Monday 12 January 2009

101 tasks in 1001 days - Day Zero

Well, here goes. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to decide on my 101 tasks in 1001 days. The blog might need a bit of tweaking so I can put the list down the side - I'm a blog virgin!

This is my 101 tasks in 1001 days list, some will seem meaningless to any readers passing by this way, but i'll probably explain all as I go along!


1. Lose 3 stone
2. Lose 5 stone
3. Lose 7 stone
4. Be 11 stone 7 pounds
5. Be able to drive without fear
6. Drive from home to Dorchester
7. Have a non sub-prime mortgage
8. Learn Spanish to conversation level
9. Build a build your own radio kit
10. Complete CTLLS qualification
11. Complete DTLLS qualification
12. To have a minimum of £15,000 in savings and to still have it at the end of the 1001 days
13. Go to the cinema
14. Go to see Nanna and Granddad.
15. Be competent in Excel
16. Be in a full time job with a salary of over £22,000
17. See Billy
18. Wear a swimming costume
19. To have no clothes in the wardrobe over a size 18
20. To have sold all clothes which are too big
21. To find and speak to Gail
22. Go to Brownsea Island
23. Hold a dinner party
24. Learn cake decorating
25. Do an art class of over 1 session
26. Do a jewellery course of over 1 session
27. Attend every DFW ‘full’ meet
28. Travel to Leeds to see Jo twice
29. Travel to Telford to see Kassi twice
30. To have replaced the bathroom and toilet
31. To make a will
32. Clean the bathroom and toilet weekly (properly) for 4 months in a row (0/16)
33. Hoover the house weekly for 6 months in a row (0/24)
34. Mop the kitchen floor monthly for 6 months in a row (0/6)
35. Visit Russia
36. Go horse racing
37. Be debt free
38. Have sex
39. Have an Indian Head Massage
40. Have an eagle/hawk land on my arm in falconry
41. Do a Race for Life, even if I walk the whole way
42. Go horse riding
43. Be able to walk around the cycle track 3 times at once for a month each day
44. Moisturise the dry bit on my ankles daily for a month (0/31)
45. Have a facial at a beauty salon
46. Have a manicure at a salon
47. Buy a flute
48. Go to see Karen and Mike in London for cocktails
49. Go on the chocolate making course in Bournemouth
50. Buy a Wii
51. Buy a Wii Fit
52. Go and see Kate
53. Go on a rollercoaster – even if it is a child’s one!
54. Go to a West End show in London
55. Get my head around Matched Betting and make £500 from it
56. Send a secret to Post Secret
57. Perform an Act of Random Kindness
58. Wear a knee length skirt
59. Buy a pair of jeans
60. Go camping
61. Go to a music concert of some kind
62. Own a pair of boots which will actually zip up
63. Learn to make jam
64. Get my First Aid certificate
65. Have a night somewhere on the cocktails with Christine
66. Get 1 part of my body waxed (at least once)
67. Donate 2800 grams of rice through FreeRice (that will feed 1 person for a week)
68. Not eat chocolate or any chocolate related product for 1 month (0/31)
69. Not check WH texts for 1 month (0/31)
70. Make homemade butter
71. Not drink alcohol for 1 month (0/31)
72. Have a loft ladder fitted
73. Use the loft ladder
74. Successfully grow 2 different kinds of vegetable in a grow bag
75. Have 15 NSD’s in 1 month (0/15)
76. Take part in a carol singing concert as a singer
77. Go on the tethered balloon in Bournemouth
78. Go to Cherbourg on the ferry
79. Watch Mama Mia (film version)
80. Go to an Abba tribute night
81. Buy a Russian furry hat
82. Learn basic sign language
83. Do something via Time Bank
84. Have a short story on any subject printed
85. Say nothing negative about W on DFW for 1 month (0/31)
86. Have the hall laminated
87. Have all the doors replaced in the house
88. Go to a Burlesque show
89. Grow some tomatoes and make a batch of chutney
90. Post a home made video on You Tube
91. Clear the bottom 2 rows of the front garden of weeds fortnightly from May to Aug 09
92. Clear the bottom 2 rows of the front garden of weeds fortnightly from May to Aug 2010
93. Cut the rhododendron bush back 3 times in 2009
94. Cut the rhododendron bush back 3 times in 2010
95. Clear the weeds from the back garden in the gravelled area in May 2009 and keep clear until end of Aug 09
96. Clear the weeds from the back garden in the gravelled area in May 2010 and keep clear until end of Aug 2010
97. Complete and submit 3 tasks from Learning to Love You More
98. Read the Daily Motivational message on greatday.com every day for a month (0/31)
99. Have a go at belly dancing
100. Blog my 101 task journey from start to finish
101. Do a new 101 task list!

6 comments:

  1. Yay go you! I like some of the items on there - especially "Go to a Burlesque Show!" I have been to a proper German Cabaret and that was brilliant :-)

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  2. Hi K, just wanted to add a comment as we've started our 101 things on the same day! Good luck with your list and I hope it all goes well!

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  3. Great list, youve got some interesting things on there. Amazing weight loss goals too. good luck on your journey and i look forward to reading your progress.

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  5. Hi there, I've found your list on Day Zero and thought I would say hello. What a great list! I'm Anne, I'm 28 and live in Liverpool. I started 101 Things the day before you, it's quite a challenge but definitely a good one! xx

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  6. I love this idea and hope you are doing well with it and your health. I am going to work on a list and start it on or before my 59th birthday this year in july 2013.

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