Day Zero

Things to do for the sake of doing

1. Save 10%/15%/20% of my income – completed winter 2011
2. Finish renovating my place and leave it alone… for a while
3. Do something about alternative energy
4. Bungee jump
5. Sky dive
6. Ride a horse – completed summer 2010
7. Learn to ride a bike – completed summer 2010
8. Sail – completed summer 2010
9. Sleep under the stars
10. ?
11. Fall asleep to the sound of ocean waves – completed summer 2008, Ruckle Beach
12. Shower in a waterfall
13. Handle of bird-of-prey
14. Handle a really big spider
15. Dance until sunrise
16. ?
17. Go SCUBA-diving
18. Run a 5k
19. Jump off the 10m
20. Dive into the ocean from a cliff
21. Climb somewhere high
22. Go on a spiritual retreat
23. Go skinny dipping
24. Watch sunrise from a mountain top
25. Watch sunset from the ocean
26. Catch, cook and eat a fish
27. Ride a hot-air balloon
28. Milk a cow or goat
29. Make cheese
30. Make love on a moving train

Things to learn for the sake of learning

1. Get my L – completed August 2011
2. Get my N
3. Get my full Class 5
4. Get accepted into grad school
5. Take singing lessons
6. Learn a magic trick
7. Learn to distinguish amongst closely related teas
8. Learn to distinguish amongst similar spices
9. Learn different cheeses
10. Learn different wines
11. Learn 20 species of local flora
12. Learn weather patterns/learn to forecast weather
13. Research history of China

Things to make

1. Knit/crochet a scarf – completed winter 2011
2. Knit a pair of socks
3. Knit an patterned shawl afghan
4. Make something out of wood
5. Try pottery
6. Write a novel
7. Create a masterpiece!
8. Make and bind a book – 1
9. Make a stamp
10. Make a laptop bag
11. Design a business card
12. Make the best pickles on earth
13. Make kimchi which passes the father-test
14. Make a full meal which passes the father- and grandma-tests
15. Write a poem
16. Frame a piece of art
17. Make a short film about a child
18. Draw something
19. Compose a piece of music
20. Make a costume that involves sewing
21. Write letters – completed winter 2009

Things to turn into habits

1. Make my bed – first started autumn 2009
2. Quit facebook (nominally) – first completed summer 2009, again in summer 2011
3. Check email twice a day manually — quit using email notifiers – completed winter 2009
4. Spend one evening a week without tv/computer/phone
5. Meditate
6. Be more minimal – 1 2 3 4 5 6
7. Use the snooze button only once

Places to see

1. Visit NYC
2. See the Northern Lights
3. Go back-packing
4. Attend Burning Man
5. Go somewhere without a pre-determined destination
6. Kayak-camp somewhere
7. Visit a hot spring – completed winter 2009
8. Take a train somewhere
9. Visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge

Things to help me grow

1. Give blood – first completed October 2009
2. Give plasma
3. Get tattoo AFTER giving blood/plasma
4. Eat vegan for three months straight
5. Do something nice for someone who will never find out
6. Buy a homeless person some food
7. Introduce two people who fall in love
8. Give a meaningful gift
9. Get to know my neighbours
10. Draft a will
11. Apply for a promotion – completed winter 2009
12. Hold a personal musical concert
13. Donate to a charity – completed winter 2009
14. Sort through clothes and keep only what I love – “completed” 2009
15. Get rid of unneeded furniture/houseware (I’m looking at you, 18 pc. glasses set) – 1 2
16. Host a series of dinner parties – completed winter 2009
17. Volunteer for something
18. Be a mum :) – completed Oct 2011
19. Carry a donor card
20. Protest about something I believe in – completed autumn 2011
21. Do something constructive when I feel angry