101 x 1001

day zero project
http://www.dayzeroproject.com/

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

The Timeframe:
From Saturday August 1th, 2009 until Saturday April 28th, 2012.

The Reason:
Why not?

De punten met een muzieknootje (♫) ervoor zijn completed, de punten met puntjes ervoor zijn in progress.

001 – 010:
[   ] Get a piggybank (and put in 2 euro for every completed goal on this list)
[♫] Compliment 5 people that don’t deserve it (5/5)
[♫] Chase a butterfly
[   ] Give a presentation in front of a lot of people
[   ] Go on a roadtrip with no destination and document it
[   ] Go on a roadtrip with a destination and document it
[...] Be able to have a basic conversation (“Hi, how are you? Yes, I’m good, thank you. What’s
    your name? My name is Esther.”) in 10 different languages (4/20)
    Dutch, English, French, German
[   ] Write a letter, put it in a bottle and throw it in the sea.
[   ] Reach my goal-weight in a healthy way – and stay there
[   ] Sing at karaoke

011 – 020:
[   ] Go to Paris
[   ] Go to Berlin
[   ] Go to London
[   ] Join a gym or start exersizing on my own
[   ] Read 3 Jane Austen books (0/3)
[   ] Kiss in the rain
[   ] Buy a Polaroidcamera and use it
[...] Learn the name of every known country (and its capital) in the world
[...] Learn some facts about those countries (national holiday and neighbouring countries
    – World Factbook)
[...] Be able to point out all countries on a map

021 – 030:
[   ] List 100 things that make me happy
[...] Go to FreeRice and donate at least 5.000 grains for every day of this project.
    (10.000/5.0050.000)
[   ] Drink only water for a week – and try to keep doing it after that week
[   ] Collect at least 300 amazing quotes, song or otherwise, in a notebook
[   ] Watch all 153 episodes of Gilmore Girls (again) (0/153)
[   ] Read all 100 books on the Time All-Time 100 Novels list and write reviews
[   ] Watch all 81 movies that won an Academy Award for Best Picture and write reviews (0/81)
[...] Reach 100.000 plays on last.fm
[   ] Subscribe to a cool magazine
[...] Devote an entire day to travelling on trains, buses, ferries and document it (PLANNED FOR 19/10/2009)

031 – 040:
[   ] Go FreeHugging 3 times (0/3)
[   ] Get a cool tote bag.
[...] Find 101 new bands/music I like (7/101)
    Kent, Maccabees, Nerina Pallot, Noisettes, Paper Route, Pixie Lott, Roosbeef
[   ] Send postcards via PostCrossing
[   ] Get my eyes checked
[   ] Find 101 beautiful/inspirational photographs and print them on special paper (0/101)
[   ] Throw a Eurovision Songfestival Party (with lots of alcohol to make it fun)
[...] Learn to identify 10 constellations (1/10)
    Big Dipper
[   ] Learn to play the piano
[   ] Get 100% on all Geography games at Sheppard Software at highest levels (0/28)

041 – 050:
[   ] Be able to do 50 situps in a row (0/50)
[   ] Learn to tie a tie
[   ] Walk the dog every monday in 2010, except when on vacation (0/52)
[   ] Go peoplewatching
[   ] Make pictures with 20 random strangers (0/20)
[   ] Watch all 108 movies that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and write reviews (0/108)
[   ] Watch the 2010 movie version of Alice in Wonderland with Jitske
[   ] Give 10 strangers a flower (0/10)
[   ] Run until I’m completely out of breath
[   ] Give a compliment to a random stranger

051 – 060:
[   ] Keep a ‘My Day in Five Words’ journal and update it throughout the whole of 2010 and 2011
    (0/730)
[...] Eat noodles for dinner every Saturday and Sunday, if I’m home
[   ] Be able to hold my breath for 90 seconds
[   ] Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge, but not by making pictures (0/100)
[   ] Update and expand my vocabulary
[   ] Spend a weekend unplugged
[   ] Clean out my closet thouroughly
[...] Buy 5 casual dresses (2/5)
[...] Complete my Wreck This Journal
[   ] Read all books that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (0/57)

061 – 070:
[   ] Improve my singing voice
[...] Expand my DVD collection to the magic number of 101 (or more)
[   ] Finish TNWH
[   ] Make a habit out of getting out of bed before 10.00 AM on weekends
[   ] Get used to remembering everybody’s (and I mean everybody’s) name from the first time you
    meet them
[   ] Shorten showertime
[   ] Carve my name in a tree or bench
[   ] Learn to cook some stuff besides pasta
[♫] Go without chocolate for 30 consecutive days (30/30)
[   ] Make a habit out of doing the dishes more often

071 – 080:
[   ] Bake cookiez
[   ] Do 5 anonymous acts of kindness (0/5)
[...] Do 5 non-anonymous acts of kindness (1/5)
[   ] Go swimming more often
[...] Record 09/09/09, 10/10/10 and 11/11/11 in words and photo’s
[   ] Make muffins
[...] Complete 1001 Sudoku’s, online or on paper (80/1001)
[   ] Make a habit out of sitting up straight
[♫] Listen to music from the year I was born
[♫] Find my signature perfume
    Vanilla Body Mist (The Body Shop)

081 – 090:
[   ] Get a pen-pal (snail mail or email)
[♫] Stop drinking so much Bullit and replace with something healthier
[   ] Swim in the Atlantic Ocean
[   ] Write 5 letters with no intention of sending them (0/5)
[   ] Get a new friend
[   ] Make a habit out of eating all meals sitting at the table (at home)
[   ] Invent and stick to a skincare routine
[   ] Learn calligraphy
[   ] Have the patience to let my hair get completely blonde
[   ] Get 4 new pairs of heels (0/4)

091 – 100:
[   ] Send postcards or letters to friends for no reason
[♫] Wear a blazer with a cardigan under it
[   ] Have a waterfight on a hot summer day
[   ] Go to a music festival
[   ] Get a boyfriend(/girlfriend?)
[   ] Memorize the first 15 digits of pi
[...] Smile at 10 strangers (5/10)
[   ] Imitate smileys and make pictures
[♫] Scream at the top of my lungs for 5 seconds
[♫] Dance in my room for 15 minutes straight and go completely crazy

101:
[   ] Learn to make my own Daiquiri’s