101 Things in 1001 Days: January 2008
Elizabeth February 1st, 2008

This is just a brief overview of my 101 Things in 1001 Days list in January.
I managed to complete 6 items from my list in January, and I started a bunch more. Here’s what I’ve completed so far:
#076 – Rearrange my study
Aside from leaving my desk under the window, I moved each piece of furniture to a new spot in the room. Now the room feels bigger (it was already big!), everything gets put back in its place, and it’s easier to keep tidy. I love it.#056 – Catch up on Lost
I watched my first episode of Lost in November 2007, and the 72nd episode on January 13th 2008! Thank God I can start watching them weekly soon, because the Lost saturation was giving me really trippy nightmares…#067 – Buy a BBQ
Not only did we buy a BBQ, but we put it to fantastic use on Australia Day and fed a bunch of people. It’s awesome.#069 – Buy a new set of knives
Possibly more exciting than the BBQ, because I no longer fear for the safety of my ten fingers.#042 – Go on a cruise down the Yarra
Plenty of photos at this post! We managed to fit in a 2hr boat trip just before my friend had to get on a plane last weekend. I’m looking forward to checking out the river in the other direction sometime.#051 – Sleep Under the Stars
Everybody should find a way to do this some time, it’s really good for the soul!
Aside from the items I completed I’ve also started working on some of the others, including:
#005 – Learn 15 new vegetarian recipes (1/15) I’m trying to make this somewhat legitimate by deliberately choosing dishes, rather than just leaving the meat out of a dish I already know. In January I learned to cook Ratatouille, and ended up turning the leftovers into a seriously yummy pasta dish.
#021 – Keep a movie/dvd list throughout 2008
It’s been a slow month for movie-watching, but I’m doing it.#030 – Learn to identify 5 new constellations (1/5)
can definitely pick out Orion now (and Mars too, but that doesn’t count). I already knew how to find the Southern Cross, so I won’t count that.#036 - Visit 5 different Melbourne markets (1/5)
Tim and I have hit the QV markets several times, including the Night Markets. Now to find some new ones, maybe a bit closer to home.#037 - Visit every Melbourne suburb within 7km of the city centre (?/?)
This one is in progress, especially since I live within that radius! However, I haven’t had any luck tracking down a reliable list of suburbs within that radius, and the maps I own don’t clearly identify suburb borders. The first step in finishing this task is making that list, so I need to work it out.
I’m really happy with the progress I’ve made so far, although none of the items I completed were really all that challenging. February will be a big month for my 101 List as well, here’s what I plan to tackle:
#001 – Weight Loss Goal #1 (50%)
Obviously, this one won’t be tackled in a month… but February is the month that I begin to make a conscious effort towards this goal.#005 – Learn 15 new vegetarian recipes (1/15) February should be a good month to learn a couple more recipes, without derailing #001
#010 – Walk to the city and back 8 times in one month (0/8)
I want to do this before it starts to cool down too much, or it will be harder to get out of bed early in the morning.#015 – Find permanent fulltime work
Temping sucks.#061 – Organise my filing cabinet
This is underway, but this month I’ll finish it off completely.
EDIT:
This seemed appropriate, in light of February’s goals.

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- Comments(6)

Your 101 in 1001 is going really well!
Lol at the lolcats, I just saw that one in my RSS feed as well. Brilliant.
I am following your progress with much enthusiasm!!!! Glad you did a recap!!!!
Love the photo collage you did for the post!
Best of luck with your goals for February!
Ooh.. very cool recap! Inspiring too! Has it really already been a month?!
Which means I should really do my own! Reading yours made me realise Ive done a few myself. Sometimes you lose track of these things. Thanks for bringing the focus back!
Good on ya!
MK
hey!!
if you want an interesting market to go to and want to go for a bit of a nice trip theres a really cool market called st andrews market… it is a bit far from you, but its the best! its a bit of a hippy market but I think you’d love it
its out past hurstbridge though, it’d take you a while to get there. Its on saturday mornings – the drive there is nice though its just where it starts to get country and nice winding roads
Thanks for the pep talks, guys!
Rhiannon: That market sounds really cool, exactly my kind of thing! We’re planning to buy a car soon, so we’ll probably have to wait until then to check it out. Thanks for telling me about it
well when you go let me know and i’ll give you more info on how to get there – its worth it, I love going there:) you’d like it cos its a nice area for photos too! nice country hill area! its best to leave it for a nice sunny day too – its not as good if its wet as its set on a hill and you walk on dirt so it can get messy when its raining!