To complete 41 things! 2 weeks ago

58% of the days have passed and I’ve only completed 53%. There are only a few I can think of that I might complete soon. Part of the problem has been that my girlfriend has been so busy and so many of the goals on there I wanted to share with her. That can’t always be the case of course. I’ll keep at it. 2 months ago

38% complete and only 253 days left…

There are a lot of things that change during 3 years. Things we not longer would like to do, diferent circumstances, new priorities. I really want to complete this list, so today I’ve made some adjustments.

I had there some goals I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to complete by the end of the year, for example, see the aurora borealis (I don’t have enough money to make this kind of trip at the moment) or overcome my fear of driving (I don’t have a car anymore). I’ve changed them for other goals more attainable during these remaining months. Could this be considered cheating? =P 2 months ago

A good start to the year.

I crossed six things off the Day Zero list:
-Get contacts
-Complete a cryptic crossword
-Learn to make macarons
-Read Buffy Season 8
-Sit on the steps of the Brighton Beach Bathing Boxes with fish and chips
-Go to MSAC again

And achieved a little something extra:
-Complete the Strava Run Base Mile Blast

Also made progress on these Day Zero goals:
-Complete a 365 day photo challenge
-See 2000 movies
-Make a good chicken kiev

And on this little extra goal:
-Read the 10 Aussie books to read before you die

My Day Zero progress is now closer to on track – I’m 49% complete, though should be 52%. More progress to be made! 4 months ago

This is probably the best place on 43Things to write this…

The theme for the year was madness – so much going on all year. It wasn’t the most emotionally intense year, but it was one of the best I’ve had in that a lot of the problems that held me back previous years (regret about previous relationships, feeling trapped living home and most recently stress and frustration at work) weren’t really issues anymore. There were other things that frustrated me, but working my way up to #2 and #10 helped a lot.

Without further ado, my Top 10 Accomplishments/Experiences of 2012
1. I learned to run and ran up to 8km, completing five fun runs along the way
2. I came out at work after five years of hesitation
3. I rap jumped off a 27m building
4. I fixed my work situation and made myself a better-rounded professional with three new projects
5. I got on a bike for the first time in 14 years and managed to pedal a little
6. I cooked in a professional restaurant kitchen
7. I met Julie Benz and she signed my Puppet Angel doll
8. I danced at a Britpop versus Electronica Silent Disco
9. I spent a week in Cairns where I witnessed a solar eclipse and snorkelled the Great Barrier Reef
10. I got to the bidding stage of looking for a house to buy

Honourable mentions:
-Reading 75 books, including an A-Z author first name reading challenge and finishing all the books on my shelf
-Hosting several delicious and social feasts
-Flying a kite for the first time
-Using a typewriter
-Playing golf for the first time
-Trying contact lenses

Taking #10 and #5 quite a lot further are my biggest goals for 2013. 5 months ago

35% complete and 371 days left. Time flies!!
The goals that remain in my list are the thoughest ones. I’ve been a bit lazy lately, but If I want to finish this, now it’s the moment to change! 6 months ago

I may have to put more focus on longer-term goals until summer really kicks in as I’m now a bit behind (38 goals completed while 39.6% of time has passed) and don’t see many I could tick off soon. Hopefully I can even this out over summer with a number of outdoor goals and my main enabling goal right now, buying a house. 8 months ago

27% and 444 days left… I will need to rush a bit! 8 months ago

I’ve been doing the project for 368 days and have completed 37 items from my list, not bad! Many are in progress too, but of course some of the ones left are among the hardest and a few I’m not sure if I can manage. I’ll just keep at them.

http://dayzeroproject.com/user/pancreas/list/33377 9 months ago

Sep 01, 2011 – May 29, 2014
1.Put change in someone’s expired parking meter
2.Clear my skin
3.Go vegetarian for a month
4.Fly a kite
5.Complete a 365 day photo challenge
6.Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
7.Donate blood
8.Get contacts
9.Swim with dolphins
10.Milk a cow
11.Send a secret to PostSecret
12.Do the A-Z author surname challenge
13.Do the A-Z author first name challenge
14.Watch Melrose Place
15.Release a message in a bottle
16.Go zorbing
17.Go white water rafting
18.Get on a bike again and successfully ride it
19.Make a good chicken kiev
20.Visit all six states and both territories
21.Use a traditional typewriter
22.Get my movie list down to 50
23.Find a film critic I can trust
24.Buy a house
25.Fix my work situation
26.Learn how to plait my own hair
27.See Garbage live
28.Watch the sunrise
29.Be in the audience of a TV show
30.Dye my hair blue
31.Get a bowling score of over 130
32.Ride in a hot air balloon
33.Take a course in massage therapy
34.Learn to make macarons
35.Visit New Zealand
36.Complete a cryptic crossword
37.Ride a segway
38.Go on another meditation retreat
39.Tech for another play
40.See 2000 movies
41.Sell something on eBay
42.Go rap jumping
43.Make a list of the 101 things to do in Melbourne
44.Find out my blood type
45.Buy a new TV
46.Buy a lottery ticket
47.Go horseback riding
48.Go ice skating
49.Read all the books currently on my shelf
50.Walk through a corn maze
51.Make a pie on Pi day
52.Go to a silent disco
53.Attend a dawn service on ANZAC day
54.Go to Melbourne Open House
55.Play giant chess on the Pavement Chess Corner
56.Do some volunteer work
57.Get a really short haircut
58.Update my epicure list
59.Shop at a farmer’s market
60.Go to Glow Golf & the Coffin Ride
61.Sit on the steps of the Brighton Beach Bathing Boxes with fish and chips
62.Take the Hidden Secrets Lanes and Arcades tour
63.Travel in a personally operated lift in the Nicholas Building
64.Visit Sovereign Hill
65.Drive along the Great Ocean Road
66.Descend the Central Deborah Gold Mine in Bendigo
67.Attend a Women of Letters event
68.Visit Old Melbourne Gaol (Australia)
69.Back up my hard drive
70.Consolidate my super
71.Sort out my investment funds
72.Take a Yarra cruise
73.Jog along The Tan
74.Ride the world’s oldest operating rollercoaster at Luna Park
75.Go overseas again (after NZ)
76.Read in the Latrobe Reading Room of the State Library
77.Switch to gmail
78.Do my own taxes
79.Get my book list down to 40
80.Swim in the Adelphi pool
81.Go to MSAC again
82.Take friends to The Cuckoo
83.Be out at work
84.Get back into making mixtapes
85.Get back into writing poetry
86.Make ice cream from scratch
87.Zombie shuffle
88.Bathe under a waterfall
89.Go commando
90.Buy an original piece of art
91.Watch two movies at a cinema in the same day
92.Watch Rage all night
93.Go clubbing
94.Use my personalised soup mug regularly
95.Make new friends
96.Go the gym regularly
97.Meditate regularly
98.Discover a completely new hobby
99.Host a decade-themed party
100.Take a first aid course
101.Read Buffy Season 8 9 months ago

23% complete and 502 days left… Time flies! 10 months ago

1. Donate blood2. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
3. Learn to drive a stick shift
4. Visit England
5. Leave a note inside a book for someone to find
6. Kiss in the rain
7. Don’t complain about anything for a week
8. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
9. Fall in love
10. Play Muggle Quidditch
11. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen before starting with each letter of the alphabet
12. Get a job
13. Go camping
14. Find out my blood type
15. Go to a concert
16. Learn to play poker
17. Walk on stilts
18. Get a massage19. Make a new friend
20. Go on a road trip
21. See a movie alone
22. Go sledding
23. Don’t swear for a week
24. Go on a picnic25. No fast food for a month
26. Send a secret to PostSecret
27. Make a wish on 11/11/11 at 11:1128. Make a photo collage29. See a rainbow
30. Go to a roller derby match31. Go to a flea market32. Find a personally inspiring quote and work it into a piece of art33. Do 50 consecutive pushups
34. See a parade
35. See 10 classic movies I’ve never seen
36. Read 100 books
37. Do some volunteer work38. Attend the midnight premiere of a movie39. Get a henna tattoo40. Graduate
41. Go ice skating
42. Go to a Renaissance fair
43. Vote
44. Go skinny dipping
45. Go on a train trip
46. Figure out what I want to do when I “grow up”
47. Make a birthday cake for someone
48. Go to the zoo
49. Make money doing something I love
50. Go rock climbing
51. See a shooting star
52. Finish a Sudoku book
53. See Wicked live
54. Fly a kite
55. Spend a rainy day watching films in my PJ’s
56. Have my palm read
57. Earn a scholarship58. Not log in to Facebook for a week
59. Design myself a coat of arms and a flag
60. Create an emergency preparedness kit61. Get a new haircut
62. Buy an outrageous pair of shoes
63. Clean out my closet
64. Try a new sport65. Listen to a band I’ve never heard before for every letter of the alphabet
66. Finish my current journal and start a new one
67. Try 6 new flavors of ice cream68. Learn a poem by heart
69. Attend a boot camp
70. Spend a day at the beach
71. Take a yoga class
72. Bake cupcakes
73. Go to 5 different museums
74. Learn to say hello in 15 languages
75. Write a short story
76. Take a self-defense class
77. Cash in my change jar
78. Learn to French braid hair
79. Read all the books currently on my shelf
80. Climb to the top of the Statue of Liberty
81. Get my nails done professionally
82. Go barefoot for a day
83. Visit the Grand Canyon
84. Take ballroom dancing classes
85. Expand my vocabulary by 100 words
86. Identify 100 things that make me happy
87. Eat ice cream for breakfast
88. Put change in someone’s expired parking meter
89. Get a facial
90. Raise money for charity
91. Kiss at midnight on New Years
92. Go rock climbing
93. Learn Spanish94. Run a mile95. Go to a professional sporting event
96. Learn basic sign language
97. Write a letter to myself to open the day that I graduate high school98. Try a new and possibly frightening food
99. Write a message in a public bathroom
100. Participate in a flash mob
101. Visit the Amazon 17 months ago

733 days left… Not bad. 18 months ago

833 days left… and this is getting more difficult, since on each update there are less easy tasks left. 21 months ago

... and 844 days left. This is going quite good! 22 months ago

... and I still have 872 days left! 23 months ago

Now I should start with some of the home improvement goals. 2 years ago