While surfing the web I came across the Day Zero Project. The idea is to create a list of 101 things to do and complete them in the next 1001 days. Coming up with 101 things took some time, but I’m pretty excited about the list of things I came up with.
Start Date: January 17, 2012
End Date: September 27, 2014
Items Completed
Here’s my list (in no particular order):
1. Donate Blood
2. Fly a kite
3. Go indoor rock climbing
4. Take an archery lesson
5. Run a half marathon
6. Go to a poetry reading
7. Save $1 everyday (in progress)
8. Make my own bread
9. Visit Niagara Falls
10. Go to Montreal
11. Go to Las Vegas
12. Go to Miami
13. Go to Napa
14. Go to Spain
15. Go to Italy
16. Take a road trip to Montreal
17. Take a zumba lesson
18. Take a pole dancing workout class
19. Go to Bonnaroo festival
20. Take a painting class
21. Become fluent in French
22. Visit 3 states I’ve never been to
23. Pick a school to finish my Bachelor’s
24. Establish a $1000 emergency fund
25. Open an IRA
26. Pay off all credit cards
27. Get promoted to E-6
28. Earn my Bachelors
29. Pay off my car
30. Buy a better camera
31. Go whitewater rafting
32. Go camping
33. Go to a concert
34. Go on a cruise
35. Go horseback riding
36. Go to a film festival
37. Host a dinner party
38. Make cake pops
39. Watch a movie in the park
40. Go on a picnic
41. Get my EMT certification
42. Get a tattoo
43. Get a haircut
44. Make 5 recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking
45. Make lasagna
46. Pass the EPME Test
47. Whiten my teeth
48. Try Acupuncture
49. Take surfing lessons
50. Go to a Giants game
51. Go to a Knicks game
52. Go to a Yankees game
53. Go to a Rangers game
54. Visit the Ben and Jerry’s Factory
55. Visit Chicago
56. Join the Young Members Society at the MET
57. Visit the NYC Transit Museum
58. Visit the Museum of the City of NY
59. Visit the Rubin Museum of Art
60. Visit the Cloisters
61. Learn how to swing dance
62. Take salsa dancing lessons
63. See an opera
64. See a ballet
65. Get a massage
66. Run a 5k
67. Take a hot air balloon ride
68. Do yoga in the Bryant Park again
69. Do Yoga in Times Square again
70. Start and finish my New York coffee table book
71. Sell washer and dryer
72. Put pictures into photo albums
73. Get a facial
74. Visit a winery
75. Go to Disney World
76. Go to a masquerade ball
77. Go to the NYC Food Network Food and Wine Festival again
78. Take the November SWE
79. Go snorkeling
80. Take a pottery class
81. Read the entire Bible
82. Read the complete works of Jane Austen
83. Complete a 365 day photo challenge
84. Finish a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
85. Sell my desk on Craigslist
86. Sell my bike on Craigslist
87. Go on a Carribbean vacation
88. Go to Discovery Cove
89. Read The Count of Monte Cristo
90. Volunteer with NY Road Runners
91. Volunteer with PAWS NY
92. Volunteer with the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Pets
93. Volunteer with Project Hospitality
94. Volunteer with WGIRLS NYC
95. Stomp grapes
96. Visit the Cape Hatteras Light House
97. Take a trip to Cape Cod
98. Bike a century
99. Take a belly dancing class
100. Visit Martha’s Vineyard
101. Go Jet Skiing
I started the Day Zero Project a week ago, it’s challenging and fun. Good luck and keep up the good work!
Thanks! Good luck to you too!