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101 Things: 400 Day Review

I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 300 days, I calculated that I was 25.4% complete. The 400 day mark came and went while we were away. Let’s see how I went in the next 100 days …

  • Reading and Writing
    • Read 120 books. I’ve read 13 more books for a total of 48 (+10.8%)
  • Running and Fitness – No progress
  • Home – No progress
  • Sustainability
    • Get ten things secondhand instead of new: another large jar for the pantry, lots more jars, sewing machine, pastry brush, egg lifters. – Complete (+50%)
  • Neighbourhood
    • Finishing walking or running every street in Brighton, Elwood and Gardenvale. – 2 more streets complete (+0.5%)
    • Write 10 blog posts about something I learned/saw while walking every street. I wrote a post about my walk along the coast. (+10%)
    • Learn about our local First Nations peoples, neighbourhood history and environment Read/visit/watch 5 resources in each of these areas – I went to the Prehistoric Bayside Talk (environment) (+6.6%)
    • Go to five neighbourhood talks, festivals or activities. – Prehistoric Bayside Talk (I know, this is doing double duty) (+20%)
    • Try five new neighbourhood restaurants or cafes – went to Vivace for G’s birthday lunch (+20%)
  • Melbourne and Surrounds
    • Visit a gallery or exhibition (x5) – Pharaoh (+20%)
  • Travel
    • Short breaks (x5) – I forgot to log previous ones so here goes—Noosa (May 2024), Gold Coast (July 2024), Sydney (August 2024) (+60%)
  • Experience
    • Internet free days (x15): 20.7.2024, 7.10.2024, 8.10.2024, 15.10.2024 (+26.6%)
    • Go to a live show (x4) – Brentwood Secondary College Little Shop of Horrors (+25%)

  • Faith
    • Try out some new rituals in my QT (x5) – I’ve recently added in silent contemplation in my morning QT. 5 mins at the moment but I plan to increase the time. (+20%)
    • Read the bible in a year. Still going with this. (+19%)

  • Family and Friends
    • Celebration dinner for each family birthday (including a special celebration for E’s 21st) – G’s birthday dinner at Entrecote, S’s birthday at Mya Tiger (+14%)
    • Large gatherings (x4): we had our small group plus extras over for dinner before we went away (+25%)
    • Update our wills and POA’s – the kids are adults now so no guardian is needed and the checks and balances we put on need a rethink. Complete. (+50%)
  • Food
    • Finish cooking all the recipes in Tenderheart Cookbook. I’ve cooked another 13. (+14%)
  • For later (three things I picked partway through the challenge
    • Camino di Santiago. Complete.

I calculate that’s an additional 5.4% more completed for a total of 30.8% complete. That means I need to get a wriggle on.

Would you want to do any of these things? Do you have a long term “want to do” list?

Comments

12 responses to “101 Things: 400 Day Review”

  1. Tobia | craftaliciousme Avatar
    Tobia | craftaliciousme

    I was going to have breakfast (at 1pm) and then your posts popped in and I had to immediately read.

    I love love love the progress reports. You are so good in tackling your list. As you know I have my own list and I started mine earlier than you and yet I am only 30% done. I also need to get a wriggle on.

    I don’t want to but need to do the whole will and medical emergency stuff. I plan on doing so when being at the country home later that months… But I wanted to do it last year and didn’t get it done…

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    1. Melissa Avatar
      Melissa

      We had it on our list for a while and it feels good to have done it. We sat the kids down and went through it too, so they know where to find everything if needed.

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  2. Kyria @ Travel Spot Avatar
    Kyria @ Travel Spot

    I think 30% done when you are at 40% timewise is not bad! You can probably knock a lot of the low hanging fruit off in one go. I have a goal to scan all of the photos in my photo albums, which is going to be a job, but I would really like to get rid of the books, as they take up a lot of room!

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    1. Melissa Avatar
      Melissa

      I want to get rid of the boexes of kids stuff which is why I made the goal of getting their photobooks finished. Plus it will be good to have completed that project, then it’s just my own photos and stuff that I need to consider.

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  3. iHanna Avatar
    iHanna

    Congratulations on your progress! I’m new to your blog, but went and checked the 101 list too. I have had lists like this before, but I find it hard to keep track and make progress on many long-term goals at the same time and forget about it or am not able to finish it all. How do you keep track of your percentage and progress? An app would be great, right?

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    1. Melissa Avatar
      Melissa

      These posts are how I keep track actually. I add to them over the course of the 100 days when I do sometihng on the list.

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  4. NGS Avatar
    NGS

    This is so fun! It’s nice to have a long-term project that isn’t suuuuper long-term. I think you’re making great progress.

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    1. Melissa Avatar
      Melissa

      THanks, yes, often you need a bit longer than a year to get things done but it’s good to have a time limit to push you do do the things.

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  5. J Avatar
    J

    I wonder what fitness goals you made no progress on when you walked from France to Germany, and all over Paris as well? I would think that must count for something, but guessing your goal was more specific.

    It sounds like you’re making great progress!

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    1. Melissa Avatar
      Melissa

      My fitness goals are all mainly to do with running, which I haven’t been able to do.

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      1. J Avatar
        J

        Got it! And clearly I said Germany but I meant Spain. 🙂

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  6. San Avatar
    San

    It’s really impressive how you keep chipping away at this. I started to run all our neighborhood streets but I fell off the bandwagon and haven’t finished the map. Thanks for the reminder!

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