My Day Zero Project-Let the countdown begin!

The Challenge:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.

Why 1001 Days?:
Many people have created lists in the past-frequently simple challenges such as New Year's resolutions or a "Bucket List". The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, outdoor activitites, etc.

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My Day Zero:

Start date of March 15, 2010
Finish date of December 11, 2012

My List:

The Big Stuff
1. Save $5,000 Complete January 2011
2. Buy a new mattress
3. Get out of credit card debt
4. Buy a new house
5. Obtain the CPM (Certified Property Manager) designation
6. Make a contribution to my Roth IRA

Traveling
7. Visit Washington D.C. Completed 5/29/10!
8. Take a spontaneous trip
9. Travel to Australia/New Zealand
10. Take a trip with my brother
11. Take a road trip through Yellowstone National Park Completed July 2010!
12. Take a trip with Mark Completed June 2010!

Preserving Memories
13. Order our wedding album Completed 6/27/10!
14. Make a wedding album for my parents
15. Make a wedding album for Mark's parents
16. Make a scrapbook of our wedding
17. Make a scrapbook of our honeymoon
18. Get family pictures taken with my family

Eat, Drink & Be Merry
19. Make ice cream from scratch Completed 3/28/11
20. Eat at 10 new restaurants (10/10) Completed March 2011
21. Take my parents out to dinner Completed 10/2/10!
22. Take my grandparents out to dinner
23. Make homemade pasta & sauce
24. Try a food I never have before
25. Eat vegetarian for 1 month
26. Don't eat sweets for 1 month Completed 3/22/11

27. Don't eat out for 1 month
28. Take my grandma to the Melting Pot
29. Treat a friend to lunch or dinner Completed 6/27/10!
30. Have my parents over for dinner Completed Fall 2010
31. Have Mark's parents over for dinner
32. Roast a chicken or turkey Completed Fall 2010

33. Go to dinner with my grandpa and Carlene
34. Make breakfast on a work day
35. Make 10 different types of cupcakes from scratch (1/10)
36. Try sushi again
37. Make a mud pie from scratch

Health, Beauty & Fitness
38. Take a day (or half day) at the spa
39. Try yoga again
40. Go to a farmers market
41. Complete Jillian Michael's 30 day shred
42. Drink only water for 1 month Completed 3/22/11
43. Reach my goal weight of 140
44. Go 1 week without wearing makeup
45. Try Krav Maga
46. Take a kickboxing class
47. Take the dogs on a walk 5 times a week for 1 month
48. Find out my blood type

Being Creative
49. Enter a photography contest
50. Make a mosaic
51. Paint 4 accent walls in our house (0/4)
52. Complete the "26 Things" photo project
53. Go to "Crackpots" and paint a piece of pottery
54. Take a photo of a place in all four seasons
55. Make a "cork" table with the corks I have collected
56. Purchase and learn Lightroom 2
57. Take a photography class

Just for Fun!!
58. Make a new friend
59. Go snowshoeing
60. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
61. Take a cooking class
62. Take a trip to Ikea
63. Ride in a hot air balloon
64. Have a picnic
65. Hike Mt. Sanitas
66. Go to Garden of the Gods & Pikes Peak
67. Summit Longs Peak
68. Send flowers to someone for no particular reason
69. Get a Vizsla puppy
70. Build and plant a garden
71. Go to a MMA fight
72. Go on a 3 day horse-pack trip
73. Surprise Mark with something special (I already know what this is but I know he is going to read this so...)
74. Go camping every weekend for a month
75. Fix up the boat with Mark and go fishing
76. Go to a hockey game
77. Take my dad to the Erie go-cart track
78. Take my grandma to RMNP to take pictures, teach her about her camera
79. Go to a comedy show Completed 5/26/10!
80. Start a blog about this adventure Completed 3/15/10!
81. Take Mark on a surprise date Completed 5/26/10!
82. Go to Boondocks
83. Go to an amusement park
84. Rent a cabin in Estes Park for a weekend
85. Go backpacking
86. Catch a fish and take it off the hook myself Completed 10/3/10!
87. Visit the zoo
88. Inspire someone else to start a Day Zero Project
89. Go indoor skydiving Completed 4/19/11!
90. Shoot the AR-15 Completed 7/2/10!

Being Charitable
91. Donate my blood
92. Donate my hair to Locks of Love Completed 3/25/10!
93. Volunteer at the MS 150 Completed 6/25-6/26/10!
94. "Adopt-A-Family" for Christmas, on my own Completed December 2010
95. Volunteer somewhere, not through Rotary

Changing my Ways
96. Go 1 week without cussing
97. Clean our bedroom and keep it clean
98. Bring my credit score up 125 points (Base 651)
99. Organize files at home Completed 11/13/10!
100. Finish cleaning my old room at my parent's house
101. Stop picking the bumps on my arms, for good this time!