If you were lurking around the blogsphere in 2011 or so, you would’ve seen the 101 in 1001 Challenge, otherwise known as the Day Zero Project.

The challenge is essentially a bucket list that you have just over two and half years to achieve the goals in. Of course, it’s unlikely anyone can accomplish all of their goals in such a short time period, but it is very motivating to have something to work on consistently for a couple of years.

It gives you focus, and allows your goals to fluctuate as you grow. Last time I did this I realised there are more important things I would rather achieve that some of the goals on the list, and accepted that it’s ok to not complete it. Of course someone more disciplined and determined than me would make it their mission to complete every single goal and that’s fine too.

The rules are simple (borrowed from Day Zero website):

1. Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
2. 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).

Onwards with my list…

HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

1. Run a 5k
2. Replace fizzy drinks with fruit infused water
3. Donate blood
4. Go a month bringing home cooked meals to work for lunch
5. Complete a 30 day Yoga Challenge
6. Go to the dentist
7. Get to a dress size 14
8. Go a month without fast food
9. Switch to a reusable bottle permanently and stop buying plastic bottles of water
10. Try eating something I would never usually eat
11. Go a month without buying anything in plastic
12. Implement a daily yoga practice and stick to it
13. Get laser hair removal
14. Find out if I have PCOS
15. Hike Mount Warning
16. Wake up an hour earlier every day and walk along the beach

SPIRITUALITY

17. Do psychic readings for the general public professionally for at least 6 months
18. Learn to use crystals for their ~magical powers~ and not just the prettiness
19. Join a group meditation
20. Get an aura photo with primarily green
21. Experience a Reiki Healing
22. Try Past Life Regression Therapy
23. Read the Bible
24. Implement a daily meditating practice
25. Find a Church or Spiritual Community whose values align with mine

TRAVEL & EVENTS

26. Renew my passport
27. See the snow
28. Go to Crystal Creek Rainforest Retreat for a long weekend
29. Take a road trip down the coast of Australia
30. Visit a strawberry farm
31. See the Northern Lights
32. Attend a local art or photography show
33. Go to a “creative collective”
34. Go to a One Tree Hill convention in Wilmington or Paris
35. Have a spa weekend at Tamborine Mountain
36. Go on a ferris wheel
37. Go on a flying fox
38. Go to a drive in movie
39. Go to a New Year’s Eve party or event
40. Visit the Greek Islands
41. Visit Perth
42. Visit a museum
43. Stay in a cabin in New Zealand in winter for a week
44. Take a dance class
45. Visit Europe
46. Experience a White Christmas
47. Take a photography class
48. Go to a house party

FINANCES & CAREER

49. Pay off all my credit card debt
50. Earn a salary of $65,000+ per year
51. Deposit $50 into a savings account for each item completed on this list
52. Officially register a business
53. Create a budget that works for me and stick to it
54. Buy a new car
55. Add alt tags to every photo I’ve uploaded on WordPress for my businesses
56. Sell Dad’s old sports memorabilia
57. Take a course on financial/business management

FRIENDS & FAMILY

58. Have friends over and chat around the fire pit
59. Give a “just because” gift
60. Send a handwritten letter once a week for a month
61. Spend a long weekend camping with friends

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

62. Find out if that guy likes me or not after 8 years of wondering
63. Have a first date
64. Have “one of those nights”
65. Go to a LGBT positive club
66. Have really loud sex to get back at my neighbours
67. Have more honest conversations about sexuality with people
68. Have an honest conversation with my childhood boyfriend
69. Meet the love of my life
70. Say “I Love You” to someone and mean it

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HOBBIES

71. Finish my “Erin Files” books
72. Buy a pair of high heels (or fancier shoes than my regular old brown boots) and learn to wear them
73. Take a 35mm film photo every day for a month
74. Be a podcast guest
75. Start making regular sit down YouTube videos
76. Write a mini series
77. Complete a TAFE or University course
78. Pay for a stranger’s meal
79. Get dad’s astrology chart done
80. Get drunk once
81. Study Graphic Design
82. Learn to ride a bike
83. Write and record a song
84. Sell designs on RedBubble again
85. Finish scanning all the 35mm film from my childhood
86. Experience a hangover
87. Sell my Canon 60D and shoot mostly film
88. Make photo albums for each year

JUST FOR FUN

89. Read the Bridget Jones series
90. Make a wooden dining table from scratch
91. Learn to use a circular saw
92. Make a time capsule
93. Scan all my instant photos
94. Get a new tattoo
95. Take a live drawing class
96. Learn to french braid
97. See the sky through a telescope
98. Hold a newborn baby
99. Plant and grow a lemon tree
100. Learn how to garden 
101. Use all the remaining candle making supplies I have

Ends: Tuesday 20 April 2021 (my parent’s 30 year wedding anniversary)

“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson