Start Date: 1/06/09
End Date: 27/02/12
Well, here is the list, it may yet be amended. The rules are, there ain’t no rules. Actually, the rules are over here, should you care to read them.
Completed tasks will look like this (with the completion date beside them.)
Tasks currently completed: 14/101
Tasks in progress will look like this.
Tasks currently in progress: 27/101
Tasks are organised loosely by category.

Career (Creative)
- 1. Write at least a first draft of a novel.
- 2. Have a photo exhibition.
- 3. Post at least 10 photos for sale on Etsy. (0/10)
- 4. Buy a Lensbaby.
- 5. Do a photography course.
- 6. Take photos for someone and get paid for it.
- 7. Make some business cards.
- 8. Write at least one Mills and Boon novel with Fi and send it to publishers.
- 9. Write 50 poems. (0/50)
- 10. Get Photoshop and learn how to use it (First part completed 23/9/09).
Health/ Self Improvement
- 11. Learn to run 1km. (0/1000metres)
- 12. Go to the gym five times a week for four consecutive weeks. (4/4) Start 20/7/09 End 16/8/09
- 13. Learn to swim 1km. expected completion: mid 2010 (600/1000metres)
- 14. Get moles/freckles checked out. expected completion: by Dec 2009
- 15. Go two weeks without coffee. (2/2) Start 18/7/09 End:31/7/09
- 16. Go one week without chocolate. Start 9/6/09 End 15/6/09
- 17. Go vegan for one week.
- 18. Go car-less for one week.
- 19. Go on 10 dates with Melbourne. (0/10)
- 20. Be internet-less for an entire week (travelling doesn’t count.) unless for work purposes. Ignore Facebook for one different week. Don’t announce it (0/2)
- 21. Get a makeover of both my body and mind.
- 22. Achieve ideal weight. (defined by feeling good, being healthy and happy with my appearance) and maintain it.
- 23. Get a gym assessment/program. expected completion Oct 2009
- 24. Complete a year’s worth of ‘Grace in Small Things’ lists. (23/365) HERE
- 25. Have a ‘me’ day once every month, where I do only whatever I feel I most want to do and to hell with the rest of the world. (7/33) 13/06/09, 26/7/09, 7/8/09, 5/9/09, 23/10/09, 15/11/09, 4/12/09.
Learning
- 26. Take six months worth of Spanish lessons. (0/6)
- 27. Take six months worth of French lessons. (0/6)
- 28. Read 100 new books from 1001 to read before you die. (5/100) HERE
- 29. Record Tata’s story.
- 30. Learn to cook 30 different dishes. (1/30)
- 31. Learn to use all functions on the Nikon D90.
- 32. Read the journals of Sylvia Plath, Anais Nin and Frida Kahlo. (0/3)
- 33. Watch the AFI Top 100 films (2007 edition.) (6/100) HERE
- 34. Listen to 100 new (to me) albums. (8/100) HERE
- 35. Learn 10 new skills. (2/10) Crochet Granny Squares 14/6/09. Rockclimbing + Belaying 19/9/09.
Travel
- 36. Visit Queensland.
- 37. Take the trans mongolian train from Beijing to Moscow.
- 38. Visit New York.
- 39. Visit San Fransisco.
- 40. Visit the Greek Islands.
- 41. Visit Prague.
- 42. Visit Thailand. Completed 16/10/09-28/10/09.
Creative
- 43. Make 1000 paper cranes. (40/1000)
- 44. Knit a pair of mittens.
- 45. Keep a paper diary for 365 days. (23/365)
- 46. Finish Calendar Project expected completion Christmas 2009.
- 47. Take portraits of all the important people in my life, be as professional as possible.
- 48. Complete a photo project about Melton.
- 49. TBA
- 50. Learn 20 new origami patterns. (0/20)
- 51. Make a Blurb book from some of my photos.
- 52. Write a beautiful quote on a wall somewhere in the neighbourhood.
- 53. Make 10 handmade presents for people I care about. (8/10) HERE
- 54. A photo a day for 1001 days. (196/1001) (Missed Days: 6/10/09, 29/11/09) HERE
- 55. Make a postsecret postcard and mail it.
- 56. Make a set of Moo greeting cards with specific people’s birthdays/events in mind and use them!
- 57. Make a blanket out of crocheted granny squares Completed 22/11/09
Domestic
- 58. Organise room and throw out unwanted clutter-donate where possible expected completion Sept 2009 Organise/catalogue DVDs. DVDs completed 25/7/09
- 59. Start saving all coins and bank into ING account. ($85 saved so far.)
- 60. Give blood at least twice. (0/2)
- 61. Pay off car.
- 62. Clean up the garden at Page St Completed 30/9/09.
- 63. Get Canonet fixed.
- 64. Sort/throw out belongings left in Melton expected completion Oct/Nov 2009.
- 65. Completely overhaul wardrobe, get rid of worn out unflattering items and purchase new ones wisely.
- 66. Keep faithful project notes on Livejournal, including pictures, and compile at the end.
67. Get a bra fitting expected completion: June 2010. - 68. For every incomplete task on this list, donate $2 to charity. If total amounts to less than $50, donate $50 to charity.
Life Experience
- 69. Get a tattoo.
- 70. Go to one music festival. (tickets to Great Plains March 2010 paid for.)
- 71. Get my own place (either rent a flat by myself or buy one if possible.)
- 72. Get a professional massage. Completed 17/10/09.
- 73. Go to 20 gigs, concerts or shows. (5/20) HERE
- 74. Buy a piece of art.
- 75. Go to Bliss for women. Completed 1/8/09.
- 76. Try rockclimbing. Completed 19/9/09
- 77. Bushwalk in Tassie.
- 78. Private goal.
- 79. Try 50 new bars/restaurants/cafes in the Melbourne area. (15/50) HERE
- 80. 5 anonymous acts of kindness. (0/5)
- 81. Try 10 new foods. (5/10) Borscht: 21/6/09, Duck: 19/10/09, Quails Eggs: 20/10/09, Guava: 25/10/09, Roast Beetroot: 1/11/009
- 82. Get back in touch with someone I have lost contact with.
- 83. Try bellydancing.
- 84. Ride on a motorcycle or scooter.
LTLYM
- 85. 70. Say Goodbye. Completed 11/6/09
- 86. 69. Climb to the top of a tree and take a picture of the view.
- 87. 63. Make an encouraging banner.
- 88. 55. Photograph a significant outfit.
- 89. 53. Give advice to yourself in the past (list form.)
- 90. 51. Describe what to do with your body when you die.
- 91. 50. Take a flash photo under your bed. Completed 25/7/09
- 92. 45. Reread your favourite book from fifth grade. (The Farseekers – Isobelle Carmody)
- 93. 37. Write down a recent argument.
- 94. 27. Take a picture of the sun. Completed 18/6/09
- 95. 25. Make a video of someone dancing. Completed 4/9/09
Explorer of the World
- 96. 41. Found Faces (document 10.) (2/10)
- 97. 57. Thought Experiment.
- 98. 48. Finder Exploration.
- 99. 35. Invisible City.
- 100. 27. Accidental Art.
- 101. 20. Small thoughts.




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