Back in February 2018 I had - for some absolutely crazy reason - the idea of taking up the challenge of 101 Things in 1001 Days or Day Zero Project as it is often known.
Why I have no idea. Except my brain is cruel and really just wanted to taunt me with a list of goals to achieve in 1001 days.
Result?
Pretty much a big fail and isn't that not a surprise. Though weirdly not a total fail. 30 goals completed. Which in itself is kind of amazing for someone like me who constantly flits from one thing to another. So the fact that I managed to achieve some of the goals on my list is sort of a win right there. We can just forget about the 71 fails...
1. Adopt a cat A total success. Our 3 month old kitten is now a big 3 year boy and very much a part of our family.
2. Attend an author talk
3. Bake a cake for someone and give it to them What was I thinking? Me? Bake? Yeah so was never going to happen.
4. Buy a house Yes. Twice in fact. Though we sold the 1st one 1st and we brought our next home just outside of the 1001 days. Still the 1st one counts. So goal completely achieved.
5. Buy a telescope and learn how to use it I so want to do this. Although finding a not-too-expensive telescope may be part of the problem...
6. Buy at least 1 thing from Etsy
7. Complete a Blogmas Another thing that was probably never going to happen. Though I did make a start so half a win maybe???
8. Create a reading/writing nook for myself in our new home. I love the idea but the reality is I'm just as comfy reading from the sofa in the lounge.
9. Crochet 1 thing
10. Do 5 things that are good for the environment. Yay finally another goal achieved. The 5 things were:
Switched to a bamboo toothbrush
Started and maintained a veggie garden
Plant 2 fruit trees
Installed a water collection thingy for the garden
Brought a hybrid car
11. Do an Ancestry DNA test
12. Do an online course
13. Do facial exercises every day for 1 month
14. Donate to a charity SPCA
15. Drink 3 litres of water every day for 1 week
16. Eat a meal by candlelight
17. Eat vegan for a day
18. Eat vegetarian for 1 week Also done multiple times - I hardly eat meat at all now
19. Experience a White Christmas Pretty much a bucket list item. One day this will happen, though probably not in the foreseeable future what with a pandemic and such
20. Find 5 new blogs to follow People just don't seem to 'do' blogs anymore so finding new ones that I actually liked and wanted to follow was super hard.
21. Find 5 new tweeters to follow 5 and probably more. That they are nearly all cat ones sums up my mood though I did find a nice author to follow so that's pretty cool.
22. Find a lipstick I like Okay so it's more of a tinted lip balm but I am so sold. Colour AND moisturiser all in one. Maybelline Baby Lips Candy Wow in pretty much every colour they make.
23. Finish at least one of my ongoing stories Cue hysterical laughing. I actually started another story. Can my brain just behave.
24. Finish cross stitch project Technically I finished this just after the 1001 days but I'm counting it.
25. Get a professional manicure
26. Get a professional facial
27. Give someone a care package Did one for my mum when she was sick.
28. Go 1 month without eating chocolate Achieved completely by accident due to being very sick last year and could only eat soup for a month or so. Still a win is a win.
29. Go on a horse drawn carriage ride
30. Go on a cruise So not going to happen now. Cruises and a pandemic do not go together
31. Go to 5 conventions/conferences I managed to go to 1
32. Go to a Christmas Market Went to the Kimbolton Christmas Market our 1st year in Feilding.
33. Go to a Farmers Market Feilding had a Farmers Market every Friday and I never went once. I must be mad
34. Go to an art exhibit
35. Go to an Ice Sculpture festival
36. Grow a sunflower
37. Have afternoon tea at a hotel
38. Have a bath by candlelight Midwinter indulgence which was actually kind of nice
39. Have a stone massage
40. Have fresh flowers in the house once a month for 1 year I managed about 5 months mostly cause it was summer and I had lots of flowers popping up in my garden. Now just need to figure out how to do this in the winter...
41. Host Christmas in our house No surprise this never happened as my Mum always wants Christmas at her house. Maybe I can just do Christmas for me and Other Half one year?
42. Improve my photography skills
43. Knit a pair of socks
44. Knit a pair of fingerless gloves
45. Learn a new language I did do a Japanese course. But since I already knew some Japanese I'm not sure this counts.
46. Learn how to make compost
47. Learn to play backgammon
48. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
49. Listen to 5 TED talks
50. Lose 10 kilos Actually 13 kilos lost and counting.
51. Make 5 new (to me) recipes Hahaha. Me cook? Yeah that's a nope.
52. Paint my nails a different colour each week for 1 year
53. Participate in "A photo an hour" and post on my blog
54. Post comments on 101 blog posts by other bloggers I did about 10.
55. Plant a herb garden
56. Plant a tree
57. Plant a vegetable garden Done for several years.
58. Print off photos of places I have been to and get them framed
59. Read 5 books in a genre that I don't normally read See below
60. Read 5 graphic novels Actually read about 70 odd so a big big win
61. Read 10 nonfiction books in 1 year that aren't on knitting Easily done. Got to about 100 and lost count.
62. Read a book a day for 1 year
63. Say hello to 5 new people Well I did move to a new town so that was pretty easy.
64. See a movie outdoors
65. See a play
66. See a musical
67. See a live show (i.e. Brian Cox)
68. See a pop-up theatre production
69. See the Aurora Borealis
70. Send 101 handwritten notes
71. Set up a bird feeder in the garden We have a cat so this was never a good idea.
72. Spend 24 hours offline (no Internet, no computer, no TV, no cell phone) Done
73. Start a garden Mega done
74. Stay overnight in a castle or historic house
75. Take a boat trip I'm counting the handful of ferry trips between the North and South Island.
76. Take a pilates class
77. Take a Tai Chii class
78. Take a train tip
79. Take a yoga class It was online but hey it still counts, right?
80. Take part in NaNoWriMo again
81. Try 5 beauty products or brands that I haven't used before
O'Right shampoo and conditioner, so hard to get which is a pity as I loved this eco product
Ethique, got a selection of their shampoo bars and my hair did not like. Sadly a big pass from me.
Maybelline Baby Soft Candy Wow lip balm, see point 22.
Soap and Glory, got a selection of their products most of which my skin hated. Constantly itching anyone.
Revlon Pink Happiness perfume, love, love, love. Sadly it's hard to find.
82. Try 5 drinks (or brands or flavours of drinks) that I haven't had before
I got to about 4 so almost completed.
83. Try 5 foods that I haven't had before. I had pomegranate for the 1st time and loved it but that's about it.
84. Try a mail order subscription of some sort (Loot crate, Book crate etc.)
85. Try 5 restaurants/cafes that I haven't been to before
Hansens Cafe, was our fav until they closed
The Wool Shed Cafe
The Herb Garden
Relish in Waikanae
Salt and Pepper, for my birthday last year
86. Visit a country I haven't been to before
87. Visit an island
88. Visit 5 museums
89. Visit 5 parks/gardens
So close - visited 4.
90. Visit 5 places/sites in New Zealand that I haven't been to before
Easily done thanks to moving to a new area and a South Island holiday.
Marton - Hawera - Opunake - Kimbolton - Taihape - Gore - Balclutha - Invercargill - Te Anau - Geraldine.
91. Walk for 1 hour every day for 1 month
92. Walk in 5 different locations/areas See above
93. Watch 10 documentaries Doing 365 Movies in 365 Days helped with this. Saw about 20 so or
94. Watch 5 foreign language films Ditto. Some of which are now some of my favourite films.
95. Watch 5 foreign language TV series Watched 2, the French thriller/sci-fi series Into The Night which was really good and the Danish series The Rain which started out good but just got weirder and weirder
96. Wear 5 different fashion items that I haven't worn before
97. Win a giveaway/competition
98. Write a book
99. Write a story and post it on Inkiitt
100. Write and post 50 blog posts in 1 year Achieved in 2018 and 2019. We won't talk about 2020...
101. Write a "To Do List" every week for 1 year
