101 in 1001

This is something that I have been threatening to do for a while and today I sat down and with the ‘help’ of my family I came up with my list of 101 things to complete in 1001 days.

I will attempt to blog about the challenges when I complete them and give updates on how I am feeling, this is all new to me so I ask you to be patient, I also ask you to be encouraging so please feel free to send in suggestions about how I can complete my challenges.

The aim quite simply is to give myself new challenges and a new focus and get myself out of a bit of a rut I have found myself in.

101 Things in 1001 Days

Wish me luck or help me along the way 🙂

Apr 21, 2014 – Jan 16, 2017

1. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
2. Buy a car
3. Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards
4. Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over  (done – Charlotte is holding it for safekeeping
5. Challenge involving heights – possibly Go-Ape
6. lose a stone
7. Speak in front of a crowd of over 100
8. Learn a new word every day for a month
9. Learn to count to 10 in 10 languages
10. Perform 5 random acts of kindness
11. Identify 100 things that make me happy (one my way – see 100happydays)
12. Decorate the lounge
13. Do 10 nice things for people without telling them
14. get a regular job
15. Wear lipstick every day for a week
16. Have a day out with Charlotte
17. Have a day out with Dominic
18. Have a day out with Joseph
19. Have a 24 hours away from the children with Terry
20. Volunteer for charity for at least one hour per month (not counting FOSPs)
21. Do an online course leading to a qualification
22. Organise Terry’s Birthday Celebrations
23. sort LPs
24. Sort photos
25. Set up bank accounts for children
26. Complete a colouring book
27. Do a cross stitch
28. Find a new hobby
29. Complete a jigsaw each school holiday (at least 500pieces)
30. Make something crafty
31. Run through a garden sprinkler
32. Make an iTunes playlist of 101 of my favorite songs
33. Ride a roller coaster that goes upside down
34. Dye Hair
35. memorise Lady Macbeths speech
36. Complete 7 goals in a week
37. Get a henna tattoo
38. Go and see a sporting event of a sport I haven’t seen before
39. Visit 5 local restaurants I’ve never been to
40. Win the lottery (DONE! TWICE! £5.60 and £5.40)
41. 101 favourite quotes
42. Learn to Identify the flowers in the garden
43. Get a personal shopping assistant  (done – and would DEFINATELY do it again)
44. Host a Murder Mystery Evening
45. Go to a Karaoke bar
46. Organise an adult laserquest party
47. Do a theatre backstage tour
48. GO on an organised walking tour of a city or place
49. See the taping of a TV show
50. read every book club suggestion cover to cover
51. Go to the theatre once a month
52. watch all the ‘best picture’ oscar nominations 2015
53. Attend a ballet
54. Attend an Opera
55. Watch all seasons of ‘Lost’ again
56. Take Jo Russell to see Les Miserables
57. Go to an outdoor performance (movie/concert/play)
58. Learn how to use Photoshop
59. Blog at least once a month
60. No screen for an entire day
61. Expand my blog
62. Sort out all my email addresses and passwords
63. Get a logo for my business / blog / website
64. Publish Something Somewhere (other than on my blog)
65. Make a birthday cake for someone
66. No fast food for a month
67. Design and name a cocktail
68. Go vegetarian for a week
69. eat homegrown vegetables
70. Learn to roll sushi
71. Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever is on it
72. Learn to make Hot Cross Buns
73. Drink only water for one week
74. Try 10 new foods
75. Try ‘sugarcraft’ for cakes
76. Go to Paris
77. Sleep on a boat
78. Visit family in South Wales
79. Visit a city in the Uk that I have never been to before
80. Ride on the Bluebell
81. Go to a foreign city not visted before (Paris doesn’t count)
82. Go outside of Europe
83. Go to Wales / Scotland or Ireland
84. See a sunrise from a beautiful location
85. Go Camping for at least one night
86. Take a Yoga class
87. Ride a horse
88. Make 10 shots in a row in basketball
89. Play a round of Golf (it’ll probably be pitch and putt – crazy golf not allowed!)
90. Improve posture
91. Take a dance class
92. go for a 10 mile hike
93. Blacklands activity with family
94. Find a new forest trail
95. Get my bike fixed and go for a cycle ride
96. Do another ‘Race for Life’ even if it is just walking
97. Go swimming
98. An hour’s exercise each week in some form
99. complete my list of 101 things (April 21st)
100. Inspire someone else to make a list
101. Save £5 for every completed task

To see more up-to-date progress and comment as photos of my achievements (or not visit www.dayzeroproject.com/user/sammioneill