Inspired by Day Zero & Mission101_2009

The Mission

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. For me that would be between 1 January, 2009 & 29 September, 2011.

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 effort on your part).

This is my personal list. Tasks that are crossed out are completed.

Learning/School

  1. Get my propedeuse
  2. Perfect my English pronunciation
  3. Pass my CAE-exams
  4. Learn the basics of Spanish
  5. Learn to make a perfect cappuccino
  6. Study more British history & culture than I’m taught at school
  7. Subscribe to a professional magazine
  8. Subscribe to an English newspaper

Home & Life

  1. Move to my new apartment
  2. Get new apartment painted etc within a month of receiving the key
  3. Keep my new apartment organised
  4. Paint my bed
  5. Paint the table
  6. Paint the other table
  7. Buy plants & keep them alive
  8. Learn to make at least 5 new dishes 0/5
  9. Grow my own vegetables en herbs
  10. Cook a meal at least 70 times 0/70
  11. Save at least €1600
  12. Adopt 2 cats from the animal shelter
  13. Buy at least 4 new cook books 0/4
  14. Find a new job
  15. Get my music ordered
  16. Lose at least 10kg
  17. Keep my finances organised
  18. & Get my paperwork organised
  19. Quit smoking

Family

  1. Take my parents out for dinner (D)
  2. Take my parents out for dinner (M)
  3. Tell my family I’m bisexual
  4. Visit my cousin at least twice 0/2
  5. Organise a cousins-day at least once
  6. Visit my grandma’s grave
  7. Visit my uncle’s grave
  8. Visit my grandpa’s grave
  9. Visit my cousin’s grave

Friends & Travel

  1. Spend more time with my best friends
  2. Do karaoke with friends
  3. Visit friend in Leeds
  4. Go on holiday in the summer for at least a week
  5. Go to Berlin
  6. Go to London
  7. Go to Paris
  8. Go to Barcelona
  9. Go to Pride Amsterdam
  10. Organise a themed party
  11. Make fabulous carnaval costumes 1/3
  12. Go to a huge dance party

Culture

  1. Read 75 books 0/75
  2. Buy all books by Sarah Waters
  3. Buy all books by Poppy Z. Brite
  4. Go to Lowlands at least once
  5. Buy all Tim Burton films on dvd
  6. Go to the cinema at least twice a year 0/5
  7. Go to the theatre at least twice a year 0/5
  8. Go see Priscilla, Queen of the dessert in London
  9. Buy The Bell Jar
  10. Buy Lolita
  11. Take part in a play or concert
  12. Buy all HBC films on dvd
  13. Buy the collected works of Shakespeare
  14. Complete my classics collection
  15. Watch every dvd I own
  16. Watch Citizen Kane
  17. Watch Lord of the Rings trilogy
  18. Go to at least 4 concerts a year (festivals not included) 0/11

New things & Just because

  1. Make a photo everyday for a year (& post it) 17/365
  2. Make a self-portrait every week for a year3/52
  3. Tell my crush about my crush
  4. Get a new tattoo
  5. Blog at least once a week for a year 3/52
  6. Get my driver’s license
  7. Buy at least 8 pieces of coloured clothing 2/8
  8. Donate blood
  9. Send a postcard to Post Secret
  10. Buy new mp3 player and actually organise it
  11. Don’t speak for a day. Day of Silence
  12. Dance in the rain
  13. Try contactlenses
  14. Get new glasses
  15. Don’t drink alcohol for a month
  16. Send friends postcards even if I’m not on holiday
  17. Visit the beach in fall/winter
  18. Eat sushi for the first time
  19. Organise a cousins-day at least once
  20. Fix my old computer
  21. Subscribe to a magazine
  22. Go diving
  23. Buy a Wii
  24. & Wii Fit
  25. Make a wonderful layout for IJR
  26. & submit it to a review site
  27. Throw away or sell at least half of my bags
  28. Donate to Amnesty International
  29. Donate to Aids Fonds
  30. Go to a spa for the first time
  31. Find penpal(s) and write to them regularly
  32. Go cycling with my dad at least once a month 0/33
  33. Go sailing at least twice 0/2
  34. Learn how to sow a simple skirt
  35. Make a new 101/1001 list