101 Things in 1001 Days

While I was browsing, I have read a co-blogger’s 101 in 1001 Challenge and found it very interesting. I really have a lot of things on my mind that I wanted to do and thought that maybe it’s time to make these so-called plans a reality. It’s pretty challenging though because you have to set a deadline for it. You only have 1001 days to complete all the tasks on your list.

I find it really fun doing these things. I have already started accomplishing some of the things I have put on my list. It has already affected me because I always consider the items I have written everytime I go out and do something. So far, knowing that I have a set deadline makes me more aware of the tasks I have to accomplish. I am not 100% sure if I can do all these in a span of 2 years and 9 months but I am aiming to at least get it 90% done although it would be way better if I finish everything. There is no material reward once I accomplish everything but the fulfillment of actually doing the things you want to do is already a reward in itself. Sharing it here also helps because I am more conscious of accomplishing these and prove readers that you can if you just set your mind to it.

Legend: Black Text – Unaccomplished Blue Text – Ongoing Purple Text – Done

101 Things To-Do in 1001 Days (May 11 2012 – February 6 2015)

1. Read 100 books
   1. 1Q84
   2. The Kiss
   3. Time Management for Creative People (e-book)
   4. The Elephant Vanishes
   5. Room
   6. Chinese Cinderella
   7. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
   8. Night Circus
   9. Habibi
   10. Sophie’s World
   11. Fifty Shades of Grey
   12. Zombicorns
   13. The Hobbit
   14. Inheritance
   15. Steal Like an Artist
   16. Jamestown
   17. Recharge Your Design Batteries…
   18. Let It Snow
   19. Cirque Du Freak – Tunnels of Blood
   20. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
   21. Haze
   22. An Abundance of Katherines
   23. Cirque Du Freak – Vampire Mountain
   24. The Fault in Our Stars
   25. Blankets
   26. Cirque Du Freak – Trials of Death
   27. Geektastic
   28. Cirque Du Freak – The Vampire Prince
   29. Cirque Du Freak – Hunters of the Dusk
   30. Happy Chic Colors
   31. Looking for Alaska
   32. Lord of the Rings
   33. Cirque Du Freak – Allies of the Night
   34. Design Sponge at Home
   35. Restoration of Faith
   36. Storm Front (Dresden Files 1)
   37. Fool Moon (Dresden Files 2)
   38. Grave Peril (Dresden Files 3)
   39. Summer Knight (Dresden Files 4)
   40. Tricia Guild- Colours, Patterns and Space
   41. Death Masks (Dresden Files 5)
   42. Hunger Games
   43. Catching Fire
   44. Mocking Jay
   45. Blood Rites (Dresden Files 6)
   46. Dead Beat (Dresden Files 7)
   47. A Class Apart (Class Heroes 1)
   48. What Happens in Witches Wood (Class Heroes 2)
   49. Lumiere
   50. Proven Guilty (Dresden Files 8)
   51. White Night (Dresden Files 9)
   52. Small Favor (Dresden Files 10)
   53. Where is Lolly? (Class Heroes)
   54. A Man of Indeterminate Value
   55. The Interior Designer’s Guide to Pricing, Estimating and Budgeting
   56. Of Honor and Love
   57. Turn Coat (Dresden Files 11)
   58. Changes (Dresden Files 12)
   59. Ghost Story (Dresden Files 13)
   60. Cold Days (Dresden Files 14)
   61. The Kafka Society
   62. Thirteen Reasons Why
   63. The First Phone Call From Heaven
   64. London Belongs to the Alchemist
   65. Hollow City
   66. The Complete Grimm’s Fairytales
   67. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
   68. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
   69. Contractual Correspondence fof Architects and Project Managers
   70. The Dwellers
   71. The Summer Without Men
   72. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily A New Hope
   73. The Island (Part 1-3)
   74. Trigger
   75. The Travellers
   76. Angels and Demons
   77. The Mysterious Benedict Society
   78. Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Truth
   79. Love Walked In
   80. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
2. Finish 5 paintings
   1. Purbot
   2. Wish Upon a Star
   3. Steam Pug
   4. Bird
   5. Husky
   6. Winter
3. Watch at least 1 movie every month for a year
   1. May 2012 – Dark Shadows
   2. June 2012 – Snow White and the Huntsman , Men In Black 3 , The Amazing Spiderman
   3. July 2012 – Ice Age 4 , The Dark Knight Rises
   4. August 2012 – The Dictator , Brave
   5. September 2012 – Resident Evil, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
   6. October 2012 – Taken 2, This Guy’s In Love With You Mare, Looper
   7. November 2012 – Wreck It Ralph, Skyfall, Breaking Dawn
   8. December 2012 – Trouble with the Curve, The Hobbit
   9. January 2013 – Les Miserables
   10. February 2013 – The Life of Pi
   11. March 2013 – Jack the Giant Slayer
   12. April 2013 – Iron Man 3
   13. May 2013 –
   14. June 2013 – Despicable Me 2
   15. July 2013 – Pacific Rim, The Lone Ranger
   16. August 2013 –
   17. September 2013 –
   18. October 2013 –
   19. November 2013 – Thor
   20. December 2013 – Ender’s Game, Frozen
   21. January 2014 – 47 Ronin
   22. February 2014 – Non-Stop; Robocop
   23. March 2014 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
   24. April 2014 – 
   25. May 2014 – Godzilla;
   26. June 2014 – Edge of Tomorrow; Maleficent; Transformers: Age of Extinction
   27. July 2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
   28. August 2014 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
   29. September 2014 – Gone Girl
   30. October 2014 – If I Stay; Interstellar
   31. November 2014 – Big Hero 6
   32. December 2014 – 
   33. January 2015 – Into The Woods
   34. February 2015
4. Learn how to cook 10 dishes/food
   1. Spaghetti – my sister’s recipe 🙂
   2. Puto –  my mom’s recipe
   3. Burger steak
   4. Mojos and Chips
   5. Tuna rice topping
   6. Fudge Brownies
   7. Peanut butter cookies
   8. Baked chicken
   9. Chicken Sopas
   10. Sinigang na bangus
5. Enroll in a muay thai class
6. Join in a  zumba class
7. Dine in 50 new restaurants or fast foods
   1. Saint’s Alp Teahouse – May 12 2012
   2. Delish – May 18 2012
   3. Patio Vera – May 31 2012
   4. Kazam – June 8 2012
   5. Gayuma ni Maria – June 9 2012
   6. Mexican Express – June 21 2012
   7. Komrad: Mao’s Hunan & Sichuan Kitchen – June 24, 2012
   8. Jay-J’s Inasal – June 25 2012
   9. Cyma – June 29 2012
   10. Kebabers – July 25 2012
   11. La Creperie – July 21 2012
   12. Bialetti Cafe – August 17 2012
   13. Eat and Go – August 20 2012
   14. Good Burger – August 30 2012
   15. Top Tea – September 1 2012
   16. Azadi Persian Kabab – September 1 2012
   17. Cha Time – September 5 2012
   18. Bulgogi Garden – September 20 2012
   19. Sumo Sam – October 4 2012
   20. Momo Cafe – October 10 2012
   21. Friuli – October 15 2012
   22. Big D’s – October 17 2012
   23. Fresh Selections – October 24 2012
   24. Forte Cafe – October 24 2012
   25.  North Park – October 31 2012
   26. The Coffee Way – November 9 2012
   27. Simple Line – December 8 2012
   28. Kopi Roti – May 31 2013
   29. Quiznos – June 6 2013
   30. Zark’s – July 26 2013
   31. Wrong Ramen – August 2013
   32. Nav Modern Thai Cuisine – August 2013
   33. Snack Shack – September 2013
   34. The Porch – January 2014
   35. The Sidebar – January 2014
   36. Vikings – March 2014
   37. Tomato Kick
   38. Ariake Japanese Cuisine
   39. Via Antonella
   40. Breakfast and Pies
   41. Pino
   42. Tipsy Pig
   43. Black Olive
   44. 8Cuts Burgers
   45. Cafe 1771
   46. Nando’s
   47. Foo Kien
   48. Old Town Coffee
   49. Yakimix
   50. Station 7tea8
   51. Yvannavy
   52. The Round Robin Cafe
8. Do a random act of kindness towards a stranger
9. Start a new blog (blog #3)
10. Avoid twitter, plurk and facebook for a month
11. Compile my favorite songs in an organized playlist
12. Treat my parents to a nice dinner
13. Bring my nephews/nieces to the museum
14. Attend PIID meetings for 3 consecutive months (Complete 45CPD)
15. Wear a dress to work
16. Buy 6 new dresses
17. Learn how to sew a dress
18. Finish 1 beadwork project
19. Make  1 Sunday every month internet-free
20. Repaint a room in our house
21. Get a spa treatment
22. Attend a reunion
23. Buy 7 new bags/purses
24. Learn how to bake
25. Donate old clothes and shoes to charity
26. Cover and label all my books
27. Donate old toys to charity
28. Visit a friend out of town
29. Treat a friend to dinner 
30. Go hiking/spelunking
31. Buy new running shoes
32. Join a fun run
33. Restyle my old jeans into bags/shorts
34. Set-up an emergency fund
35. Get a new pet dog
36. Have a general check up
37. Treat my siblings to a movie night
38. Accompany my aunt to Quezon
39. Visit the cemetery on a random day
40. Try getting my hair permed
41. Try out a new hairstyle
42. Surprise a friend on his/her birthday
43. Plan something special for my parent’s 25th wedding anniversary
44. Clean my room (general cleaning once a month)
45. Reconnect with an old friend
46. Sew a new bag
47. Chat with a random stranger
48. Organize a get-together with my cousins
49. Buy a new computer/ laptop
50. Try washing the car
51. Write 30 things that make me happy
52. Set a savings goal and achieve it
53. Write 10 things I need to improve on
54. Write myself a letter to be opened on my 30th birthday
55. Allot a “me-time” once a month
56. Go on a trip to Ilocos
57. Go on a trip to Malaysia
58. Go on a trip to Bohol
59. Give a 100% tip
60. Buy a new cellphone
61. Play Santa Clause for my nephews/nieces on Christmas
62. Organize all my working files
63. Organize all my picture files
64. Buy a new hard drive
65. Watch all the movies in the CDs given to me
66. Finish 5 pen and ink illustrations (or just doodles)
67. Go to the dentist regularly
68. Try getting a facial treatment
69. Restart listing my daily expenditures – May 19 2012
70. Write a letter to someone who touched my life
71. Avoid drinking alcohol for 8 months – May 11 2012 to January 11 2013
72. Organize my bookshelf
73. Join a retreat/pilgrimage
74. Hug a friend
75. Meet new people, meet new friends
76. Smile more often
77. Make a street child happy
78. Try out white water rafting
79. Travel alone to reflect
80. Watch a concert
    1. Linkin Park – August 2013
81. Buy 5 new wrist watches – current count 3
82. Cook a meal for my family
83. Wear make-up to work for a week
84. Try out speed dating
85. Organize a get-together with friends
86. Sew a bag
87. Jog once a week
88. Learn 3dsmax
89. Get a regulat wax treatment
90. Donate blood
91. Join Ang INK
92. Surprise a relative on his/her birthday
93. Redesign our family room
94. Wear high heels to work
95. Try out another hair color
96. Read a book in a coffee shop for a day at least once a month
97. Give out chocolates on Valentine’s day
98. Try acrylic painting
99. Learn how to drive
100. Lose weight
101. Fall in love