101 Things In 1001 Days
In May 2009 a friend told me about a project she was taking on. Instead of setting New Year Resolutions she was writing a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days, which was more achievable and more fun.
I decided to join in and wrote a list too. It ends on January 30, 2012.
However, our lives took a turn we didn’t expect and most of the things I wrote were unachievable due to the location we live in.
So, I am starting again. My new list will start on July 1, 2011 and will end 10o1 days later on Monday, April 28, 2014.
My new list has some of the things from my old list but is mostly new.
101 Things in 1001 days (0/101)
Start date: Monday, August 1, 2011
Finish date: Monday April, 28, 2014
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| 1 | Complete the French language course |
| 2 | Make a small quilt as a gift |
| 3 | Give 16 random thoughtful gifts to unsuspecting friends |
| 4 | Find our forever home |
| 5 | Sell the house in NI |
| 6 | Make a Christmas quilt for Mom and Dad |
| 7 | Go on a holiday |
| 8 | Lose 28 pounds |
| 9 | Take dancing lessons |
| 10 | Plan a honeymoon |
| 11 | Plan a surprise perfect day for Allan |
| 12 | Read 101 books for pleasure and list – ?/101 |
| 13 | Visit family in Northern Ireland |
| 14 | Visit Siobhan in London |
| 15 | Learn a new skill |
| 16 | Write to friends and family monthly |
| 17 | Make a quilt for our bed |
| 18 | Have a home spa day |
| 19 | Drink champagne with Allan as the sun sets on the beach |
| 20 | Visit three Provinces/Territories other than Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba and NWT |
| 21 | Go dancing/take dance lessons |
| 22 | Attend a ballet |
| 23 | Meditate and keep a journal for it |
| 24 | Do something unexpected each for Allan’s sons to make them smile |
| 25 | Write 101 compliments on Post Its and leave in random places for random people to find – 0/101 |
| 26 | Save $1 for every day of this project and use it to go on a holiday with Allan |
| 27 | Plant a vegetable garden |
| 28 | Make ten “Around the World” meals for Allan |
| 29 | Have a picture taken with Allan – that we both like |
| 30 | Every day realise at least one thing to be thankful for/happy about |
| 31 | Document my family tree back at least ten generations – 1/10 |
| 32 | Keep up food blog |
| 33 | At Christmas make cookies and cards for family and friends |
| 34 | Make emergency home and car kit – car kit complete |
| 35 | Find an apartment we love until we find our forever home |
| 36 | Finish the denim quilt |
| 37 | Find furniture we both love |
| 38 | Try a new recipe every month |
| 39 | Write a message in a bottle with my address inside to see if anyone responds |
| 40 | Do a random act of kindness once a week |
| 41 | Go to a play in Stratford with Allan |
| 42 | Go to a farmer’s market with a shopping basket with Allan |
| 43 | Make a tote bag for shopping |
| 44 | Visit a museum with Allan |
| 45 | Learn to ice skate |
| 46 | Keep a photo journal of 101 things in 1001 days – ?/101 |
| 47 | Go to a baseball game |
| 48 | Bring everything from storage in NI |
| 49 | Actually go up the CN Tower – despite Allan pointing out all the cracks… |
| 50 | Create a website and decide on name |
| 51 | Make a photo book |
| 52 | Write down 50 guided meditations – 0/50 |
| 53 | Save $2 daily towards a down payment for Allan’s Mustang |
| 54 | Get pink wellington boots for me and Emm |
| 55 | Show Allan how much I love him in different ways every day |
| 56 | Bake a cake/cookies/muffins at least monthly |
| 57 | Go on a road trip and do a photo journal |
| 58 | Have a dinner party |
| 59 | Go back to each of the Five Great Lakes and paddle with Bob and take pictures
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| 60 | Empty storage in Manitoba |
| 61 | Floss EVERY day |
| 62 | Enroll in online course |
| 63 | Spend one hour a week on girly things |
| 64 | Write ten short stories – 0/10 |
| 65 | Have a tea party – Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party |
| 66 | Empty storage in Ontario |
| 67 | Bake Bob a birthday cake |
| 68 | Walk at least five times a week |
| 69 | Have dinner with friends at least ten times |
| 70 | Barbeque with Allan |
| 71 | Make a video for my parents |
| 72 | Do something to make my mom smile for no reason – 0/10 |
| 73 | Make pasta from scratch |
| 74 | Make food from ten different cultures |
| 75 | Go to a flea market |
| 76 | Go to an antique’s fair |
| 77 | Write a list of places to visit before we die – Hawaii, The Rockies, Paris, Venice, Rome, Verona |
| 78 | Start a collection together |
| 79 | Make a CD of meditation music that I love |
| 80 | Learn how to get in and out of a car gracefully – then do it |
| 81 | Walk along the edge of the water at sunset in bare feet with Allan |
| 82 | Watch a sunrise sitting somewhere beautiful with Allan |
| 83 | Buy an old chair and restore it to prettiness with Allan |
| 84 | Make random cards to send to family and friends |
| 85 | Go fruit picking |
| 86 | Do something “impossible” |
| 87 | Help Allan build something |
| 88 | Go to a Jazz Club |
| 89 | Spend the day at Home County – listening to music and reading books |
| 90 | Start work/teaching |
| 91 | Go to an auction and buy something |
| 92 | Go to a concert with Allan |
| 93 | Go on a bike ride to have a picnic wearing a sundress and floppy hat |
| 94 | Have a picnic with Allan in a field |
| 95 | Find a job I enjoy |
| 96 | Allow myself to take pleasure in things without being embarrassed or self conscious |
| 97 | Write something for Allan |
| 98 | Watch thirty movies that Allan says I have to before I die – 0/30 |
| 99 | Knit Allan a scarf |
| 100 | Go swimming with Bob |
| 101 | Write next list! |
I think this is a fabulous idea – as is your blog! I have my two best girlfriends coming to visit me from the UK soon (I too relocated to another country for love and am the happiest I´ve ever been). We go back many years and are always planning for the future, I think they´d love to make a list like this too. Good luck with the list and hope you enjoy doing each and every thing!
Thank you! That’s interesting that we did the same thing, and I am happy that we are both really happy with our choices.
Have fun with your friends.
I spent most of my formative childhood years living on Lake Superior! Michigan during the school year, and in Lake Superior on Isle Royale National Park during the summers cause my Dad was a National Park Service Ranger. It afforded me a rare, and very beautiful special upbringing.
Im still trying to finish the quilt that I started when I was 17 years old. I had no husband in sight, but I began it with the intention that it would grace my eventual wedding bed. Quilting is a lovely artform.
I just bought a basket to hang on my arm while I am with my BF, walking the Rennaisance Faire grounds, providing background color for the patrons. Now Im looking for a cloth to put inside it. Any ideas? It needs to line the bottom and have enough to wrap around the top and over, so that it doesnt fall out/get stolen during my roundabouts.
I LOVE your list idea!! So ambitious. I look forward to watching you check off every single item on this list and cheering for you when you start your next one.
I love baskets. I did get to the market, for about ten minutes with a basket so I am started on the list already!