The first time I tried this

The first time I tried this Day Zero Project, I made my list in January, 2011. Things were different then. Nearly five years later, I've completed 25/101 items on that original list and am ready to start again.

My main mistakes in my former iteration of the list were: being too ambiguous, setting unrealistic goals, not checking in regularly.

I'm breaking this list into a few different categories, and I will post a weekly update every Sunday night.

This Day Zero Project will go from November 1st, 2015 to July 29th, 2018.




General
001. Celebrate smoking cessation Milestones, one month, six months, one year, two years. Save $10-50/week of not smoking in travel fund jar. (Quit on October 4th, 2015)
002. Write weekly progress report and update current/completed projects in detail on blogger every Sunday night. (0/143)

003. Wake up at 06:00 every day for: a week (0/7) | a month (0/30) 

004. Be ready to sleep by 22:00 everyday for: a week (0/7) | a month (0/30)
005. Get accepted and complete the DBT-Lite program at the Civic.

Family and Home

006. Create a reward chart for R.
007. Create a chore chart for myself.
008. Work out child support and custody agreement amicably.
009. Use "The Kitchen Cure" to help me build a kitchen I am happy with.
010. Get my house organized and get rid of clutter.
011. Follow chore chart 20/30 days for 3 months. (0/90 : 60/90)
012. Make a list of what I want in a "perfect home" and re-evaluate every 3 months.
013.

Education
020. Apply to return to Algonquin for Business Accounting.

021. Apply for OSAP again to return to school.

022. Complete 2-4 semesters at Algonquin Successfully.
023. Take a sewing class. 

024. Take a French class.

025. Take my written driving test. 

026. Take a driver's ed course within 6 months of getting my learner's.
027. Summarize the important (to me) information from the binders I received in the mental health programs I attended.

Work
030. Finish taking notes on the SB program CSC gave me. (1/12)
031. Write ads for a year. 

032. Save $3500.00 for launch.

033. Professional photoshoot.

034. Plan wardrobe for dates #1-10.

035. Write content for website. 

036. Create and maintain a ledger for work transaction. 

Finances
037. Keep low balance on my credit card and have the limit increased.

038. Start RESP for Squish

039. Finish reading "Money doesn't grow on trees" and work out a starter financial plan/allowance for R, ideally matched with their dad.
040. Start a TFSA for myself by the end of 2016, make small monthly deposits.

Health & Wellness

050. Meditate every day for one week (0/7) | one month (0/30) | three months (0/90)
051. Write an ongoing list of things I like about myself. Minimum 500.
052. List 100 things I am proud to have accomplished. 

053. Learn to do the splits.

054. Register for a dance class. (Swing/salsa, etc.)

055. Sign up for a circus class (silks, hoops, contortion).
056. Have my teeth whitened.
057. Go to the dentist.
058. Go to the gym 3 times a week for: 1 month (0/4) | 3 months (0/12)
059. Run a 5km.

Kink & Sex Stuff

060. Write workshop descriptions. Bottoming, Consent & Negotiations, Rope 101, 201, & 301, Self-Suspending, Self-Sadism and Self-Play for the switchy solo players, BDSM and Mental Wellness. (0/8)
061. Write bios, one for performing, one for presenting.
062. Make a list of skills I want to learn.
063. Make a list of types of play I want to top and bottom for.
064. Do a daily rope (and photo) challenge for: one month (0/30) | one year (0/365)
065. Take a cigar play class.
066. Relationship Moratorium From November 1st, 2015 to May 1st, 2015. (0/6)
067. Write a list of needs from future relationships.
068. Celibacy for minimum 2 months, from November 1st, 2015 to January 1st, 2016. (0/61)
069. Prepare a BDSM CV.

Food & Cooking
070. Follow a paleo meal plan for: six out of seven days (0/7) | twenty five out of thirty days (0/30)

071. Try 40 new kinds of tea. (0/40)

072. Try the 30 day Vegan Challenge ; thirty days out of forty (0/40)

073. Follow the "Whole 30" diet for at least one month straight.
074. Stop drinking coffee for: one week (0/7) | one month (0/30)
075. Make 20 different kinds of soup. (0/20)
076. Create and follow a meal plan for: one week (0/7) | two weeks (0/14) | three weeks (0/21) | four weeks (0/28)
077. Follow Insanity Nutrition Guide for 60 days. (0/60)
078. 

Creative Aspirations

080. Gratitude Journalling, every day for: one week (0/7) | one month (0/30) | three months (0/90)

081. Make a dress for Squish. 

082. Read 101 New Books. (00/101) 

083. Read 10 Classic Novels. (0/10)
084. Watch 26 movies I've never seen, starting with each letter of the alphabet. (0/26)
085. Watch 10 Films made before 1970. (0/10)
086. Go to a comedy club.
087. Listen to a new album every week. (0/143)
088. Go see a concert a year
089. Read a book of poetry.

090. Make two new zines. (0/2)

Social
091. Visit five cities I've never been to before. (0/5)

092. Write to at least one penpal a month for 12 months. (0/12)
093. Stay off facebook for: one week (0/7) | one month (0/30)

094. Stay off fetlife for: one week (0/7) | one month (0/30)
095. Make it to Bondange Expo Dallas 2016.
096. Attend the monthly day-long meditations at the OBS, ideally every month, but at least eight months a year. (add a check mark for every month attended.)
097.

Why blogging?

Why start a blog anyways? Who blogs anymore?

Well, I haven't in ages, but I would like to.

I have too many thoughts in my mind, and they don't always fit into the appropriate social media box. This way, my thoughts can come here to die, and I can get them to stop bouncing around inside of my skull.

Things you will find in this blog:

• my Day Zero Project (aka 101 things in 1001 days) updates, primarily, 

but also...

• musings on life
• dirty stories
• adventures in kink

I am not a professional anything at this time. I just want a place that I can call my own. 

This is that place. 

Be Well.

The Coy Little Imp