Have you heard about the Day Zero Project? It’s a place where you write down 101 things that you want to accomplish in 1001 days and then keep track of your progress and check them off as you complete them. Fun, right? Here’s my list and here’s the info:

The Challenge:
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 your part).

To make it a little easier for my blog friends – I’ve broken it down into categories. If you’d like to read about a completed (or in progress) item – you can just click on the link. Or read all about it by clicking here.

Connect

Send Christmas cards
Create my own personal stationary
Write a letter to someone I admire
Host a game night with friends
Send one handwritten letter a month
Send flowers to my mom just because
Write a love letter
Host a book swap

Do Good
Attend a city council meeting
Participate in a charity run
Become a bone marrow donor1/21/12
Serve on a fundraiser committee for a local charity
Complete 5 random acts of kindness for strangers
Do 10 nice things for people you know without telling them
Vote
Write a letter a month to my sponsored child

Family
Have a family portrait taken
Build a blanket fort
Build a sand castle
Build a snow man
Play in the rain
Unplug for a weekend – no cell, no TV, no computer
Get a dog
Get A potty trained.

Grow
Go zip-lining
Make guacamole
Bake cupcakes from scratch
Read 5 classics that I should have read but haven’t gotten around to
Ask 20 friends to suggest 1 book & read them all
Bake bread
Learn basic Spanish
Make a quilt
Knit a hat
Eat 5 things I’ve never tried before
Learn to give myself a manicure
Memorize the Presidents in order
Try 5 new recipes
Go to the movies alone
Play Scrabble
Make limoncello
Go a week without buying anything

Healthy
No fast food for a month
Get to pre baby weight
Complete the Couch to 5K
Learn the art of meditation
Take a pilates class
Go vegetarian for a week
Drink only water for a week
Get mole check
Attend Hazelden’s family program
Join a yoga class
Go one month without soda
Get my eyes tested
Try a Zumba class

Journal
Write:
100 things that make me happy
100 quotes that inspire me
100 things I like about myself
a short story
a list of guidelines to live by
a wish list of places to travel
responses to 20 creative writing prompts
Photograph:
100 things that make me smile
A picture a day for 1 month

Just Fun
Watch both the sunrise and sunset in the same day
Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen each starting with a different letter of the alphabet
Don’t use Facebook for a week
Complete a coloring book
Take a photo of the same place every month and then use the photographs to make a calendar
Own 10 different colors of nail polish
Get a professional massage
Get fitted for a bra
Grow my hair to ponytail length
Complete a jigsaw puzzle
Try a new restaurant

Organize
Assembly an emergency kit for the house
Organize photos
Redesign blog
Create budget
Create family binder
Get rid of 100 things
Create 72 hour emergency packs
Make a book using blurb
Make a custom recipe binder
Clean out basement

Travel/Outdoors/Adventure
Visit Michigan
Go downhill skiing
Go camping for a weekend
Go to a drive in movie
Go to an outdoor concert
Visit another state (besides Michigan)
Go to the zoo
Complete the A-Z city challenge
Travel to another country
Go on a picnic
See a fireworks display
Go blueberry picking
Climb an indoor rock wall
Visit Mammoth Cave National Park
Go to Minnesota State Fair
Watch a meteor shower
Visit 10 museums