Saturday 7 August 2010

Day Zero Update 2

Hello people.  How has your Saturday been?

Today I watched an entire Monty Python movie.  It was The Meaning of Life and quite frankly I thought it was very silly. However watching it which means I have completed another thing on my Day Zero list.

I have also marked some things off my list and added some new ones.  I currently have 92 things on my list.  Suggestions to get to 101 are gratefully accepted, may not be used but definitely taken on board.

Here is the current list:

1

Finish this list of 101 things 92/101

2

Do more exercise at least 3 times a week for 3 months (12 weeks).

3

Drink more water 5 glasses to get up to at least 1.5 litres daily for 30 days Completed

4

Lose 2 kgs

5

Lose 5 kgs

6

Lose 8 kgs

7

Lose 10 kgs

8

Lose 12 kgs

9

Keep weight off for at least 6 months.

10

Have a Family holiday to New Zealand

11

Go to the Art Gallery and / or Museum with or without the family 5 times

12

Go to the Theatre twice.

13

Donate Blood regularly (at least 5 times in 1001 days)

14

Attempt to read the 50 of 71 Greatest Novels of All item that I haven't read as yet

15

Learn card making and make them instead of buying them In progress

16

Put in the forms for a school hours job

17

Blog everyday for 2 months a year (February doesn't count) In Progress

18

Plant a vegetable patch possibly with fruit trees.

19

Take the children on a bush walk / hike

20

Organise my workspace and then tidy it once a month

21

Try Zumba at least 5 times

22

Write and post (snail mail) 10 letters to people

23

Have a Chocolate free week 6 times In Progress

24

Cut back on caffeine. Try to get down to 3 or less a day (any caffeinated beverage) for a month Completed but In Progress again

25

Participate in National Novel Writing Month (November)

26

Go Camping for at least 2 nights Completed

27

Learn to cook an Indian meal from scratch (no jars allowed)

28

Restart our worm farm

29

Finish my course at Tafe

30

Try to be houseproud and actually make the house visitor friendly

31

Have a BBQ at home

32

Have a dinner party

33

Have someone / people over for coffee 5 times In Progress 1/5

34

Menu plan at least a week worth of dinners and stick to it

35

Change readers at school once a week for a term Completed

36

Call my family interstate at least once a month In Progress

37

Have a games afternoon / night with the family every few months

38

Go out with my husband on a date 5 times

39

Volunteer somewhere once a month for 6 months (not necessarily consecutive)

40

Clean out my clothes and get rid of things I will never wear again

41

Start the Couch to 5 km run thing.

42

Complete the Couch to 5 km run thing.

43

Watch a Monty Python film in its entirety. Completed

44

Have a LOTR fest and watch all three movies in a weekend.

45

Donate 100,000 grains of rice on freerice.com 4021/100,000

46

Re-learn to touch type

47

Organise my books

48

Complete the 5000 Question Survey 300/5,000

49

Write down my answers to the all "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind"

50

Read David Allen "Getting Things Done"

51

Clean out the pantry

52

Tidy the Linen cupboard

53

Learn how to use / apply make up

54

Use the face scrub / exfoliate at least 5 times

55

Use the body scrub / exfoliate at least 5 times

56

Use moisturiser for 30 days

57

Go on the Million Paws Walk with Dogs

58

Update my resume

59

Get to school before the first bell for 10 weeks

60

Organise and have time with each child separately and do something they want to 5 times each

61

Go on a picnic

62

Write and send Christmas cards before 10 December

63

Go to bed before 10.30 for a week straight 5 times Completed but In Progress again

64

Take vitamins for 1 month

65

Answer the 20 questions you should ask yourself every Sunday once a month for a year

66

Find out what is involved to get tested and go on the bone marrow register

67

Be able to fit my wedding ring by our 15th anniversary. Sep 2010.

68

Write to someone who has inspired me

69

Don't log on to Facebook for 1 week straight Completed

70

See the sun rise and set on the same day

71

Take the kids swimming in the river

72

Sucessfully grow a plant (but preferably more) from seed

73

Watch An Inconvenient Truth

74

Learn how to make (and actually make) Gluten Free pasta

75

Cook a roast chicken dinner Completed

76

Go rock climbing

77

Fly in a hot air balloon

78

Bake an apple pie

79

Write a short story

80

Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards

81

Learn to locate all 50 US states on a map

82

Send flowers anonymously to a friend in need

83

Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years

84

Expand my vocabulary by 100 words

85

Make a list of 100 things that make me smile or laugh

86

Learn how to make a paper crane

87

Write on 20 creative writing prompts. http://creativewritingprompts.com/

88

Improve my posture

89

Do the 200 sit-ups challenge (www.twohundredsitups.com)

90

Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

91

Compile a List of 101 Inspirational Quotes

92

Sort photos and make an album

So if you are doing this, how are you going with your list?  Or would you like to join in?  Let me know and then I can add convince someone to do a Day Zero list and I will have 93 things on my list.

1 comment:

Lulu said...

Nooo - it can't stop there. YOU MUST watch The Holy Grail....especially at Easter.

I want a shrubbery!!!

 

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