This is a list of 101 things I’m trying to do within 1001 days. See Day Zero for more general information about this project and to take a look at other people’s lists.

Start date: March 1, 2008
End date: November 27, 2010

future goal
goal in progress
completed goal

Daily
1. eat breakfast daily (04/24/08)
2. start using anti-wrinkle cream
3. find a better overall skincare regimen
4. wear makeup to work every day (06/13/08)
5. eat an apple a day

Weekly
6. trade QBee patches twice a week
7. drink loose-leaf tea at least once a week
8. have one Artist Date a week
9. do cardiovascular exercise every week
10. make at least one altered book page per week

Monthly
11. change my computer wallpaper once a month
12. give my cat flea treatments once a month
13. go to a religious service at least once a month

One Time
14. either have a serious relationship with my boyfriend or leave him (11/13/08)
15. sign up to donate my body to science
16. replace my debit card
17. write a thank you letter to a professor
18. write a letter to someone else who impacted my life greatly but probably doesn’t know it (03/02/08)
19. find a new tea bar/restaurant (09/07/08)
20. apologize to someone from my past that I wronged (03/16/08)
21. go to a spa
22. send a message in a bottle
23. paint one room a vibrant color
24. go to a salon and get a stylish haircut (03/21/08)
25. buy a new wallet (08/31/08)
26. have a day to myself where I don’t use my cell phone or the internet
27. pay off my library fines (04/07/08)
28. do at least one project from Cut Out + Keep (09/08/08)
29. make a living will
30. go to the Miami Art Museum
31. watch another dogme 95 film
32. stay in a local hotel as a mini vacation
33. buy a ring for myself
34. go to Barton G’s restaurant
35. switch my light bulbs to CFLs
36. make a list of personal commandments (07/17/08)
37. set up a Buddhist shrine in my home (03/22/08)
38. decorate my office door
39. watch another Matthew Barney film
40. do something nice for a stranger (03/22/08)
41. trade artist trading cards with someone I know in real life
42. attend a religious group or service that I’ve never been to before
43. make bottlecap shrines
44. get another lamp for my office (10/01/08)
45. have a romantic weekend (05/16/08)
46. get a keychain jump drive
47. buy something artsy from Etsy
48. organize all of my teas and tea accessories
49. change my theme in Wordpress (03/30/08)
50. get and use reusable grocery bags (04/06/08)
51. paint an object an unnatural color and display it as art
52. get a new computer (09/16/08)
53. visit a Japanese style garden (08/04/08)
54. create a personal shrine/reliquary/altar
55. participate in Earth Hour 2008 (03/29/08)

Long Term Effort
56. write at least 50,000 words for my novel by the end of November 2008
57. isolate myself from negative people as much as possible
58. file all papers in my office and keep my desk and all cabinets locked
59. fix the door handles on my car
60. try to eat 100 different foods in a week
61. clean my office and keep it clean
62. weigh 145 lbs or less
63. make my own chandelier
64. be able to run 3 miles without stopping
65. get a second job or better paying job
66. make efforts to reduce the amount of junk mail I get
67. read books outdoors on warm days off
68. transfer all my Neopets to one account (05/11/08)
69. figure out my purpose in Second Life
70. wash all the laundry in my apartment
71. go back to school
72. donate all my clothes that don’t fit or that I don’t wear to charity
73. delete my unused online accounts
74. learn how to cook foods that become my signature dishes
75. read the Bible cover to cover
76. read the Bhagavad Gita
77. read the Koran
78. give my old computer to my ex-boyfriend
79. clean out the inside of my car and keep it clean
80. clean my apartment and keep it clean
81. backup my computer files
82. make it a habit to get to work before 8:00 a.m.
83. try to get a piece of my writing published
84. reduce my overall talking on cell phone while driving, but when I do it, use a handsfree earpiece
85. make my own soap
86. quit something that makes me unhappy (03/07/08)
87. get married or have a live-in boyfriend
88. get caught up on all my cases at work
89. delete old files from my computer
90. make a new female friend (05/24/08)
91. stop using disposable utensils at lunch (08/15/08)
92. become friends with someone who’s willing to help me learn Spanish (05/09/08)
93. redecorate a room in someone else’s home
94. post pictures of my altered book online
95. consolodate my credit card debt
96. check my work voicemail more often
97. move out of my apartment
98. drink less Redbull (03/13/08)
99. mentor someone graciously
100. keep a written address book
101. learn how to properly code a website with valid HTML and CSS