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Revisiting 101 Things in 1001 days

November 28, 2021 By nextphaseinfitness 24 Comments

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Recently, I read a post on The Annoyed Thyroid blog, that piqued my interest. Sammie had written about the 10 Things that make her happy. This reminded me of my post, written in 2017, titled 101 Things in 1001 Days. At the time, this topic was doing the rounds a bit with bloggers, and as I love a list, I couldn’t resist jumping on the bandwagon.

I came up with a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days and started to tick them off. I would occasionally revisit the list to check my progress, and was feeling quite happy with the things that were getting done. I had things on my list that were chores to do in the house and in the garden. There were also travel items on my list. Some were definites, and others were dreams and hopes for some day in the future.

The end date was June 22 2021. I feel quite ashamed to admit that I had forgotten about my 1001 list of things to do. All the drama of the past two years of the pandemic seems to have taken over life, and I haven’t given much thought to anything else. It’s now about 5 months past the end date, and almost the end of 2021, so it’s definitely time to check in on my progress.

101 Things in 1001 Days List

Walk 35k – (come back from injury) ✔️

Ride 50k (come back from injury) ✔️

Ride 100k ✔️

Complete walks in 150 Walks in Victoria book

Go walking in Scottish Highlands

Walk Federation Walk – Hahndorf to Adelaide

Walk Coastal Path Pembrokeshire Wales

Set up and connect to Zwift

Walk Burke & Wills Track

Cycle Otago Rail Trail in New Zealand

Hike Cradle Mountain New Zealand

Star Swimming regularly again ✔️

Start Boxing again ✔️

Genealogy

Complete Genealogy Do-Over

Organise digital photos ✔️

Get all sources in family tree up to date ✔️

Design and order photo book

Complete legacy tutorials

Send out Family group sheets to family members to update family files

Attend Rootstech 2020 ✔️

Digitise all paperwork ✔️

Digitise all photos ✔️

Digitise military records ✔️

Decide which libraries and societies are to have my paper work and distribute

Get DNA tests done for family members

Check and confirm or discard  all Ancestry hints in my family tree.

Add photos to people in my family tree

Complete writing family stories for all grandparents, great grandparents etc

Attend upcoming DNA conference

Attend next Australasian Genealogy Conference (not sure of date and venue as yet)

Organise family reunion

Research trip to Wales

Research trip to Bedfordshire England

Make sure all sources are correctly cited ✔️

Listen to all Welsh History podcasts ✔️

Visit Heathcote Historical Society

Upload all graves in Heathcote cemetery to Billion Graves project

Upload all graves in Axedale cemetery to Billion Graves project

Get exhumation record from PROV ✔️

Garden

Create new succulent garden ✔️

Create new vege patch ✔️

Create new garden under kitchen window

Put up structure for grapes ✔️

Plant berry garden ✔️

Install swing for chooks

Re-gravel driveway

Complete wiring around chook yard ✔️

Make fire pit area

Build fernery

House

Replace damaged boards on verandah and stain

Restain floor boards

Install walk-in laundry cupboard shelving ✔️

Replace kitchen cupboards

Paint house interior

Paint house exterior

Put up new shed

Tidy Pantry ✔️

Hang family photos

Increase solar system size

Clean solar panels ✔️

Cut tops of trees that are blocking sun from solar panels

Blogging, Writing & Social Media

Complete Writing Memoir Series ✔️

Complete War Memorial Series

Complete Rail Trail Series ✔️

Release planned e-books

Revive Axedale Then and Now One Place Study ✔️

Complete Blogging A-Z Challenge 2019 ✔️

Complete Blogging A-Z Challenge 2020 ✔️

Complete Blogging A-Z Challenge 2021 ✔️

Update both blog appearances ✔️

Renew Axedale One Place Study ✔️

Complete Obituary series on Axedale blog

Travel and Fun

Plan and diarise something fun at at least once every month ✔️

Buy caravan

Long weekend at Sorrento ✔️

Long weekend at Port Fairy ✔️

Long weekend in Canberra ✔️

Holiday in Hobart

White night Bendigo 2019 ✔️

Overnight stay inside Werribee Zoo

Cruise New Zealand

Housesit in Wales

Housesit in England

House sit in California

Visit Whitecliffs

Long weekend at Sorrento

Overnight at Werribee Zoo

Camp at Melville Caves

Take Oscar to St Kilda Beach ✔️

Attend a sheepdog trial

Miscellaneous

Get family together in one place for one day

Sell speedboat

Learn More about my camera

Send our unused ‘stuff’ to recyclers ✔️

Find a House Sitter

Retire – almost ✔️

Read  Outlander series by Diana Garabaldon

Cook all recipes from MB book – working on it

Be sugar free for three months ✔️

Hand over paperwork to incoming AOTOF President ✔️

Sell excess camping equipment

Inspire someone else to take up the 101 things in 1001 days ✔️

I’m a bit shocked that on counting the ticks, I have to give myself a fail in this exercise. My score of things done is 41/101.

The first thing I noticed was that many of the practical things have been completed, but those things that were hopes and dreams, haven’t been done. I put that down to the pandemic thwarting our plans over the past two years. Let’s hope that the next two years give us more freedoms to do whatever it is that we would like to do.

This post is linked to Denyse’s Life This Week

and Natalie’s Weekend Coffee Share

 


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  1. Joanne Tracey says

    November 29, 2021 at 8:16 am

    This reminds me to revisit my 101 things…it’s been a while! I know I’ve ticked off plenty of practical things too, but there’s plenty more to go and some which actually might come off the list.

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 29, 2021 at 8:20 pm

      I will look forward to seeing your list Jo. There are more than a few things on my list that I really don’t care about anymore. They seemed so important at the time, but priorities have changed since the pandemic struck us.

      Reply
  2. Retirement Reflections says

    November 29, 2021 at 9:34 am

    Hi, Jennifer – I love how this list includes a variety of great walks. I don’t currently have a Bucket List of 101 things that I would like to do — but if I did, great walks would be on the very top!!

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 29, 2021 at 8:19 pm

      I couldn’t imagine life without a few big walks to look forward to. Hoping I can get to Qld to do some walks in 2022 as my grandchildren are there.

      Reply
  3. Leanne | www.crestingthehill.com.au says

    November 29, 2021 at 12:16 pm

    Hi Jennifer – the pandemic certainly messed with a lot of people’s plans and dreams. I’m hoping that it’s just delayed things and eventually you’ll tick off most of the remaining items on the list. I’m kind of relieved that I’m not a bucket list maker because that way I save myself a lot of disappointment!

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 29, 2021 at 8:17 pm

      Leanne I’m really amazed at how unimportant those things on my list now seem, after dealing with the stress of the pandemic and not seeing my grandchildren.

      Reply
  4. Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says

    November 29, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    I think you’ve been a bit too hard on yourself! Now that I’ve made my own list of 101 things in 1001 days (I’m actually on version 3) I think it’s less about what you haven’t ticked off and more about what you have. 41 is more than a third which is pretty impressive especially considering a huge chunk of that time was spent in lockdown/in the grip of a global pandemic. High five to you! Will you make a new list?

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 29, 2021 at 8:17 pm

      Thanks Sammie. I haven’t really thought of a new list yet. At the moment dealing with covid and lockdowns and lockouts are enough to stress about.

      Reply
  5. Deborah Cook says

    November 29, 2021 at 4:25 pm

    I was going to say that you definitely need to cut yourself some slack on a lot of the aspirational activities given the challenges we’ve had re travel and freedom of movement over the past two years.

    I still find it bizarre that none of this was imaginable two years ago and in many ways it’s become the new normal. And now of course, every time things look more positive something (like this latest strain of Covid) rears its ugly head.

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 29, 2021 at 8:15 pm

      I know exactly what you mean Deb. Bizarre is the perfect word for it. In 2019 we would never have imagined what was coming.

      Reply
  6. Susanne says

    November 29, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    To me, it looks like you’ve managed to get lots done from this list! But I agree that the pandemic has taken over a lot of our minds, and disrupted plans.
    Now you’ve inspired me to make a list too – perhaps a list of things I want to do during 2022, and things that are possible despite the Covid threat.

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      November 30, 2021 at 11:02 am

      That’s a great idea Susanne. I’d love to see your list.

      Reply
  7. Debbie Harris says

    November 30, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    Hi Jen, your list is very fulsome and I admire your commitment! I agree the pandemic has really thrown many wish lists into disarray. Hopefully we can get back to some form of normal soon. Hope you can come up to our rail trail one day soon and add that to your series 🙂

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 4, 2021 at 4:13 pm

      I should have your rail trail on my list Deb, as it’s definitely on my mental list.

      Reply
  8. Patricia Doyle says

    December 1, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    I heard of this idea but never created my own. I liked how you had practical things on it! and some pretty hefty activities as well. I’m not at all sure what my own list would look like. I’m a bit afraid to try and create one and I’m a list lover!

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 4, 2021 at 4:12 pm

      As a list lover 101 Things was perfect for me. Now I just have to try not to take it too seriously.

      Reply
  9. Denyse Whelan says

    December 1, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    Ah no to failing…goodness me, with so many things reliant on situations about travel never changing, it was “not your fault”.

    I admit I am not a list maker of this kind. I do like to have some plans but I am also someone who would rather not be too closely sticking to a list to save any kind of disappointment. I think I have mentioned it to others that as a school principal one of the many tasks included lots of lists for goals etc to be achieved, and how and what, when etc. This put me off that kind of pressure forever. It’s another reason that for me, diets and exercise rules don’t work. However, tiny changes I make for myself do, and that is me in control, not an external party so to speak.

    Off the track there, sorry!

    You do an amazing job with geneology Jennifer. Go girl.
    It was great reading your post today after linking up for #LifeThisWeek on my blog. Thank you! I can’t believe we are in December! Now “only” 3 more Mondays for #lifethisweek in 2021. See you next week too I hope. Denyse.

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 4, 2021 at 4:10 pm

      Thanks for your comments Denyse.

      Reply
  10. Sue from Women Living Well After 50 says

    December 4, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Hi Jen, what a great and varied list and you are certainly ticking off the boxes. It is a great way to think about all the things you would like to do, make a list and do them. We have Tassie on our list to visit, we had planned and booked this year but had to cancel so fingers crossed for 2022. The Genealogy list is interesting and something that I’ve started to take more of an interest in myself. Keep ticking off the boxes. Each tick feels very satisfying. #weekendcoffeeshare

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 5, 2021 at 4:06 pm

      Hi Sue let’s cross our fingers that 2022 is much better than the last two years.

      Reply
  11. Natalie says

    December 5, 2021 at 11:20 am

    Jennifer, When you set aside the items that require travel or overnight stays, you’ve achieved a lot on your list. Completing three consecutive A-Z blogging challenges is impressive. I’m interested in your Find a House Sitter item. How do you go about looking for a housesitter? Thank you for linking up with #weekendcoffeeshare

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 5, 2021 at 4:05 pm

      Natalie house sitting seems to be quite popular amongst retirees who travel Australia and the world by housesitting. There is a organisation that they join who match people up. The house owner pays a subscription but it’s free for the sitter. We haven’t used it yet but hope to in the future.

      Reply
  12. Sanch @ Sanch Writes says

    December 6, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    That’s a great list and as long as it’s flexible, it’s fun to do. I used to do 30 by 30, 35 by 35, and then a 40 by 40 but I’ve let go of the 40 by 40 list and don’t think I’ll get them done by the time I turn 40. Still, it’s fun to see how you go in life

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    • nextphaseinfitness says

      December 7, 2021 at 8:29 am

      I do love a list Sanch.

      Reply

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