my dear friend shannon talked me into doing the day zero project. i still don't think i'm very clear on the overall purpose of this, but you make a list of 101 things that you want to complete in 1,001 days. i tend to be a fairly impulsive person (but not in the dangerous way) and tend to just do whatever i want, whenever i want; therefore, it was a touch difficult for me to come up with a list of 101 things when i've done most of what i want to do already. i'm also very rational and know that 1,001 days isn't a super long time and i don't get an unlimited budget so i couldn't list some of the things i really do want to do like "open a restaurant." trying to come up with a list of 101 things that i thought i could actually complete in 1,001 days proved to be a challenge in itself. the task of completing the list was my #1 thing, and only thing i've completed thus far.
i tried to put things on my list that i thought would be fun, interesting and new. i also tried to add a few things i knew would be easy for me to accomplish. being the opportunist that i am, i also put a few on there that while they are not the same thing, i could totally kill two birds with one stone. since shannon wouldn't let me prorate my number of days to meet a shorter list, i had to find a way to make this doable. an example of this can be found by looking at #23 and #14. i can satisfy #23 as one of the three in #14 ... two birds, one stone!
you can find the full list here: http://dayzeroproject.com/user/valwatson
since cooking is one of my passions, yes, many of the items on my list have to do with cooking. i'm trying to branch out though and am forcing myself to do so with #34 and #51. then there are the things i did just to appease dan. in consideration for many of the items on the list that he will have to endure (see #17), i added #76 and #77. so does that satisfy #19? perhaps. i think i'll leave #19 left as incomplete though because that is one that i don't want to cheat, it'd be bad karma. ok, enough of the numbers, sorry.
bottom line, this is going to be tough but i'm going to do it. now i just need to determine what to do first. i think #22 is a great way to start ... go rangers!!! dan and i are going to the world series game at rangers stadium on halloween :)
