Part of me wants to jump in at the deep end, and see how many I can complete in the first 100 days, but I know this isn’t the point of the challenge. I know it is 1001 days because it is a realistic timeframe to achieve the different things that I want to achieve, but that doesn’t stop me looking down the list and thinking “I could easily do that…”.

I am glad I’m feeling so positive about it though, especially given how long it took me to  fully complete the list to my satisfaction. When I first started the list, I had no idea how much work was required just to finalise goals that were achievable, specific and measurable.

Anyway, now that I have the goals, I should get on with completing them. So, on with the plans for the first 100 days.

I’m going to work towards the following goals within the first 100 days:

002. Score over 200 in a bowling game (More Info)
020. Find a 101 Geocaches (More Info)
034. Scrobble 100,000 songs (More Info)
039. Visit 20 castles (More Info)
046. Create a list of 101 things to see (More Info)
050. Make a cake a month (More Info)
065. Send a secret to Post Secret (More Info)
066. Eat at 20 new to me restaurants (More Info)
068. Join Book Crossing (More Info)
072. Pay off 50% of my personal debt (More Info)
091. Go to church once a month (More Info)
096. Volunteer 101 hours (More Info)
100. Carry a notebook at all times to make a new 101 list (More Info)

I don’t intend to complete all of these goals in full, particularly as many of them will involve months of work, but I do intend to at least make a start on them. So what in particular do I have in mind?

After the first 100 days I hope to have achieved the following:

• Consistently score over 125 when bowling
• Find at least 2 geocaches
• Scrobble at least 500 songs
• Visit at least 2 castles
• Create a list of 101 things to see
• Make 3 cakes – September, October and November
• Send a secret to Post Secret
• Eat at 1 new to me restaurant
• Join book crossing and wild release 3 books
• Work out my full personal debt
• Go to church 3 times – September, October and November
• Volunteer 10 hours
• Carry a notebook at all times

I think the above is readily achievable.

I believe by working at improving my bowling score means I will be able to reach the score of 200 that I want to achieve.

As it’s Summer, I want to find at least 2 geocaches and visit 2 castles as I think these goals may be harder to achieve in Winter (as I’ll probably be less willing to want to achieve them). Again, as it’s Summer there are more volunteering opportunities, and hopefully I’ll manage to volunteer more than 10 hours.

I do tend to listen to music on a daily basis, but it’s normally on the radio. I need to get back in the habit of listening to my ipod so that I have songs to scrobble, so 500 songs seems very achievable.

As I have some monthly goals, I hope to have gone to church 3 times, and made 3 cakes. I know my first 100 days ends fairly early in December, so I’m giving the December monthly goals to days 101 to 200.

Undoubtedly, the biggest challenge that I have on the list is to work out my personal debt. This is going to be huge, but if I am to pay off 50% of my personal debt, I need to work it out sooner rather than later. To say I am apprehensive about this is an understatement!

Hopefully, I’ll be able to eat at one new to me restaurant within the first 100 days. I actually have an idea about which restaurant I want to try, so this shouldn’t be too difficult.

Joining book crossing should also be very easy; it is just a simple website sign up. It’s releasing the books that might prove difficult. I am very sentimental, so I’ll have to find some books that I’m not attached to as my first releases.

There’s two goals on there that I hope to fully complete; sending a secret to Post Secret, and creating a list of 101 things to see. I already know what secret I will be sending to Post Secret, and there’s a couple of items I know I want to include on my list of things to see.

Finally, carrying a notebook with me at all times. This is fairly straight forward as I make sure I have one in my bag at all times, but I just need to make sure that I note anything down that could help in making a new 101 list.

Here’s to the first 100 days!

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I love this film. It is my all time favourite film, and I know virtually every word to it. There are loads of sci-fi films mentioned throughout the film, particularly in the lyrics to the songs, and I would love to watch every cheesy B movie mentioned within Rocky Horror.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I am a complete coke-pepsi-fanta addict. Anything fizzy and caffeinated I will drink. I know that it’s not good for any part of me to be drinking these drinks, so I hope by giving them up for a month will enable me to give them up for longer, hopefully permanently.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I’m quite sceptical about tarot cards and whether they are accurate or not. A couple of my friends swear by them though, and I am curious enough to want to try them out.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I think completing the 1001 days / 101 goals would be worthy of celebration, so that’s what I intend to do.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: For the most part, generating this list of goals was quite easy, however, I’m sure I will come across further goals I could add to the list. The easiest way to keep track of any new goals I want to achieve is by carrying a notebook at all times and making a note of the new ideas should I wish to do a further 101 in a 1001 days.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: Every Sunday, I read Post Secret. Generally, there is at least one secret on there per week that could have come from me. I’ve never sent a secret into Post Secret, but I do have a couple of secrets that I’d love to send in and get off my chest. I’m not necessarily bothered about them being posted on the website, but I do think sending them in would be very liberating.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I love music. My tastes are pretty eclectic, and I can’t imagine a day when I don’t listen to some form of music be it on the radio, my ipod / cd’s or on the numerous music channels on the TV. It would be nice to see just how eclectic my music taste is, and to keep track of the music I listen to. I don’t believe there is a better way than by scrobbling tracks, but I believe I need a specific number of tracks in order to consider this goal complete. The tracks I’ve listened to will be updated on my Last FM page.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I used to be in the British Red Cross as a child, and I’ve always wanted to get a full first aid certificate.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.

Why it’s on my 101 goals in 1001 days list: I’d love to be better at photography, be it using film or digital. I hope that doing a photography course would teach me about composition, and about using different photography techniques to create some amazing shots.

GOAL STATUS: Not yet started.