Hello!
Day 16 already, how time flies. Yes, yes, I know I said the list would be up sooner, but I've been busy..... procrastinating. Takes a lot of time, y'know!
Seriously tho, I've been real busy with work. My roster over the next few weeks had a lot of short flights on it, and I don't like short flights, as they're all a bit rushed. I much prefer the longer 3+ hour sectors, where you get a chance to take your time with the passengers and get to know them a bit. So I've been sending lots of emails to other crew asking to swap onto their longer flights, mostly with success. The 'Sent Items' folder of my work email is just page after page of swap requests!
Anyways, enough excuses... I'm here now, and this is where things get interesting. So far, you've learnt a little about the project and a little about me. But that's like the garlic bread and parmesan cheese in this delicious 2.75-year long meal. NOW, ladies and gents, it's time for the masterpiece. The steaming hot XXL stuffed crust Vegetarian Supreme with fresh dough, sliced juicy tomato and extra sweetcorn part of the meal. That's right, all the way from, well, my brain.... Partly plagiarised from other people.... And in no way near complete.... it's MY LIST!!!!!
I'll give you the entire list so far, and then dissect it afterwards. So.... here goes:
- Get a job as a pilot
- Declutter my possessions properly
- Go on a gameshow
- Get my paragliding licence
- Become a World Record holder
- Throw a dart at a map and go there
- Send 101 postcards via Postcrossing
- Go on holiday with a group of mates - 'Epic Holiday'
- Save a deposit for a house
- Take self-defence classes
- Camp in the Cairngorms (or similar) again
- Read through all my ATPL books again
- Go to a veggie cookery class
- Create a good interactive website
- Learn sign language
- Write a letter to myself at the beginning of the project to be opened on Day 1001
- Create a photography portfolio of some of my best pictures
- Copy all important VHS videos to DVD
- See Eddie Izzard live
- Learn to play some chillout tunes on my guitar
- Get a photo (old or new) blown up and printed onto canvas
- Make 5 items of clothing using EL-wire/LEDs/funky lighting
- Volunteer with an LGBT charity
- Be a film extra
- Get my list of '1000 Things' up to at least 500
- Become a crack shot with a rifle
- Help Mum to trace the family tree
- Complete the Couch to 5k program
- Run a 5k
- Learn how to draw cartoons
- Cycle from Crawley to Brighton
- Cycle London to Scotland (or vice-versa) staying in youth hostels along the way
- Cycle Lands End to John O'Groats ('End-to-End') for charity
- See the Northern Lights
- Drink 1 tonne of water
- Invent something that goes on sale to the general public
- Run a 10k
- Get horrendously drunk with my best mate
- Try out canoeing again
- Build a target board for my slingshot
- Achieve and maintain a healthy BMI
- Improve my rollerskating skills
- Skydive again
- Visit London as a tourist
- Visit a butterfly house
- Continue to fundraise for London's Air Ambulance up to £10,000
- Get a small tattoo (!?)
- Create a YouTube video that gets over a million hits
- Learn basic massage
- Finish sorting through my photos and videos, burning the saved ones to disc
- Send all my funny clips to You've Been Framed
- Turn £10 into £1000 by buying from charity shops and selling online
- Complete a course in a subject that interests me, but is completely non-work-related
- Watch 101 movies that I want to see
- Edit and upload my flight training video blogs
- Say Yes to everything for a day, then 3 days, then a week
- Mend a broken friendship
- Create something amazing with materials from, say, Hobbycraft - think Wallace & Gromit!
- Write and publish an e-book
- Take part in an 'It's a Knockout' competition
- Get some nice professional pics done
- Visit an Air Traffic Control centre
- Try 20 new youth hostels
- Take Dad flying
- Kiss someone in the rain
- Fly (uninjured!) in London's Air Ambulance
- Visit Canada
- ...
So that's it so far. First thing you'll notice is that, for a list of 101 goals, dreams, tasks and ambitions, it's rather bland after #67! The truth is that the list is a lot harder to come up with than I initially thought. 1001 days is a long time, but it's not THAT long. I've thought about having entries like 'Own my own home' and 'Go into Space', but I do think they're a bit far-fetched at the moment. That's not to say that I won't aim to achieve them at some point during my life... I just don't see them as achievable in the next 3 years. As the project progresses, the list will get fuller and closer to 101. It also isn't set in stone - some entries are almost certain to be taken off as I change my mind throughout the course of the 1001 days.
I haven't organised the list into categories, because I did it before on my first attempt at the project, and I didn't like the way it looked. Hence, you'll find that the more important ones are closer to the top of the list... they're the ones that I thought of first!
A lot of people undertaking their own 101 in 1001 are using it to get the motivation to do things they've been putting off for ages, and I also have a couple of entries that would fall under the same category (18, 40, 50 and 55 are a few). There are also some items that I've never really seriously considered before (7, 33, 54 and 63 come to mind), but which seem to fit in with the spirit of 101 in 1001 quite nicely. All in all, a good mix. As I come up with more entries for the list, I'll add them, but to the bottom of this post.
Over the next few posts, I'll explain some of the entries individually in more detail, and update you on the progress I've made so far.
That's all for now. Feel free to add your comments, opinions and suggestions below. I'll try not to leave it so long until my next post :)
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