Day Zero Project

The Challenge:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a 'Bucket List'. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, study semesters, or outdoor activities.

I've been working on this list since December and I am finally finished. Here goes:

Start Date: September 2, 2010
End Date: May 30, 2013 (my 32nd birthday!)

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1) Make a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days
2) Make sourdough
3) Switch over from tissues to hankies
4) Go to bed at 10pm for 3 weeks
5) Get up at 6am for 3 weeks
6) Take a yoga class
7) Fit into a size 12 at some point in the next 1001 days
8) Make everyone in my family an article of clothing, including myself (0/4)
9) Change my own oil/filter
10) Host guests at least once a month (0/33)
11) No Spend Month three times(0/3)
12) Get curtains up in our bedroom
13) Make cheese
14) Finish turning the office into a playroom
15) Finish turning the guest bedroom into an office
16) Organize our filing system in the office
17) Create a budget and stick with it for 3 months (o/3)
18) Do something MST related for Loren & Danae every month (0/33)
19) Do devotions with Brent everyday for 2 weeks (0/14)
20) Establish an evening routine and stick with it for a month (0/30)
21) Establish a morning routine and stick with it for a month (0/30)
22) Do a craft with Morgan once a week (0/143)
23) Complete FlyLady babysteps
24) Create a database of seasonal go-to recipes
25) Start menu planning weekly
26) Complete the Couch25K program
27) Run the Strides for Missions 5K at church
28) Start a Christmas club account
29) Do a local eating challenge
30) Get outside for 20 minutes every day
31) Complete the Heavenly Homemaker’s Healthy Homemaking Babysteps
32) Organize my photos on the computer
33) Organize my files on the computer
34) Organize and clean up my iTunes
35) Visit the library once a week
36) Go to a state I’ve never been to before
37) Go hiking 4 times
38) Buy a new pair of sweet roller skates
39) Take Morgan roller-skating
40) Do a read through the Bible challenge
41) Donate $10 for every task not completed
42) Make an emergency/first aid kit for the house & car
43) Can something
44) Go Kayaking
45) Make sauerkraut
46) Make an advent calendar
47) Go see a local play
48) Make something from “Handmade Home” by Amanda Blake Soule
49) Go on a date with my husband once a month
50) Scan our old pictures into the computer
51) Create a will
52) Video the kids once a month
53) Pay off our final student loan
54) Create a wedding photo book
55) Write a thank you note for every gift I receive
56) Maintain my teaching degree
57) Complete a “100 things that Make Me Happy” list and scrapbook it
58) Make an ABC book for Morgan
59) Make an ABC book for Jonas
60) Write in the kids’ journals once a week
61) Put more pictures on the walls
62) Use my crockpot once a week for a year (0/52)
63) Make a quilt
64) Fast from sugar for 31 days, 3 times (0/3)
65) Memorize a new poem
66) Have our new neighbors over for dinner
67) Clean out my inbox
68) Listen to 1 album from unheard of artist each month (0/33)
69) Plant a children's garden
70) Do a craft with Morgan once a week
71) Start a movie night tradition
72) Stop my weird tooth pressing habit that I recently discovered I have
73) Do my hair everyday for 2 weeks…like an actual hairstyle
74) Make a household binder
75) Get professional photographs taken of our family
76) Take a pic of myself everyday for a year (really hard, I hate taking pictures of myself)
77) Take my pills/vitamins every day for a month (0/30)
78) Handmade Christmas 2011
79) Cook dinner and take to a friend that I sense might need it
80) Have some really good Dim Sum…try to recreate Wo Fat’s
81) Plan a really sweet 30th birthday party for Brent
82) Take Brent out to eat on his birthday and make sure they sing to him (he has never had this happen to him)
83) Don’t criticize Brent for an entire week (if I say something critical, the week starts over)
84) Start and complete family tree mural project
85) Do another "Not Buying Anything New" challenge
86) Dye my hair red with henna (agh...this is crazy for me!)
87) Drink the recommended amount of water for 3 weeks
88) Read and complete "The Husband Project" (0/21)
89) Go screen-free for 5 days (computer/tv/movies/video games)
90) Make picture clock for the wall (idea from GH)
91) Start a small group at our church
92) Keep a prayer journal for a month
93) Do family devotions/worship
94) Try acupuncture
95) Yes day once a month (0/33)
96) Take 5 people on their offers for help when your first inclination is to say, no that’s okay (0/5)
97)Put up rain gutter/sling shelves in the playroom or kids' room
98)_______this to be added in 2011
99)_______this to be added in 2012
100)_______this to be added in 2013
101)Write a new list of 101 things to be completed in 1001 days