Drumroll Please....

101 in 1001 Wrap Up!

TOTAL FINISHED ITEMS: .... 66!!! Woohoo!!

Items in BOLD were completed! Yay!

• 1. Go to a shooting range.
• 2. hitch hike.
• 3. Sky-dive.
• 4. See a Green Bay Packers Game.
• 5. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon.
• 6. Save $1 a day for 1001 days. ok, I didn't technically do this on a day-by-day basis.. but I managed to get this amount saved. Which for me is nothing short of miraculous.
  
• 7. Watch a sunrise.
• 8. Make a new list as soon as this one ends! Coming Soon!!!
  
• 9. Put coins in expired parking meters.
• 10. Pay for the car behind me in a fast food drive-through.
• 11. Buy a piano.
• 12. Learn to play the cello
• 13. Run a 1/2 marathon.
• 14. Read the Bible... all of it.
• 15. Drink only water for a month
• 16. Participate in a Sader Dinner
• 17. Make a scrapbook from our grand canyon trip
• 18. Get rid of AIM for a month.
• 19. Pay off my smaller student loan. (or the equivalent toward my larger loan)
• 20. Get a “real” job that I actually enjoy. (or brings me anywhere remotely close to "enjoyment")
• 21. Be certified in CPR
• 22. Learn to change a tire.
• 23 Learn to drive a standard.
• 24. Go 1 entire month without eating out.
• 25. Cook dinner every night for a week.
• 26. Go camping for a weekend
• 27. Take my "pretty voice" to audition for Disney.
• 28. Go skiing & snowboarding.
• 29. Have a letter to the editor published.
• 30. Submit articles for magazines.
• 31. Have a secret on Postsecret or in thier book.
• 32. Launch the band website & Myspace Pages.
• 33. Finish the EP.
• 34. Plug songs to Publishing Co.
• 35. Visit Bob and Linda in New Hampshire
• 36. Work in Africa Haven't yet, but I secured that deal within the time-frame, so I'm counting it!
  
• 37. Do a mother daughter trip to Boston.
• 38. Go to a Spa for the weekend with girlfriends.
• 39. Do christmas for $300 (and not leave anyone out!)
• 40. Audition for a Broadway musical.
• 41. Send random ”I Love You” notes to family and friends.
• 42. Experience Nashville through a tourists eyes.
• 43. Backpack Europe for a month.
• 44. Return to New York.
• 45. Improve and expand my conversational German
• 46. Take my car through one of those nice, detail carwash places.
• 47. Fly a kite at Cenetnnial Park.
• 48. Ice Skate at Rockefellar Center.
• 49. Be the Local Lightning spotlight.I figure being played on the station is close enough seeing as how I never applied and then I moved... plus I'm in syndication...for better or worse...
• 50. Begin and grow a vinyl collection.
• 51. Sell something on Ebay.
• 52. Have my saxaphone fixed.
• 53. Get a dog. Yes I'm counting my parents'... close enough.
  
• 54. See the Nashville Ballet
• 55. Go to a Sounds game
• 56. Go to a Predators game.
• 57. Meet Danica Patrick and tell her she pronounces her name wrong.
• 58. Perform at The Ryman
• 59. Go Skinny-dipping.
• 60. Organize clothes/closet & donate the ones I haven’t worn in 1 year.
• 61. Play hookey from work.
• 62. Sleep in the backyard.
• 63. Attempt surfing again...and succeed!
• 64. Go horseback riding
• 65. Become insured.
• 66. Undergo LASIK
• 67. Knit a scarf. Tried this a few times. Hated my life. Will probably never do it again!
  
• 68. Go for a week without hitting the snooze button on my alarm.
• 69. Participate in a Kareoke night.
• 70. Buy a lottery ticket.
• 71. Go for a picnic at midnight. Wine and all.
• 72. Host a family holiday dinner.
• 73. Go to the drive-in.
• 74. Get a library Card.
• 75. Save $5,000
• 76. Write a musical.
• 77. Learn my family stories and begin a CD project on them.
• 78. Grow a vegetable garden. I tried... twice. Still some hope..we'll see.
• 79. Plant flowers.
• 80. Help a friend accomplish a task on their 101 list.
• 81. Make a t-shirt quilt....Ok.... this was the first task I set out to do... and yet my rows sit in a bag, still waiting to be put together. Sad.
  
• 82. Add something to a Wikipedia listing. Haha, and wikipedia hates me too.
  
• 83. Learn to juggle
• 84. Watch the Sight and Sound Critics Top 10 Films & Directors Top 10 Films. So, so close!!
  
• 85. Read the top 10 books in the Modern Library’s “Board’s List” of 100 Best Novels.
• 86. Buy a complete suit.
• 87. Go TPing.
• 88. Write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a politician.
• 89. Write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a company based on an employees job well done.
• 90. Participate in a “26 Things” project
• 91. Visit/Camp at Yellowstone (see old faithful)
• 92. Visit/Camp at Yosemite
• 93. Get really cute rain boots and go puddle jumping.
• 94. Tell people what they mean to me, and be honest when the things they do or don’t do, hurt me.
• 95. Be in the BC Clark’s TV commercial.
• 96. Go rock Climbing
• 97. Do 1 full pull up. I tried. Repeatedly. Even after TWO Bootcamp sessions. It's just never going to happen folks. =(
  
• 98. Write a song a day for a week.
• 99. Go a day without worrying.
• 100. Watch "Project Runway."
• 101. Make Fried chicken.

THINGS I WISH I'D DONE
Well... pretty much everything, but I really wish I had travelled more.... and believe me, I would have if I could have! Maybe these next 3 years will make up for it. So Europe and the National Parks and the camping. Sad that didn't happen. That and the 26 Things Project, which I geared up to do on more than one occassion, but never really did.


ITEMS I'M MOST PROUD OF
Half Marathon. For sure.
Actually saving $1,001 on freelance pay.
Paying off $20,000+ worth of school loans

BRAGGING RIGHTS ITEM
Haha, probably PostSecret.

ITEMS I'D LIKE TO DO AGAIN
I really enjoyed not eating out for a month... I've added that on the next list for sure.
Putting coins in expired meters, buying food for the car behind me in the drive thru, seeing the packers, going to the shooting range, submitting to post secret.... there's not a lot that I wouldn't do again really.

PEOPLE WHO HELPED OUT / JOINED IN
Kristin Armstrong
Emily Yarbrough
Heather Snodgrass
Kelsey Gardner
The Noise Trees
Luke Easterling
Charissa Stowers
Christy Frink
Morgan Levy
Marion Millard
Brian Grant
David Ramirez
Catherine Wilcox
My Mom
The Band
Josh
West Memphis Roadside Assistance
Childcare Solution
Thriftsmart
Sallie Mae
..and others I'm sure I've missed... thanks guys!!!

New List Coming Soon!!!!!

Time's Up!

Well friends. The day is here. Though it's hard to believe, my 101 in 1001 deadline has officially arrived.

Oddly enough I am closing out this list in the same city I started it, just shy of 3 years ago. Even more peculiar is the fact that the first list item I set out to do, was never accomplished... but we'll get to all that.

In some strange way I feel bittersweet bringing the list to a close, as looking through each accomplished item takes me back to a different time and place.

In the next few days I will post the final list along with some thoughts over specific tasks... in addition I'll be posting the next 101 list. Excited, aren't you? That's right, list lovers unite, I can't help myself.

With that in mind I will close with yet another list. My dad sent this to me in an email, and while I generally find myself frustrated with truisms and little life anecdotes, for some reason I didn't mind this one today..... (17, 26, 29, and 31 are my faves I think...)

To life and lists!
~Danica

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

Suggestions?

Well friends, I've got 16 days till my 101 list deadline is up. I've got a few that I am wrapping up and several that just plain won't be finished. I'll do a major update once it's all said and done 2 weeks from now, but until then I need your help..

I'm in the process of creating my next 101 list and I'm down to my last 15 or so tasks, so I'm looking for suggestions. Let me know what you think I should add to the list, and who knows, maybe your task will make the cut! Dig deep folks, you know you've always wanted to comment on here, so now is your chance!!

If you are up for it, suggest away!!

100 Days and counting...

I can't believe I only have 100 days left of my 101 project. So much to do, so little time!! Catch the progress: http://tiny.cc/HDDEF

217 days 9 hours 16 minutes and 46 Tasks left...

As some of you may recall, back in September of 2006 I made a list of 101 things I wanted to do in 1001 days. Fast forward 2 years and I now have roughly 8 months to finish 46 tasks. Below is an overview of the project along with an update on my completed tasks (complete with a few editors notes.. oo la la)

Where it all Started: http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/default.asp?view=gettingstarted

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

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. 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 organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Items in BOLD have been completed! Hooray!

DANICA'S LIST!
1. Go to a shooting range.
2. hitch hike
3. Sky-dive
4. See a Green Bay Packers Game
5. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
6. Save $1 a day for 1001 days
7. Watch a sunrise
8. Make a new list as soon as this one ends!
9. Put coins in expired parking meters
10. Pay for the car behind me in a fast food drive-through
11. Buy a piano (edit: I may be changing this to piano/keyboard.. cause one makes much more sense for me.. and they are similar in price)
12. Learn to play the cello
13 run a 1/2 marathon.
14. Read the Bible... all of it.
15. Drink only water for a month
16. Participate in a Sader Dinner
17. Make a scrapbook from our grand canyon trip
18. Get rid of AIM for a month.
19. Pay off my smaller student loan (or the equivalent on my larger loan).
20. Get a “real” job that I actually enjoy (or brings me anywhere close to actual "enjoyment")
21. Be certified in CPR
22. Learn to change a tire.
23. Learn to drive a standard.
24. Go 1 entire month without eating out
25. Cook dinner every night for a week
26. Go camping for a weekend
27. Take my "pretty voice" to audition for Disney.
28. Go skiing & snowboarding.
29. Have a letter to the editor published.
30. Submit articles for magazines.
31. Have a secret on Postsecret or in thier book.
32. Launch the band website & Myspace Pages.
33. Finish the EP.
34. Plug songs to Publishing Co.
35. Visit Bob and Linda in New Hampshire
36. Work in Africa
37. Do a mother daughter trip to Boston.
38. Go to a Spa for the weekend with girlfriends.
39. Do christmas for $300 (and not leave anyone out!)
40. Audition for a Broadway musical.
41. Send random ”I Love You” notes to family and friends.
42. Experience Nashville through a tourists eyes.
43. Backpack Europe for a month.
44. Return to New York.
45. Improve and expand my conversational German
46. Take my car through on of those nice, detail carwash places.
47. Fly a kite at Cenetnnial Park
48. Ice Skate at Rockefellar Center.
49. Be the Local Lightning spotlight. (edit: this may not happen, esp since I'm working on a new project that most likely won't be ready by my 101 deadline.. but I was played on Lightning 100! Doesn't that count? Maybe?)
50. Begin and grow a vinyl collection
51. Sell something on Ebay
52. Have my saxophone fixed.
53. Get a dog.
54. See the Nashville Ballet
55. Go to a Sounds game
56. Go to a Predators game.
57. Meet Danica Patrick and tell her she pronounces her name wrong.
58. Perform at The Ryman
59. Go Skinny-dipping
60. Organize clothes/closet & donate the ones I haven’t worn in 1 year.
61. Play hookey from work.
62. Sleep in the backyard.
63. Attempt surfing again...and succeed!
64. Go horseback riding
65. Become insured.
66. Undergo LASIK
67. Knit a scarf.
68. Go for a week without hitting the snooze button on my alarm.
69. Participate in a Kareoke night.
70. Buy a lottery ticket.
71. Go for a picnic at midnight. Wine and all.
72. Host a family holiday dinner.
73. Go to the drive-in.
74. Get a library Card.
75. Save $5,000
76. Write a musical.
77. Learn my family stories and begin a CD project on them.
78. Grow a vegetable garden.
79. Plant flowers.
80. Help a friend accomplish a task on their 101 list.
81. Make a t-shirt quilt. (edit: I started this and have had it 3/4 done since the week I made up this list... sad. I WILL finish it!)
82. Add something to a Wikipedia listing
83. Learn to juggle
84. Watch the Sight and Sound Critics Top 10 Films & Directors Top 10 Films.
85. Read the top 10 books in the Modern Library’s “Board’s List” of 100 Best Novels.
86. Buy a complete suit.
87. Go TPing.
88. Write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a politician.
89. write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a company based on an employees job well done.
90. Participate in a “26 Things” project
91. Visit/Camp at Yellowstone (see old faithful)
92. Visit/Camp at Yosemite
93. Get really cute rain boots and go puddle jumping.
94. Tell people what they mean to me, and be honest when the things they do or don’t do, hurt me.
95. Be in the BC Clark’s TV commercial.
96. Go rock Climbing
97. Do 1 full pull up.
98. Write a song a day for a week.
99. Go a day without worrying.
100. Watch "Project Runway"
101. Make Fried chicken.

If you want to join me on any of my remaining adventures (or shoot, if you want to help me accomplish some) let me know. As many can already attest: The more the merrier!

As always..You can keep tabs on my status over in the right-hand column...

50 down...

51 more to go.

T minus 285 days.

#13 Run a Half-Marathon

New Pair of Quality Running Shoes: $90
Over-priced Synthetic Socks: $10
Race Fee (plus tax): $90
Best Sports Bra Ever: $44
Team Technical T and Sweatshirt: $29

Accomplishing something you spent the majority of your life believing you would never do: Priceless.

There are some things money can't buy, for everything else, there's Danica.


"...I need to see something I believe in come true." ~Danica Mercer

It's been a year.

That's right, a year ago today I created my 101 in 1001 list.

Granted, I've utterly failed at the original list and technically this isn't a one year anniversary of the list I've been working on, but I can't remember when I revised it, so this will have to do.

To date I have completed 30 of my 101 in 1001 tasks! (32 really, but those 2 aren't "official" yet.. so I'm holding out).

Let's take a photo tour of a few completed tasks, shall we?

See a Sounds Game.

See a Green Bay Packers game.

Return to New York.


Visit Bob and Linda in New Hampshire.

Take a mother daughter trip to Boston

Audition for Disney

Have a secret publiched on postsecret or in one of their books.

Go to the Drive-In

Get really cute Rain boots and go puddle jumping

See a Predators Game.

Ice Skate at Rockefellar Center.

Sleep in the Backyard


AND MANY MORE!

You can track my progress over on the right. Bold items have been completed!

You should all make a list too!!

The List.

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

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as new year's resolutions. 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 organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

BOLD items are completed (yay!)
ITALICIZED Items are in progress (fingers crossed)

DANICA'S LIST!
1. Go to a shooting range.
2. hitch hike
3. Sky-dive
4. See a Green Bay Packers Game
5. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
6. Save $1 a day for 1001 days
7. Watch a sunrise
8. Make a new list as soon as this one ends!
9. Put coins in expired parking meters
10. Pay for the car behind me in a fast food drive-through
11. Buy a piano (edit: I may be changing this to piano/keyboard.. cause one makes much more sense for me.. and they are similar in price)
12. Learn to play the cello
13 run a 1/2 marathon.
14. Read the Bible... all of it.
15. Drink only water for a month
16. Participate in a Sader Dinner
17. Make a scrapbook from our grand canyon trip
18. Get rid of AIM for a month.
19. Pay off my smaller student loan (or the equivalent on my larger loan).
20. Get a “real” job that I actually enjoy (or brings me anywhere close to actual "enjoyment")
21. Be certified in CPR
22. Learn to change a tire.
23. Learn to drive a standard.
24. Go 1 entire month without eating out
25. Cook dinner every night for a week
26. Go camping for a weekend
27. Take my "pretty voice" to audition for Disney.
28. Go skiing & snowboarding.
29. Have a letter to the editor published.
30. Submit articles for magazines.
31. Have a secret on Postsecret or in thier book.
32. Launch the band website & Myspace Pages.
33. Finish the EP.
34. Plug songs to Publishing Co.
35. Visit Bob and Linda in New Hampshire
36. Work in Africa
37. Do a mother daughter trip to Boston.
38. Go to a Spa for the weekend with girlfriends.
39. Do christmas for $300 (and not leave anyone out!)
40. Audition for a Broadway musical.
41. Send random ”I Love You” notes to family and friends.
42. Experience Nashville through a tourists eyes.
43. Backpack Europe for a month.
44. Return to New York.
45. Improve and expand my conversational German
46. Take my car through on of those nice, detail carwash places.
47. Fly a kite at Cenetnnial Park
48. Ice Skate at Rockefellar Center.
49. Be the Local Lightning spotlight. I figure being played on the station is close enough seeing as how I never applied and then I moved... plus I'm in syndication...for better or worse...
50. Begin and grow a vinyl collection
51. Sell something on Ebay
52. Have my saxaphone fixed.
53. Get a dog. (I'm counting Chester... deal with it)
54. See the Nashville Ballet
55. Go to a Sounds game
56. Go to a Predators game.
57. Meet Danica Patrick and tell her she pronounces her name wrong.
58. Perform at The Ryman
59. Go Skinny-dipping
60. Organize clothes/closet & donate the ones I haven’t worn in 1 year.
61. Play hookey from work.
62. Sleep in the backyard.
63. Attempt surfing again...and succeed!
64. Go horseback riding
65. Become insured.
66. Undergo LASIK
67. Knit a scarf.
68. Go for a week without hitting the snooze button on my alarm.
69. Participate in a Kareoke night.
70. Buy a lottery ticket.
71. Go for a picnic at midnight. Wine and all.
72. Host a family holiday dinner.
73. Go to the drive-in.
74. Get a library Card.
75. Save $5,000
76. Write a musical.
77. Learn my family stories and begin a CD project on them.
78. Grow a vegetable garden. I tried... twice.
79. Plant flowers.
80. Help a friend accomplish a task on their 101 list.
81. Make a t-shirt quilt. (edit: I started this and have had it 3/4 done since the week I made up this list... sad. I WILL finish it!)
82. Add something to a Wikipedia listing
83. Learn to juggle
84. Watch the Sight and Sound Critics Top 10 Films & Directors Top 10 Films.
85. Read the top 10 books in the Modern Library’s “Board’s List” of 100 Best Novels.
86. Buy a complete suit.
87. Go TPing.
88. Write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a politician.
89. write a letter of thanks and encouragement to a company based on an employees job well done.
90. Participate in a “26 Things” project
91. Visit/Camp at Yellowstone (see old faithful)
92. Visit/Camp at Yosemite
93. Get really cute rain boots and go puddle jumping.
94. Tell people what they mean to me, and be honest when the things they do or don’t do, hurt me.
95. Be in the BC Clark’s TV commercial.
96. Go rock Climbing
97. Do 1 full pull up.
98. Write a song a day for a week.
99. Go a day without worrying.
100. Watch "Project Runway"
101. Make Fried chicken.

You can keep tabs on my status over in the right-hand column... plus I'll be posting on items as I complete them.

Here goes nothing...