Day Zero

A girlfriend of mine sent me the following link last week: http://www.dayzeroproject.com/ The site challenges individuals to complete 101 preset tasks in 1001 days (or just under 2.75 years). Individuals self-identify the 101 tasks. When I first saw the site, all I could think was "holy crap, I can't come up with 101 tasks to complete in 1001 days!" but then I really thought about the idea behind the challenge...and thought, surely to god there are 101 tangible tasks I WANT/need/should/would like to complete within the next 3 years??? According to the site, you can't start checking things off on your list, until you define what those 101 tasks are.

It took me a couple of weeks to identify 101 things....but here we are:

Official Start Date: October 5, 2009
Official End Date: July 2, 2012

Items in progress are marked in italics.Items completed are struck out.
101 Things in 1001 days
Happiness is:
1. Tell my kids and husband everyday that I love them, not only say it at the expected times, but at the completely unexpected times.
2. Don't complain about anything for a week.
3. Enjoy some beach time with Jennifer and company - tickets booked!
4. Skate on the canal with the family
5. Spend more time with my brother
6. Spend time in Ktown every 3 months (7/11)
7. Send 10 letters to friends and family (email doesn’t count) (9/10)
8. Go on date nights with C once every 2 months (12/17)
9.  Have the house cleaned, at least once a year, top to bottom by a professional (just have to convince Chris!) (0/3)
10. Celebrate PJ days with the kids (2/10)
11. Catch a fish (big or small)
12. Have a movie marathon
13. Take a day and read, nothing else
14. Matching socks, more often
15. Family date nite at a 67’s game
16. Spend a day at a spa
17. Have a candle-lit, once the kids are in bed dinner, minimum once a year (0/3)
18. Sponsor a child as a family
19. Be a better Godparent
20. Buy and wear a nice piece of jewellery

Brainy-isms:
21. Read at least two "classics" (0/2)
22. Start French classes
23. Improve my language profile
24. Develop my learning plan, complete at least one course
25. Improve public speaking skills

Playing Martha Stewart:
26. Paint and decorate the ensuite
27. Figure out the built-ins
28. Declutter my closet of all things I haven’t worn in 2 years
29. Complete one basement project
30. Help Chris get the garage organized
31. Plant perennials in the garden
32. Bake, from scratch, anything!
33. Get the chairs recovered
34. Grow vegetables
35. Finish C’s room
36. Complete butterfly project with K
37. Cook a turkey all by myself

Do better:
38. Consign, consign, consign (7/9)
39. Donate, donate, donate (9/9)
40. Volunteer at 6 events (6/6) (Sparks, school (3), Brownies, Skating Show)
41. Baby-sit a friend’s kids
42. Be more proactive at the kid’s school:  donated christmas box, volunteered
43. Buy a coffee/give a sweater/help someone who needs it once a month (14/33)
44. Send a care package to a soldier serving overseas
45. Pick up litter in the neighbourhood with the kids

Healthy living:
46. Drink only 1 coffee a day for a month
47. Bring home-made lunch every day for a month (0/31)
48. Take daily vitamins
49. No chips/candy for a month (0/31)
50. Start skiing with the kids!
51. Lose a size
52. Walk the Weekend to End Women’s Cancers - registered and met my fundraising goal!!!
53. Take the stairs at work every day for a month (26/31)
54. Buy a pedometer
55. Take a yoga/pilates class
56. Start skiing with the kids (in the process of kitting them out!)
57. Run 1 km without stopping
58. Swim 2 km’s
59. Complete 100m of butterfly without stopping

$$$
60. Pay off my AMEX
61. Coin wrap all the small change
62. Start saving for my pilot's license (let's start small, and just start saving!!!)
63. Raise over $2000 for the WEWC -- currently at $610 785 865 1565!
64. Increase monthly “donation” to various savings accounts
65. Cut our energy bills down by 15%
66. Add $$$ to a misc. parking meter about to run out

Miscellaneous:
67. Inspire 5 people to start their own list (2/5) Please let me know if you have been "inspired."
68. Somehow own an Ipod and Sony E book
69. Recognize at least 4 songs by 4 different artists on my Ipod
70. visit NYC
71. Get a promotion, or find a job I really love
72. Print pictures or, at the very least, have photo books made to capture the moments
73. Host that damn Raclette night
74. Buy matching pieces (this one’s for Chris)
75. Watch at least one NHL game from start to finish with C
76. Learn how to change a car tire
77. Send/Buy someone flowers just because
78. Unpack all moving boxes (basement; closets)
79. Treat mom to ‘High Tea’
80. Drive dad’s car
81. Buy a fireproof box for all important docs
82. Work out a fire escape plan with the kids – practice it!
83. Plant more trees
84. Finish buying Christmas presents early (2/2)
85. Go to a comedy club with Chris
86. Do a ‘buy-nothing for me’ month 3 times (3/3)
87. Make boxes for the kids arts and collectibles
88. Visit a zoo
89. Mend a broken bridge
90. Get in touch with an old friend
91. Learn 10 new songs/games to play with the kids(5/10)
92. Play the piano at least once a month (5/33) I'm sucking on this one!
93. See a Sen’s game
94. Go to a concert
95. Go to the NAC with Chris!!
96. Get professionally fitted for a bra, and splurge on a nice one
97. Take the kids to church (not just on ‘special’ days)
98. Travel to 10 new places (8/10): Newboro, ON; Watertown, NY; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Beaufort, South Carolina; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; St. Maarten; Orlando, Florida; Washington, DC
99. Laugh out loud with my kids minimum once a day
100. Encourage my family every day. Teach by example. Listen!
101. Update this list once every two weeks (37/66)

Bonus:
102.  Donate Blood - I can't anymore due to all my meds.
103.  Find out my blood type
104.  Read all the books on my "must read" shelf
105.  Fly a kite with the kids