Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Day Zero Project

For those of you who don't know, the Day Zero Project is a list of 101 tasks you want to achieve over a period of 1001 days. The beauty of it is that there is a strict deadline which equals about 2.75 years, this means that it's less open ended than a "bucket list". Also, the tasks or goals must be completely unambiguous, meaning once you've achieved it, it's done, there's no "grey area". So here goes, my 101 things are:
1. Hike the West Coast Trail
2. Go to a big music festival
3. Read the Hunger Games series
4. Cleanse my Facebook "friends" list 
5. Go back to Europe
6. Achieve >3 A's in a semester of my degree 
7. Go on a tour of Parliament with the MP I met at work this past summer
8. Start a book club
9. Watch Breakfast at Tiffany's 
10. Go to Toronto
11. Get rid of 5 pairs of shoes
12. Go to an Ottawa Senators game
13. Go to a uOttawa football game
14. Join a club/team/organization
15. Eat breakfast every day for a month
16. Send 5 friends postcards from Ottawa
17. Go back to Montreal 
18. Have a real Calgary Stampede experience 
19. Go on a roadtrip 
20. Get a piercing or tattoo 
21. Read a book (not school related) once a month for a year 
22. No fast food for a month
23. Go to a comedy club
24. Learn 5 guitar chords 
25. Surprise someone big-time
26. Give a good guy a chance
27. Save $10,000
28. Start a wedding dress fund
29. Re-read the New Testament 
30. Go to a 90 minute Moksha class
31. Walk or run in a charity event 
32. Go on a wine tour 
33. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years 
34. Pray every day for a month
35. Refresh Spanish 
36. No swearing for a week 
37. Work out every day for a month
38. Make a tie dye shirt
39. Take my parents out for dinner
40. Make a wish at 11:11 on 11/11/11
41. Graduate Uni
42. No caffeine for a week
43. Make borsht from scratch
44. Make sushi
45. Watch all of the Harry Potter movies
46. Watch all of the Lord of the Rings movies
47. Watch the sunrise/sunset in the same day 
48. Dress nicely for a week
49. Go skydiving
50. Go to Las Vegas
51. Go to Seattle 
52. Visit Chrissy in Vancouver 
53. Blog every day for a month
54. Go horseback riding 
55. Volunteer 
56. Log 50+ hours in the library in one month 
57. Don't spend any money for a week
58. Make bannick 
59. Leave a note in a book for someone 
60. Have a bonfire & s'mores & wieners 
61. Volunteer at a soup kitchen 
62. Get up before 10 am for 2 weeks 
63. No Facebook for a week 
64. Go a week without gum
65. Make spring rolls
66. Go up north to watch the northern lights 
67. Kiss in the rain 
68. Get at least 8 hours of sleep every day for a week 
69. Try out a new church
70. Have a picnic 
71. Floss every day for a month
72. Go to a Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives restaurant 
73. Don't complain about a single thing for a whole week
74. Get a pedicure 
75. Identify 100 things that make me happy
76. Host a board game night
77. Take a train somewhere 
78. Make a list of 20 things I like about myself 
79. Tie a note to a helium balloon and let it go 
80. Learn how to drive stick 
81. Ask the server to order for me at a restaurant 
82. Renew my passport 
83. Learn how to do a smokey eye
84. Go skinny dipping
85. Answer the 50 questions that will free your mind
86. Visit and thank a teacher/coach who has influenced my life
87. Bake a pie from scratch 
88. Find a personally inspirational quote and incorporate it into a piece of artwork or decor
89. Have my fortune told 
90. Go to a movie alone
91. Back up/transfer files from HP->mac
92. Build a snowman 
93. Send something in to postsecret 
94. Keep a "my day in 6 words" diary for a month 
95. No Twitter for a day 
96. Eat 5-10 servings of fruits&veggies every day for a week 
97. Show up 10 minutes early to class every day for a week 
98. Have a stargazing night with snacks 
99. Give up something meaningful for Lent
100. Go back to New York City 
101. Keep a gratitude journal, write in it for 5 minutes a day, every day for a month

1001 days start... now!
-C


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