One of my friends, Heather, keeps an online blog. I occassionally read this - partly being nosy, partly because I know that when you write something and put it up on the internet, you would like people to read it. So in doing her a favour by reading her blog, she has inadvertantely also granted a favour to me....well she may have. Whether it is a favour or not will be something that evolves over the next few months. But as a direct result of reading Heather's blog, I have decided to start a "101 in 1001 days" list.
Much like a bucket list, but rather than having the looming deadline being my death, the deadline is a date exactly 1001 days from now. Which, according to the website that I have set my list up on, is June 15, 2013.
I've started writing my list today.... http://dayzeroproject.com/user/messyroom82
One thing that struck me as I began thinking about things I havent done, but would like to do, was - firstly that it is very difficult to come up with a list of 101 things!! As I write I have only made it to 37 things!! I suppose I can now add to that list "finish this list of 101 things". Great...38 :)
Secondly (i suppose the paragraph above should have referred to 'two things') - I have noticed about how much I have already done! Much of the things that are listed on the sample lists I have already done......I have walked the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu, drunk wine at vineyards, donated blood, slept under the stars, gone camping, gone bungyjumping, been to las vegas, got a law degree, taught english to kids in a remote cambodian village, sailed on a tall ship, had dancing lessons, climbed a mountain etc etc etc.
A lot of that has been due to my own pursuits....however a lot has been influence by lots of friends of mine. As we all move on with out individual lives - with some friends choosing to head off travelling and having exciting adventures, others settling down with thoughts of 2.5 kids and a white picket fence, and others with their heads down into their careers, climbing the corporate ladder - I have found that I have stalled a bit in the 'doing things' side of things. So, being the organised and pragmatic person that I am....I have found a solution - and that is to LIST. That way I can measure progress, tick off acheivements, and make plans.
I am also currently reading the book 'eat, pray, love'. Written by a divorcee who decides to travel for a year - living in Italy, India and Bali for four months each. Its an interesting book, and not really something that I normally get into...but its spiritual ramblings have coincided with me discovering the Day Zero website...and the result is this blog :)
So...this blog...maybe it will turn into a work of literary genius and result in me following the footseps of the protaganist of 'yes man' or 'eat, pray, love'. Or most likely, it will be abandoned after a few months, probably together with the list. BUt we will see.
Wish me luck!!! Off to tick something off!!
