Life List
Thanks to my keen eye for great WordPress sites, I have found there is an itty-bitty bucket list style challenge that many motivational bloggers have been participating in. This challenge is called the Day Zero Project: Plan. Create. Motivate. Achieve. The idea is to make a list of 101 things you have never done and complete them all before 1,001 days is up.
I find the Day Zero Project more realistic than your typical bucket list. I feel more entitled to getting this stuff done without waiting years- decades! Why make one little New Years Resolution that you are unmotivated to keep when you can have fun with it? Take your time, but not too much time, to explore the things you have put off for far too long.
This has been a pleasure to put together, and I hope that you will feel the urge to make a Day Zero Project yourself. Sometimes it takes a little push, a fun game, or a friendly challenge to get us off our butts and into the world.
I started this mission on December 18, 2011, so I have until September 14, 2014 to complete as much as I can from this list. Cheers!
- Not completed
- In progress
- Completed
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Hobbies
1. Build and fly a kite
2. Build a piece of furniture
3. Crochet a blanket
4. Start a small garden
5. Make my own candles
6. Sell a piece of my canvas art
7. Brew my own beer
8. Create hanging art with garbage
9. Design and make a dress
Body & Staying Active
10. Complete a Tough Mudder competition
11. Give up soda for a month
12. Take a hot yoga class
13. Lose 25 pounds
14. Get laser hair removal
15. Don’t dine out for a month
16. Go to sleep before midnight for a week
17. Quit smoking
18. Start taking a multi-vitamin
19. Get myself into top physical condition
20. Whiten my teeth
21. Go zip lining
22. Go to a Comic Con
23. Don’t dye my hair for a year
24. Buy a bike
25. Go indoor rock climbing
26. Try surfing
Reading, Writing & Entertainment
27. Watch every Oscar winner for “Best Picture” (Silence of the Lambs, A Beautiful Mind, No Country for Old Men, The King’s Speech, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
28. Write & illustrate a children’s book
29. Get my novel published
30. Blog three times a week
31. Read all books in a Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones)
32. Write a love letter
33. Write a detailed zombie apocalypse plan
34. See a band for every letter of the alphabet
(A. Arctic Monkeys B.The Black Keys and Best Coast C. Civil Twilight and Conspirator D. E. F. Furthur and Foster the People G. H. I. J. Jane’s Addiction K. L. Lights M. MUTEMATH N. O. P. Phish and Primus Q. R. Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rubblebucket S.Santigold and Skrillex T. Two Door Cinema Club and the Temper Trap U. V. W. X. Y.Young the Giant Z. Zach Deputy Band)
35. Write 5 Blog posts about people I admire
36. Ask 10 people to suggest a book and read them all
37. Make a list of my 50 favorite songs
38. Write a letter of admiration to Anthony Bourdain
39. See a Broadway show
40. Write a letter to myself to read at the end of the 1001 days
41. Read the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy
42. Write my own life’s mission statement
43. Blog about each 101 in 1001 defeated challenge as I complete it.
44. Make a new 101 list on the 1001th day
45. Don’t log onto Facebook for a week
46. Spend an entire weekend without technology (Thank you, Catskill Mountains!)
Personal
47. Land a sweet job
48. Move out of my parent’s house
49. Print out all the pictures from my computer
50. Get straight A’s in all of my college courses for a semester
51. Get 5,000 followers on Twitter
52. Pay off all my debt
53. Learn to drive standard
54. Go back to my childhood hometown & make a collection of picture memories
Education & Spiritual
55. Attend a Buddhist Church worship session
56. Learn to speak conversational Japanese
57. Learn the alphabet in sign language
58. Memorize the U.S Presidents in order
Recreation & Miscellaneous Fun
59. Kiss my boyfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower
60. Go to a nightclub in NYC
61. Ride a mechanical bull
62. Have professional photos taken of myself
63. Give a photoshoot
64. Organize a large summer barbecue with a ton of people
65. See a ballet
66. Take a picture of something for each letter of the alphabet
67. Swim with dolphins
68. Complete a Rubix cube
69. Throw a 4th of July party
70. See a live taping of a television show (InkMaster and InkMaster Live Finale)
71. Take shooting lessons at a fire range
72. Go to a Red Sox vs. Yankees game in the Bronx
73. Make a really cute apron
74. Mow the lawn
Food
75. Make a pie on Pi day
76. Cook an entirely organic meal
77. Dine in at least 3 restaurants owned by reality TV stars or celebrities (1. Morimoto, NYC- Iron Chef…. 2. Beso, Hollywood, Eva Longoria… 3. Nobu, Los Angeles, Robert DeNiro)
78. Make pasta from scratch
Travel
79. Take a road trip to Tennessee for the Bonnaroo festival
80. Go to the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving
81. Visit New Orleans
82. Tour the Jack Daniels Whiskey Distillery
83. Visit San Francisco
84. Go to London
85. Go to the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Burlington,Vermont
86. Go to Coney Island
87. Go to a beer festival out of state
88. Take a road trip to Niagara Falls
People & Compassion
89. Stay in a hostel
90. Donate blood
91. Donate 50 pieces of clothing to charity
92. Become an organ donor
93. Plant a tree on Earth Day
94. Inspire 5 other people to create a 101 in 1001 list (AMAZING. This one means a ton to me!)
95. Give flowers to my grandmother
96. Buy a meal for a stranger
97. Participate in two community service activities
98. Adopt a family overseas
99. Visit Arlington National Cemetery and pay my respects to my dear friend, Private Cheyenne Seymour
100. Give money once a month to help conserve wildlife
101. Donate a $1 for each thing on this list I do not complete
I love this idea! My boyfriend and I made a first draft of our bucket lists, but we haven’t really done anything serious with them. We need to get moving! Thanks for the inspiration
xx.
Love you list!
I hope you will be able to strike out several experiences in 2012. Thanks for following my blog. I look forward to continuing to read yours!
Great bucket list, Thanks for following SteezyStreet.com
I thk I gonna hav to create lists lk this. :} btw, thx 4 follow me.
I love your “start a small garden”.
I planted three small pots in my kitchen today: basil, oregano, and parsley. Let me know when you plant your garden, Sarah! 
This is a great idea. Staying in a hostel is a great experience too, if you are in the right one. I have stayed in hostels in Hawaii and Dublin. Amazing experiences. I hope you are a Yankees fan, going to the Bronx for Yankees vs Sox. And Coney Island… THE BEST!
Great list! I might have to steal a few of those bucket list items. Best of luck in crossing many off in 2012!
You can leave a mark on #94. I am in the process of doing the same
Thanks
Awesome! I am so glad to hear people are catching on to this. Good luck to everyone!
A mighty ambitious bucket list I hope you can take in most of these.
Thank you for subscribing to my blog! I love this blog. Did I mention that I love this blog ? You’ve inspired me to do this with my man. We’ll pick some things to do individually but include some traveling, cooking, extracurricular things together. LOVE IT!
Thank you.
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Hey my friend Nick is currently doing the Watch Every Oscar Best Picture thing. Read his progress at TheLittlestWinslow.com !
I love this. It’s great inspiration for an old broad like me. I am going to think about and come up with my own 101 list.
Great idea! You have quite a list there! Mine, in comparison, would be dull and far too easy lol.
I love this! I love this not only because this is a fantastic idea and you have inspired a handful + people to do the same (including myself). But, you have also (at least judging by your list and assuming the good in the others) that you have and will make the world a better place. Thank you! Also,, if you wouldn’t mind if I credited your name when I create my own list, I would appreciate it.
hey sounds fun!
I am sure “#85. Go to the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Vermont” will be awesome! HAHA
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Thanks for visiting my blog…Love your bucket list!
This sounds like a great idea! I think I’m going to do it too.
This is such a great list!
WOW, what a fabulous blog you have Sarah, you have certainly inspired me to keep going with mine, which I would like to thank you for being a follower – very much appreciated & of course I shall be following you to. Your 101 list is outstanding, I enjoyed reading it so much that I actually felt like I became a part of your world. I shall endeavour to begin my 101 list.
You are a cool chick
Have a great week
Sharon
Oh wow this is a good idea….so inspiring…
What a fantastic List!!! love it
great list, I feel like maybe I should make one of these rather than a bucket list now!
Hey Sarah- thanks for stopping by my blog! I love the life list you have going on here. Perhaps, at 24, it’s time for me to think of my own!
Thanks for the inspiration…
Morimoto is a great experience.. but I’d recommend the one in Philly over NYC any day..
Love your list and definitely will start one of my own. Thanks!
Thanks for following my blogg, love your list, I think I will start my own.
This is an incredible idea! I hope to sit down one day soon and start my own list!
Awesome. And much more motivating than a bucket list. I like your themes/topics for the list, too. Best of luck to you! And yay for Spain!
Thank you for following my blog, boundforfrance.com. I hope that you will fulfill your wish to kiss your boyfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower. I’m looking forward to doing that with my husband in September! Several years ago I made a rather long and extensive bucket list but I much prefer zooming in on this list and deciding which ones are going to be completed in 1001 days. I think that kind of focus improves our chance of actually doing them! However, one that I had written on my bucket list should be happening this fall in Paris since I had written down I just want to sit outside at a Cafe and watch the people go buy as I drink my tea. Drinking tea may be the hardest part since the French far prefer coffee and I don’t!
Interesting blog concept. I’m looking forward to reading your posts. Thanks for the follow.
Great list you have there! I like the idea of it too. Must feel great scoring some off!
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for following lovelivingincolorado. I was reading your list and I definitely agree with you..you must see San Francisco and the Grand Canyon. Originally from the west coast nothing compares to S.F. or the Grand Canyon. Your posts are enjoyable to read and I really appreciate your following on all things Colorado!
I like this. I get their tweets. Great idea they had.
Also, thanks a lot for the follow at cyleodonnell.wordpress.com.
Great idea and good luck
Thanks for the follow.
This is a great idea I am going to work on my list today and post it.
Oh you will love Silence of the Lambs awesome movie.
thanks for your subscription to “My Life in Hard Times”. Glad you enjoyed “the meaning of life”. I appreciate your readership and look forward to your comments. Thanks for your endorsement.
Thanks for the follow…..perhaps I can help with number 7 on your list. As a home brewer myself, these guys are pretty legit:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/beer-equipment-starter-kits/basic-starter-kit.html
I got a similar kit for christmas a couple years ago, and have been brewing ever since. It is a really basic kit, but provides a lot of fun. Good Luck!
Impressive list. Stay the course. People who write their goals tend to reach them more often than people who do not. I’m one of the ones it works for.
Thank you for following my blog. Congratulations on your list…and go to it. Reading it through it all seems within reach.
ooops sorry almost midnight here .. it was in your body improvement list
I love 35 & 36…great list, except I’d vote for not worrying about losing 25 lbs & instead focus on eating well and moving your body and raising your heart rate daily with something you love. Dancing perhaps or kayaking that beautiful sea.
An ambitious list indeed, with little things mixed with big — much like life itself. I wish you the best on this and encourage you to keep going especially when things start to seem impossible. And grant yourself the freedom to change and adapt the list as you yourself do.
Thank you for visiting, and following, the Norwegian Artist.
Some excellent ideas!
I LOVE this page. I have a list of goals, always have but never thought of putting it in this format. Thank you for the idea, I will be “borrowing” it and some of the ideas from it.
We love your list! We share so many goals (Brew your own beer? absolutely!), and we’ve done a few of the things on your list (we regularly spend weekends without technology and it’s bliss. Do it!). Some of these are so amibitious (Floss every night for a month? I’m all for dental hygeine, but who has the time?). We’re looking forward to seeing more goals completed!
What a great way to keep focused on your goals. I look forward to seeing your progress!!
This is a FABULOUS idea, and one I’m totally going to steal for my own.
This is fantastic and very inspiring! Just reading yours made things pop into my head that I want to do.
I’ve got 1 book for your 20 and it’s an amazing inspiration for the creative mind. It’s called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
Thanks for following my blog:) I had never heard of this challenge but it’s definitely worth looking into!
Well you are my first one of 20… Thanks! I will pick the book up, read it and then blog about it!!
Awesome, happy to contribute. It may even be an inspiration to keep truckin your life list!
Hey, thanks for following my Dream BIGGER blog! In keeping with your Life List, you might be interested in another blog I write – Fab Fifty-Five (http://www.fabfiftyfive.wordpress.com). I set it up last November when I turned 55 and wanted to find ways to celebrate getting older (and better!) So I have a Fun List that includes 55 things I want to do this year. I’ve crossed quite a few off, lots of adventures still to come. It’s great connecting with another adventurous kindred spirit
I did the whole bucket list thing before, but it was a long time ago when I lacked a serious side so there were few things I would actually class as an achievement. Reading this has inspired me to give it another shot, so thank you
Hey Sarah, thanks for following my virgin blog. Lve this page nd I admire your courage to share it with the world! If you’re keen on visiting Asia, do drop by Singapore. Don’t worry, it’s very clean here. Though it’s expensive as compared to other Asian countries, you’ll love my country. I’ll show you around
Nice list! Hopefully we will see you blogging about more of them soon…as for me…hopefully i’ll get around to writing my entry on laser hair removal! My recommendation- do it now! x
What a great list and a great challenge – thank you so much for posting it!
You are one motivated person. Go Sarah! Thanks for following blog. I’m going to be checking in on yours as well. You’ve got me thinking.
Wow, this is a good idea! I will probably try something on similar lines. Thanks.
Follow your dreams – I am proof that they can come true (even later in life)! Stay true to yourself and your journey will be fulfilling.
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using this idea to create a list of places and things I want to do with my kids/ family. Love your list by the way!
Inspiring lists, Sarah ! Love it. Thanks for following my journey. I check your blog and I find it is very interesting too. Keep blogging!!!
I love this idea. Why wait til I am too old to actually do the things on my bucket list? Thank you for the inspiration and good luck with your list!
I am trying to complete my own bucket list. It is a lot harder than I thought it would be, but it is a satisfying thing to try. Thanks for the blog and post.
No aspirations to travel beyond the states?
I’m so late to the game, but I came across this list of yours and… you inspired me to create my own. It’s hard coming up with 101 things but I’m doing it! Check out theusualbliss.com- and thanks!
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I soo love this ! I wonder how many I’ll be able to complete if and when i make such a list. But I so love this !
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Love your life list and thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a great time in TN at Bonnaroo! Lollapalooza in Chicago is another great music festival (:
Love this idea – a great challenge to all of us who are actively seeking. And thanks for following my blog! Looking forward to reading more of yours.
#11. Is harder than #17. and #12. I have done it, once, hated it. LOL
Such an awesome idea! I think that I need to do one of these for sure. If nothing else it will push me to try some new things and expand my mind. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Ahhh. This is very nice! I just finished making a Vision Book…but the specificity of the list is very appealing. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is very hopeful, sincere, lively and sweet I hope you accomplish all of your goals!
We are musical soulmates! I love almost all of the bands you listed! I’d kill to see Arctic Monkeys
Hey, thanks for the like! I love this – I think #44 is my favorite
. Very ambitious – good luck!
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Hey Sarah, just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration on creating my own Day Zero Project list. You can check it out if you want over at Unboxed Life. If I hadn’t seen your work here I might never have put mine together, so thank you so much. Take care.
Wonderful list! Best of luck with crossing off each item and thanks stopping by and following my blog, I look forward to reading yours
When my daughter, Tallulah, was in 4th grade (3 years ago), I found this list neatly written down on her desk. I kept it, even sent it to my book editor as a potential idea for a Middle Grade series. In any case, your dream list reminded me of hers… (I am particularly fond of “recycle and compost”!)
THE RULES OF FRENDZY GREEN CLUB
1. We never say impossible.
2. We never lie, or else if you do you’re out of the club.
3. We always write with a pen – that’s what mistakes are for.
4. We have a dedicated heart so that means you love good friends.
5. You really can’t be bratty or you’re out of the club.
6. We take pictures with each other and of each other.
7. We write things that happen to us everyday.
8. We will recycle and compost.
9. We have to share!
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I liked #37 so much that I decided to put my list of my 50 favorite songs on my blog! http://asbiediaries.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/50-favorite-songs/!
Love the 101 in 1001 days – once I get a bit better at keeping up with my blog (which was a bucket list item) I will try it out myself. Thanks for being my first ‘non family’ follower. I hope my packing tips arrived intime for your trip to Aruba
Hope it was great –
Good luck with your list – there are many items on it that i have had the great opportunity to have already experienced – so you have some awesome times coming your way. Enjoy them all!
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Well you have me inspired! My list is in progress.
Good luck!
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Great list! I hope you have fun working through it. I’m inspired to try a few of these myself – it’s always good to see a list where the activities are rewarding in themselves, not just things to tick off. As a movie fan, I really ought to give the ‘Oscar winners’ challenge a go. Thank you for liking and following my blog.
Love your Life List … I only can say wow
and its very interesting