The List

The List of 101 Things to Do in 1001 Days

Start: Thursday, October 18th, 2007
End: Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Bold: in progress
Strikethrough: finished

Most items that are in progress or finished will be linked to a post with more information.

Body, Health & Style
1. Dye my hair in a colour I haven't tried before
2. Cook a 'good' meal once a month (fresh, healthy, three-course meal) (1/33)
3. Go jogging once a week (2/143)
4. Get neck problems checked
5. Experiment with clothes styling, hair and make-up
6. Keep weight below 60kgs (yes I'm short, and eventual pregnancy is excluded)
7. Eat a piece of fruit each day
8. For 24 hours only drink water and fresh juices, don't eat anything (being ill doesn't count)

Charity
9. Do a big cleanout and give away anything I don't need anymore
10. Volunteer with children/elderly people/in a hospital/...
11. Give away something very personal/emotionally valuable to someone who needs it more
12. Get myself sponsored for a task or bet and donate rewards to charity
13. Clean the bulk of my stuffed animals and toys and donate them to a hospital
14. Do 5 random acts of kindness for total strangers (0/5)

Creativity & Arts
15. Make a painting and put it up on the bedroom wall
16. Write and compose three songs (0/3)
17. Take as many pictures possible, store them, back them up and make nice stuff out of them (albums, collages, posters, gifts,...)
18. Learn how to tune a guitar and start playing again
19. Take a course to develop a creative side of mine
20. Produce a truthful self-portrait (can be creative in its form)

Culture & Education
21. Learn to dance salsa
22. Recover my French knowledge
23. Learn Finnish
24. Learn more about autism
25. Visit the Anne Frank-house
26. Go see a theatre show/play
27. Watch 10 movies that I haven't seen before (3/10)
28. See 'Forrest Gump' again

Dares
29. Get a piercing (or a small tattoo)
30. Ask for condoms at a pharmacy
31. Say goodbye to my lucky coin
32. Sing a song on a big stage with band support
33. Feature on a tv-show
34. Get my legs waxed
35. Learn how to politely say 'no' and turn people down when it gets a little too much
36. Learn how to fix a flat bike tyre
37. Go skiing or snowboarding (on real snow, not SnowWorld)
38. Buy a sex toy
39. Start liking olives
40. Taste a herring (the Dutch way – raw, with onions, held by its tail)
41. Make friends with an emo guy (virtual doesn't count)

Family, Friends & Loved Ones
42. Organize something spectacular for my parents
43. Invite a group of friends to my home for a fun day with a specific theme
44. Send a letter with pictures and/or presents to my Foster child
45. Respond to Grandpa's letters within two weeks
46. Visit my old college and teachers
47. Visit Chris in England again
48. Have professional pictures taken of the whole family
49. Make a copy of the dvd depicting my childhood and give it back to my parents

Fun Times
50. Visit 3 countries I haven't been to before (0/3)
51. Go camping
52. Go to DisneyWorld
53. Go to Barcelona again
54. Go to 3 concerts of bands I haven't seen before (1/3)
55. Go out dancing/clubbing/… once a month (0/33)
56. Go swimming in the sea once a year (0/3)
57. Go horseback riding again
58. Celebrate New Year's with friends
59. Go to the sauna once a year (0/3)
60. Climb a (new) hill and enjoy the view
61. Have a romantic picnic in the park with someone I'm in love with
62. Go to the Vondelpark again
63. Have a big multi-course meal at the Hard Rock Café
64. Bake a pie for a birthday (mine or somebody else's)
65. Get really drunk (tipsy doesn't count)
66. Go to a Matchbox Twenty concert
67. Do a chocolate making workshop
68. Laugh so hard and so long you think you'll never get out of it again
69. Stay in bed out of self-pity a whole day with a book, a pot of tea and a plate of cookies
70. Do something fun with my teen cousins
71. Celebrate my 30th birthday in a special way

Major Adult Projects
72. Buy a house
73. Have a son
74. Think about what my funeral should look like and put that in a will
75. Pay off my student loans
76. Get my driver's licence

Reading & Writing
77. Write a book and have it published
78. Become a paid columnist for a magazine or website
79. Read a book a month (10/33)
80. Reply to all e-mails within two weeks
81. Arm a professional freelance website
82. Live off writing/editing in a job where I feel at home
83. Take part in NaNoWriMo and finish it
84. Document my time and experiences in Chile
85. Read Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' again

Spirituality, Religion & Peace of Mind
86. Get baptized
87. Spend one week a year without any computer or internet access (0/3)
88. Find a church where I feel at home and go there weekly
89. Develop my spiritual side/sixth sense
90. Take a long walk in the forest by myself
91. Go to the EO Youth Day (annual massive evangelical youth/music event)
92. Take every opportunity that arises to talk about God and my faith without feeling ashamed
93. Be at home in silence a whole day – no radio, tv, music, phone or company
94. Get up ridiculously early to see the sunrise

Want To Buy & Trade
95. Buy a good mattress
96. Wear a new ring
97. Buy a dress and actually wear it
98. Buy a bouquet of flowers in season's colours at the start of each season (0/11)
99. Buy a pair of nice, good looking, perfect-for-walking boots
100. Trade a personal item (shirt, book, cd,...) for someone else's
101. Buy a nice lapis lazuli cross and wear it on a necklace