The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part). http://www.dayzeroproject.com/
1 Get my weight down to 160
2 Jog 1 continuous mile
3 Walk 4 continuous miles
4 Exercise for 20 minutes per day for 90 days
5 Do a pull up
6 Bake bread from scratch
7 Grow my own tomatoes
8 Bake something with rhubarb
9 Taste a persimmon
10 Cook a multi-course meal with all local ingredients
11 Make cheese
12 Make 10 recipes from my cookbooks (6/10)
13 Host a dinner party
14 Make homemade cat food
15 Go for 1 month without eating chocolate
16 Create a new ice cream flavor
17 Host an ice cream tasting party
18 Have a sunrise breakfast picnic with a friend
19 Avoid dairy for 1 week and see if I notice a difference
20 Cook a dish that includes rutabaga
21 Dine at 10 non-chain restaurants (2/10)
22 Leave the country
23 Visit Snu/Russ/Charlie
24 Take a train somewhere
25 Visit Portland
26 Tour a city/town in MO where I’ve never been
27 Tour a city/town in IL where I’ve never been
28 Camp somewhere I’ve never camped
29 Travel to a state to which I’ve never traveled
30 Camp in the Smokey Mountains
31 Spend a day in a major city where I’ve never been
32 Put $1,000 into my savings account
33 Start a 401K/IRA/retirement account
34 Create a business plan
35 Get a new job
36 Read 2 books on language/linguistics (0/2)
37 Learn to drive a stick shift
38 Learn all the major/minor chords on the Mandolin
39 Take a class that makes a craft piece
40 Read a book about Buddhism
41 Take a few horseback riding lessons
42 Read 2 biographies (0/2)
43 Acquire an algebra text book and relearn some basic math
44 Relearn Spanish
45 Write a grant for a nonprofit
46 Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity once per year (0/3)
47 Become a consistent volunteer with 1 specific nonprofit
48 Donate to Planned Parenthood annually (1/3)
49 Donate to KWMU annually (0/3)
50 Compost
51 Go for (at least) 1 month without accepting any store bags
52 Learn to use the manual function on my camera
53 Check out Gravity Plays Favorites
54 See a band/show at The Chapel
55 Buy a piece of art from a local artist
56 Create/design a personal mandala
57 Create a piece of art and display it in my home
58 Finish a scarf for someone
59 Learn to crochet
60 For 1 month, take a photograph each day
61 Rewrite/edit 1 of my college short stories
62 See a concert by one of my favorite bands/musician
63 Check out a small art studio
64 See 6 local (within 150 miles) bands (2/6)
65 Go boxcar racing
66 Go floating, kayaking, or canoeing
67 Plan and host a scavenger hunt
68 Go ice skating
69 See an Arch Rival Roller Girls match
70 Ride in a hot air balloon
71 Spend an afternoon on Cherokee Street
72 See a movie at a drive-in
73 Watch a drag show
74 Fly kites with a friend
75 Sing a song at a karaoke night
76 Go out dancing
77 Go up the arch
78 Buy a sexy black dress
79 Have blood drawn for yearly checkup (0/3)
80 Buy a new swimsuit
81 Buy a sexy bra from Victoria’s Secret
82 Mail presents to 5 friends, for no special reason (0/5)
83 Send my parents on months I don’t see them (1/27)
84 Reconnect with M.S.G.
85 Have a spa night with some girlfriends
86 Make a new friend
87 Start a social group
88 Smash a pie in someone’s face
89 Shoot a gun
90 Try acupuncture
91 Visit the Quaker meeting hall
92 Get a tarot or aura reading
93 Read 6 Pulitzer Prize winning novels (0/6)
94 Adopt a dog
95 Get a new mattress
96 Buy a globe
97 Make a new scrap book
98 Send a secret to Post Secrets
99 Get my bike fixed and go bike riding with a friend
100 Thoroughly clean and organize my bedroom
101 Watch 10 of the AFI’s 100 greatest movies (0/10)
