101 things in 1001 days

A while back I stumbled across this website, The Day Zero Project, and was inspired to make a list of tasks to complete myself.

I've spent a lot of time mulling over which tasks I wanted to include - some of them were obvious and things that I've been wanting to do for a while, but after those I got a bit stuck and didn't want to include any old meaningless thing just so I'd get to the target of 101 quicker.

After spending ages trawling through the Idea Finder on the site, itching to start on my tasks but not wanting to do so until I'd finished the list, I decided that as much as I didn't want to I might as well start with an incomplete list and hope that ideas for the remaining 9 tasks came to mind along the way.

I started my 1001 days on the 6th of October (my birthday, seemed like a good day to start it on), meaning I'll finish on the 4th of July 2013 (by which point I'll be approaching the age of 23... scary thought!).

I'll be posting with updates on completed tasks/tasks in progress, but I've also added a page (which can be found here or at the top of the left sidebar) to give an overview of my project.

And so, without further ado, here is the list of 92 (hopefully soon to become 101!) tasks I am aiming to complete in the next 1001 days:

1. Write in a diary every day
2. Answer the “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”
3. Walk 500 miles
4. Take a photograph of myself every week
5. Visit the USA
6. Pass my driving theory test
7. Pass my driving practical test
8. Go diving
9. Go to Scotland
10. Visit 5 places north of London
11. Knit a garment
12. Sew a garment
13. Learn the phonetic alphabet
14. Sell at least one piece of jewellery
15. Read 101 books
16. Watch 101 films
17. Learn to touch-type
18. Complete my degree
19. Have a birthday party
20. Craft in public
21. Save £5 for every task I complete
22. Win NaNoWriMo
23. Give blood
24. Send a message in a bottle
25. Host a dinner party
26. Be a vegetarian for a week
27. Plant a tree
28. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of the 1001 days
29. Make a time capsule
30. Get properly fitted for a bra
31. Get a penpal
32. Go horse riding
33. Make all my food from scratch for a fortnight
34. Make a birthday cake for someone
35. Try 50 new foods
36. Crochet a granny square blanket
37. Watch all episodes of a TV series in order
38. Fill up my change jar
39. Make a recipe book
40. Make a new friend
41. Buy a copy of The Big Issue
42. Let a balloon go with my contact details attached and see where it ends up
43. Lose weight
44. Watch no TV for a week
45. Do the 200 sit-ups challenge (www.twohundredsitups.com)
46. Get a pet
47. Finish a Rubik’s Cube
48. Take pictures in a photo booth
49. Learn to cook 10 meals
50. Make a gingerbread house
51. Try Geocaching
52. Finish a 100o+ piece jigsaw without using the picture on the box
53. Make a list of 101 facts about me
54. Go camping for a weekend
55. Take part in a pub quiz
56. Make a family tree
57. Make ice cream
58. Have my fortune tols
59. Make a stop-motion video
60. See a dolphin in the wild
61. See a whale in the wild
62. Make a list of things I like about myself
63. Read an autobiography
64. Take a photo of a place through all four seasons
65. Write a haiku
66. Spend a night in a posh hotel
67. Have a picnic
68. Spend an afternoon reading outside
69. Complete at least 100 hours of voluntary work
70. Swim in the sea
71. Finish a knitting project
72. Go for a long bike ride
73. Give a handmade gift
74. Spend a day at the beach
75. Read all of Jane Austen’s novels
76. Eat at 10 new restaurants
77. Make a list of my 25 best qualities
78. Go one week without swearing
79. Get a job
80. Find a constellation in the night sky
81. Enter 10 competitions
82. List 101 things that make me happy
83. Go for a walk in a forest
84. Make a list of 101 of my accomplishments in life
85. List 25 different species of animal I’ve seen in the wild
86. Grow a fruit or vegetable
87. Document one month of my life in photographs
88. Send 25 postcards via www.postcrossing.com
89. Write a letter to someone who has changed my life
90. Pick one random word from a dictionary each week, learn it’s meaning and try to use it in conversation
91. Don’t say anything negative for a day
92. Start a new tradition

Any suggestions for things to add to my list will be very welcomed, I'm seriously stuck haha.