I tried to do "101 things in 1001 days" already back in 2006, but I didn't do much. It's hard to understand that 2006 was almost 20 years ago :-D
Creating your own 1001 Day Project
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.
Some common goal-setting tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.
2. Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.
3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.
4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.
Now, I am a slightly different person today than 17 years ago, so all the 101 things on my 2006 list won't be on my 2023 list, but it is a good place to start.
1. Read a book every week, a book I haven’t read before, from the “lists”I want to get all the books I've ever read in a reading journal somehow... I wish I could get my library records from the time I was little, because I have just a vague memory of the book, and that's not enough to find the book.
2. Keep a reading journal3. Visit the library every month
Visit the library once a month and hide a surprise in a library book every time you visit. With your home page URL, and invitation to visit and leave a note. "I loved this book, so if you like it, too, we might become good friends. Come see me at --- and contact me.
4. Hide a surprise in a library book every time you visit
5. Buy me a fairytale book every month and learn one fairytale by heart from it
I want to learn kouji to add to my storytelling
6. Write every day
7. Keep a writing journal (at least once a week)
8. Keep a dream journal – write every day, even when I don’t remember the dream9. Write a book this year and get it published by a “real” publisher
10. Translate 2 books this year
11. Get a laptop12. Finish NaNoWriMo
13. Write an art journal page every day14. Make a good picture every week with colored pencils – not a sketch but a finished picture, with background and all
15. Frame one piece of art every two months
16. Buy a fin de siècle graphic piece or a piece of original modern art twice a year
17. Practice portrait drawing
18. Finish the family portraits
19. Send a message with a balloon
20. Send a message in a bottle
21. Drop 10 toys in town during this time
22. Click free every day
23. Become a better blog pal: Visit 10 blogs every month, and leave a comment when you visit
24. Fix the website
25. Empty the mailbox
26. Meet an internet friend
27. Write a letter to siblings every month28. Celebrate holidays – all of them
29. Send self-made cards on holidays
30. write the sabbath books
31. Get 8 sabbath boxes
32. Clean the apartment
33. Give away 100 items to a charity shop
34. For every new item that enters the home, give or throw away 2
35. Do the dishes every day
36. Do the laundry every week37. Decorate the house to fit our personality and lifestyle
38. Go to 2 picnics this summer
39. Have a tea party
40. Celebrate the 40th properly41. Keep the economical plan
42. Learn to play D&D
43. have a game night with friends
44. replace our plants – 1 a month
44. 100 species challenge45. learn to make preserves, sweet and savory
46. plant a tree every year
Grow at least one tree every month, raised from the seeds of the fruit you've eaten, and plant them in the forest during the summer. Choose domestic fruit or nuts.
47. learn to make cheese, yogurt, quark
48. learn to bake Danish rye bread
49. learn to bake Danish pastries
50. Learn fruit carving
51. Learn to trim the dog
52. Get a professional trimming machine and scissors
53. Train the dog well in basic obedience and some tricks
54. Do one craft from “the blog archive” every month
55. Finish Summer of Socks, 52 pairs and Socktober with honor – more than 3 pairs of socks, thank you56. Make a dorodango of Kangaslampi dirt
Make a dorodango of the dirt from every place you have lived in.
57. Make two dozen handkerchiefs to reduce the paper waste
58. Make reusable pads to reduce the waste59. Keep a health journal
60. Make a kite and fly it
61. Learn 10 card tricks
62. Learn to read cards well and read cards to a stranger
63. Learn to do my own Gothic make-up and wear it in public
64. Learn to use high-heel shoes
65. Take my shoes to a cobbler66. Get a corset
Make myself a corset
67. Get a tattoo
Learn to make tattoos
68. Fix the sewing machine69. Design and make a summer wardrobe
70. Plan the world round trip
71. Fix passports72. Learn 10 languages well
73. Learn sign language
74. Learn shorthand
75. Learn speed reading
76. Learn 10 different mnemonic techniques
77. Get to the law school7
8. Move to Turku, Finland
79. Take photo booth photos with Henric80. Visit one exhibition, art gallery, or museum every month
81. See a hockey game live with Henric
82. Go to a theater with Henric
83. Keep a dream journal – write every morning something, even when I don’t remember the dream84. Learn to play guitar well
85. Learn to play accordion well
86. Sing karaoke in public
87. Give a speech in public88. Treat me with things from my wishlist
89. Trace my family back 6 generations
90. Take a first aid/CPR course
91. Donate blood 5 times92. Loose 40 kg (target 70 kilos)
93. Exercise more
94. Sleep 8 hours every night
95. Learn to control panic anxiety and social phobia
96. Learn to control overachieving, unreasonable expectations, perfectionism, and stress
97. Learn to control codependency
98. LIVE
Now, this one... I had a "live instead of existing" on my 43 things list. And I was thinking about what it means.
One thing is using the senses. To see, listen, taste, smell, and touch something beautiful every day.
Another thing is experiencing things. Do new things, do things that scare me, go on adventures.
A third thing is a mindfulness. Seeing and experiencing the holy in everyday things, like cleaning. Focusing on things I do. I mean, there's nothing wrong having a movie night with hubby and just potate on the couch, but I should be doing that, and not doing internet and other things like that on the side.
A fourth thing is keeping this body in as optimal peak condition as I can. And that means a lot. I should be able to do Iron Man, parkour, contortionism, and Wim Hof. :-D
99. Keep an illustrated blog about this list and how it goes
100. write a new list
101. have a party
If I start 1/1-23, the last day will be September 28th, 2025.
