5. Phone/send an email to my family once a fortnight
6. Make a new friend/s who I can trust and who actually finds me intriguing/wants to spend time with me
7. Do something nice for my partner once a day finished

Health, Wellness & Food

1. Get my teeth whitened
 2. See a nutritionist
 3. See a life coach
 4. Become 100% vegetarian
 5. Try indoor rock climbing
 6. Learn how to make 10 vegan dishes (0/10)
 7. Make a small recipe book of self-tried and tested vegetarian recipes
 8. Eat a piece of fruit a day for 3 months
 9. Quit drinking alcohol for 2 months and note the changes to my health
10. Cook a delicious and healthy meal for myself finished
11. Try a new food I've never had before/never liked
12. Prepare lunches for work for a period of 3 months (so that means buying NO food from work)
13. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week
14. Take up boxing
15. Lose 2 dress sizes (1/2)
16. Get blood test
17. Start hula hooping for fitness
18. Lose 15kgs (5/15)

Wealth

1. Save at least $100 a fortnight and don't touch it (amount so far: $2,000)
2. Pay off debt

Education/Business

1. Pass all of my assignments/projects at TAFE finished
2. Start big assignments from TAFE at least two weeks or more before they are due finished
3. Try to improve my maths as much as possible
4. Write a business plan/get business advice from a professional
5. Learn the basics of Japanese (Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening)
6. Start an Etsy store for selling my hand-made accessories
7. Create a website for my business
8. Work out price-list for my business (must do this straight away)

House-Related

1. Tidy my sewing/study room once a fortnight finished
2. Get a plant and look after it

For Fun/Miscellanious

1. Take burlesque dancing classes
 2. Have a pin-up style photo shoot with me as the model for once
 3. Start a list of inspirational women who I admire and why I admire them
 4. Read American Psycho
 5. Send a secret to Post Secret
 6. Be featured in something positively (magazine, blog, etc)
 7. Wear my boots more often
 8. Buy stockings and suspenders and look good in them
 9. Hone my personal style and feel comfortable wearing what I love
10. Have a picnic with someone who means something to me
11. Pay 25 people I know serious, heartfelt compliments and not expect anything in return (0/25)
12. Grow hair/fringe out to chin (this will take about a year)
13. Get two tattoos (1/2)
14. Blog at least once a week (0/143 weeks)
15. Buy an original piece of artwork
16. Get passport
17. See one of these bands live (highly improbable) - B52's, Depeche Mode, The Cardigans, Rammstein, Radiohead, Morrisey
18. Buy thrift, handmade, or independent before resorting to large chain stores
19. Donate $5 to charity for every failed item at the end of the 1,001 days
20. Pay off library fees so I can borrow again
21. Mend all clothing in repair pile
22. Get my drivers licence
23. Go on a holiday overseas
24. Stick with this list and don't give up no matter how hard it all seems