101 in 1001

The Mission:
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 my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

My starting date: Wednesday, the 5th of August, 2009
My end date: Wednesday, the 2nd of May, 2012

The list:

Finished tasks have a  

1. Finish all the tasks on this list.
2. Have a cat.
3. Visit Paris.
4. Write a complete play.
5. Reach my goal-weight and try to stay at that weight
6. Collect all meaningful quotes somewhere in a notebook or on my computer.
7. Run for 10 minutes without stopping or dying.
8. Kiss in the rain.
9. Visit London.
10. Stop drinking soda/soft drinks for a month, try to keep doing it after that month. (31/31)
11. Write someone a letter (yes, handwritten) and send it.
12. Write one poem a day for a week. (0/7)
13. Read Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.
14. Climb a tree.
15. Watch the complete Gossip Girl series.
16. Donate blood.
17. Paint my coffee table to make it become an interesting object instead of an ugly black table.
18. Go to a museum 15 times. (15/15)
19. Make a chocolate cake.
20. Visit the grave of Anne, a girlfriend I lost when I was 4 years old, never been to the grave since then.
21. Go to the zoo.
22. Read A Streetcar Named Desire in English.
23. Change all the loose light bulbs in my house into actual lamps.
24. Go one week without sweets (no candy bars, ice cream, suckers, etc). (7/7)
25. Make handmade pasta.
26. Buy a cheap, simple bag and pimp it creatively.
27. Host a party at my place for at least five people.
28. Back up all my music, photo’s and other important stuff from my computer.
29. Photoshop a proper header for my blog.
30. Bake bread.
31. Have a picnic at the Westerpark.
32. Have a serious romantic relationship.
33. Get a washing machine.
34. Go running in the rain.
35. Have a kitchen apron and actually use it for cooking.
36. Go on a romantic city trip with a partner.
37. Night swim.
38. Buy a coloring book and color it completely.
39. Keep my blog active at least for the duration of this project.
40. Don’t smoke or use any drugs.
41. Buy a whole outfit of second hand clothes.
42. Spend an entire night stargazing.
43. Go to a gay bar.
44. Spend a day at the spa.
45. Sell something on Ebay/Marktplaats.
46. Learn about video-editing.
47. Clean up my msn list and my facebook friends (this means deleting people I never talk to, etc.).
48. See a sunrise.
49. See a sunset.
50. Buy a Polaroid camera and use it. Pin cool pictures on my closet door.
51. Devote an entire day to travelling on trains, buses, ferries and document it through words, photos and video.
52. Hug a complete stranger.
53. Serenade someone.
54. Make mayonnaise.
55. Rearrange and sort out my CD’s.
56. Have a workshop or class at school without any judgment about it, until afterwards (assignment from the artistic director of my department at school).
57. Make soap.
58. Go to the circus.
59. Translate an English song in a way that the translation can still be sung.
60. Keep a list of all of the original ideas I find for toi’s, so I can pick from the list when I need a toi and I don’t have any inspiration.
61. Watch The Idiots from Lars von Trier.
62. Production collection: buy a case/bag/holding thing.
63. Production collection: buy a first aid kit.
64. Production collection: collect office supplies.
65. Production collection: buy simple tools.
66. Production collection: buy a Leatherman (or leatherlady!).
67. Complete my production collection with every small thing, make a list of everything and put it all together in my production bag, with the list, so I can keep the bag full and usable.
68. Watch the complete Lost series.
69. Go back to Schellinkhout once.
70. Watch Alice in Wonderland movie with Esther (the new one, coming out 2010).
71. Eat at restaurant Freud once.
72. Taste lobster.
73. Organize all my jewelry, throw/give things away that I don’t wear anymore.
74. Read Shakespeare’s The Tempest in English.
75. Learn to play and sing an old jazz song.
76. Paint a rose (or something like that) on my bedroom wall.
77. Read at least two books about dramaturgy (and NOT Studying Plays).
78. Write or finish three songs and record them in some kind of way as proof that they’re finished. (0/3)
79. Write a letter to my 13 year old self.
80. Stay on my school’s roof terrace for a whole evening, just for fun.
81. Find a fashion-proof rain coat, so it keeps you dry, and doesn’t make you look like a garbage bag.
82. Build a sandcastle (and make a photo of it).
83. Have a computer free day five times and do something creative with that day (read/go out). (0/5)
84. Pimp my vacuum cleaner.
85. Do an elective course at the AHK.
86. Learn the NATO phonetic alphabet completely.
87. Find a nice big clock for my living room.
88. Know the monologue from Sarah Kane’s Crave by heart.
89. Write a fairytale.
90. Print one of my own pictures on canvas.
91. Have a Kongming lantern (small hot air balloon) and have it lit and flown away (preferably on the beach).
92. Have a 10 (A+) for a subject at school.
93. Have personal earplugs measured.
94. Be involved in an international project and write about it.
95. Pretend to be broke from the beginning of a month. (21^st), so only spend money when it’s extremely necessary. Put the money that I have left after this month on my savings account. Do this at least three times. (2/3)
96. Polish my nails at least 10 times (trust me, I don’t like it, so for me that’s really hard). (10/10)
97. Get myself nail polish that I actually like.
98. Make someone else bring up one task for this list and finish that task.
99. Ride a carousel.
100. Have a water fight on a hot summer day.
101. Donate €5,- to charity for every uncompleted task at the end of 1001 days.