Fatima’s 101 Things to do in 1001 Days

Last updated on 24 September 2008, Wednesday

Progress: 1/101
Check the Entry List for my posts about every goal.

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My List

001. Create the list and post it online — 2008/09/21–2008/09/22
002. Make a blog post for every finished goal [1/101]

Creativity

003. Take at least 1 photo a day for 365 days [3/365]
004. Finish writing 3 stories [0/3]
005. Finish at least 5 drawings for Jim [0/5]
graphite/charcoal portrait
006. Fill 30 pages of my Moleskine Sketchbook with creative ideas instead of just random doodles [0/30]
007. Draw a portrait for my mom
008. Draw a portrait for my Uncle Jim
009. Try my hand at painting with watercolors
010. Make an artwork using mixed media [I will be submitting a cover to The Covers Project (Art In Site)]
011. Make at least one of my websites self-sufficient
012. Create my own themes for all of my WordPress-powered websites [1/6]
— Rose Letter Theme for Transient Dreams
013. Make layouts for all my fanlistings at Ardent [43/78]
014. Make and send a secret to PostSecret

Self-improvement

015. Make a list of 50 things I like about myself [0/50]
016. Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night [0/1001]
017. Take a 1-hour brisk walk at least once a week [0/143]
018. Maintain my ideal AND current weight
019. Keep my hair straight and long and get it treated as needed
020. Learn how to drive and get my driver’s license
021. Learn how to swim
022. Private - until I’ve done it!
023. Private

Career

024. Write a better resume / CV
025. Get a job that I like

Happiness

026. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy [0/100]
027. Make a list of 50 things I am grateful for [5/50]

Love and Relationships

028. Make a list of things I like/love about Jim and keep adding to it until the end of this project [24]
029. Meet Jim’s family
030. Private - until I’ve done it!
031. Private - until I’ve done it!
032. Private - until I’ve done it!
033. Private

Family and Friends

034. Show my mom I love her everyday [4/1001]
035. Send Mom (my grandma) part of what I earned from selling books like I promised
036. Leave notes for my sister everyday like she used to do for me [4/1001]
037. Make it a point to talk with my brother everyday (in person / text / call / email) [4/1001]
038. Go out / have a reunion with my high school friends even if Jazel isn’t scheduled to come home for another visit yet
039. Have lunch with Yeyers and Mica at Flaming Wings
040. Fulfill my cousins’ requests for my homemade ice cream
041. Private - until I’ve done it!
042. Private - until I’ve done it!

Helping Others

043. Teach my mom how to use the computer
044. Teach my mom how to navigate the internet and chat on Yahoo! Messenger
045. Teach my dad how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
046. Teach Jim how to speak (and understand) Tagalog/Filipino
047. Be my cousin Benette’s beta reader and edit her work
048. Donate books to a public library
049. Donate clothes I no longer wear or will never wear
050. Sponsor a child (help a child finish school)
051. Donate 100,000 grains of rice (FreeRice.com) [1,500/100,000]
052. Volunteer at Distributed Proofreaders

Travel / Places

053. Have another picnic in Tagaytay
054. Spend a weekend in Baguio again
055. See the Aurora Borealis
056. Watch the sun and moon rise and set in a foreign country
057. Sleep under the stars in a foreign country
058. Visit my grandparents in Washington
059. Visit my friend Jazel in Texas
060. Visit Colorado
061. Visit the Art Institute of Chicago
062. Visit the Yosemite National Park
063. Visit Japan
064. Ride a gondola in Venice, Italy
065. Go on a hot air balloon ride
066. Private - until I’ve gone there and done it!

Entertainment

067. Watch football with Jim and understand the mechanics of the game
068. Watch Supernatural with Jim
069. Watch LOST with Jim
070. Watch at least 15 movies at the cinemas instead of at our home theater [0/15]
071. Read Einstein’s Dreams (by Alan Lightman) to Jim
072. Read at least 3 other works by George R.R. Martin that are unrelated to A Song of Ice and Fire [0/3]
073. Finish reading my Neil Gaiman books [6/18]
— Neverwhere, Stardust, Coraline, The Wolves in the Walls, The Sandman - Vol. 7: Brief Lives, Harlequin Valentine
074. Read The Belgariad, The Malloreon, and The Tamuli (by David Eddings) [0/13]
075. Complete and read The Dragonriders of Pern series (by Anne McCaffrey) [13/30]
— Dragonflight, Dragonquest, Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, The White Dragon, Dragondrums, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, Nerilka’s Story, Dragonsdawn, The Renegades of Pern, All the Weyrs of Pern, Dragonsblood, Dragon’s Fire
076. Read The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology (by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm)
077. Read all of my Garfield books
078. Play Chrono Trigger and finish it without a guide
079. Play another Suikoden game and finish it without a guide

Food and Drink

080. Learn how to make fresh (homemade) pasta
081. Learn how to make pizza dough
082. Bake a cake
083. Bake cookies
084. Cook Roman-style pasta
085. Learn how to make jelly
086. Experiment and create 3 other flavors using my homemade ice cream recipe [0/3]

Organizing

087. Add all of the books I plan to keep to my MediaShelf (Midheaven Archives)
088. Add all of the CDs and DVDs I plan to keep to my MediaShelf (Midheaven Archives)
089. Sort the files on my external hard drive properly into folders and delete the outdated files
090. Get rid of all the unnecessary stuff in my room

Buying / Selling / Trading

091. Buy new slacks
092. Find and buy a copy of Supernatural: Origins #4
093. Buy 5 Peanuts books for my sister [0/5]
094. Successfully send 10 batches of books internationally (BookMooch) [0/10]
— City of Fortune (by Ree Soesbee) – sent to San Diego, CA on 2008/09/19 via PhilPost
095. Send a book out into the wild (BookCrossing)
096. Send a postcard and receive one back from a random PostCrosser somewhere in the world (PostCrossing)
097. Participate in a cultural exchange (Gimme Your Stuff)
098. Sell at least 5 of my Korean DVD boxsets [0/5]
099. Sell 50 “items” on eBay (multiple items in one listing only counts as 1) [2/50]
— 14 W.I.T.C.H. comics, 12 Questor magazines
100. Save at least the same amount of money I spent on tuition for the time I studied Multimedia Arts at DLS-CSB’s School of Design and Arts
101. Private