101 Things in 1001 Days {Day Zero Project}

Start date: April 15, 2015 – End Date: January 10, 2018

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

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific, no ambiguity in the wording, with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and must represent some amount of work on your part. It doesn’t have to be something you have never done, although most will be, others will just be done again within this time period. For each item I don’t complete I will donate $5 to the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

Why 1001 Days? 

 Ideally, you create a list of 101 tasks that you want to complete in 1001 days.  Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple challenges such as New Year’s resolutions or a ‘Bucket List’. From what I understand, 1001 days is a more realistic time frame for completing such a lengthy list. It allows for tasks that are specific to a certain season or holiday.  And, with a longer time frame, you’re more apt to stick with it.

My Progress

completed, in progress, failed

Completed:  2/101 {updated 4/18/15}

Here’s my list:

1. Write a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days!
2. Donate blood
3. Do some volunteer work {4/15/2015}
4. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
5. Do 10 random acts of kindness 
6. Randomly pay for someone in line behind me {4/17/2015 Dairy Queen}
7. Donate old clothes to charity {4/19/2015}
8. Support a kickstarter project
9. Donate $5 to charity for each task I don’t complete
10. Inspire someone else to make their own list

1. Go to bed before 11 pm every night for a month
2. Write myself a mail via www.futureme.org
3. Take a free online class
4. Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over
5. Try Brazilian BBQ
6. Spend an afternoon reading at the park
7. Stop swearing for a whole month
8. Learn how to say no
9. Spend a rainy day watching films in my PJ's
10. Plant a garden
11. Smile at everyone I see for an entire day
12. Sing in the shower
13. Stay up late and watch a meteor shower
14. Try 5 new foods
15. Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever comes up
16. Do something completely out of my comfort zone {4/19/2015}
17. Do something that absolutely terrifies me
18. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day

1. Take a Yoga class
2. Drink more water
3. Participate in some type of dance class
4. Try a basic meditation technique
5. Do a Couch to 5k running plan
6. Go to the dentist
7. Go to the gym 3 times a week for a month
8. Stop drinking soda for a month
9. Play volleyball

1. Write a letter to someone who has inspired me
2. Plant a tree for each of my children
3. Do something for a person that has made a difference in my life
4. Create a new family tradition
5. Plant a tree with my kiddos on Earth Day
6. Go on a family vacation
7. Dance with someone in the rain
8. Write a detailed zombie apocalypse plan
9. Eat a meal inside a blanket fort
10. Get a part time job so I can stay home with the kids
11. Build a snowman with the kiddos 

1. Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind"
2. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet
3. Make 101 blog entries
4. Blog every day for a week
5. Build a pinhole camera
6. Send a secret to PostSecret
7. Take more pictures
8. Write a book
9. Complete 25 writing prompts from www.creativewritingprompts.com
10. Make a Year in Pictures album
11. Take a photography class
12. Buy a Wreck This Journal and finish it
13. Paint a canvas
14. Learn to knit
15. Get professional photos done
16. Document one month of my life in photographs
17. Photograph a wedding
18. Learn 50 new things by clicking the random articles button on Wikipedia
19. Draw a self portrait
20. Read a self-help book
21. Make at least 10 recipes that I've pinned on Pinterest
22. Complete the 5000 Question Survey

1. Go to the zoo
2. Sleep under the stars
3. Go to a concert
4. Go to 5 different museums
5. Visit Mastodon State Historic Site
6. Visit Meramec Caverns
7. Walk the Delmar Loop
8. Visit the Endangered Wolf center
9. Go to a fireworks show on the Fourth of July
10. Visit Disney World (Florida)
11. Go on a road trip
12. Go on a picnic
13. Go to a comedy club
14. Go to a planetarium
15. Visit an aquarium
16. Go camping
17. Canoe down a river
18. Watch a Cirque du Soleil show
19. Visit Branson
20. Go to a baseball game
21. Attend a food festival
22. Go to a festival
23. Go to a drive-in movie

1. Put away $10 for every goal completed
2. Go a week without buying anything
3. Open a savings account
4. Create and maintain a budget
5. Start saving for retirement
6. Save my change and cash it in at the end of the 1001 days

1. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor
2. Clean out my closet

 I am excited to share my progress; I will try to update my blog as I start to cross things off my list. I know I might not blog about every single one of them but I will be sharing with all of you my process because I love to cross things off!

If you’d like to read more about the challenge visit DayZeroProject or simply google ‘101 in 1001′. You’ll get a lot of lists for inspiration!

If I inspire you to start your own Day Zero Project, please let me know. I’d love to follow along!