One of the awesome things about having so much free time recently is that it has given me a chance to start improving my life. The first way I hope to achieve this is through my 101 Things In 1001 Days List. If you don’t know much about these lists, you must visit this website.

1 Stop biting my fingernails
2 Be happy with my body
3 Open a savings account
4 Get a haircut
5 Dye my hair five colours (0/5)
6 Read the newspaper every morning for 31 days (0/31)
7 Open a new bank account
8 Sort out online properly
9 Learn a new word every day for 365 days (0/365)
10 Keep an address book for real-life friends
11 Keep an address book for postcrossing and penpals
12 Get a job
13 Graduate university
14 Write a novel
15 Go to Paris
16 Go to Scotland
17 Go to Wales
18 Go to Ireland
19 Go to the theatre five times (0/5)
20 Go to 10 concerts (0/10)
21 Make my home somewhere wonderful to live
22 Polish my Spanish
23 Learn some Japanese
24 Learn to drive
25 Participate in a book club
26 List five things I am grateful for, everyday for one year (0/365)
27 Sort out contraception
28 Try a new recipe once a week for a year (0/52)
29 Set up ‘life makeover’ blog
30 Look into Masters degrees and see if I want to take one
31 Maintain eyebrows once a week for ten weeks (0/10)
32 Register with a GP
33 Register with a dentist
34 Find a type of tea that I like
35 Make new friends
36 Make effort to get in touch with current friends
37 Drink chocolate for breakfast
38 Drink plenty of water everyday
39 Buy a plant/flower and keep it alive
40 Start giving blood again
41 Join the library
42 Buy and use candles or tartlets
43 Make 100 11:11 wishes (0/100)
44 Have a chick-flick night
45 Keep supplies for my planner in my bag
46 Memorise a poem
47 Buy a cookery book and make every recipe in it
48 Take part in one NaNoWriMo
49 Fully participate in university life
50 Join a society at university
51 Write a personal mission statement
52 Copy this list into a notebook
53 Donate 500,000 grains of rice (0/500000)
54 Go for 101 walks (0/101)
55 Send 100 postcards (0/100)
56 Host a cocktail party
57 See eight comedy shows (0/8)
58 Have a picnic at midnight
59 Meditate for 30 minutes, 30 times (0/30)
60 Bake bread four times (0/4)
61 Floss everyday for a month (0/31)
62 Learn the alphabet in Sign Language
63 Learn to play guitar
64 Reuse plastic bags where possible
65 Read five self-help books (0/5)
66 Go to the cinema once a week for a year (0/52)
67 Complete three lists of movies to watch (0/3)
68 Have a facial
69 Have a manicure
70 Have a pedicure
71 Draw only £50 a week six times (0/6)
72 Make someone smile every day for a month (0/30)
73 Improve basic maths skills, practise once a week for a year (0/52)
74 Go to Church
75 60 date nights (that’s about twice a month I think) (0/60)
76 Exercise for 45 minutes every day for a month (0/31)
77 Sort out mental health
78 Create a ‘to-read’ list and then read every book on that list
79 Kiss in the rain
80 Watch the sunset ten times (0/10)
81 Watch the sunrise ten times (0/10)
82 Laugh, everyday, for a year (0/365)
83 Buy a bottle of perfect perfume
84 Learn to walk in heels
85 Buy a perfect dress
86 Random trip somewhere
87 Forgive
88 Learn how to diffuse negative situations
89 Appreciate my boyfriend every day
90 Strive to love myself
91 Take a class in something
92 Go to a fair
93 Visit the Baltic
94 Go to a football match
95 Go to a rugby game
96 Do something selfless everyday for one year (0/365)
97 Read about politics
98 Discover four new, awesome bands (0/4)
99 Adopt a kitty
100 Create a new list when this one is finished
101 Finish writing this list

Wish me luck! I started my list on Monday 18th May 2009 and will finish on Monday 13th February 2012.


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