101 Things: 7 months to go!

February 24th, 2010

Uh oh!

I’ve just realised that I have a little more than seven months in which to complete my 101 Things in 1001 Days list. Time to get serious.

Here are the things that I will cross off in March:

005: Learn 15 new vegetarian recipes (12/15)
- only three to go! I am so slack.

008: Learn to cook a recipe from 30 different countries (12/30)
- I’m going to learn 5 recipes next month.

011: Walk my dog 5 days/week for 1 month (0/20)
- I need to do this before the days get shorter again, so March it is!

012: Go for three 2-hour bike rides (2/3)
- one to go!

016: Write a budget; and
017: Set a savings target, meet it, and maintain it for 6 months.
- I was making progress, but then moving house came along and ruined everything…

020: See 25 movies of Tim’s choosing (18/25)
- NOTE TO TIM: March is Boy Movie Month. I need to see at least 4 of his movies in March.

023: Build a time capsule
- Another task that is almost done, just need to throw in the last few things

024: Read the dictionary from beginning to end (Now Reading: “M”)
- I’ll read up to “U” next month

038: Visit 10 local art galleries (4/10)
- Rather than just going to the same galleries, I’m going to 2 new ones next month.

040: Read 10 novels by Melbourne authors (7/10)
- March is the month that I will finish the crappy novel I’ve been stuck on for weeks on end. The final 2 books are sitting on my bookshelf, waiting for me!

043: Go on a ghost tour
- Tiiiiiii-iiiiiiim, c’moooon. For me?

084: Participate in 100 Snapshots (62/100)
I’m sort of loving this task. I have a bunch more photos to take, but I love it.

In reality, I think I have accepted that I won’t finish all 101 Things on my list by September 28. In fact, there are two items on my list that I can’t possibly complete in the time that I have left, if I am to be faithful to the criteria that I set for myself. I’m reluctant to re-write the requirements just to get that magical “101″, when I haven’t truly achieved it.

So instead I am looking at it this way: by the time September rolls around I’ll have definitely done 80+ things on my list. 90+ is extremely possible. I might even reach 99 Things! That’s not too bad, right? I consider each of those tasks as things that I may not have gotten around to doing without my trusty list, so there’s still plenty to be proud of.

Even if I stopped today with 60 items complete I’ve achieved so much. I love my little so much that I’ve already jotted down some ideas for my next one.

Can I have some volunteers to kick my butt through March and make all this happen?

Related Posts with Thumbnails
  • Trish

    Happy to provide :-)

  • http://littlelioness.net Fiona

    Not sure if I can provide that, but you’re doing so well!!

  • http://www.scarletwords.com Elizabeth

    Cousin T! Where have you been hiding? Trust you to come out of the woodwork when there’s an opportunity for buttkicking.

    Fiona, thank you! I’m getting there…

  • http://cherryblossomadventures.com Lulu

    Ganbatte! (means good luck/try your best in Japanese)

    Reading through your list and Justine`s list were what inspired me to do my own originally and I have loved the task. I also know I will not get everything done on my list before the time limit is up but I have 21 tasks left on the list and I should be able to cross off at least another 10 or 11 and if I think about how many things on the list I might NOT have done without writing it then I figure that is better than nothing!

    I look forward to writing my next list!! (Oh and quite a few Japan based bloggers have jumped on the 101 things in 1001 days bandwagon after reading my list and following my progress so you definitely started a trend!)

    I love your idea of learning recipes from different countries- might have to steal it!