101 things to do in 1001 days January 7, 2008

Started: 1 January 2008

To be completed by: 28 September 2010

(The numbering is totally screwed, but trust me, there are 101 things there!)

Fun

1. Fly a kite
2. Get a tattoo (http://www.richardstattoo.com/home.shtml)
3. Take a trip on a steam train (http://www.steamtrain.info/)
4. Watch the sun set and rise (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php)
5. Make my dolls house (Buy wood glue)
6. Buy a pot plant and keep it alive

Neat and tidy

1. Keep my room clean
2. Purge my wardrobe
3. Do laundry regularly
4. Clean out my old toiletries and make up

Be involved

1. Protest about something I care about
2. Vote in Scottish, National and local elections
3. Learn who my MP, MSP, MEPs and councillors are (Mike Rumbles MSP, Robert Smith MP, Struan Stevenson, John Purvis CBE, Ian Hudghton, Elspeth Attwooll, Alyn Smith, Catherine Stihler, David Martin - MEPs, Peter Argyll, Marcus Humphrey, Bruce Luffman - councillors)
4. Give to charity
5. Give a Kiva loan
6. Give old books to charity
7. Give blood (0845 30 17 2 70 between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday)
8. Write to someone who has inspired me

Friends and family

1. Try to make new friends
2. Hug people
3. Compliment people
4. Keep in touch with friends and family
5. Give presents to friends/family even when it’s not a special occasion
6. Send thank you cards promptly for every present received

Environmental

1. Buy local
2. Buy fair-trade
3. Buy organic
4. Live naturally
5. Recycle my old mobile phones
6. Turn things off
7. Go one day per month with no computer
8. Go one day per month with no TV
9. Use soap nuts more
10. Give handmade gifts where possible
11. Calculate my carbon footprint and offset (http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html / http://www.carbonfootprint.com/uktrees.aspx)
12. Rent instead of buy (http://opac.aberdeencity.gov.uk/TalisPrism/)
13. Reduce, reuse recycle (http://www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk/)
14. Stop junk mail (http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/)
15. For every item bought, get rid of another
16. Say no to plastic bags
17. Become more environmentally friendly
18. Try watching less TV

Food

1. Sample foreign foods
2. Cook something
3. Grow something edible (and eat it)
4. Eat my 5 a day
5. Learn how to cook
6. Eat more healthily
7. Try new foods
8. No pop except on special occasions
9. Take my own lunch to work instead of buying it

Self-improvement

1. Learn something new
2. Be more aware of what’s going on in my community
3. Begin to learn a new language (ILA Scotland 0808 100 1090)
4. Learn about the history of my country (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/museum/lectures.shtml)
5. Finish a Guardian crossword without help and without cheating
6. Begin to learn sign language
7. Learn to play a musical instrument
8. Take a first aid course (Booked! 21 February 200
9. Complete ECDL
10. Join a club
11. Learn how stuff works

Cultural

1. Read 10 classic novels
2. Go to the theatre (Sleeping Beauty ballet 17 January 200
3. Go to a concert
4. Go to a sporting event

“2009 European Curling Championships have been awarded to Aberdeen” - 5th to 12th December 2009

1. Watch a Shakespeare play
2. Visit a museum (http://www.aagm.co.uk/code/emuseum.asp?page=home)
3. Watch the BFI 100 (http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/) [0/100]
4. Watch Best Picture Oscar winners (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture) [1/79]
5. Go to a festival
6. Watch one foreign language film each month [2]
7. Read a book a month

Arts & crafts

1. Take photos of my family and friends
2. Be creative
3. Make a wearable piece of clothing
4. Knit something
5. Keep a scrapbook
6. Paint a picture
7. Learn how to use my Holga properly (http://shop.lomography.com/holga/)
8. Start writing a book

Health

1. Take a daily multivitamin
2. Take the stairs once a week
3. Brush teeth at least twice a day
4. Register with a dentist
5. Come off all meds
6. Remission
7. Make and keep appointments for blood tests

Work and money

1. Pay off credit cards
2. Apply for jobs
3. Get a permanent job
4. Create a budget and stick to it
5. Cancel phone contract
6. Re-pay Mum and Dad
7. Stop impulse buying
8. Make a will

Other

1. Write a letter to myself to be opened in 5 years time
2. Start to make 1000 origami cranes
3. Be a nicer person
4. Keep a diary
5. ?