101 in 1001 – Day Zero Project
So I failed my first attempt at a the Day Zero Project!
I’m not, however, going to let my failure put me off; I’m giving it another go 🙂
I’ve got some new goals as well some from my first attempt that I didn’t manage and I’m going to give it my best shot this time!
If you want to follow me on the Day Zero website you can find me at Shell Louise
Here’s my list 🙂
- Have a real Christmas tree – DONE 🙂
- Ask five people to suggest one book and read them – IN PROGRESS
- Find a Geocache in at least three counties
- Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen each starting with a letter of the alphabet
- Write a book – Taking part in Nanowrimo next year
- See 10 classic movies I’ve never seen
- Identify 100 things that make me happy – IN PROGRESS
- Dye my hair
- Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art of home decor
- Spend a rainy day watching movies in my pjs
- Take a photography class
- Read Catcher in the Rye
- Create a herb garden
- See a movie in IMAX or 3D
- Give someone a handmade gift – DONE
- Have a weekend away with my husband
- Complete a 1000 piece jigsaw
- Write down five positive things that happened during the day for one month
- Turn my phone off for the day DONE
- Lose 20lbs
- Start exercising everyday
- Complete the 5000 question survey – IN PROGRESS
- Take a writing course
- Finish a sudoku book – In progress
- Reach my goal weight
- Have a Lord of the Rings movie marathon
- Make skittles infused vodka
- Finish a NaNoWriMo
- Have a healthy BMI
- Try 10 new main meal recipes
- Lose 50lbs
- Refurbish a piece of furniture
- Have a tea party
- Go to a German Christmas market
- Go to bed before 11pm every night for a week
- Have a romantic candlelit dinner
- Host a New Years Eve dinner party at home
- Bake a different cake each month for a year
- Make at least 10 recipes I’ve pinned on Pinterest
- Buy a pair of Doc Martins
- Eat ice cream for breakfast
- Try a new recipe every month for a year
- Attend a blogging conference
- Make fudge
- Host a holiday dinner
- Landscape the back yard
- Get a new camera – DONE
- Finish a game of Monopoly
- Visit Harrods
- Inspire someone to make a day zero list
- Unplug for an entire weekend
- Try 20 new dessert recipes
- Send in a photograph to a contest
- Write myself a mail via Futureme.org – DONE
- Knit a scarf
- Remember the gunpowder plot by attending a bonfire event on November 5th
- Go to a flea market
- Learn a new word every week for a year
- Create a family cookbook
- Make a dish from a different country every month
- Crochet a blanket
- Decorate my room
- Take a photo of the same place for a year and make a calendar for the following year
- Plant a container garden
- Keep a ‘my day in six words’ journal
- Write on 20 creative writing prompts from creativewritingprompts.com
- Take at least 5 photos a day for a month
- Dye my hair purple
- Make doughnuts or churros at home
- Organize my bookshelves – DONE
- Learn how to write my name in Japanese
- Learn to play the piano
- Do a 30×30 challenge (30 minutes exercise every day for 30 days)
- Be part of the 52 week challenge from Flickr
- Watch 100 movies I haven’t seen before
- Watch a movie from every year since the first Oscars
- Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet from nature
- Fill a sketch book with drawings, design ideas and cuttings
- Make pasta from scratch
- Learn sign language
- Read The Lord of the Rings series
- Make 5 crafts I’ve pinned on Pinterest
- Document a ‘Day in my Life’ in photographs – Done
- Win a game of scrabble
- Complete the 100 snapshots challenge
- Do a sponsored run/walk for charity
- Visit a chocolate factory
- Have ribs at Damon’s for my 39th birthday
- List all the books we own, on Goodreads – In progress
- Go on a photography walk
- Paint the built-in bookcases white – DONE
- Shorten the curtains for the short window in the living room
- Take a photo of the children once a month
- Take a drawing course
- Make and bury a time capsule
- Watch every episode of Charmed
- Write a weekly journal entry
- Volunteer at a charity shop – DONE – I now volunteer 2-3 times a week at my local charity shop
- Take part in NaBloPoMo – DONE
- Make a pavlova
- Re-read all 7 Harry Potter books