101 things in 1001 days
OK so this is a list of things that I will complete (aka TRY to complete) in the next 1001 days. That's 3 years people so let's get cracking. A couple of them are ongoing but I tried to make them all one offs. That way you know if you've finished them. When I am done one I'll put it in bold so you can see that I've been a good girl. I'm excited actually! There's lots of things I always wanted to do but put off. Now I'm going to have to do them...you all are watching, aren't you?
NOTE (8 February, 2009): I know that I've done some of these things but I can't remember the dates so I'm going through and just bolding and putting a star by the ones I have done and don't know the date as I haven't updated this for awhile...
1) Enter a contest every two months for a year
2) Make a short film [March 1, 2007: This is the date I was asked to have "The Night Before" filmed but it should be in my hot little hands by September...woohoo!]
3) Get a travel story published [November, 2008: I'm going to count my Canadian in England Podcast called "How I Ended up on a Small Island" on http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/]
4) Learn to surf [January 12, 2007: I was on Bondi beach and I was body surfing...I know it's not standing up but I thought that's pretty close...I'll do it standing up too, I promise!]
5) See the Sphinx and the Pyramids (in their natural setting)
6) Ride the London Eye [August 10, 2006: My fam were here and we finally did it! Horrah. it was ok...]
7) Spend Christmas with my family [December 25, 2006 : Arrived home right on Christmas Day and my family was waiting for me for lots of hugs. Ahhhh Christmas!]
8) Go to Australia [January 5 - 15, 2007 : I was there babeee!]
9) See a play in the amphatheatre in Greece (or just see it if no plays are on)
10) Throw a dinner party [June, 2008: My guests got sick and other replacement guests came but it still happened and was all home made! Thank you to Jamie Oliver for his inspiring recipes on TV]
11) Produce my "house" show
12) Learn how to pole dance
13) Re-take up yoga
14) Organize my room [June 15, 2006 : done and dusted]
15) And keep it that way for 3 months (minimum)...
16) Throw away things I don't need immediately (for a month)
17) Get 8 hours of sleep once a week for 4 weeks
18) Host/ co-host/ guest host a radio show
19) Write a novel
20) Get an agent [May 15, 2007: The lovely Michelle Arnold from Dench Arnold is my agent...and she is trying to get me a good deal on my film.]
21) Go to the Venice mask festival
22) Knit a scarf
23) Make a quilt
24) Enter everyone's birthday into my calender with their e-mail addresses
25) E-mail my friends on their birthday for one year
26) Say no to going out when I want to stay home and veg (the first time is always the hardest!) at least 3 times. [Feb, 2009: Not sure when I officially completed the three but I did it on Friday so it's well over three]
27) Buy new sexy sleepwear just for me (mmmm....satiny) [29 June, 2006 : Bought two satiny numbers and a new robe that reflects that satiny nature. Now when my ex gives me back my stuff, it'll be a complete set! And no...I'm not posting pictures]
28) Grow a windowbox and keep it alive. [24 June, 2006 : I walked my pretty little self over to homebase and got myself some dirt, a long green pot and a couple lavender plants. It's all set up outside my window - now let's hope it helps me sleep!]
29) Perform in New York
30) Send my play "home" to all the theatre companies in Canada
31) Get my masters [September, 2008: Got my MA with Distinction in Plays and Scripts. Woohooooo! Now all I have to do is have the official graduation which is IN MAY!]
32) Teach a college class/ workshop [November, 2008 : I taught a screenwriting class for the now defunct The South in Brighton]
33) Bake the Vegetarian version of a steak and kidney pie that I saw on TV [February, 2009: I've now lost the recipe. But I've made tons of other things from TV especially for my dinner party so that should count, right?]
34) Try meditation
35) Pay off one credit card [20 January, 2007 : All credit Cards paid off. Wahay!]
36) Learn how to drive stick
37) Drive a car in England [January, 2009: Drove for the first time in seven years. In London. In rush hour. I thought I was going to die...]
38) Go to a twenties night and dance as a flapper
39) Teach writing in Australia
40) Go to the Austin International Poetry festival
41) Ride a cable car in San Fransisco [15 January, 2007 : Me and Kobrinsky rode all the way to the Fisherman's Wharf. Awesome!]
42) See the Golden Gate bridge [15 January, 2007 : It was in the distance and I got pictures to prove it]
43) Go tobagganing [31 December, 2006 : Jonathan, Leah and I joined Olivier on the slopes and we had a grand, though bruising time. Ouch it hurts]
44) Make a snow angel [31 December, 2006 : I witnessed it from inside a hottub in a snowy backyard. I made the person do it in leiu of me. I'm counting it!]
45) Build a snowman (or a fort if there is enough snow) [February, 2009: I made a snowwoman with Sara in Clapham Common! How awesome and unexpected is that?]
46) Answer my e-mails when I get them and then file them for one month
47) Go to the dentist [September 14, 2006 : Teeth cleaned, no cavities. Wa-hay!]
48) Do all the exercise videos in my house at least once as a reminder that they are not just pretty boxes to look at.
49) Visit a castle [August 13, 2006: Went to the Tower of London. It is a castle and then a jail. Oooo fancy. And I saw the crown jewels. Exciting...and sparkly!]
50) Get kick ass prescription hayfever medicine [29 June, 2006 : I picked it up but I have not given it a try yet. But I know it will be the ticket to sleep-filled nights. Go antihistamine!]
51) Go on a road trip [25 - 30 December, 2006 : We travelled all over Alberta to see relatives...so tired.]
52) Watch the sunrise
53) Go on a hike [14 January, 2007 : Hiked in the Blue Mountains in Katoomba - the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. A beautiful one though a couple bobtails gave me a fright!]
54) See Anne of Green Gables house in PEI
55) Follow the transcanada across the county
56) Conquer my fear of dogs
57) Get allergy shots [14 June, 2007: Starting with the dog shots. Fingers crossed I'll be allergy free one day soon!]
58) Reorganize fianances so I have a budget!
59) Go camping and watch the stars
60) Take one night/ day off to myself a week for a month
61) Say no to 3 things I want to do but shouldn't
62) Hang out with Melissa's new baby Danielja [30 December, 2006 : Gave her the cutest jumper and took TONS of pics! Cutest. Baby. Ever!]
63) Set up a friend and family e-mail list (to send out once a month) [22 December, 2006 : Even sent my Christmas message out...]
64) Stop chewing my nails [22 September, 2006 : Once I got fake nails, I stopped chewing...the nail part at least.]
65) Get a manicure/ pedicure [September 9, 2006 : My birthday - gave myself a manicure and a new set of gel nails. They are soooo pretty. Now I need a pedicure.]
66) Do a residential writing course
67) Do yoga on the beach (mmm...hawaii)
68) Volunteer for something even if it's for a day
69) Stop paying for things I don't use [February, 2009: I finally got rid of all extra payments. Some of them for a rediculous amount of time.]
70) Finish the short film script for Atif [30 March, 2007 : "Phone Card" done and dusted.]
71) Lose 10 pounds
72) Buy new mascara [2 December, 2006 : Yay Superdrug.]
73) Go to Ladies day at Ascot
74) Make a dress
75) Don't look in the mirror for a day
76) Take part in buy nothing day
77) Smile at 5 people on the tube in one day
78) Have a Godfather marathon complete with Spaghetti [January, 2007 (I think): It was linguine but I think that's not the point. ]
79) Take a snowboarding lesson (one last try!)
80) Give my unwanted stuff to charity [30 July, 2006 : Did it. Clothes in a bag to charity. Unfortunately so went one of my red shoes and my orthopedic insoles that cost me $300 5 years ago. Maybe I better keep a better eye out in future]
81) Go to Kew Gardens
82) Go whitewater rafting
83) Organize my filing cabinet
84) See FooFighters live
85) Visit my great aunt in Lincolnshire
86) See a Wimbledon match
87) Visit my mates in Vancouver/ victoria
88) Take a milk bath
89) Try a class about psycic ability
90) Have my fortune told [16 June, 2007 : had my palm read. I will live a happy fruitful life]
91) Learn how to do a backflip
92) Go Kayaking [7 January, 2007 : We all went paddling in a canoe - some call it a Kayak.]
93) Do a strip tease
94) Go apple picking
95) Have a treasure hunt
96) Play Manhunt
97) See the coral reef
98) Take Becky out for a drink (she's 18 now!) [30 December, 2006 : She got the girliest drink ever - Monkey's Lunch and she didn't like it. But at least a drink was had!]
99) Meet Corb Lund
100) See Death Cab for Cutie live
101) Have a full-length play produced [4 February, 2007 : Full length radio play "Prisms" on Resonance FM]
Wow. 101 things! I can't believe it...I actually did it. Well, I wrote the list. Now it's all about the doing. Wish me luck!
NOTE (8 February, 2009): I know that I've done some of these things but I can't remember the dates so I'm going through and just bolding and putting a star by the ones I have done and don't know the date as I haven't updated this for awhile...
1) Enter a contest every two months for a year
2) Make a short film [March 1, 2007: This is the date I was asked to have "The Night Before" filmed but it should be in my hot little hands by September...woohoo!]
3) Get a travel story published [November, 2008: I'm going to count my Canadian in England Podcast called "How I Ended up on a Small Island" on http://peopletalk.libsyn.com/]
4) Learn to surf [January 12, 2007: I was on Bondi beach and I was body surfing...I know it's not standing up but I thought that's pretty close...I'll do it standing up too, I promise!]
5) See the Sphinx and the Pyramids (in their natural setting)
6) Ride the London Eye [August 10, 2006: My fam were here and we finally did it! Horrah. it was ok...]
7) Spend Christmas with my family [December 25, 2006 : Arrived home right on Christmas Day and my family was waiting for me for lots of hugs. Ahhhh Christmas!]
8) Go to Australia [January 5 - 15, 2007 : I was there babeee!]
9) See a play in the amphatheatre in Greece (or just see it if no plays are on)
10) Throw a dinner party [June, 2008: My guests got sick and other replacement guests came but it still happened and was all home made! Thank you to Jamie Oliver for his inspiring recipes on TV]
11) Produce my "house" show
12) Learn how to pole dance
13) Re-take up yoga
14) Organize my room [June 15, 2006 : done and dusted]
15) And keep it that way for 3 months (minimum)...
16) Throw away things I don't need immediately (for a month)
17) Get 8 hours of sleep once a week for 4 weeks
18) Host/ co-host/ guest host a radio show
19) Write a novel
20) Get an agent [May 15, 2007: The lovely Michelle Arnold from Dench Arnold is my agent...and she is trying to get me a good deal on my film.]
21) Go to the Venice mask festival
22) Knit a scarf
23) Make a quilt
24) Enter everyone's birthday into my calender with their e-mail addresses
25) E-mail my friends on their birthday for one year
26) Say no to going out when I want to stay home and veg (the first time is always the hardest!) at least 3 times. [Feb, 2009: Not sure when I officially completed the three but I did it on Friday so it's well over three]
27) Buy new sexy sleepwear just for me (mmmm....satiny) [29 June, 2006 : Bought two satiny numbers and a new robe that reflects that satiny nature. Now when my ex gives me back my stuff, it'll be a complete set! And no...I'm not posting pictures]
28) Grow a windowbox and keep it alive. [24 June, 2006 : I walked my pretty little self over to homebase and got myself some dirt, a long green pot and a couple lavender plants. It's all set up outside my window - now let's hope it helps me sleep!]
29) Perform in New York
30) Send my play "home" to all the theatre companies in Canada
31) Get my masters [September, 2008: Got my MA with Distinction in Plays and Scripts. Woohooooo! Now all I have to do is have the official graduation which is IN MAY!]
32) Teach a college class/ workshop [November, 2008 : I taught a screenwriting class for the now defunct The South in Brighton]
33) Bake the Vegetarian version of a steak and kidney pie that I saw on TV [February, 2009: I've now lost the recipe. But I've made tons of other things from TV especially for my dinner party so that should count, right?]
34) Try meditation
35) Pay off one credit card [20 January, 2007 : All credit Cards paid off. Wahay!]
36) Learn how to drive stick
37) Drive a car in England [January, 2009: Drove for the first time in seven years. In London. In rush hour. I thought I was going to die...]
38) Go to a twenties night and dance as a flapper
39) Teach writing in Australia
40) Go to the Austin International Poetry festival
41) Ride a cable car in San Fransisco [15 January, 2007 : Me and Kobrinsky rode all the way to the Fisherman's Wharf. Awesome!]
42) See the Golden Gate bridge [15 January, 2007 : It was in the distance and I got pictures to prove it]
43) Go tobagganing [31 December, 2006 : Jonathan, Leah and I joined Olivier on the slopes and we had a grand, though bruising time. Ouch it hurts]
44) Make a snow angel [31 December, 2006 : I witnessed it from inside a hottub in a snowy backyard. I made the person do it in leiu of me. I'm counting it!]
45) Build a snowman (or a fort if there is enough snow) [February, 2009: I made a snowwoman with Sara in Clapham Common! How awesome and unexpected is that?]
46) Answer my e-mails when I get them and then file them for one month
47) Go to the dentist [September 14, 2006 : Teeth cleaned, no cavities. Wa-hay!]
48) Do all the exercise videos in my house at least once as a reminder that they are not just pretty boxes to look at.
49) Visit a castle [August 13, 2006: Went to the Tower of London. It is a castle and then a jail. Oooo fancy. And I saw the crown jewels. Exciting...and sparkly!]
50) Get kick ass prescription hayfever medicine [29 June, 2006 : I picked it up but I have not given it a try yet. But I know it will be the ticket to sleep-filled nights. Go antihistamine!]
51) Go on a road trip [25 - 30 December, 2006 : We travelled all over Alberta to see relatives...so tired.]
52) Watch the sunrise
53) Go on a hike [14 January, 2007 : Hiked in the Blue Mountains in Katoomba - the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. A beautiful one though a couple bobtails gave me a fright!]
54) See Anne of Green Gables house in PEI
55) Follow the transcanada across the county
56) Conquer my fear of dogs
57) Get allergy shots [14 June, 2007: Starting with the dog shots. Fingers crossed I'll be allergy free one day soon!]
58) Reorganize fianances so I have a budget!
59) Go camping and watch the stars
60) Take one night/ day off to myself a week for a month
61) Say no to 3 things I want to do but shouldn't
62) Hang out with Melissa's new baby Danielja [30 December, 2006 : Gave her the cutest jumper and took TONS of pics! Cutest. Baby. Ever!]
63) Set up a friend and family e-mail list (to send out once a month) [22 December, 2006 : Even sent my Christmas message out...]
64) Stop chewing my nails [22 September, 2006 : Once I got fake nails, I stopped chewing...the nail part at least.]
65) Get a manicure/ pedicure [September 9, 2006 : My birthday - gave myself a manicure and a new set of gel nails. They are soooo pretty. Now I need a pedicure.]
66) Do a residential writing course
67) Do yoga on the beach (mmm...hawaii)
68) Volunteer for something even if it's for a day
69) Stop paying for things I don't use [February, 2009: I finally got rid of all extra payments. Some of them for a rediculous amount of time.]
70) Finish the short film script for Atif [30 March, 2007 : "Phone Card" done and dusted.]
71) Lose 10 pounds
72) Buy new mascara [2 December, 2006 : Yay Superdrug.]
73) Go to Ladies day at Ascot
74) Make a dress
75) Don't look in the mirror for a day
76) Take part in buy nothing day
77) Smile at 5 people on the tube in one day
78) Have a Godfather marathon complete with Spaghetti [January, 2007 (I think): It was linguine but I think that's not the point. ]
79) Take a snowboarding lesson (one last try!)
80) Give my unwanted stuff to charity [30 July, 2006 : Did it. Clothes in a bag to charity. Unfortunately so went one of my red shoes and my orthopedic insoles that cost me $300 5 years ago. Maybe I better keep a better eye out in future]
81) Go to Kew Gardens
82) Go whitewater rafting
83) Organize my filing cabinet
84) See FooFighters live
85) Visit my great aunt in Lincolnshire
86) See a Wimbledon match
87) Visit my mates in Vancouver/ victoria
88) Take a milk bath
89) Try a class about psycic ability
90) Have my fortune told [16 June, 2007 : had my palm read. I will live a happy fruitful life]
91) Learn how to do a backflip
92) Go Kayaking [7 January, 2007 : We all went paddling in a canoe - some call it a Kayak.]
93) Do a strip tease
94) Go apple picking
95) Have a treasure hunt
96) Play Manhunt
97) See the coral reef
98) Take Becky out for a drink (she's 18 now!) [30 December, 2006 : She got the girliest drink ever - Monkey's Lunch and she didn't like it. But at least a drink was had!]
99) Meet Corb Lund
100) See Death Cab for Cutie live
101) Have a full-length play produced [4 February, 2007 : Full length radio play "Prisms" on Resonance FM]
Wow. 101 things! I can't believe it...I actually did it. Well, I wrote the list. Now it's all about the doing. Wish me luck!
posted by Heather "Tails" Taylor at 1:08 am
5 Comments:
When you get to number 93 could you let me know please!
I'll let you know what my boyfriend thinks...
Hi, just trying to be funny, guess that backfired. Good luck with your list......and your boyfriend is a lucky man.
Darn it, I got that you were being funny and I thought I'd be funny too in response...hmmm....maybe being funny in the comment section isn't meant to be! I'll let you know how it goes ;)
Humour is sometimes difficult to convey on these things. I just assume that because I am always cheeky and looking for a laugh it will come across that way..........
You'll let me know how it goes, now that's just teasing! (smiling).
Have fun
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